Initial Roles Developed

In this post, you can see how we have developed our initial roles further as stated in the pitch, we decided to do this so everyone within the group would know what they were responsible for and what they would need to do. This has helped us throughout the project, as we all clearly know what we all need to do, and how our skills can relate to the tasks given.


Rachael – through the planning stages, will crop and start off the animatic whilst Sherry and Sophie continue with the storyboarding on paper and Faye scans in the storyboard to ensure we do not fall behind. As Rachael takes Business Studies as an A Level she has a great understanding of time management skills, this would mean that Rachael can meet deadlines by efficiently organising the rest of the group. In addition to this, her Business awareness will help us with the target audience research and codes and conventions. With the combined skills of Sherry's ICT skills they could draw up a rota to ensure the group know exactly what needs to be done, by when, and what is left to do. Also, Rachael along with Sophie will use Textiles knowledge to create a Voodoo doll as the main prop for the video, style and dress the actors in our music video to fit the genre and mood of our project and the gender they play.


Faye – will scan the storyboard into the computer moving the images into the right folder, in preparation to be cropped to be made into the animatic. By doing this Faye will continue with the animatic knowing where the storyboard clips are and what order. By scanning in storyboard pictures, this will save time and effort as the pictures will be in the right place when needed to be found and can be quickly accessed. As a result of this, work will be in order, photoshopped to its best quality, organised and labelled correctly. As well as saving time and effort it means that the group will work more like a production line rather than have one set person doing all the computer stuff i.e. Blog, Animatic. This means that everyone puts in equal effort to achieve the best that we can. In this production Sophie will draw, then give the storyboard to Faye to scan then Sherry can access the work in the folder to go on the blog and then Rachael can check progress and tick work off. Making our system a success and constructive within our group as a whole. Since Faye is skilled in Business as well as English, she is very good at expressing her ideas on to paper, for example on mind maps. This is why Faye’s job was to write down all our ideas from the narrative and initial ideas thus elaborating on our ideas and going into more detail.


Sherry – has strengths in English by completing an A Level in this subject, therefore she will write on the description e.g. camera movements/angles on the storyboards and decide where each scene should be placed within the storyboard after discussing with the rest of the group. Sherry will also help keep the blog up to date as much as possible and remind everyone in the group of what needs to be done; this is a good role for Sherry as she takes ICT at A Level. Due to this it may also help with any technical issues we may have with the ICT aspect of the coursework. For example, if there are any issues with premier elements and when the ICT technician is not available to resolve the issue, Sherry could put her ICT skills to use and help sort the problem. As Sherry’s A Level was English Literature this allowed her to give imaginative ideas to the storyboard due to her wider reading from the subject. From this we can use Sherry’s English skills to help explain more clearly what is happening within each scene using sophisticated lexis.


Sophie – took Art as an AS, and as a result she has the ability to draw out all the pictures on the storyboard skilfully as she has the best artistic skills within the group, therefore making the images accurate and precise. This will allow the group to understand and follow what is happening within each scene. Due to Sophie’s experience we all thought it would be most appropriate if Sophie did the main drawing out of the pictures with the groups input. For example, Sophie can get the right perspective for the shot allowing us to see how the scenes should look like. Thus, Sophie’s art skills will make the storyboard look more realistic and professional as apposed to other groups, as her Art skills can be easily put to paper. As Sophie also takes Textiles as an A Level it would be safe to say that the characters within the storyboard will look real life, as she frequently has to draw out designs of different garments on models. As well as this, it means Sophie has excellent time keeping skills as she is able to meet tight coursework deadlines whilst undertaking her other A Levels.

Although we have clearly stated our initial roles, we will all take our turn equally in shooting and editing, whilst still communicating with each other to ensure everything is done as efficiently as possible throughout the music video project, for example, when filming and editing. This will allow everyone to get involved and have a go at everything, therefore getting the full experience of the project. Also due to us all taking Media Studies as an AS we have previous knowledge in the subject area, therefore we will use our terminology and skills we learnt last year e.g. Music magazine and the CLC day, for our work in this year’s project.