Plan of Action (02/11/15 - 08/11/15)

This week the emphasis is on reacting to feedback on our digipaks and adverts. We will also be filming more shots for our testing and planning, this will give us all chance to get used to our roles. There will also be a big push to learn all the lyrics for the song that we are doing and become familiar with the thinking behind our video in order to make the end product look better thought out.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Get used to the equipment involved in the video
• learn the words to the song. 
• Gather an understanding of the video concepts.

Joe Ford

• Learn the words to the song.
• Plan the clothing that needs to be ready for the final shoot.
• Gather an understanding of the video concepts.

Ben Wakeford

• Learn the words to the song.
• Plan the clothing that needs to be ready for the final shoot.
• Gather an understanding of the video concepts.

There will be no more weekly updates or plans of action from this week onward, as the aims will be to get our video done and finalizing the research and planning. 

Plan of Action (19/10/15 - 25/10/15)

This week we will begin filming test shots for our video, this will allow us to evaluate wether the people we have are good enough to successfully be in the video, this will also give us an opportunity to see how the different shots we have planned work.
We will also be completing any changes that needed making for our final digipaks and magazine adverts along with any pull outs.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Plan the test shoot (location, members, time, camera)
• Make the changes to the digipak.
• Make the changes to the magazine advert.
• Make the changes to the pull out for the digipak.
• Edit the footage from the test shoot.
• Upload the test footage on to YouTube.
• Write the evaluative post on the test footage.
• Write up the weekly update post.

Joe Ford

• Make the changes to the digipak.
• Make the changes to the magazine advert.
• Make the changes to the pull out for the digipak.
• Attend the test shoot

Ben Wakeford

• Make the changes to the digipak.
• Make the changes to the magazine advert.
• Make the changes to the pull out for the digipak.
• attend the test shoot

Plan of Action (12/10/15 - 18/10/15)

This week we will be shifting our focus back to the video so that we can start filming as soon as possible, this is important as we have already been delayed in this process. We will  also be concentrating on finalizing our draft digipaks and posting them on the blog.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Write an update on filming progress.
• Publish the font ideas post.
• Post an update on the props we plan to use.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak.
• Post the draft 1 of the magazine advert.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak pullout.
• Write the weekly summary.

Joe Ford

• Review some magazine adverts.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak.
• Post the draft 1 of the magazine advert.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak pullout.

Ben Wakeford

• Analyse album covers.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak.
• Post the draft 1 of the magazine advert.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak pullout.

Plan of Action (05/10/15 - 11/10/15)

This week we are continuing on from last week, in that we are still; researching the different digipak types and gathering inspiration of our own. However this week there is a minimum set of posts that we have to make by the end of the week, meaning that there will be more specific tasks fork each group member

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Analyse and post 3 digipaks
• Analyse and post 3 magazine adverts/posters

Joe Ford

• Analyse and post 3 digipaks
• Analyse and post 3 magazine adverts/posters
• Post summer homework task on the blog

Ben Wakeford

• Analyse and post 3 digipaks
• Analyse and post 3 magazine adverts/posters

Plan of Action (28/09/15 - 04/10/15)

This week we are researching the different types of digipak and magazine adverts, this is going to aid us in creating our own. This work is largely individual  and therefore requires us to gather our own ideas. This weeks tasks are therefore mostly the same.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Post the final storyboard. (including the original video embedded).
• Research digipaks and post the findings on the blog.

Joe Ford

• Research digipaks and post the findings on the blog.
• Find and post some inspiration in terms of the video.

Ben Wakeford

• Research digipaks and post the findings on the blog.
• Research and apply narrative theorists to the video.

Plan of Action (21/09/15 - 27/09/15)

This week, as a group we have mainly been focused on drawing and planning out our story board, this is going to give us an idea of how the shots will look via an animatic, which will consist of a video of each shot on the story board for the time that they are due to be on for. This takes careful planning the shots have to match up with points in the original video in order for the editing to be successful. It is for this reason that we don't have many scheduled tasks on this action plan. This weeks research tasks have been mainly allocated to Joe.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Write up and publish a post about the updated blog look. (to be carried out in the week).
• Create the animatic

Joe Ford

• Post an update on the storyboard (including photos of all of the group drawing). 
• Conduct some individual research detailing two audience members.
• Research and write up and publish some camera shot ideas to be used in the video.

Ben Wakeford

• Write up and publish a post about the updated Twitter page look. (to be carried out in the week).

Plan of Action (14/09/15 - 20/09/15)

This week, the plan is to refine and add to the detail of our research and planning. We also aim to make the band feel more realistic with a twitter page, which will add to the professionalism of the final product. It is important that each of our group members have set tasks and that we communicate in order to perfect the work we are creating and add depth to the research. We will also, as a group decide upon the location for the video to be filmed at.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Write up a post about how we organize the tasks on the schedule in order to keep on track.
• Post the song lyrics for our chosen song.
• Post the band original band members alongside our own band members (explaining their names and roles). 
• Create Mood boards for the potential filming locations (urban street and studios).
• Post the location decision.
• Write up and publish the 'Giving Feedback' post.
• Create a mood board containing some album art for inspiration.
• Write up the weekly summary at the end of the week to detail what we have completed.

Joe Ford

• Conduct and publish a full risk assessment based on our filming locations

Ben Wakeford

• Create the band Twitter page
• Write up and publish a post about the individual band members and their biographies.
• Evaluate and write up about how representation is used in music videos.

Plan of Action (07/09/15 - 13/09/15)

As with last week we need to all contribute to completing take set out on the coursework schedule in order to keep on track of the work we need to carry out. This week is an important one in our journey towards completing our music video as we need to not only decide on the band name, create a logo, evaluate our market (including what they wear and what they are interested in). But also we need to pitch to our peers to gather feedback. Therefore most of the effort this week will go into making that as best as we can.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Research the fashion that the audience like
• Create and decide upon a logo for the band
• Create a moodpboard about the target audience
• Create the pitch via animoto

Joe Ford

• Aid in developing the words to use for the pitch.

Ben Wakeford

• Create a band biography 
• Create a band name

Plan of Action (04/09/15 - 06/09/15)

This week we need to each complete a number of tasks from the schedule in order to keep up to date with the work and ensure the work we produce is of the best caliber. This week we need to watch lots of music videos and create a shortlist so that we can come to a decision on which song we plan on doing, that is the primary concentration for this week. First though it is important that we do some background research into the genres we prefer and the audience we are aiming the video at. It is important that we work together as a team this week in order to come to a serious decision.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Identify the genre
• write out the song decision post 
• Write up the weekly summary (following a similar format to this post)

Joe Ford

• Write up the shortlist for the music videos we like on a post (embedding the videos from YouTube)
• Write out the post detailing the intended audience.

Ben Wakeford

• Ben only just joined the group and doest have any scheduled tasks this week for that reason, he will have a set of allocated tasks in next weeks plan of action.