Film Shot List

1) Pan up to angel pouring coffee from the word 'Angels' written in alphabetti sketti!
2) Front/side shot of the angel in kitchen.
3) Pan down from her in towel to her bare feet then the towel drops.
4) Her turning on shower - close up.
5) Close up of turning on tap.
6) Shadow of her in shower - medium long shot.
7) Close up of feathers blowing by a hair dryer.
8) Long shot of her trying to dry her wings.
9) Leaving house - Mid shot of head over gate.
10) From behind walking down drive long shot- looks behind her.
11) Camera becomes eyes looking back at house with Honey looking out of the window at her, with wings.
12) From behind of Honey showing wings - mid shot.
13) Mid shot of her walking down the road. Slightly tracking.
14) High shot over the shoulder of her texting/on her iPod.
15) Mid Long shot of her walking towards camera at bus station.
16) Mid shot of her climbing into bus - trying to squeeze through doors with wings.
17) Shot from behind of wings sitting out over the top of bus seats.
18) Mid shot of her sitting on bus gazing out of the window.
19) Mid-shot of her getting off bus sideways, from the front.
20) Mid-shot walking down street, from the front tracking backwards.
21) Long shot from across street of her bumping into a big man accidentally.
22) Mid-shot of coffee shop, with her walking towards
23) close up of hand pushing door
24) Match on action, mid close up of her coming through door.
25) Mid close up from behind of her the counter talking to coffee dude
26) Mid shot of her sitting down with a coffee
27) Close up of face from same angle to see her taking a sip
28) Long shot from bottom of escalator going down an escalator with loads of people on it.
29) Mid shot from side picking up cardigan
30) Long shot of struggling to get it on over wings, from the back
31) Back to first mid shot of her throwing it down
32) Mid-shot of two shop assistants looking at each other confused.
33) Mid of her face in cinema, person behind trying to peak round the wings.
34) Mid-shot of her in library sitting reading a book.
35) Mid-shot from behind of her walking in to big store
36) Long shot pan side ways, moving across isles in a store and shows her at the end of one.
37) Mid-close up tracking shot of inside of trolly, angel puts tub of Ben and Jerrie's ice cream in middle
38) over the shoulder shot of her handing over money to cashier and getting change back
39) sat on bench, camera pans up to sky

Stop Motion Video

On youtube there is a stop motion film creater, Pes. He uses stop motion to create some of his own films and adverts for companies. My favourite stop motion video of his is the one shown above. In this video he uses everyday objects and uses them in a different way to create a meal. I like the way he uses strange things in different ways for example he uses post-it notes as butter.
In our music video we would like to use stop motion to make the lyrics of the song appear. Pes does this in a video he used for a scrabble advert. He moves the letters around to create different words then he uses objects to symbolise these words, for example a race car moves around when he spells 'car' then 'racing'. I really like the idea of creating the word and then having an image to go with it and may try this for our music video.

Prop List

- Angel Wings
- Piano
- Dog
-Buttons
- Coins
- Food (Cereal, Spaghetti, Sandwich)
- Coffee Cups
-Dice
-Scrabble letters/board
- Post-it notes
- Window
- Banner/Sheet- Nail Polish
- T-Shirts
- String/Chain/Shoelace

- Phone - texting
- Actors
- Pen and Paper
- Hands and Feet
- Plate, alphabeti spaghetti
- Book
- White primark pimoles
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Influential music videos

Train- soul sister

This is a very well known music video which makes use of stop motion to make the lyrics appear on the screen, we aim to use this too.

Target Audience

Our target audience is predominantly Teenage girls and females of most ages, we think this because this is mostly the audience for Jessica Simpson's songs, however we aim to target everyone through the use of a slightly comedic narrative, with the angles in everyday life.

Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/jessicasimpson
Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/JessicaSimpson
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/jessicasimpson

Artist research

Jessica Ann Simpson, born July 10, 1980, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, Television personality and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and beauty products, and designed fragrances, shoes, and handbags for women. Years active: 1993- present, labels: Columbia, epic, Columbia nashville, eleveneleven, primary wave.


She has been received many awards including 7 Billboard 200 Top 20's, three gold and two two multi-platinum Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified studio albums, four of which have reached top 10 in the US Billboard 200.  Also appearing in hit MYV reality show, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, with her then-husband, Nick Lachey, and ventured in to the country music scene in 2008 with Do You Know.


She covered Robbie William's Angles in a bid to get nominated for a Grammy like her 1990's rivals, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, had previously been both nominated for and awarded. However, it was rather poorly received and failed to break in to the Billboard top 100.

Idea for Angels - Jessica Simpson

Summary -
Starts with a girl in normal clothes sitting at a kitchen table with big feathery wings. There will be different people dressed in casual clothes in normal places walking around and acting normal. In one scene we will have a dog with angels wings looking out of the window at an angel walking their angel dog. Within the video we would integrate clips of the lyrics written using various media using stop motion so it would appear on screen as if moving. We may add shots of someone playing the piano and singing the song.

