Social media- Development

Currently, our group has created three forms of social media for our band. I was in charge of creating the Instagram and TikTok account and post content, while Catherine was in charge of designing and releasing the Wix website.

link to vid

Social media- content created

After our photoshoot, I decided to use the photos taken to create promo content to post on Instagram.

Promo created:

Photoshoot for digipack

On Wednesday afternoon, I booked the photography studio to take pictures of the band. I used some help from a friend who takes Photography A-level to take good-quality pictures.

 

link to photoshoot

Social media- TikTok page

TikTok account created

link to vid

First content created for page 

Caption: new song "GRAYSON", from our latest album "INTO: the blue", out on the 30th of December at 10am to the UK.

Evaluation of Shoot Day

A day before our shoot, we met in the afternoon, in the media studio to set up and bring a few heavy props- bunk bed, projectors, fake walls, etc.  I also made sure to print out the storyboard into an A4 sheet of paper to serve as a guide for the shoot day.

Waking up in the morning of the shoot day, i felt calm and prepared. Before the shoot, we needed to prepare the first set. We set up the fake walls, painted them dark blue and hooked them from the back. We brought the bunk bed in and decorated it with sheets, blankets and pillows along with other props. We also gave out the costumes for the actors and set up the tracks to start recording.

Prior to setting up, we needed to paint and set up 3 walls and a projector. The studio's floor wasn't appropriate for a 'bedroom location'. Therefore, we set up a fake stone floor to cover the shooting area. 

On the shoot day we kept switching roles of director, cameraman, clapper person to set handler. I was also given the role to take pictures and videos of the production process for behind the scenes footage for the social media page.

Personally, I feel like I did particularly well gathering enough footage to create our group's social media/promo and BTS videos. I also did well taking care of our actors and making sure they felt comfortable.

Throughout our shoot we didn't have many problems, I feel like time-management was a bit of an issue near the end to record the last scene. I also had a problem with the teamwork and the delegation of different roles as I wasn't able to do much like be the cameraman and shoot a few scenes. 

However, the shoot went really well. The most successful part, in my opinion, was how the first set up turned out. We were unsure of how the set would look using the projector as the "wallpaper", but it ended up looking great. 

link to vid

link to vid

During the shoot, we didn't follow any plan or checked the storyboard for the shots we initially wanted. The process felt a bit chaotic and felt like we were making it up as went. I wish we had prepared more carefully what we were going to do on the shoot day, that might've led us to shooting a better music video.

link to vid

We managed well with our actors, they were easy to work with and listened well to instructions. We made sure to talk to them, bring food and drinks in case they got hungry and tried our best to make feel as comfortable as possible. 

What was the part of the shoot you enjoyed the most?

I enjoyed the most 

Apart from getting to know our actors, I also enjoyed setting up, painting the walls and seeing process of creating our first set.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the narrative and performance cuts will be edited together as well as how the projectors/wallpapers look on camera. 

How well do you feel that your production group worked as a team?

In the beginning, I had a hard time working with my class members. Since I've never talked to them before, I struggled to communicate with them. However, each of our individual skills helped us create a high-quality work. 

link to BTS video of 'Grayson'

Social media- Photoshoot #2- Behind The Scenes footage

On Friday, we contacted our cast to have a casual photoshoot that could be used for our Instagram's profile account. We also discussed about costumes and selected which clothes we would use on the shoot for each of the actors.

Projections- Media shoot

Projections/wallpapers that will be used for the first set.

Social media- Instagram page

Instagram account created

Group development #8- Contacting cast/Planning

 Sent email

"Hey guys!

Next Monday (the 22nd of November) is our music video shoot day and there are a couple of preparations we could do with your help completing!

First off, please can you fill in the Contributor Release Forms I have attached and send them back to me. This is just protocol for Hurtwood safeguarding and shouldn’t take too long at all.

Next up, The Breakdown Sheet sums up what we will be shooting and what costumes you need to bring in for the day. I assume you will have a couple of questions so I’m going to create a Snapchat group to answer these. Most of the outfits are based on things we’ve seen you wear around school or on your Instagram, but if you don’t have these items, just let us know!

More excitedly, here is the link for our animatic video which compiles most of our storyboards into a video format."

Documents sent to cast/actors

Breakdown sheet  

Title	Grayson
Director	Catherine Harris
Producer	Fedor Spektor
Production company	Flat Cap Productions
Location	Hurtwood Studio

Stage  Local Location  Distant Location 

 

Description		Day
Set-up #	INT           EXT	DAY         NIGHT          DAWN         DUSK	# of Shots
1 Floor	Music pad, guitar playing, pipes, foot tapping, Luke playing guitar, CU			6
2 Bottom Bunk	Luke playing guitar, Blue lip-syncing (head hanging over), side by side			4
3 Top Bunk	Blue lip-syncing (zoom in), CU, MS, wide, hanging feet off, track down			4
4 Whole Bunk	Blue on top bunk, Luke on bottom bunk, Blue upside down, bird’s eye			3
5 Doors	Stars tilt down to Blue and Luke by doors, side on (sitting and standing)			6
6 Topsy Turvy	Side angle, wide, CU on Blue, right way up			7
7 Structure	Backup plan subject to extra time

 

Costume	Other Equipment
Blue:  Set-ups 1-5: Sparkly blue top, cargo trousers, hoop earrings, layered bracelets/ accessories, flannel shirt and black Docs.  Set-up 6: Light wash jeans, baggy graphic top, accessories, and black Docs.  Luke:  Set-ups 1-5: Baggy dungarees, white long-sleeved top, blue t-shirt, blue Doc Martins, and accessories (stud earring).  Set-up 6: Brown long skirt, neutral oversized t-shirt, and brown boots	Handheld camera, TV monitor and mini keyboard.
Hair & Makeup	Electric & Music
Blue:  Set-ups 1-5: Hair down  Set-up 6: Half up, half down space buns  Neutral makeup and smoky black eyeliner for the whole shoot  Luke:  Set-up 6: Brown flat cap	Crane for bird’s eye view shot - used by Chris only.    Grayson soundtrack

 

Contributor Release form

Contributor Release Form 

 

Production Company: Hurtwood House Media Studies 

 

Date of filming: Monday 22nd November 2021 

Working Title: Grayson 

 

Name of Contributor: Blue Rowland / Luke Seymour 

 

Description of Contribution: Singer / Guitarist 

 

Date of birth: (As recorded on school intranet)           

 

NB: If you are under 16 please provide your guardian or parent’s contact details 

 

Address: .... As recorded on school intranet           

 

Tel no.: ... As recorded on school intranet           

 

Hurtwood Email address: ............................................................................................................... 

 

I agree to the inclusion of my contribution in this media project, the nature of which has been explained to me.  I understand that my contribution will be edited and there is no guarantee that my contribution will appear in the final film. I agree that my contribution may be used to publicise the music video. 

 

I understand that this music video (or part of it) may be distributed in any medium in any part of the world. 

 

 

Signed by Contributor (or guardian/parent if under 16): …..…………….……………….…… 

 

 

 

Name (please print): .……………….……………………… Date: ………………………………… 

 

 

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