Advanced Portfolio: October 2017

Reflection of Storyboard

I think that the storyboard we created was very clear as to how we want the video to be structured. The individual images showed clearly what shots we wanted to achieve when filming. The storyboard only contained brief descriptions of the shot and location because we didn't want to be held back by our own plans and wanted the ability to be able to expand on our initial ideas. The voice over was really helpful because it expanded on the ideas a bit more so that when we were filming we had clear prompts on how the footage was to be filmed.

Logo Creation

To create the logo for our band we decided we wanted to incorporate the band's name in the logo. Throughout the music video and the website and set, there is a prominent theme of pop art. We decided to integrate this into the logo as well. I went online and used an online website that allowed me to create a pop art logo.

This is the finished result:

Initial brief plan for Spinning Wheel

Shooting Schedule - Living Room Set

DAY / DATE	INTERIOR/EXTERIOR	SHOT NUMBER/ DESCRIPTION	LOCATION	CHARACTERS	PROPS/SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
17/10/17	Interior Kaleidoscope lens	Still close up of Phoebe’s face	Lucy’s living room	Coco – music producer	Alcohol bottles Cacti TV Clothing Glitter
17/10/17	Interior Lip synching in living room	Wide shots of Phoebe dancing in set	Lucy’s living room	Coco – music producer	Alcohol bottles Cacti TV Clothing Glitter
17/10/17	Interior Lip synching in living room	Close up shots of Phoebe lip synching	Lucy’s living room	Coco – music producer	Alcohol bottles Cacti TV Clothing Glitter
17/10/17	Interior Set shots	Tracking close up shots of the set	Lucy’s living room	Coco – music producer	Alcohol bottles Cacti TV Clothing Glitter
17/10/17	Interior TV shot	Close up shot of Phoebe’s hand going into the TV	Lucy’s living room	Coco – music producer	Alcohol bottles Cacti TV Clothing Glitter

Shooting Schedule - Pink Set

GROUP __Phoebe and Lucy

DAY / DATE	INTERIOR/EXTERIOR	SHOT NUMBER/ DESCRIPTION	LOCATION	CHARACTERS	PROPS/SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
11/10/17	Interior Lip syncing in pink set using kaleidoscope lens	Continuous still close up shot of Lucy’s mouth	Great Baddow High School Green Screen Room	Bee – main artist	Kaleidoscope lens Pink sequin backdrop Magazine cut outs Microphone
11/10/17	Interior Lip syncing in pink set using kaleidoscope lens	Continuous still close up shot of Lucy’s face	Great Baddow High School Green Screen Room	Bee – main artist	Kaleidoscope lens Pink sequin backdrop Magazine cut outs Microphone
11/10/17	Interior Lip syncing in pink set	High view point shot of Lucy lip synching	Great Baddow High School Green Screen Room	Bee – main artist	Pink sequin backdrop Magazine cut outs Microphone
11/10/17	Interior Lip synching in pink set	Wide shot of Lucy lip synching	Great Baddow High School Green Screen Room	Bee – main artist	Pink sequin backdrop Magazine cut outs Microphone
11/10/17	Interior Lip synching in pink set	Mid shot of Lucy lip synching	Great Baddow High School Green Screen Room	Bee – main artist	Pink sequin backdrop Magazine cut outs Microphone
11/10/17	Interior Pink set	Close up shots, in/out of focus of set	Great Baddow High School Green Screen Room	Bee – main artist	Pink sequin backdrop Magazine cut outs Microphone
11/10/17	Interior Pink set	Close up tracking shots, in/out of focus of set	Great Baddow High School Green Screen Room	Bee – main artist	Pink sequin backdrop Magazine cut outs Microphone

Behind the Scenes

Steal - O - Matic

Group Name Research

To research band names we used the website Name Generator. On this website we filled out a survey and then the website generated multiple name ideas for us. We chose a couple of our favorites and thought of some on our own. With these names we created a survey on Survey Monkey and sent it out to contacts.

We decided on the name CAKE for our band.

We decided on this name as not only did we want something simple, but a deeper meaning is that cake is something sweet, but stylised with capital letters is implied as being shouted rather than just said, which symbolises how our group is intended to be celebratory of typically "sweet" feminine things (lipstick, glitter, the colour pink) but also have a strong, aggressive edge.

Additionally, through our teacher and further research, I found out that cake is a type of drug - while this was an unintended link, it fits in with our video, which has very psychedelic/trippy shots, and use of a kaleidoscope. Additionally, both mine and Phoebe's performances are intended to come off as slightly deranged, which is a further link.
CAKE was a suggestion I made, and was originally inspired by the line "I want to be the girl with the most cake" from 'Doll Parts' by the riot grrrl band Hole, as well as the song 'Cake' by indie/punk musician FREAK (whose name is also stylised in all capital letters).

However, after realising that we had no imagery or lyrics relating to cake in any way, we changed our name to "CAN'T SLEEP" - again, we decided to stylize it with capital letters.
We decided that this fitted our brand more, as not only do we show a sign in our video that says "I can't get no sleep", but as previously mentioned, we as band member's act in a deranged fashion, and Phoebe's character is given a deliberate messy/sleep-deprived look (smudged makeup, messy hair etc).

Previous names suggested include
Blush
Cake Slice
Lonely Hearts Club

Storyboard

Timeline of Availibility

Availibility	9th October	10th October	11th October	12th October	13th October	14th October	15th October
Phoebe	1st/2nd/3rd period	1st/4th period	1st/4th/5th period	1st/2nd period	3rd/5th period	Unavailable	All day
Lucy	2nd period/3rd period	1st/4th/5th period	4th/5th period	1st/2nd/5th period	1st/3rd/5th	Unavailable	All day

Website Research Analysis

This is a screen cast video reviewing The Script's official website. I completed this research to give myself a better ideo of how band websites flow and what they include. It also higlighted to me the importance of synergy and the up keep of themes throughout the whole website.

Visual Timeline of lyrics

This presentation shows a timeline of the shots we are planning to use in our video. We created this so we have a clear image in our head of how the video will look.