Angels - Jessica Simpson Lyrics

"Robbie Williams says he wrote the song with Guy Chambers in 25 minutes and the song is about his aunt and uncle. Williams and Chambers were sitting outside a cafe watching a water fountain, this is what inspired them for the chorus. Williams has also said that he was partly inspired by the angel resting on top of Stoke-On-Trent town hall (his home city) that could be seen from his bedroom every night as a child."  - Wikipedia I sit and wait does an angel contemplate my fate and do they know the places where we go when we´re gray and old ´cos I´ve been told that salvation lets their wings unfold so when I'm lying in my bed thoughts running through my head and I feel that love is dead I'm loving angels instead and through it all she offers me protection a lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong and down the waterfall wherever it may take me I know that life wont break me when I come to call she wont forsake me I'm loving angels instead when I'm feeling weak and my pain walks down a one way street I look above and I know ill always be blessed with love and as the feeling grows she breathes flesh to my bones and when love is dead I'm loving angels instead and through it all she offers me protection a lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong and down the waterfall wherever it may take me I know that life wont break me when I come to call she wont forsake me I'm loving angels instead

Pitch Feedback

The main feedback was that the video is very clichéd and has been done many times before. It is also very similar to other groups in our class. Our video need more originality and something different that perhaps hasn't been done before or that hasn't been done very often.
We agree with the comments said however the idea of being stood up is slightly different but it odes need more originality.
We decided that we would change to make a video for Jessica Simpson- Angels, because we felt it would offer us a more creative idea for our video, using the concept of angels to play around with will be interesting.

Promotional package ideas

Magazine Ad-
The magazine ad will consist of the artist playing the guitar to the side - a mid shot - looking to the right and down, there will be another photo of the couple together looking happy. This will look like the artist is playing and looking over them. This promotes both the artist and the music video.

Cd cover-
the cd cover will be similar to the magazine ad to make it recognizable in shops from the advert.

Final Idea

Chosen song: Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing.

Summary -
Girl gets ready, styling her her and putting on make-up. She then waits at the bus stop and gets a bus to Cambridge to meet a guy for dinner at a restaurant. In between these shots will be shots of the guy sitting at home watching TV obliviously. She waits outside the restaurant before going inside and and getting a table for two, she waits for a long time before leaving the restaurant. At this point the guy realizes he has a date and rushes up to get ready. She waits for another bus and as she gets on the bus and leaves, the guy comes running out to the front of the restaurant and talks to the waiter who points outside to the bus stop the guy gets to the bus stop just as it pulls out. The girl has her headphones in as she stares out the window of the bus its dark outside. As she walks into her house her phone rings and she answers it and has an argument on the phone with the guy (split screen) and as the phone call ends the girl picks up a vase and smashes it against the wall. She gets changed into comfy clothes, takes off her makeup and puts her hair up, watching rubbish late night TV when the door bell goes she gets up and opens the door to the guy who is out of breath holding flowers, shot of the girl smiling at him. All the way through the video we will have clips  and shots of a guy singing and playing the guitar to the song on a bench, uses close ups on his lips, strumming hand and medium shoots of him sitting there.

Destinations -
For the restaurant we thought of uses Frankies and Bennies or another restaurant in that area in Cambridge if we can get permission off them. If not then the pub where Holly works.
The bench where the guy will be singing would be in a place that isn't very busy, such as in a village [preferable at Long Road or near the Holly's Pub]
The house where the girl goes home will be one of our houses.

Props -
Phones, Cheap Vase, Table and Chairs, Flowers, Bus, Make-up, Guitar, TV and Remote, Headphones and iPod, Watch, Bench, Hair band.

Costumes -
The girl will be wearing high heels and a evening meal dress.
The guy will be wearing a shirt and dark jeans.
The artist will be wearing casual clothing such as jeans and a hoodie.
The girl in the evening will change into joggers and a hoodie, whilst the guy still looks smart.

Target Audience -
Our target audience is wide at about teens to middle aged of both genders. 

This is just a quick representation of what we would like at the beginning, apart from faster and a more variety ...
(By the way this was quickly shot and edited on an iPod, so don't have too much high hopes)

3 Choices for our Music Video

1: Jack Johnson- Sitting, Waiting, Wishing.
Ideas-
Michaela: Guy waiting in a restaurant and the girl never turns up. He starts playing guitar.
Holly: guy playing a guitar in a barn, while couple argue in the background.
Alistair: All country-western-ish with hay bails and a straw hat. An' t'ing
Bekki: couple go out on date but they get the timings wrong and miss each other, argue on phone>

2: Rufus Wain- Everybody Knows.
Ideas-
Alistair: Gambling (poker chips, die rolling, roulette) big band style outfit (black suits w/ tie and hats).
Bekki: various people sitting around poker table, pan under the table voyeurism of cheating. girl and guy running away with chips stuffed everywhere at the end.
Holly: different members of the public singing 'everybody knows' montage of these clips.
Michaela: Starts with him gambling and throwing dice onto one of those green table things. In a suit which is unbuttoned and tie undone. He starts performing on a stage with a band. :)

3: Spice Girls- Angels.
Ideas-
Bekki: random angels seen on the street doing normal things, ie - shopping, eating lunch or running for the bus
Alistair: Angels goin'  clubbing.
Michaela: In an empty hall with a grand piano, a girl is playing it and singing. as the song builds up dancers start to appear a perform as a couple.
Holly: girl sat looking out of a window singing depressingly, while man plays a grand piano in a big room, while angels chill in the real world.