Why did I chose my characters for my music video?

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Planning Filming: Casting

For my music video I have four characters that are used within my narrative which are:

Sam - the boy who wants to be a girl

Laura - who has a drug addiction

Grace - who has been diagnosed with cancer 

Sian - who is homeless

Emily - Artist

 

Planning

I brainstormed what I personally thought of in regards to my target audience and my genre so that I could interpret these elements into my work. 

I used the image chef app on my iPhone to create this.

Audience Profile

To create a profile for my audience I have decided to generate a simulation of the type of person that I would be targeting my video towards. 

I have created the character of Emma Roberts and what her life would consist of through social media.

This shows that my audience is very cultured and loves things to do with culture for example art and architecture. They are also very liberal is terms of opinion therefore they will be open minded about the issues posed in the monologues within my music video. 

I will try to target my audience within my music video through the conventions of the genre including the use of; narrative, location and fashion.

Music video pitch

Music video pitch from Sian Ginger

Letter of Permission

As the song I have chosen for the production of my music video is pre-existing I needed to ask permission in order to use it from the artist Kate Bush. I did this to ensure that there will be no copyright infringements with the song as they will be away that I have used it for education purposes.

My Song Choice: This Woman's Work by Kate Bush

Reasons why I have chosen this song:

 The song has the potential for a clear narrative path for a music video.

I like the song and am comfortable that I can interpret it well when creating my music video.

The genre of the song is out of my comfort zone therefore challenging me

The song is emotive and has the potential to follow the idea of creating monologues within it which I had planned to do after being inspired by P!NK-Dear Mr President

It was in the charts more than ten years ago. This means that we will not be tempted to copy any of the music video that already exists.

This song also has the right tempo to lip sync well together with a video.