Adam Thorn BTEC Media Blog : Research Portfolio

PRIMARY RESEARCH

Questionnaire For my Final E4 ESting Project
Please watch the following clip and give your constructive feedback:

1. Who do think the target audience is for my project?

2. What did you think was the content and narrative of my project?

3. Did you notice what style of animation my project was in? e.i stop motion, clay, puppet etc.

4. What did you think about the props I used and the production quality of my project?

5. Did you notice any animation techniques in my project that you may or may not have seen prior? e.i style, FPS, multiply objects moving together.

6. Did you feel in a sense that the objects were alive living in their own world?

7. What did you think about the scenery and the colors of my project?
Thank You for Your feedback.

Designing an ESting

Below is the relevant planning paperwork for my ESting.

Budgeting: My total cost for my ESting with £0:00 due to the college providing me with the props required.

Music Video Pre-production

Step 1: The track I will be making my Music Video to is 'Otto Knows - Million Voices'.

The song was made by the Swedish DJ 'Otto Jettman' in 2012 using a sample from Wyclef Jean's song also called 'Million Voices'.

Step 2: Analysing my music track.
The concept of track was to make a song using samples from another older song and creating something new. When you listen to the track it can make you feel and imagine a sense of adventure and a perfect summers nights with the people you care most about creating unforgettable experiences.
There is not a set narrative for this track its just a great upbeat powerful track and different people may perceive it differently . This track is an instrumental song meaning it has no lyrics and is just a beat, it is also a dance or electronic track meaning its upbeat and colorful. The pacing of the track mainly is very fast but also calm with a few beat drops and a very slow proportion around the middle.There is two versions of the song one being the original mix (5:57) and the other is the radio edit (3:10) which is the one I will create my music video to.

Step 3: Researching Artist
Otto Knows has made around 6 official music videos to date and they are all very different as they each give their own message. Otto has features in his music videos vary rarely with the most popular one being 'Otto Knows - Dying for You' which was released in February 2016. In the video he was playing a piano while another artist was preforming vocals, the video has a plan black theme with fake snow making a a stunning video with a emotional message.

Otto only has four music videos that are public on YouTube
Otto Knows - Million Voices (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8jhXmfdRFY)
Otto Knows - Parachute (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6P7lgfo9Gk)
Otto Knows - Dying For You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVt4oljqL38)
Otto Knows - Next to Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD9zmaX4ez8)

His first official Music Video was for his one song 'Million Voices' back in 2012 which currently has over 26,000,000 views on YouTube, Otto also chose not to appear in this video. The video was created for the release of the song and was filmed in France. This video consists of a group of friends on a summers day as they venture into a forest to complete a puzzle. It features bight colors, smooth transition shots, tracking shots, cutting to the beat of the track and great locations.

Lastly, I would like to talk about the next music video Otto created which was the video for his song "Parachute" which was released in 2014. The video currently has around 3.9 Million views on YouTube. Otto also does not appear in this video. The video consists a lot of strangers in smart working cloths walking somewhere but are unable to look away from their phones as they walk much like today's society. There is a anomaly however as one little girl chooses not to follow the rest of the crowd a invests in her own mind rather than a phones and becomes animationed which is a metaphor for having a free mind, using her new power she decides to fly away and her father must find a way to reach her but to do so he must free his mind to do so. This video was made in America and fits into Otto's theme by using his outlet to send a message and attempts to make the viewer feel emotion towards his work.

Step 4: Planning your video

My synopsis: My music video will consist of me and my friends as we will be going to gorleston beach and other surrounding locations, I have chosen this place because I have been visiting it my whole life also it is a place where me and my friends enjoy a lot. It will consist of time lapses, establishing shots and pan shots.

Risk Assessment: