Final cast

Main actress (victim)- Amy Walker
Actor (boyfriend) -Greg Dickinson
Councillor- Charlotte Wilson

Shot by shot breakdown

Our idea, shot by shot

1st shot- mid shot of girl walking towards mike slowly
2nd shot- she is now at mike (close up of her face, she closes her eyes)
3rd shot- do an effect to show that it has gone back in time
4th shot- head on mid shot of the girl laying against the wall (1st line)
5th shot- camera pans around her, then zooms in (2nd line)
6th shot- as camera is zoomed into her face it does a quick flash + changes to his face in same position for a bout a second and a half (3rd line)
7th shot- point of view shot looking down at bruise on her arm (4th line)
8th shot- scene change- side on mid shot of girl talking to councillor, camera slowly pans around to an over the shoulder shot to see girl talking head on (first 2 lines of chorus)
9th shot- quick close up and mid shot flash backs of the attack in b+w (last 2 lines of chorus)
10th shot- scene change- mid shot of girl sat alone on her bed (emotional), the camera zooms into her slowly (1st line on 2nd verse)
11th shot- ends up on a close up of her face
12th shot- still close up of her face, we see her wiping her tears away
13th shot- camera fades into next scene (2nd line of 2nd verse)
14th shot- scene is now back at councillors office (mid shot) both sat opposite each other-can see them talking + expressions. (3rd line)
15th shot- councillor gets up and walks to sit near girl (mid-shot camera pans with her as she goes to sit down) (4th line)
16th shot- slow motion close up of girls face as she realises she needs to leave him (5th line)
17th shot- quick shot (short line) mid shot of girl quickly packing- head on shot (1st line of 2nd chorus)
18th shot- P.O.V shot of her writing leaving note to him (2nd line of 2nd chorus)
19th shot- camera slowly zooms into a close up of her smiling face (3rd line of 2nd chorus)
20th shot- camera is looking up stairs + it watches her as she comes down stairs (mid shot), running past camera and to the front door ( 4th, 5th and 6th line)
21st shot- see from her P.O.V close up of her hand opening the door (7th line of chorus)
22nd shot- switches to his P.O.V on other side of door as she opens it we can see her stood there looking shocked (last line of chorus)
23rd shot- over the shoulder shot (of him) looking at girl, she pushes past him ( 1st, 2nd and 3rd line of chorus)
24th shot- long shot of a bird in the sky (4th line)
25th shot- fades into girl running, camera zooms in to face + she closes her eyes (last line of 3rd verse)
26th shot- close up and she opens her eyes back to performing (last lines)
27th shot- camera zooms out to a mid shot and watches her perform (last lines)


On our shooting day we didn't quite stick too these shots exactly, we altered them slightly and added a few different ones that we though would work well together and overall make a better music video.

A stereotypical music channel & music magazine for our artist

Some typical music channels that would play Sophie pentecost's genre of music would be 4 music, Smash hits and Mtv. The reason that the three listed are likely to play Sophie Pentecosts style music is because they all play a range of styles and genre of music, from the likes of Alexandra Burke to the Kings of Leon. Other Powepop artists such as : Mariah Carey and Leona Lewis tend to be played on various mainstream music channels.

It is hard trying to find a music magazine that specialises in Powepop music. The main music magazine people hear about is Kerrang. On the whole music magazines have a tendency to be more 'rock' based. Afer looking I found a few music magazines that are well known that specialise in 'Powepop' style music.

Music Box: a magazine that reviews a range of music and interview a wide spread group of artists/bands, this is the kind of magazine you would expect to see Sophie Pentecost in.

After having a look at music magazines i can see that their is a widespread range of music magazines available, some specifically aimed at one certain genre of music, whereas others may overlap two or more genres ie: Pop and Rock.

Music channels you would not expect to hear Sophie Pentecoste being played on would be the likes of Kerrang and Scuzz, these music channels are known for being stereotypically 'Indie'/'Emo' style music. Whereas In contrast to this Channel AKA, which was formally known as Channel U is stereotyped as more 'Chavy' and therefore you wouldn't expect to find Sophie Pentecost on their either, the inbetween channels are the likes of '4 music' and the 'MTV channels', which tend to play a variety or music and therefore this is where Sophie Pentecost would fit in. The age contrast in the music channels is also apparent, with music channels such as Magic being mainly aimed at older people whereas channels like Kiss are aimed at teenagers and young adults. Powerpop music appeals to a range of ages, from young teens right the way through to older people. Although probably both sexes listen to powepop, the female audience is probably more dominant as girls happen to have a tendancy to be more into balad style music.

Our questionnaire and questionaire results

A copy of our questionnaire is as follows:

Media Questionnaire

Gender

Male
Female

How old are you?

