Production: Budget

	sub-total	amount	price	item
	£10.00	1	£10.00	Boil and bite mouthguard
	£7.99	1	£7.99	Casting epoxy resin
	£10.00	1	£10.00	Clear nail acrylic
	£49.99	1	£49.99	Sword
	£45.00	1	£45.00	Sword
	£34.99	1	£34.99	Sword
	£74.90	1	£74.90	Long coat
	£24.88	2	£12.44	Contact lenses black
	£91.60	4	£22.90	Contact lenses blue
	£33.00	1	£33.00	Helmet
	£2.15	1	£2.15	Necklace
total	£384.50

I was given a budget of £400 so I tried to use it sparingly. I decided an Excel document would be a good way to set out the list of things I needed and the price to get them. For the teeth of the different characters I looked at buying some materials to make fake teeth that I found the recipe for (See post on 'Research: Teeth for Costumes'). I then chose 3 different swords for the sword fighting scene and a long coat for the main character to wear. I also bought contact lenses, a helmet and a necklace, all of which will add to th

Production: Treatment

Treatment A2 Media Studies Music Video

“Turn Loose the Mermaids” and “Rest Calm”

A Traveller starts out in a gravyard staring at a grave stone. He proceeds to walk away across a valley, dessert, jungle and moor. He is a man that has travelled for many years. Throughout the different shots of him walking across the globe the band is shown either playing in a black room, or single shots of the lead singer in many locations. When the song speeds up the traveller starts to move faster accross the land eventually running into a dark forest. This is when the first song stops. There is a short pause as a shadow moves past the camera very quickly. The traveller turns and looks around him. 

The second song starts as the travellers eyes turn blue and two men face him with black eyes. The traveller draws his sword and there is a fight. The fast passed music fits with the fight and the film goes into slow motion as the song does. The band this time is seen playing in the forest. At one point in the song the bands eyes are seen changing to bright blue. Once the man kills the two men he walks onto a moor. He sees an army before him. He draws his sword again and the film cuts to black. 

Research: Textual Analysis of Genre Conventions

Research: Music Video Genre Codes and Conventions

Research: The British Music Experience

The British Music Experience was a very useful tool in giving me some ideas for what I could do for my music video. It was research that I found to be quite useful in the way I set the music to what was happening in the film. I was able to get some great ideas for what would happen when trying to get the music and film to fit together seamlessly. Although I found that a lot of exhibition was not what I was looking for, I did find some very useful and interesting information that I could use for my film.