Change in annotations

Following some recent feedback on my annotations from friends, I decided to add a new scene to the ending of the music video. I feel crosscutting to the beginning scene works really well because it will signal to the audience that her daydream has ended.

The second changes are provisional, depending on the availability of the studio location.

Casting!

ROSEMARY DARKO - as Main Protagonist Rose

(Singer)

I've chosen Rosemary to be the main protagonist in my music video. Having taken an interest in the band I've chosen, and her familiarity with them I think is an advantage. This will put her more at ease for example, in the lip syncing process, the lyrics are fairly known to her so it wont affect the quality of the lip syncing much. She is also a very good actress in terms of playing dominant roles, she has a very expressive way of portraying how she feels and is never restricted so this will be represented directly on the camera and provide the perfect characterization needed for this role.










EUGENIE WHITTLE & LANA SMITH - as Rose's friends

As both funny, down to earth and bubbly people in real life, I feel Eugenie and Lana will be a perfect choice for playing the friends of Rose in the music video. Both seem to adopt a very childlike manner in the way they behave and they know how to have fun which is one thing I am hoping to convey in my music video; the idea that teenage girls in this modern day and age can have fun and be happy and bubbly and chatty without being immoral and interruptive. Their close bond will also make their interactions in the scenes seem more realistic and genuine.

SHARLENE KAWOOYA & MIKAEL - as cafe couple

Both very good actors and actresses. They will be playing the role of the cafe couple in which Rose comes across as she is walking by. I am confident in their ability to act as if they are genuinely in love in the scene. Sharlene will play a very effective part as she has done drama previously at GCSE and was a phenomenal member of the class.





KEMI OLAWOLE - as RAPPER
I've chosen Kemi to do the short rap in the video (the bridge) because she's a very confident person and that's the image rappers usually portray. Kemi also has a unique sense of style that will help to appeal to the target audience, for example she is quite versatile and can pull off any fashion.She also has the skill of keeping a straight face in funny situations so she will save me doing a lot of outtakes for her part in the music video and this will help me to choose the useful scenes more easily in the editing process.

KATHERINE MANNION - as Class Teacher

Kathy is another excellent dramatic student who has proven to have extraordinary acting skills. She will play the part of the teacher well because she is good at using improvisation and really taking on the role of the character she is put in. She is very talented and uses her body language and gestures well to portray emotion and status.

With her currently taking drama and theatre studies as a chosen subject at A - Levels, I think this will be the perfect opportunity to apply her skills and give her even more practise in the development of her existing dramatic skills.

EXTRAS

Classmates: Avril Fernandes,Jolin Ogu, Katrina Toal, Amy Kyaligamba, Lee-Anne Caiado

Target Audience

Who are my Target Audience?

My target audience are teenage girls aged 14-18 who have a musical preference for POP/RNB.

Research: I conducted some research by giving out surveys to my target audience so that I could get an me an idea of how to appeal to them in my music video. Each person was to write down five main things on the form: their likes/dislikes, musical preferences, ambitions and media consumption

habits.

This is the most important factor in deciding the content of my music video from the camera shots to the costume and the overall setting...so having looked at this piece of research I can't say I'm pleased with the result. I can't conclude anything with these answers, they are too idiographic - too unique, so although they are useful individually they haven't helped me to draw up conclusions overall. I'm going to either need more survey results or I'm going to need to find a way to put these answers to greater use.

ANNOTATION OF LYRICS

So far I've done the annotations for the lyrics and after I have to start applying them to a storyboard format. I'm quite happy with the annotations but I know I'll end up changing a few things such as the setting for certain scenes, for example, the bit where she sings "Saturday comes, it's just another day to me..." in the second verse is intended to be somewhere like in a mall or a public place of leisure but as stated in one of my previous posts, this is very unlikely to go to plan and permission may be limited, I'm going to need to choose my settings wisely as I'll be filming over a period of time with my cast members, so they need to be accessible, quick and easy to get to.

I have a feeling there are so much more editing aspects I can use to really bring the effects I want to have in the music video to the audience, perhaps I could be a bit more original and stop sticking to what I know, for example, fade transitions and black and white filters, maybe I ought to step out of the box a little, but I guess I should leave that until the editing stage and focus on the actual filming part more because if the quality of the film isn't good, no amount of editing will overcome that.

I'm aiming for the mood of my music video to be cheesy, somewhat playful and innocent which will hopefully relate to my target audience as teenage girls are familiar with possessing these attitudes and know how to have fun. =)

MYXX LYRICS

‘I’ll Be Waiting’

I-I-I-I'll Be
I-I'll be
I-I-I-I'll Be
I-I-I-I-I'll be [x4]

[VERSE 1:]
Some say its the greatest thing
How I wish that I could agree
Been waiting for my turn
Seems love just skipped over me
I really wanna know what it feels like to be involved
With someone who can make the stars fall out the sky
I'd give anything to have it right here in my life
I know there's something waiting for me
Waving a sign

[CHORUS:]
I'll be waiting for your love
To come and find me
Could be right beside me
I'll be, I’ll be waiting
I'll be waiting for your love
To come and find me
Could be right beside me
I'll be, I’ll be waiting
I've never been in love
But now I’ve got a taste for it (taste for it x3)
I've never had someone
To help me get the hang of it (hang of it)
(I’ll be waiting)

[VERSE 2:]
Saturday comes
Its just another day to me
Some call it day and night
But that’s never been my routine
Just once I’d like to feel the way people say it feels
I heard that its incredible, the ultimate right
I'm sure I’ll come across it sooner, maybe later
In the mean time, I’m gon wait my turn
I'm first in line

[CHORUS:]
I'll be waiting for your love
To come and find me
Could be right beside me
I'll be, I’ll be waiting
I'll be waiting for your love
To come and find me
Could be right beside me
I'll be, I’ll be waiting
I've never been in love
But now I’ve got a taste for it (taste for it, waiting waiting I’ll be, I’ll be, I’ll be waiting)
I've never had someone
To help me get the hang of it (hang of it, waiting waiting I’ll be, I’ll be, I’ll be waiting)
(I’ll be waiting)

[RAP:]
I'll be waiting, waiting
For the l-u-v to come and find me, find me
It could be right beside me, right beside me, I’ll be waiting
I'll be waiting, waiting
For that l-u-v to come and find me, find me
It could be right beside me, right beside me, I’ll be waiting

Need love like yesterday
And the day before and the day before that
I'll be waiting, I’ll be waiting, I’ll be waiting, I’ll be waiting
Clock ticks the time away(7 ticks)
No pressure, sign off with my heart beat
Yes I rhyme of it(of it x4)

[CHORUS: X2]
I'll be waiting for your love
To come and find me
Could be right beside me
I'll be, I’ll be waiting
I'll be waiting for your love
To come and find me
Could be right beside me
I'll be, I’ll be waiting

I've never been in love
But now I’ve got a taste for it (taste for it, waiting I’ll be, I’ll be, I’ll be waiting)
I've never had someone
To help me get the hang of it (hang of it, waiting waiting I’ll be, I’ll be, I’ll be waiting)
(I’ll be waiting)

I’ll be waiting.

Storyboard

Music Video Treatment

The whole narrative will be based on the general life of a teenage girl living in London and waiting for love. So during the scenes I think it will be important to capture this in environments that teens my age are familiar with, for example, a friend's house, central London or the city streets etc. I also want to have fun with these ideas, which is why I wanted to include some comical aspects in the music video, but I'll go into more detail with it in my next post.