Under 16
Over 16


1) Do you watch music channels?
_______________


2) Do you watch Power pop videos?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________

3) What Music channels do you mainly watch? (Put a tick next to the ones you watch most?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­
Smash hits
TMF
4Music
Kiss
Kerrang
Bliss
Other (If other please state) ______________________


4) What do you expect to see in a power pop video? (Please tick)

Narrative
Live performance
Mixture of both

5) How long do you generally watch music channels a day? (Please tick)

6) 0-30 minutes
31-60 minutes
1 hour+

7) Do you buy music magazines?
________________

8) If yes, which one do you mainly buy?
___________________

9) What do you expect to see in a magazine advert for a new music video?
­­­__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10) What features do you think a digipak should have? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________


The purpose of our questionnaire


The purpose of our questionnaire was too get a jist of what the audience want. By asking them questions such as: what they expect of promotional material, we mainly took notice of the questionnaire results that said they were into powerpop, because they are more likely to give us a clear idea of what is expected of powerpop video's and promotional material.

The results we gathered are as follows:

Sex - Males-5 Females-3
Age- all were over 16
1.) Do you watch music channel? all 8 said yes

2.) do you watch power pop videos? 4 said yes, 4 said no

3.) what music channels do you watch? TMF-6 MTV-24 MUSIC-5 SCUZZ-1 KISS-1 NME-1 KERRANG-3

4.) what do you expect in a music video? narrative-2 live performance-1 both-5

5.) how long do you watch music for? 0-30mins-6 31-60mins-1 1hour +-1

6.)Do you read music mags? yes-3 no-5

7.)Which ones? kerrang-2 Q-1

8.)What do you expect to see in a music advert? colour-3 release date-1 pics of band- 2 band/artist-5 album name-1

9.)What features do you think a digipak should have? DVD of music video-1 booklet-2 poster/pics-6 info-2 lyrics-1 artwork-2 bonus tracks-3

After looking at my results I have more of an idea what we will need to be including and keeping in mind the results when thinking about how we will present the video.

Song analysis

Sophie Pentecost- Strong Enough

1st Verse
She’s left home alone
she is not with her family,
has no one to turn to
Still laid out on the floor
she is on the floor by herself
What were the words that he told her that she was?
he said something cruel to her
The bruises on her arm are just a scratch today
First verse giving an idea of the abuse she is suffering ie: he's verbally and physically abusive to her. and the first part shows how she copes with the pain.

Chorus
She is
not strong enough x3
To get through today
Not strong enough
Not old enough
Not wise enough to just walk away
she doesnt have the strength within herself to be able to get away from him, his abusive behavior had obviously sapped away all the willpower and inner strength she had.


2nd Verse
Now she’s alone,
the tears roll down her cheeks
she’s sad and lonely Her hands are still shaking from shielding her face
Suddenly all alone when she needs someone the most
Then the voice inside her head softly calls her name And says
She's in a state from a post attack and from nowhere shes suddenly got this strength too leave him and be free of the torture he putsd open her.


Chorus
Your strong enough (x3)
To get through today
You’re strong enough
You’re old enough
You’re wise enough To just walk away
Its like her inner strength is talking too her and telling her that she does have the power inside her to leave him.


3rd Verse
Seven years of torture
And its time to fly away
Like a bird, you spread your wings And fly your life away
You do it by
Singing (x3) Your life away
Seven years being mentioned emphasises how long the abuse has being going on, and this explains her lack of strength at the begining of the song, by 'singing her life away' it shows that she is getting freedom through singing.

Song Lyrics-

We emailed Sophie asking her for the mp3 version of 'fix you', but she said that she doesn't own the copyright for it. So it was best if we choose another song, she offered us another song she had wrote herself called 'Strong enough' and she sent us the mp3 version of that.


Sophie Pentecost- Strong Enough


1st Verse

She’s left home alone
Still laid out on the floor
What were the words that he told her that she was?
The bruises on her arm are just a scratch today

Chorus

She is not strong enough, not strong enough, not strong enough
To get through today
Not strong enough
Not old enough
Not wise enough to just walk away

2nd Verse

Now she’s alone, the tears roll down her cheeks
Her hands are still shaking from shielding her face
Suddenly all alone when she needs someone the most
Then the voice inside her head softly calls her name
And says

Chorus

Your strong enough (x3)
To get through today
You’re strong enough
You’re old enough
You’re wise enough
To just walk away

3rd Verse

Seven years of torture
And its time to fly away
Like a bird, you spread your wings
And fly your life away

You do it by
Singing (x3)
Your life away

This was our original song choice however, we we're not able to use it in the end because Sophie did not have copyright rights. But she did offer us another original song called 'Strong Enough'