Location

We have a variety of locations we would like to film at. We want to film our vox pops at different places to get diverse and varied opinions and to limit bias.

For our recording studio scene we have many locations we have to choose from and here are some examples:


Harrow Open Studios:
We chose this because it is easy to get to and it is a community studio

                   
                     Roundhouse Studios:

                This is a more professional.             

For our vox pops, we are deciding to film in Camden because when we went there to film our title sequence, we realised that there are many teenagers and young people there. As they are our target audience we thought it best to get their opinion on our story. 

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New Logo

We all agreed that our current logo wasn't suitable as it had low quality and in general; it wasn't easy to manipulate, so I decided to generate a new logo via a logo generator website that I've used previously. To be honest, it didn't take too long, and it was much easier to create using the website than Photoshop. I couldn't really find a font similar to the one we have currently but the team felt the new logo was perfectly fine. This is it:

We all felt this is right for the new logo, so I've scrapped the other one; I added our Earmunch monster on top of the logo the incorporate our brand image:

This is the final logo, despite all the other times we've said "This is our final logo".. THIS.. THIS is the final logo. Now we just need to put it on our blog, website and opening sequence.

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Facts and Statistics

Sequence of Shots

VOICEOVER AND FILLER SHOT OF ARTHUR --> INTERVIEW ARTIST WITH CUTAWAYS AND FILLER SHOTS OF WHAT ARTIST IS SAYING --> VOICEOVER OF FACTS AND STATS WITH FILLER SHOTS OF GOOGLE --> SECOND INTERVIEW MANAGER WITH CUTAWAYS AND FILLER SHOTS OF WHAT MANAGER IS SAYING --> VOICEOVER WITH FILLER SHOTS COMPLEMENTING VOICEOVER --> VOX POPS --> VOICEOVER TO SUMMARISE STORY.

Planning Our Production Schedule

We are hoping to film soon and we need to plan what we want to exactly film.

• Vox Pops
• Filler Shots e.g panning shots/establishing shots of location/people
• Formal Interview of a Record Label Manager and an Artist; hopefully in an recording studio
• Piece to camera

• Vox Pops = For our Vox Pops we would like to ask our target audience which are teenagers. SHOTS: All vox pops should be filmed at the same height so it looks continuous and not unprofessional. They should be no longer 10-15 seconds. We would like a variety of opinions e.g 4/5. We don't want the reporter on camera as we think that would not be beneficial to us. Snappy interviews with interesting dialogues. Variety of interviews with boys and girls to get different opinions to appeal to all our target market.
• Filler Shots = SHOTS: establishing shots of location e.g Roundhouse Studios in Camden. A voiceover will be playing on top of these filler shots. We want shots of people going onto Google to download music, different bands in Concert that are of different genres. The shots back up what the voiceover is saying. The shots we would like to get are: Arthur (the artist) working in the studio, the manager of the record label working in the studio, a band performing and a DJ at work.
• Formal Interview = Getting a more professional and insightful opinion on music downloads and this will help give substance and evidence to our story. By having a professional record label manager giving his views on our topic it will make the story more believable. This will be longer than the Vox Pops and they interviewee will answer many questions. SHOTS: Filming the manager in the studio to make location believable. He starts off talking and we see him and then we can transition into him working while his interview runs as a voiceover on top of the clip playing e.g working on editing music.
• Piece to camera = From the filler shot and voiceover we will transition to the piece to camera. We want to film Riya outside. We chose this because it is relevant to music and isn't something random. ALTHOUGH WE ARE CONTEMPLATING WHETHER OR NOT TO DO A PIECE TO CAMERA.
• Cutaways shots =different shots and angles of artist/manager such as close-up of hands.

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Advance Production Portfolio: Television News Package Proposal

Group Names: 
We are Earmunch which consists of:

• Riya
• Arthur
• Nicky
• Kaira

Proposed Subject/Story: 

Our story is based on  illegally downloading music and looking at both sides as to why people do it and why others do not. We will also be looking at the affect this may have on artists and the music industry. We will include the view that people may download music illegally because they can and if one can get something for free why would they pay. However this may be contradicted with where is the line drawn as illegal downloads are increasing which is affecting artists in many ways. 

Proposed Interview: 

Within this package we will be interviewing a record label manager who will express his views on how he music industry is being affected especially their artists. We will also be briefly interviewing artists themselves in order to portray their views on their music being illegally downloaded. Finally we will be interviewing teenagers as this is our target audience, questioning their views on why people illegally download and whether they do it or not.

The Final Idea!

After reviewing and looking over the three ideas we were considering. We have decided that our story will be about illegally downloading music and the affect this may have on the music industry. 

This story stood out from the other two because we felt we can do a lot more with it in terms of the conventions of a news package.

The reason we choose this topic is because we had a decision about what we would do in order to follow the conventions and we were able to come up with good ideas for each common feature of a news package.

Here is what we came up with:

WHAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE?

The statement: 

 We can focus on the statement:                               

 The music industry vs. The internet. This will create a good discussion      
throughout the news package.  

    Voice over’s: 

This will be over filler shots or a montage, which will inform the audience more about the topic.

Vox pops:   

The voice of the people stating what they think about the topic. E.g. why they think people download. Most likely be teenagers (the voice of the target audience) stating what they think about the topic.

Interviews:

We could interview teenagers who are downloading and think it is okay and those who think it is not right. In addition to music industry experts such as a record label manger and artists. These interviews can be discussing both sides of the topic.

Location:                                             

Our location could be outside a studio which is related to the music industry.

Statistics and facts on screen:            

Such as the no. of illegal downloads against the number of album sells. We could include statistics on artists today that have had situations where their music is being continuously illegally downloaded. We can have statistics on up and coming artists and how they have not been able to make it further because of illegal downloads. These statistics can be coming up on a musical object e.g. a CD.

Filler shots:                                                                                                                        This could be of footage from concerts or music videos. We could also have filler shots of music being downloaded from Google showing how it is to access.

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Interview/Vox Pops questions

Interview Questions for Artist:

1. What are your thoughts on illegal and free downloads? I can understand that if people can get their music for free then they won't pay for it, I mean when I was a teenager, I used to do it too but thats ok for the big artists. But for people like me, upcoming artists, it is hard if no-one's paying for your music and your spending money to make it. Until your in the position where people are not paying for your music you realise the effects it has on the artist. To be honest most of the big artists make most of their money from touring and appearances so musical sales aren't a big deal to them but for people like me who still have to make a name for ourselves, it does affect a lot. No ones to blame, it just happens and you have to live with it. Any job has its side effects, this is mine.

Interview Questions for Record Label Manager:

1. What kind of music does your record label produce? Our genre of music is RnB and Pop and we've produced the likes of Taio Cruz and Starboy Nathan.
2. What are your thoughts on the number of illegal downloads and how this has affected/affects your company? It makes it harder for new artists to gain success because people can just access their music for free very easily, this results in a decrease in the number of sales.

Generic Questions For Vox Pops

How do you download your music?

How often do you download music?

Do you buy CD's?
Do you think it is okay to illegally download music?

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Analysis of BBC 'Music Piracy' News report

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Research

I researched news articles on illegal downloads in order to see what has previously been said on the topic. Researching articles really helped as we could see the problems with the music industry and this gave us good information, facts, statistics and statements which we can use in our news package.