Storyboarding the bridge of the song

The bridge of the song is:

O'la, o'la aye,
O'la, o'la aye,
O'la, o'la aye,
O'la, o'la aye

Read more: Ciara - Livin It Up Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

This occurs twice. Therefore i storyboarded two different things happening for each one. 

Storyboarding Verse 1

Here are the shots i story-boarded for verse 1. These shots are going to be at our friends apartment and will be the first verse of the song.  As our music video is performance based it doesn't tell a narrative. Therefore we have tried to use simple but effective locations which we found in our research and also from our audience. 

Keeping in contact with the dancers

I kept in touch with our dancers through Facebook as we didn't go to the same school. 
Our main contact was Holly.
Here is a picture of the group chat I set up.

At first we asked them of possible filming dates. 

We had conversations with Holly before setting up the group chat of our ideas. With reference to clothing, as they all do GCSE dance and the costume was basic there wasn't a problem with them not having the right costumes which was good.

Also they were used to rehearsals as well as performing routines over and over again which was a advantage to us.

After finding out when our artist, Hannah, and the dancers and all crew can make it we will confirm the dates and times and inform all on the relevant details needed.  

Planning costume for the dancers

Looking at dancers clothing in music videos, for example Beyoncé’s singles ladies they are wearing leotards and tights we thought this would look good for our artist to wear as well.

I thought it would be best if the leotards of the dancers stayed black whilst Hannah wore bright colours to stand out from the dancers. As in many music videos the main artist is always differentiated from others i.e. in Cheryl Cole’s ‘Fight for this love’ she is wearing a white top and sequenced harem pants whilst the dancers are wearing all black with a splash of white

 I think this would be best for chorus 1 – in the tunnel.

I think this would be best for chorus 1 – in the tunnel.

Carrying on the colour idea, for chorus 2 - the stage I think the dancers should wear black crop tops and black leggings.

As both costumes are dull I was think the of asking the dancers to wear jewellery the same colour as Hannah to show a link between the two.

Shoes for both locations should be flat high top converse as these would be easiest to dance in and I want the look to be edgy.

Stage make up in all music videos - conventional – Pink or Red lipstick to stand out.

Planning our artists costume

From our audience research and idea of what Hannah’s personality would be like I decided to dress Hannah in the season’s latest fashion and wear clothes from Topshop as most of her target audience clothes are from here. Therefore we want her to represent the  audience.

As crop tops are the season’s hottest trend and as spring is coming, I thought it would be nice for Hannah to wear these thought the music video. Also we looked it magazine such as Cosmopolitan to see what types of items are in. This is what we found:

Must have’s included:

• Biker boots
• Crop tops
• Statement jewellery
• Midi rings
• Heels with the cuffs
• Pastel colours
• Leather trousers

Converse are shoes most teens wear so this might be good to wear in some scenes.

I did think of a dress however this is not really ideal for a performance based music video. 

After having an idea of what we wanted Hannah to wear we decided to go home and look through our cupboards to see what we had that match the criteria. 

Also biker boots look really cool and have been advertised in many magazines lately.

Converse are shoes most teens wear so this might be good to wear.

I did think of a dress however this is not really ideal for a performance based music video. 

The next day we all brought in what we had found and had narrowed it down to the following:

• Pastel pink velvet crop top with black leggings (On the bridge in the train st)
• A high neck black crop top and black leggings – but we would include gold statement jewellery and midi rings (Inside the train st on the platform)
• A blue cami with wet look leggings as we didn't have leather trousers (Stage)
• A floral crop top with blue jeans (For the apartment and tunnel shots)
• A blue checked shirt with a black skirt (For the ending of the song)

Most of the items worn were from Topshop! 

Risk Assessment - Stage

Here is the risk assessment i conducted for my stage location. Again after completing this by myself i discussed with the others. 

Risk Assessment - Tunnel and Train Station

Today i decided to conduct my risk assessment for the tunnel and train station location as we are filming here in the next few weeks. Here is what i did. 

After completing this by myself i discussed this with my artist and teacher.