Spray Paint Productions

This is the 'Spray Paint Productions' logo which we also used for our press release. as the title suggests it is a picture of a spray can. we originally just wanted the can, but we found that using Ryan's hand was affective.

Press release

Originally we wanted the press release as in the shape of a spray can (in relation to our record label 'spray paint productions) but it seemed a bit too complicated. our band is not meant to be very flashy and mainstream, its supposed to seem independent and individual.

therefore we still took the spray can motif but used a simple rectangular background.

we took a photo of ryan's hand holding a spray can and used effects on the PC to change it to look painted. we also made the artists name 'Shania Mckie' some out of the noxxle as if it was being sprayed out.

we also made bold and lighter purple any words or phrases we thought would be important.

Back cover of CD

we originally thought about a butterfly on the back cover of our CD cover because little girls and boys usually chase them trying to catch them in a net. we also wanted pastel colours for the background and a little bit bolder colours for teh writing.

however, we found that many people didn't like this background or theme, they thought it too showy or complicated, so we aimed for something a bit more simplistic. taht is when we remembered the pictures we took of the background in the performance shots. unfortunatly using the picture wouldn't work, but it did give us inspiration and we finalised on the idea of simple lines runing down the cover in the pink, purple and red theme

our final back cover has all the tracks, the artists name and the album title. i believe it looks very affective and is asthetically pleasing even though it is simplistic.

ideas for front cover and press release

our original idea for the front cover of our CD was the four lips in differernt colours, unfortunatly, this did not look as good as we hoped. therefore we re-thought our options. the lips were a good idea, but the colours were all wrong. while practicing with ideas, i came across a black and white face but with incredibly coloured lips. this brought about the idea of doing the same thing but using the idea of 4 different coloured lips.

The final product is below. The title of the album was called 'Memory lane' because it connotates looking back which is explored in our music video with the little girl.

we wanted the overall colour scheme to be pink because of the perfomance shots of the artist, also we wanted red writing as it would stand out clearly.

Our Music Video

We have had some promising feedback from different people.

An examples of a schedule

During the project we kept schedules of each shooting weekend. Here is an example:

final story board

The opening shots of our music video.
guys, you can choose what one you want on your own blog, coz we need one each, just save and paste yeah!!!

jenny

xxx

Example of a story board for our original idea

Zahra

feedback of music video

We had a feedback session on the 5th of Nov in the media block with about 30 people, most were able to fill in questionnaires
We used a questionnaire we designed for our group which had a number of guestions on what people thought of our artist and her performance, and if they would buy the music.
below is all the questions and summary answers from the 20 questionnaires completed.

Questionnaire

Gender? Male or female
17 females / 3 males

Age?
17 /18

Would you identify our artist as mainstream or independent
4/20 = independant, 16/20 =mainstream

What genre of music do you think our track is?
jazz/soul/pop

What image do you think our artist represents, e.g bold, beautiful, sexy, independent, innocent?
bold/beautuful/free/strong/sexy

Do you think any aspects of the music video mirrors the genre of the track
quick movemets/black singer/colourful and jazzy/

What was your favourite scene or section from the video.
animations/the merged scenes or animated teddy to real teddy/4 images scrolling across the screne in 4 colours/genreal fun scenes

What did you like about the video? What pleasures did you receive
the 'home mode' images/surpised at the end/made me want to cry from sweetness, the heart ache

did it invoke any emotions at any time, e.g happiness, sadness, the need to get up and dance?
happiness and then sudden sadness

What could we do to improve it?
have more flash backs or other scenes in the instrumental/ lip synching at points/make the feathering less/ the writing could be clearer

Would you listen to the song or watch the video again?
yes absalutely/one boy said NO

Would you buy the video or music??
15/20=yes 5/20 =no (not my type of music)

Do you think that after watching this video you would donate any money to the NSPCC?
yes/ if i had money....then yes/ just like watching a real advert/ one of the boys said NO!!

Shot Log

Here is an example of shot logs we kept while filming:

Real Shoot Weekend #1 - Shot List

Here is the shot list we made when we were still doing the idea of having Leah being Zahra's younger self.

Shots @ Megan's House:

• Teddies - ECU shots of barbies/dolls/teddies faces
• Shots of girl on bed - ECU of eyes, hair, feet, clicking, bottom of dress
• Girl on bed singin - MLS, LA
• Girl on bed singing to the teddies - LS, HA
• Mirror shot of girl singin and artist watching
• 'Billie Elliot' jump on bed - MS
• Falling back onto teddies - LS/MS, HA and CU of her face

Shots @ Tanya's House:

• Zahra in the mirror putting on lipstick - CU
• CU of lips
• Zahra sitting on desk singing
• Zahra up against the wall singing - MS

Backdrop Shots (on both sides):

• Whole song in LS
• Whole song in MS
• Whole song in CU
• Random dance moves