Call Sheet

Thesen are print screens of my groups call sheet. We decided to make a call sheet so as to help us be more organised with our work and be able to plan for any problems we would most likely encounter. I feel that the call sheet was rather helpful as it meant that everyone knew exactly what was happening and when, it also put us all in contact with one another. Putting together the call sheet was relatively simple, it was essentially a culmination of all the planning we had done before it.

Poster Reasearch

This poster uses standard media conventions; it portrays the band name and a picture of the group. The basic colours are simple and unoffensive. Which makes the image of the band stand out. The image is set in front of graffiti, which relates to their target audience of teenagers. The band are smiling which suggests to the audience that if they listen to their music and buy their merchandise they will also be happy. The font used for the band name is standardised and recognised throughout all of their merchandise as the only style they use, thus making it more memorable, and if you see this style elsewhere you will think of the band.

This poster does not fully conform to standard media conventions, the main image is an artistic one, not featuring any of the band members or anything to do with their singles or albums. However the poster does include the band name, but not in the usual stylised font. This poster is designed to attract the attention of the audience by being unusual.

This poster conforms to current media conventions. The poster features elements of the male gaze in that there a three stereotypically attractive women featured as the main image. Furthermore they are also featured within their first albums artwork and in the bands music video "Flathead". The band name is featured prominently over the main image giving the artist dominance of the poster. The font is typical of the band in question and anything written in that style is instantly recognisable as that bands merchandise.






From this research of bands within the indie rock genre, the same as the genre the band I chose are established in, I have concluded that the band name needs to take prominence in the poster. Furthermore I have found that the band itself does not necessarily need to feature on it. However if I choose to do this I will need to make the band recognisable either by using stylised text or by featuring images that are well known to be used by the band, but also relate to my target audience.

CD case research

This CD case conforms to current media conventions in that the band name features prominently on the front. The font of the text is instantly recognisable as that particular band. The image used is simple and suits the style of the case. The texture and colour of the case mirrors that of the origin of the bands name the guide "Scouting For Boys by BP"; this guide books texture was of a similar vein to the one used here. The colours are simple and unoffensive; they suit the bands music style and lyrical depth.








Many media conventions are adheared to on this CD case. The bands name and album title are at the top in plain coloured text that stands out from the background, but suits the neutral colouring. The main image featured on the CD case is a close up picture of the entire band, with the lead singer in the middle taking most of the audience focus. The image is in black and white which follows the theme of the CD case.









This CD case is of a simple design, the text stands out from the dark background making it easier to see; the band and album title feature at the top of the case taking importance by being above the other objects on the CD case. The main image is one of a spinning globe, it's coloured a sepia colour, with the land masses a darker shade. The image helps to make the CD case stand out as the colour contrast helps to catch the audiences eye. Also the image appears to have no connection with the band name or the album title and so conforms to the indie genre in its tendancy to not conform.





From the research I have gathered, I believe that my CD case should be eye catching, and fit the genre and target audience. Although some reference to the band, album or song would be beneficial to the advertisement of it, it is not a necessity. However it would be best to conform to current media conventions and have the band name and album title feature prominently on the front of the CD case.

Storyboards

This is storyboard number 1 and includes the establishing shot and mainly mid shots, to introduce the characters. Immediately we see there is a problem, with the way the female lead storms off form the car.

This is storyboard number 2 it features some long shots, and several close up shots, this is because it allows the audience to see where the female lead is going and to see that the driver is leaving abruptly.









Storyboard 3 is mostly close up shots, in car. These have been used to give the audience a sense of the drivers emotion, and allow for the scene to be set on the A46.










Storyboard 4 predominately has shots of the car travelling down the A46 to the drivers destination. The different angles show to the audience that the car is travelling.











Number 5 once again includes mostly shots of the car travelling the A46, this allows for a change of pace and tempo linking with music and video.










The 6th storyboard is one of the more emotional storyboards. This one includes mostly close up shots of the characters, displaying emotions varying from the drivers rage and misery and the lead females tears and regret.









The 7th storyboard includes some emotional close ups, but sees a change of scene, as the driver exits the A road and into a car park before he heads to a lake to contemplate his fate.









The penultimate storyboard is one of pure emotion on the drivers part, on this storyboard we see the driver travel through several emotions ranging from sadness to rage, and then finally his determination to end his problems one way or another.









The final story board once again is all about emotion, in this last storyboard the driver commits suicide over the loss of his love, although the audience do not see this, the footage allows them to make that assumption. As the female lead cries on the phone, and the deathly still scene of the lake pour over the screen the audience are left feeling the emotion involved in the song as well as the video as the song ends and the video fades to black.