Shots in isolation: music video work in progress

Music video project: new deadlines

It's already been ten weeks since you started the initial planning for this project, and, at the time of writing, you now have less than two and a half weeks left!

Below you will find the new and (hopefully) final deadlines for the music video production task.

IMPORTANT

1. All dates below are final, and replace any other information you have been given, including deadlines in your research workbook. 
2. All work is to be submitted to the submissions folder. 
3. Submitting an incorrect file format (eg .pproj files) or submitting a work in a different way (eg as an email attachment or a onedrive file) will not be accepted.
4. The designated filming weeks are now over. While filming can still be carried out, it must be approved in advance by your teacher. You can no longer simply email to say that you are out filming. Attendance in all future lessons is mandatory.

99% of your remaining time on this project is going to be spent editing.
If you wish to achieve at least a B grade, you must put time in to this project
outside your normal lessons. Workshop sessions will be
held On Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 14:40 in
your normal media classroom

Rough rough cut - Thursday 20th June (T block), Friday 21st June (P and R block) - this deadline has been and gone over a week ago...

Perfect shot two - Thursday 4th July (T block), Friday 5th July (P and R block) - submit a screenshot of the best still image from your music video. This must be different from perfect shot one...

Rough cut - Monday 8th July (P and T block), Tuesday 9th July (R block) - as close as possible to a final cut, though this will still look pretty rough

Final cut - Tuesday 16th July (R block and P block), Wednesday 17th July (T block) - This is the final cut, perfect in every way. 

In order to allow for your music video to access the higher grades, there are a number of things that you must include. You can find this information by clicking here. 

Music video: essential elements checklist

Essential!

• At least three different shooting locations, including an interior and an exterior
• Must be between three minutes to three and a half minutes in length
• Wide range of camera shots, angles and movement to interpret the music and lyrics of the song
• Shots of the artist or band to establish a clear identity/image
• Performance footage (rehearsal and/or live and/or lip synched)
• Representations of at least one social group
• Clear structure with an element of narrative (remember, 'narrative' takes many forms...)
• A range of appropriate editing techniques including variation of pace
• Graphics depicting the original name of artist or band and title of the track (NOT the actual name of the artist, but the artist you created!)*

Desirable!

• Intertextuality!
• Generic hybridity!
• Complex representations
• Challenges stereotypes!
• Looks and feels like a major label music video!

*There are a few exceptions to this. Please talk to your teacher if you have any questions!