Noah Carolan A2 Media

The plot has been finalised! Finally! So why don't we run through it, plotbeat by plotbeat? We start off seeing Alan sitting at a table outside a cafe. He's having a phone call, while letting his drink go cold. We can hear a female voice, Lisa, on the other end of the phone, who's trying to gently let Alan know it's over. On her end, Lisa's new boyfriend, Chad, grabs the phone. He shouts down to Alan that "the world is gonna roll him". Furious, Alan hangs up, and leaves the cafe. He walks into a musical instrument shop, looking at a selection of guitars, feeling sad. He remembers how he played guitar for Lisa. He leaves the shop without buying anything, and starts walking down the street. He stops for a second, seeing a poster. It reads "MUSICAL TALENT WANTED!", and then a phone number. Alan considers it, then walks away. A second later, he rips the poster off the wall, and runs home. This is the point where All Star starts playing. Alan ...

My choice for directorial influence is slightly unconventional, but it fits with my unconventional theme. My chosen style is the style of Jack Douglass. Jack Douglass, also known as Jacksfilms, is an internet comedian, singer, musician and all around entertainer. His brand is mostly known for memes and jokes, both of which are main focuses of his channel. Over the 10 year lifespan of his YouTube channel, Douglass has made numerous music videos, covering almost every single base possible. He's made songs spanning holidays (including Thanksgiving, somehow), historical figures, the YouTube landscape, etc. While his original songs aren't going to break chart records at any point, his music videos have amassed millions of views individually; impressive, considering that most of the time, it's a one man operation involving Douglass himself.  His editing style allows for jokes to hit harder, usually due to the deliberate cutting off of dialogue. For a good example ...

ALAN HAMLIN A hoodie - Alan is insecure at the start of the music video, and feels fairly vulnerable. To hide his self-proclaimed "weakness", he wears a hoodie. Gradually as the video goes on, he removes some aspects of the hoodie. First he unzips it, then takes off the hood, and finally, he takes the hoodie off as a whole at the climax. Jeans - Generic trousers. Shoes - Generic shoes T-Shirt - Generic shirt, but as the video goes on, the shirts progressively become brighter as the video goes on. LISA SKYGUY Shirt - Generic shirt Necklace - Lisa likes to make herself look nice, and one of her favourite things to wear as a part of that is a necklace, given to her by her dying grandmother. Trousers - Ripped jeans, since she considers herself a free spirit and likes wearing that kind of hip, trendy clothes. Shoes - Converse type shoes, without socks. Again, following the "free spirit / hipster" theme she has. Accessories - Rings, maybe 2 or 3? (POSS...

There are 2 main characters who appear throughout the entire music video, and another character who only appears at the start; - ALAN HAMLIN  - The main character.  AGE - 19 GENDER - Male INTERESTS - Memes, playing guitar, drinking Starbucks with friends FAVOURITE MOVIES - Shrek , Mystery Men , Digimon The Movie BACKSTORY - He's been on a bit of a downward spiral as of recent. He lost his girlfriend to a guy name Chad from a poor loss in a poker game. Curiously, he never bet her in the game; she bet herself after seeing how loaded Chad actually was. Alan had usually been good at poker, with all sorts of strategies and a dead-on poker face. But apparently, it wasn't good enough against Chad. So he's been awfully lonely. He's lost 90% of his savings to Chad, and Lisa won't even treat him as an equal anymore. PERSONALITY - Cocky (but he's working on it), doesn't give up easily, sentimental POTENTIAL CAST - Blair Liversidge, Eddie Pratt, Ellio...

PREPARATION From the audience research, I would like to Investigate what the general public consumes typically, in terms of digital media Find opinions on different types of digital media from a range of age groups Find out which platforms and services are typically used to consume media, and if there's any correlation between services used by whichever age groups use them The questions I plan on asking are as follows; Which do you prefer; music videos or short films? What was the last music video you watched? What was the last short film you watched? How often do you consume either piece of media? Do you ever consume either piece of media as a part of a group? Which platforms do you use to consume music videos? Which platforms do you use to consume short films? Are you aware of the song "All Star" by Smash Mouth? (IF 8 = YES) Do you like this song? (IF 8 = YES) Where did you find out about this song? There will be a flow of questions, all depending ...

HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO CONFORM TO FORMS AND CONVENTIONS? - I want to use a few conventions of other music videos, but my main goal is to break as many of them as possible. So this means not taking the music video too seriously, and having fun with it. Most of the music videos seen nowadays don't have much fun (see Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" or Panic! at the Disco's "Death of a Bachelor"). I want to harken back to the late 90s / early 00s, when music videos knew to have a sense of humour and didn't try and be edgy. There are a couple of music videos nowadays that have fun, such as Panic! at the Disco's "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time", and OK Go's "Here It Goes Again". WHERE ARE YOU PLANNING ON DEVELOPING EXISTING FORMS AND CONVENTIONS? - I want to develop the convention of a typical breakup song music video... by challenging it head on. Most breakup music videos show the singer walking around, singing about the...

What went well? Whilst filming, numerous things went well. Firstly, the weather was perfect for our idea. We had planned to film outside, so a rainy or windy day would have been bad for the film and the camera. It was hugely sunny and hot, so the lighting was perfect for filming. Our idea revolved around a relationship, and was generally happy, so bright, sunny lighting was perfect. What didn't go well? What will you do/not do next time? The main problem we had with our filming was organisation. This was in many forms; first of all, it was difficult to choose a date and place that was available for all of us. Some of our group don't live in Wymondham, so it was difficult for them to get to the location. Moreover, the task was just before our mock exams, so it was a rather busy time, so we struggled to organise a time to meet. Once we did meet at the location, we hadn't created a proper plan of our video, let alone what we were doing on that day exactly. Because of th...