Noah Carolan A2 Media

1) ANY PARTICULAR ALBUM RELEASE POSTERS YOU REMEMBER? - "Not really." 2) HOW IMPORTANT IS A POSTER TO YOU DECIDING WHETHER TO BUY IT? - "Not important at all. I tend not to really see posters, so they don't make a difference to me." 3) IN YOUR OPINION WHAT MAKES A GOOD POSTER? - "Catches your eye, shows you all the information you need, like the artist name and album name. And when the album is being released." 4) HOW MUCH SPACE SHOULD THE ACT NAME AND TRACK NAME TAKE UP? - "I think a sort of equal amount of space. I think it can vary, really. I think it depends on the artist, because if it's a big band like Take That, they'll put their name bigger because they're more well known." 5) SHOULD THE IMAGE BE A PIECE OF ART / DESIGN OR OF THE ACT? DOES THIS DEPEND ON IF THE ACT IS A SOLOIST OR A BAND? - "I think if it's a soloist, it can be just a picture of them, but it depends on how big they are as a performer....

I asked Emily Rogers all these questions, as part of audience research. 1) WHAT ARE SOME CD COVERS YOU REMEMBER? - "Save Rock and Roll" by Fall Out Boy - "American Beauty/American Psycho" by Fall Out Boy - "Vessel" by twenty one pilots - "Crybaby" by Melanie Martinez - "Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die" by Panic! at the Disco - "In Case You Didn't Know" by Olly Murs 2) HOW IMPORTANT IS THE CD COVER TO YOU BUYING IT? - "Wouldn't say it's important to be honest, because I tend to buy albums from bands I know. So it wouldn't really matter what's on the cover." 3) IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT MAKES A GOOD ALBUM COVER? WHAT'LL MAKE IT STAND OUT ON SHELVES?   - "Yeah. It needs to stand out. It has to be unique, not necessarily colourful, because muted ones can stand out too." 4) HOW MUCH SPACE SHOULD THE ACT NAME AND TRACK NAME TAKE UP?   - "Typically, it'd take up qui...

In terms of diegetic sound, the only piece of it will be in the opening scene, before the song starts. When Alan is on the phone, I want to record the real audio from the actor pretending to have a phone call. The other end of the phone call won't be diegetic though, it'll be edited through Audacity and by recording my two other actors separately.  Non-diegetic sound is going to be quite heavy. Ignoring the song itself over the entire music video, I also want to use some audio I captured at a concert I've been to previously. During a lull where the artist had to tune her ukulele, she asked the audience to entertain themselves for "5 seconds". The crowd started singing All Star, to the sarcastic dismay of the artist. Her backing band joined in too, playing music to accompany the crowd's singing. Luckily, I recorded the entire thing, so I can use clips of audio of it for when I want a large crowd singing the song. As mentioned before, the phone call at the b...

COFFEE CUP The same one as in my AS Media film opening! The two are meant to be linked, where the music video ends 5 minutes before the movie intro begins. It'll be made up of my reusable Starbucks travel mug, and using a whiteboard marker to write the name "Alan Hamlin" on it. GUITAR Just a regular ol' guitar. I'm not well versed in guitar makes or anything about them, but from my limited knowledge, I'd guess it'd be a Yamaha make. I may use the one I have at home, which is an actual Yamaha guitar. POSTER To be used in the scene when Alan walks down St Benedicts Street. I'll design it myself in Photoshop, and sticking with the meme theme, I'll use some traits of them. Examples being using Comic Sans as the font, using stock images with the watermarks still there, etc. CONTRACT Again, same deal as the poster. It'll be all written up in Comic Sans font, but on Word instead of Photoshop. I won't put in any ACTUAL contract text...

Settings... yay. The "fun" bit. And by "fun", I mean boring. But it has to be done. COSTA COFFEE The setting for the opening scene, where Alan sits on the phone to his ex. The set-up includes an inside and outside area with tables, chairs, etc. When I thought up the beginning of the music video, that particular coffee shop was exactly what I was envisioning. It's located on White Lion Street, a tangent from the main high street of Norwich. As a precaution, I'll make sure to actually buy something from Costa, so that they can't enforce some rule like "seating only for customers". Ideally, I'd like to spend between 15 and 20 minutes filming the scene here. WATERFRONT, NORWICH The setting for the signing for fans scene. I've been there before, and the outside is usually very quiet during the daytime, when there's no performances going on. Usually, there are different posters for bands and upcoming performances on the walls, ...

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 ...