Yesterday I had my music shoot which took up the entire day and so I had to carry on planning and producing content for the social media page today.
At the beginning of the lesson me and Carl planned some pictures that we wanted to get of Kiera. We decided that we wanted some pictures of Kiera recording a song in a music studio and some professional photos to fill up the feed.
Due to being in a music video that lasted the whole of Tuesday, I had to start planning for my social media again today. I created a prototype for my social media using the research I did on Monday.
Up and coming event
Professional photo shoot
Instagram page
These photos are basic photos with a low quality, however, I just wanted to create a basis for our page.
I created the cover for the up and coming BBC event using a small online editor called, PicMonkey.
This editor is free to use and very simple. I wanted to practise using it for when I begin editing the photos that I will upload onto my final Instagram feed.
Carl and I took the photos seen above and then I experimented with editing ideas using PicMonkey.
Today I began by looking at similar artists social media profiles. I looked at artists such as, Ella Mai.
Ella Mai is a young R&B solo artist who regularly posts on Instagram. I analysed her social media for inspiration for when I begin creating our page for our artist.
Creating music
Professional photo shoot
Showcasing awards
Sharing artwork for album release
I also looked on the social media page of the artist that created the song we used, @aka.rubii. I did this to see how she expresses her personality for inspiration.
Up and coming events
Up and coming events
Being showcased on BBC
Home photos - Celebrating song rising in popularity
Incase of any emergencies we have decided to place Alice as our backup artist. We have already rehearsed Alice multiple times as we used her for a part of our prototype video as we were unable to use Kiera.
This prototype includes multiple simplified versions of the sets we are planning on doing for our music video. The simplifications come from the lighting, costume, props, setting, camera work and editing.
For the prototype we had lots of fast paced shots as we didn't have the resources to create all six of the sets we are building for the real shoot. As the audience are shown all of the different locations within the first 45 seconds of the prototype, we have taken this on board and will create slower transitions between each set. To aid this we will also have many more different camera angles per set instead of just having one or two.
After watching our prototype over and over we have decided that we would like to start rehearsing Kiera more so that she gives off a more mellow feel as the artist. We thought her movement and facial expressions created an energy that was too upbeat for the song and our planned artist.
For the lighting we used two tubular fluorescent lights, blue and red. For the real shoot each set has its own colour and so the lighting will vary a lot more than in the prototype.
Here is a page by page analysis of our master list:
This is the set we are using as the transition between some of our main sets. This will be created during the editing process of our production and so we do not need to build it.
This is one of our main six sets. It is very simplistic and includes a red brick wall with no props.
This set includes a short staircase and fluorescent tube lights symmetrically placed either side of the stairs.
This set consists of two inward facing chairs with a small side table and a lamp emitting a red light. To the left side there will also be a window with red light beaming through.
This set consists of two tall gel flats placed together to create a right angle. Projectors will be placed behind each flat and will project bright green neon signs whilst our artist performs in the centre.
This set includes a ladder in front of a wall covered in spray paint. The ladder will have two fluorescent tube lights going down the back of each ladder so they are invisible to the audience.
