Anamatic for re-shoot

These are our interview questions that will be videoed

Before they see our opening scene

What would you expect in a 1960’s based film?

What colours do you associate with the 1960’s?

What characteristics would you expect to see in a teenager aspiring to be a model in the 1960’s?

When they have seen the two minute opening scene

What era do you think this film is based?

What do image do you think the character is trying to portray?

Do you like this opening scene if so why? And if not why?

What audience do you think will be interested in watching this film?

Would you watch this film from the opening scene?

We will show this to numeral members of the public, and the information that we will receive will help us to determine what type of audience will watch our film and what things we would need to tweak to make it more appealing.


Modeling industry
The Modeling Industry has always been image conscious throughout multiple generations. The Modeling Industry particularly in the 1960's became more body conscious due to the fashion changed that happened in the 60's. The 50's was a time of curvaceous woman in comparison to the 60's where Twiggy brought in the 'boyish' figure; due to this abrupt change in society woman were subjected to pear pressure, struggling with weight-lose to fit the fashionably revealing outfits, such as the mini skirt.


Sound Analysis of 1960's music

1960's music on Prezi

People have sung protest songs throughout human history. Wherever people are oppressed or united in a common struggle, someone will voice strong feelings in song. The 1960s came to be known as the decade for protest with the twin causes of the Vietnam War and the lack of civil rights for African Americans. Some of these songs became anthems and still resonate today. They were the inspiration in countless demonstrations and marches.

 Published in 1962, Bob Dylan expresses to the listener that by taking away the innocence of these young men who are being forced into war, there will be a devastating results which includes the death of these men.

Artists and bands use alliteration and repetition to help certain verses stick in the listener's mind. Bob Dylan's lyrics are, for the most part, very poetic and sometimes ambiguous in meaning. His song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" shows how the use of these devices benefit his attempts to voice his opinion on war, more specifically the Vietnam War; we also do this throughout our own lyrics to express Cindy's need for help due to her live fast die young, demanding lifestyle 'oh Cindy Cry for me, oh Cindy lie to me, oh Cindy get high for me' the repetition used shows the strain and pressure that Cindy has to endure, and also illustrates how lengthy her strain lasts. The words we have used also presents them to have an imperative tone rather than a free-willing one, to ironically counteract how wild and outrageous her lifestyle is.





Released in 1967, this song was extremely popular, and its Album sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band became the biggest selling studio album internationally. 
The lyrics of the song — which is commonly believed to be about an acid trip — feature image-laden verses which present an overtly psychedelic travelogue, describing a boat trip through a fantastic land of "rocking horse people", "newspaper taxis" and "marshmallow pies", alternating with chorus sections which simply repeat the song's title. This psychedelic song has certainly influenced our 'Cry To Me Cindy' lyrics, with their imaginative lyrics and craft.


Pete Seeger wrote this song, adapting the lyrics from passages in the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. He recorded it in 1962, helping to cement his place as one of the greatest exponents of the protest song. The words state that there is a time for everything, including peace. The folk rock band, The Byrds, enjoyed the most commercial success with their cover version in 1965



Due to our film timing and pace we need to decide when and where our newly edited sound will fit in, it needs to be in keeping with the titles and shots that are shown and also needs to be slightly modified to mirror the scenery. 

This is our recorded sound that we have edited. This is not our final edit as i believe the sound needs to sound more fitting to the era. The over recording and the layering of sound needs to be tweaked to make it sound more professional.

Sound
When discussing the pros and cons of using two voices of each gender we discovered that the voices might override one another and become to powerful, thus drawing away attention from our opening title onto sound which is not what we wan't to do.
To solve this problem we decided to use two vocals, one from each gender to create a more simplistic, yet effective sound. This will also emphasis the tone of voices used to create a stylistic effect. This also enables us to have more control over where and when the voices are solo and when they are in unison, this also makes it easier to edit on the Mac computers, which will also help us to record the sound due to its evolving technology.
Sound research
Due to the range of vocals that we are going to use for our ambient sound our group decision was to split the vocals into the following, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass; then record each octave separately and edit them together, thus allowing each voice to be heard and making it easier and more efficient to record.
The Strengths of recording a choir using multi-track is that you have control over the volume of each part. If a member of the allocated group sings a note too loudly you can tone down the phrase which contains that note. A weakness to using multi-track is that you’re not recording all of the parts together and so some of the harmonies may sound artificial and out of place when put back together.

Step one:  Place the microphones 12ft away from the section. Angle the microphone downwards making sure it is situated higher than the section. Step two insert headphones so that you can get a sense of the overall sound and volume. If unhappy with the sound, you can experiment placing the microphones in different places, to help you try and find the ‘sweet spot’, this is the part where all the harmony’s can be heard together without them sounding muffled. Step three after recording the choir parts you can judge for yourself the volume and weather you have achieved the sounds that you require. 

