Risk Assessment

Lip Sync Practise

Here is our practice lip sync video, as you can see there were many mistakes, but in the end we managed to sync up the music and have the people singing the correct lyrics. Enjoy.

Pitch Video

Here is the video of our pitch for our music video. Please bear in
that the original footage of the three students was lost and we had
to make do with what we had via taking pictures with a mobile phone
and showing which person was speaking by lighting up their face
using editing.

Apllied Audiences

Rat Boy - Sign On

The song that we have chosen to use for our A2 music video media project is the song 'Sign on' by Rat Boy. Stereotypically, a song like this (genre etc) would attract more of a so called 'indie' audience, and perhaps a teenage audience who are in school. They may be able to relate to the song in that they may be in a position where they are making important decision such as what options they will be taking and ultimately thinking about their future, and also with things such as upcoming exams putting the pressure on them. I would argue that Rat Boy is the kind of artist that would appeal to this sort of audience since he discusses the troubles that teenagers are going through at this stage in their lives in his songs, and also the potential pathways and problems that they will face throughout their lives leading up to them ultimately having a career. He often uses humour to express these points of view, which is displayed in his song 'Sign on'. I would argue that this offers the audience guidance and reassurance in their times of distress and that ultimately things will be OK.

Our target audience for our music videos is in the range of teenagers between fourteen and nineteen years old. We chose this audience for our target audience due to our view that the ideals depicted throughout the song would best relate to those within that age range. Lyrics such as 'Young, dumb, living off mum.' may be found to be relatable due to their current situations and not know what to do etc.

However, the lyrics in the song could be taken literally and have a negative impact on those listening to it as people within that age range are more than likely easily influenced. such lyrics as 'It won't be long before i sign on' may encourage people to simply automatically assume that things will be easy for them and they can claim benefits as soon as leaving school. Although this could be drawn from the song, this is later criticized in the song and the singer further encourages the listeners to do their best and try to make the best of their lives and whatever situation they find themselves in.

It's reasonable to conclude that the audience for this song are younger people who are in a situation where they are not quite sure what they want from their future and their lives. The song manages to offer support and encouragement to those in these situations, without dictating to people what they should do.

Album Cover Idea



Here is an image I produced in Photoshop as a very rough idea of what our album cover will look like. The main idea is that on the left side of the cover will be three young men sitting on the floor in scruffy clothing etc. And on the other side the three men will be stood up wearing formal attire and such. As you can see from the image I have separated the two walls, with one looking more dirty and having broken glass on the floor and graffiti spray painted on the wall, and the other side is a very clean looking, newer wall, and the idea is that these will represent the differences between the states in which the men are. I have tried to link this to the song as much as possible as it is about having a job and losing it at then signing on and claiming benefits.

The ideas represented in the song and also the cover I have created, in no way reflect those of our own.

Applied Lyrics and Script [Idea Plan for Music Video]

Contradictive music to the happy sound the lyrics are run down and depressed visuals. Start happy and slowly become darker as time passes.

Key for who
Warehouse (assault) - Joe
Home (kicked out) - Tom or Sam
Job (fired) - Tom or Sam
All



(leaving job centre happy)
different pubs, same name -
Kids out in the rain - "kids" displays teenager as childish to viewer                                                 
Drain on society - waste i.e. unwanted (link to family)
Nothing on the telly -  bored lazy                                            
Barely at school - delinquent, no care for education
Acting like a fool - carefree irresponsible shows unresponcible
Well I coulda done well if things had gone better - reference to education
Slurred singing, wrong lyrics on the dance floor -
Not rich, not poor - just getting by so not a comfortable life
What you living for? - using as a sense to
Poundland pubs and Wormwood scrubs -
Last nights takeaway in Tupperware tubs -

I lost my job in Weatherspoons -
And since that day my bank has hit zero -
Hopefully things'll pick up next year though -
And if they don't then well... -

[Chorus]
It won't be long before I sign on
Is it right or is it wrong?
I've got no money, it's all gone (x2)

Every week do the lottery -
Daylight robbery -
Spend more on tickets than it's worth in the long run -
Young, dumb, living off mum -
Waiting for the right time to come -
Can't afford the bus that I used to run for -
Lurking on the wrong side of the law -
What for? -
Once more, never been abroad -
A week around here's enough to make you crazy -

[Chorus]
It won't be long before I sign on
Is it right or is it wrong?
I've got no money, it's all gone (x2)

All my shoes have holes in the soles
Live my life in second hand clothes (x2)

[Chorus]
It won't be long before I sign on
Is it right or is it wrong?
I've got no money, it's all gone (x4)
(Entering job centre together all miserable)


- walking past school goes to abandoned warehouse messes around assaulted
- walks home leeches of parents living easy, gets kicked out
- goes to job a mess carefree, gets fired, becomes poor
- jobs happy jobs carefree, bad mishaps meet up depressed




Script
(Leave job centre happy)
All - "drunk" record us leaving the pub drunk and such
Tom - coming home in the rain
Tom - lazy scene
Tom - recording me lip-syncing that's played on the TV tom pressing remote
Joe - messing around in abandoned warehouse
Joe - people approach him menacingly
All - being handed "F" grade papers
Sam -
Sam -
Joe - bullying him shouting "what you living for
All - leaving pub looing upset
Tom - eating all the food in the house
Sam - gets fired throws apron on floor
Sam - walking go pro recording me walking mouthing lyrics
Sam - Continue
Sam - sat on the floor in town wrapped in rags


[Chorus - start]
Tom - mimes first line happily
Joe - mimes second line unscathed
Sam - mines third line in apron


Tom - mimes first line upset and depressed drenched in water
Joe - mimes line bruised and beaten and bleeding
Tom - mimes third line without apron scruffily and dirt on face
(think of idea for next part of chorus)
[Chorus - end]


This work was written and edited by Samuel Boden, and the ideas and such were generated and suggested by all members of the group, this work has been copied from Samuel Boden's blog and pasted onto mine so that our ideas are shown on my blog also. I felt this was necessary since we all contributed to the production of this work, and so that the ideas are displayed on my blog, as well as Samuel's