Planning - early 2000's moodboard

 

I decided to make a mood board presenting some of my initial ideas. This shows the style, popular media and also trends from the early 2000's era which I want to reference in my video as it is a time that the majority of the target audience will feel nostalgia towards. I plan to create intertextuality using some of the TV shows and films that were released at the time and also dress the people in the video in trendy clothing from the early 2000's. My main idea is to have A3 posters displaying teen movies released at the time, hung up in the bedroom of the main talent, doing this at the beginning of the video will ensure that audiences are instantly aware of the era of the video and also get the nostalgic feeling straight away. I also will use technology from the time such as an iPod instead of having current mobile phones to ensure continuity throughout.

Chosen song- Year 3000 by Busted

 

For my music video, I picked to use the song 'year 3000' by the band 'Busted'. The song was released on 13th January 2003 and reached number two on the UK singles chart. The first reason I chose this song is that it accurately fits the brief, which was a narrative song, 'year 3000' clearly tells a story about a boy who built a time machine. The other reason I chose this song is that it was one I enjoy listening to and believe I could make an enjoyable and artistic music video for. The song was covered by the Jonas Brothers in 2006 and I originally debated using the cover as the music for the video but I eventually decided against this as I prefer the style of the original and feel it sounds more authentic.

Industrial context - Beggars Group

 

Audience research - initial findings

 

NEA Brief

 

For my NEA, I have chosen to use the music video and online brief. The reason I have chosen this brief is that the music industry is one which I am an active audience member of and I feel confident in the software I will be using to create this work. For my GCSE media NEA I also created a website for a music artist/band and I feel as though this, especially the research tasks, will be highly beneficial for my project. I loved creating the brand surrounding the artist at GCSE and I know that A-level will give me a chance to extend this skill and further my knowledge of star persona's.