Gaining Copyright Permission

In order for us to use the track that we had chosen, we needed to write a permission letter to City Rockers, the current copyright holders and record label for this song.

Here is the email we sent to them, to which we am hoping to get a reply from soon.

Other Locations

Oakfield Park Woods

Oakfield Park near Dartford

Louise's garage

Ideas For The Video

Once we had chosen our song and the location for our music video, we then brainstormed ideas that we could use that we felt would fit in well with the song theme and words.

To do still, we started off by printing off the song lyrics in which we then analysed so that we could think of other ideas that would fit in well with the lyrics.

We soon found that 'We felt the blood stop' was a common phrase within the song that was very repetitive. We therefore thought of an idea where we could include some type of blood liquid within the video, maybe with the character 'drinking' it out of a champagne glass or with bloody tears coming down from their face. We thought this would fit in well within the theme.

Another idea that we came up with was that our main character could be running from something, maybe running away from her own nightmare. We felt that a dark but well lit alleyway would capture the moods and feeling that we want to portray within this shot as we would want it to feel as if the main character was scared and feeling all alone.

Our main character we decided would look as if they have been possessed by a spirit to which all these weird and scary things would happen to them. However, this would all be shown in the 'nightmare' and therefore she would just be thinking about it.

We also decided we would feature a vampire type character that would appear to haunt the main character. This would add even more emphasis to the scary vibe in which we want to create and achieve.

Main Location

Originally, before deciding on the song, us girls decided how we would like to film and base our music video in London because we liked the scenery that it has to offer. We liked the idea of travelling around London showing some of the different buildings and architecture it had to offer, as well as the vast majority of different people. We also felt that London reflected our cultures well too.

However, after we eventually chose the song that we were going to use, we realised how setting our music video within the heart of London wouldn't make much sense.

We then decided as a group with the help of our teacher that as our video was going to be based around vampires and living in a nightmare, we could use a graveyard as the base location for our music video. This will add emphasis to the 'scary'

atmosphere in which we are hoping

to create.

St Michaels Graveyard, Wilmington

This is the local graveyard in which we have decided we will use.

It particularly caught all of our eyes as it featured many old gravestones that we could use for emphasis in our 'spooky' theme within the music video.

This is a pathway within the graveyard that we plan on using. We are considering using still shots of the main character and vampire, however these still shots would move so that the characters will be in different places.

Images I Like

IMAGE 1

This image I found by typing in 'girl vampire' into Google.

Although the picture doesnt appear to represent what people would expect to be a vampire, I feel the image is very strong due to the colouring and the make-up used within it.

The image doesnt include fangs and capes like you would expect from a vampire which makes the picture original as it is representing a vampire without including the connotations of a real vampire.

I particularly like the hair in this image as I feel it stands out due to how dark it is against the vampires pale skin. It also appears to have white and purple streaks going through the hair which also stand out as they are brighter than the hair itself.

The make up of this vampire is also very bold and bright. The eyes appear very 'scary' and 'weird' and these stand out due to the unrealistic colour, as not many eyes are yellow. This is how you can automatically tell that this girl is not an ordinary female. I really like the colour of the lips that the girl has in this picture as I feel they look very 'vampire like'. The bright colour of them instantly stand out against her pale white skin and they compliment the yellow eyes and red cheeks well.

The girls pale skin could represent her being very cold blooded, like a vampire.

IMAGE 2

This image I also found by searching for 'girl vampire' in Google.
I was instantly drawn to the picture as it looks like a young girl with bright scary eyes. I felt as if her eyes were looking deep into me. I also like the effect of the hair blowing across her face as well as her bright red lips.

I particularly like this image as it creates an element of mystery towards the character and I felt there was a sad story behind this picture.

Music Video Analysis - Rihanna: Disturbia

The music video for Rihanna's 'Disturbia' was filmed on 29th June, 2008. It was directed by Anthony Mandler and was choreographed by Tina Landon.
The video was first released only on iTunes for 48 hours and it debuted in the UK on 1st August.

Although i had previously seen this particular music video many times before, when i looked at in in more depth, i was amazed by the many different shots and scenes that had been used, as well as many of the different effects. I then thought about how our music video would become easily transformed if we tried to use some of these effects within our own music video.
The clothing in which Rhianna wears represents the genre in which this music video represents as she tends to wear mainly black clothing throughout the video. Her hair is also short, yet almost appears out of place, representing herself throughout this.

Many of the shots within this particular music video include very little lighting and therefore they are very hard to see, however again, this relates to the particular genre in which this music video has been made for.
This shot is one of the first shots we see throughout the music video. It is an establishing shot so we can therefore see that the artist or main character is in the middle of the screen, however has the surrounding area visible so that we can see what is all around her. The lighting in this shot is quite dark which adds to the element of mysteriousness within the video as we cannot see the main characters face properly.
This shot was towards the beginning of the song as the beat of the song became more emphasised. I particularly liked this shot as it showed the main character throwing her head around whilst stuck in a cage which made me question why she was in the cage in the first place. The editing of this shot showed that it had been sped up which created even more of an effect as it looked like she was throwing her head around even faster.

This shot I felt was amazing as it captured three different images into one scene. Within this we can see a close up of the character as well as a body shot of the character with fire separating the two images. I really liked this image and was drawn to it and would like to experiment with this kind of shot within my own music video.


This shot within the music video I felt didn't relate to the rest of the video as it contained very harsh lighting when compared to all of the other shots within the video where the lighting is very dark and the character creates a sense of mystery.

This shot I felt was beautiful! I really liked the way in which the lighting captured the character from the side as she almost appears like a shadow. I never really noticed this image until I looked further into the music video and I would love to include this type of shot within my own music video.

Previous Practise Video

This is a practise video that we made in Year 12 as an introduction to using the particular software in which we would need for creating our coursework.

We was given a title of 'The Journey' in which we had to create our own storyline and our own music video to within the timescale of 2 weeks.

Our group decided our 'journey' would be a transformation for a girl going from a 'geek' to a beauty. Our chosen song was 'She Moves in Her Own Way' by The Kooks.

From this task, we got an initial introduction into how to use the different equipment such as a video camera and a tripod. We also learnt how to use Final Cut which was going to be the programme in which we would use for our Year 13 coursework.

Here is our practise video:

Practise Music Video from Lucy Simonds on Vimeo.