Album cover - research

Our Deductions

Having looked closely at the song titles, and cover art, we discovered that many albums are created with a particular theme in mind. This album- Radioactivity, by Kraftwerk, clearly displays this. The cover portrays a speaker and the song titles and album title are all related to radioactivity in some manner.

Track List

1. Geiger Counter – 1:05
2. Radioactivity – 6:44
3. Radioland – 5:50
4. Airwaves – 4:53
5. Intermssion – 0:37
6. News – 1:31
7. The Voice of Energy – 0:55
8. Antenna – 3:47
9. Radio Stars – 3:35
10. Uranium - 1:24
11. Transistor - 2:15
12. Ohm sweet Ohm– 5:39

Revised Kit List

Props list

Guitar
Drum kit
Microphone
Microphone stand
Plectrum
Drum Sticks
Paint
Room decor

Costume

Skinny jeans x 3
White/Black skinny fit t-shirts or shirts x 3
Belts x 3
Black plimsolls
Top man jewellery
Make up
Black Eye liner/face paint
Blue and purple eye shadow
Hair Gel

Technical Kit

Camera
Lights
iPod with song
Speakers
Dolly
Tripod
Laptop
Firewire cable
Masking Tape
Stickets

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Red = Must arrange / buy
Orange = Arranged, not in hand yet
Green = In hand

Update

So an update from the weekend:

- We went out shooting last weekend, got lots of shots of inner London and the Thames, etc.
- Jon is no longer an actor, due to him being very busy, so we have drafted in another actor. Louis is in year 12, and looks the part. Unfortunately he couldnt make it at the weekend but we are still up for Wednesday and next weekend.
- Boiler suits are bought today, should arrive in the next week.
- Changed our idea, more focused on single main character, with performance shots still remaining largely the same.
- Found new locations, and have kept them in mind for subsequent shoots. Pictures to follow.

To do list:

- Capture
- Upload pictures
- Rough edit
- Shot list
- Rough storyboard
- Check all equipment release forms are in

Target Audience

‘Cubicle’ is of the electro rock/punk genre and draws from indie, emo and punk culture. It is an angry fusion of traditional instrumentation and synthesised beats. The target audience for our artist is the Indie generation, aged largely between 15 and 25, with most emphasis on the male market. They like to feel they are independent and non-mainstream, whereas in fact they are more of a broad demographic than they would like to think. They have a varying level of disposable income but are comfortable enough to spearhead the latest fashions and trends.

Stereotypically, this demographic wears skinny jeans and tight t-shirts – synonymous with Indie culture. Likewise, in their free time, they go to gigs at well known ‘small’ venues. Examples in London focus on Camden and the surrounding area, with venues like the Astoria and The Forum. Other bands that they may like include Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Used, Blink 182, +44, Bowling for Soup and Hawthorne Heights. Our demographic favours stark colours, as well as red, white and black.

Their New Media consumption is high, which sees them frequently use services like YouTube, LiveJournal and PhotoBucket in addition to heavily visiting social-networking sites like MySpace. Digital Music is very popular with iPods being their must-have accessory. Our demographic use their mobiles every day and thus are prime consumers of 3G mobile media such as video, ringtones and WAP.

Mainstream magazine titles such as NME and Q Magazine are already aimed at our target audience. Moreover, the type of books they enjoy may include ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, and ‘A Million Little Pieces’. In regard to TV, they enjoy watching music channels, for example MTV TWO, Kerrang and Q and in addition to terrestrial TV, watch mainstream youth channels like E4, MTV ONE and Sky One.

Moodboards - Henry

Recce - Mental Institute: Hampstead Heath

Hannah, Henry and Sameer visited Hampstead Heath on Tuesday 24th July. Based on a tip-off from Ms Brookes, we set off in search for an abandoned mental institute. From the description, the potential location had long corridors, pillars and was half indoors, half outdoors. This was perfect for us in the sense that we are looking for somewhere with corridors and an old disused feel. However, from the outset we were aware that the indoors-outdoors aspect could be problematic, as it could seriously ruin the mood of the song.

After an hour or two of searching, we think we found the location we were being pointed to. An NHS hospital - housing a day outpatients department, a maternity ward and a mental health ward - fitting Ms Brookes' description looked perfect from the outside. However, as soon as we went through the gates with our camera, a woman came to speak to us. She not only lied that there was not (and never had been) a mental health ward there - which would have been altogether more convincing if there wasn't a 'Mental Health Ward - First Floor' sign over her shoulder - she refused outright at the idea of filming there. This was understandable, considering it was now a fully functioning hospital, which must have been come back into use since Ms Brookes last used it.

We learnt a lot from this recce and there are many things we can do to for next time to make sure we're more successful and effective.

- PLANNING: Although this time we couldn't find it, it's important for next time we look for the exact address for the location to save time wading through forests or fields. This can be done by getting maps and contact details of the potential location.

- PERMISSION: Only once we got there did it become really clear that we looked pretty amateur not having any sort of official permission from the school - we could have been anyone for all they knew. Next time, we must have letter from Ms Blackborow to prove who we are and to give some sort of legitimacy to the shoot.

- CONTACT: If we can find the contact details of the owner of the location beforehand, it would be good to get in touch in advance of the recce. This way, we can give full details of our plans, intentions and give a good first impression.

This training module from the BBC Training & Development website details all of the things to do before, during and after a recce. We will consult it very carefully for our next test shoot - which will hopefully be in the coming weeks.

Video: To follow

Rinôçérôse - Cubicle

I have divided the song up into sections, in correspondence with the music and the lyrics, and the time codes are posted. We will not use the song further than 3 minutes, so the part we have decided to stop at is also labelled accordingly.
The lyrics are as follows:

0:00

0:16
You got them bruises placed upon your legs
You got them scratchmarks around there on the edge
I know your story
It won't be up straight
Cuz when I'm not there
I know you can't wait
0:31

0:31
This ain't the first time
I caught you out again
You spend your time
With something dirty now
In a cubicle
0:47

0:55
You got that lipstick smeared around your face
You got them skinny boys staying at your place
I know your story
It won't be up straight
Cuz when I'm not there
I know you can't wait
1:09

1:10
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooo
1:14

1:16
Yeah yeah yeah
1:19

1:21
You get your get your get your love
1:23

1:25
This ain't the first time
I caught you out again
You spend all your time in a little cubicle
In a cubicle
1:40

1:42
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooo
1:46

1:48
Yeah yeah yeah
1:49

1:50
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooo
1:54

1:54
Yeah I get your love
In a cubicle
1:56

2:12
I got that lipstick smeared around my face
I got them skinny girls playin' at my place
I'll give you stories
They won't be up straight
Cuz when you're not there
You know I can't wait
2:27

2:27
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooo
2:31

2:33
Yeah yeah yeah
2:35

2:36
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooo
2:38

2:38
Yeah yeah yeah
2:42

2:43
This ain't the first time
I caught you out again
You spend your time [uh]
In a little cubicle
In a cubicle
2:58

2:59

This is not the end of the track, but the end of the amount we will use.