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Sunday, March 1, 2026

T1 | Wk 6 | Planning for video shoot - REJOICE (due Monday)

  Hi guys,

It's ALL GO! Planning is well underway and by now you have a very focused, clear vision of what you're wanting to achieve.


Here's your brief for the week! 





Task list:


1. Research 

- Research Goodwin and Archer's theory on music videos.

-  Here is a link to a Slideshare that breaks down the key aspects to their theories in relation to music videos they studied.

-  Your turn now is to create a blog post that has a blog tool presentation showing the key aspects to Goodwin and Archer's theory. 

- You are then going to choose 2 music videos to analyse (like in the link) in the light of the theories and applying them to the videos.

- You are then going to write some brief points on how you will apply this theory to your own music video and in what ways. 

- Upload this to your blog under a 'research' label


2. Script (one of you to do the script)

- You are going to use the scriptwriting tool from last year to create a script for your music video. Do some research on how to do this for a music video, although remember that your storyboard will have more visual instruction of what you're wanting to achieve.

- Upload this to your blog under a 'planning' label


***HERE'S THE SCRIPT 'HOW TO' FOR A MUSIC VIDEO




3. Storyboard (one of you to do the storyboard) 

- Create a storyboard for your music video.

- Upload this to your blog under a 'planning' label


Total blog posts required by Friday = 3 

T1 | Wk 6 - Tues - Friday - Photo-Shoot Planning

 Planning your photo-shoot 


As one of your minor tasks you are going to plan the images you need for your postcard and social media page.


Step 1 


Check out some postcard examples 


Here are some postcard examples;

https://kavyamediastudiesa2.wordpress.com/category/postcard-advertisement/


Step 2

Choose a film postcard to analyse.


Analyse every aspect of the postcard advertising material with annotations and notes. 


Answer these questions;

- What is the purpose of a movie postcard? 

- What is included on it, why?


Postcard analysis examples

https://alastairwt.weebly.com/postcard-ad1.html


https://manalqureshiblog.wordpress.com/post-card-analysis/


https://kavyamediastudiesa2.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/postcard-advertisements-research/

https://9568dale.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/movie-postcard-research/


Step 3 

Analyse a social media page for a film in your genre

- take some screenshots of instagram pages for at least 3 films

- what elements do you see

- annotate an image of a film's social media page


Step 4

Plan your photo shoot using a storyboard type template. 

- What photos do you need to take for BOTH tasks? Think about style, colours, backgrounds and settings. 









T1 | Wk 6 | Planning for video shoot - REJOICE (due Monday)

  Hi guys, It's ALL GO! Planning is well underway and by now you have a very focused, clear vision of what you're wanting to achieve...