Sound equipment 
Choir mic technique is the technique used to sufficiently record and edit sound, enabling us to be able to have more control over the post-recording work of mixing. Due to each track being recorded individually, means we can adjust the levels appropriately to make the tone and sound more fitting

Source of information about Sound

A list of things that i need to research

-Modelling industry

-Audience

-Sound research

-Interviews – questions and writen

-Feedback from public

-Conventions of titles

-When titles come in

-Who will produce our film

Sound

This week we finished the lyrics to our song; these lyrics reflect Cindy's roller- coaster life, and infer the dangers within her lifestyle.

Chorus -
Oh Cindy, cry for me
Oh Cindy, lie to me
Oh Cindy, get high for me
And i'll see you tonight

Verse 1 -
You disobeyed your father's words, and went into a world of hurt oh.
The cat walk yeah its for the strong, but Cindy what your doing is wrong oh.

Chorus

Verse 2 -
If you walk out that door, you aren't welcome here no more oh. 
And oh what would Twiggy say, if she saw you act this way oh.

Chorus

Verse 3 - 
Now look at the mess you've made, your left lonely and afraid oh.
Look in the mirror what do you see, and empty smile gazing back at thee oh.

Chorus

End

The Instrumentals 


This is the instrumental music which will be played on guitar to correspond with what is being sung.


All chords are barred except the E and the B7 (Both chords are played open). The * symbols playing the EADG open.


Chorus 1

E               A           B

Oh Cindy Cry For Me

E               A           B

Oh Cindy Lie to Me                         Repeat x2
E              A            B
Oh Cindy get High for me
        D     C      A
And I'll see you tonight

Verse 1

B7                                                                                                            E E * E * E E * E
You disobeyed your father's words, and went into a world of hurt oh.
B7                                                                                                                        E E * E * E E * E
The cat walk yeah its for the strong, but Cindy what your doing is wrong oh.

Chorus 2 – Repeat Chorus 1


Verse 2
B7                                                                                                   E E * E * E E * E
If you walk out that door, you aren't welcome here no more oh.
B7
And oh what would Twiggy say, if she saw you act this way oh.  E E * E * E E * E

Chorus 3 – Repeat Chorus 1

Verse 3
B7                                                                                                       E E * E * E E * E
Now look at the mess you’ve made, your left lonely and afraid oh. 
B7                                                                                                                       E E * E * E E * E
Look in the mirror, what do you see, an empty smile gazing back at thee oh. 


Chorus 2
E               A           B
Oh Cindy Cry For Me
E               A         B
Oh Cindy Lie to Me
E                    A           B
Oh Cindy get High for me
B     B   B     A  A        E     
And I’ll see you tonight

Feedback

When we had our group discussion today our teacher told us that we needed to focus on sound and to research how to record and what equipment we would need to produce high quality music.

Day of re- shooting

Today we re shot our film, so that it would be more understandable as to what the story line was. Our location was different to before and we decided to not use the 'bath' scene to show Cindy getting ready; instead we used a more obvious approach of Cindy waking up after a night before, with her room messy and disorientated, hence stereotyping the 'younger' generation. After this we film in detail the steps she took to get ready before going out to a modeling after party (which will not be featured in the two minute opening scene); this scene entailed the make-up and clothing applied to look like her idol Twiggy. The purpose of the bottles and cocaine which is presented is to also represent the misguided Cindy and how her obsession and addiction to becoming the same size as Twiggy is override with substance abuse. This has historical reference as Cocaine is the most common drug used among models to become extremely thin, in addition with alcohol to prolong the affects.

preparation for re-shooting

Due to our feedback , we have decided to re-shoot the 'getting ready' scene so it is more understandable.
Today we have address the faults within this scene; coming to a conclusion that it needs to reflect Cindy's obsession with the modeling world before she gets ready to go to a modeling after party. This decision, in changing the layout of the opening scene was made due to the lack of development that the story line presents within our rough-cuts and storyboards. Our decision lead us to reassess what we wanted our audience to feel, and what we wanted to capture within the first two minute opening scene.

Consequently from our feedback, we decided it to be more fitting to our story line if Cindy were to emphasis the stress and pressure that the Modeling Industry encompasses; as a result of this we need to focus more on Cindy getting ready as apposed to  her rushing to go to a party; this will create tension and suspense for the audience; this will also reflect the image-conscious fashion industry, and the obsession that goes with it.

Ideally within the first two minutes we will present obsession, and desperation to achieve perfection by Cindy's flaunted admiration of Twiggy ( a popular model of the 1960's). This will be portrayed by Cindy constantly comparing herself to the photo of twiggy that will be placed fittingly on the mirror. By doing this it shall then primarily elucidate Cindy to be a obsessive character from that point onward; we will reinforce the Modeling Industry's corrupt views and influence towards teenagers further, by Cindy delving into the world of illegal substances just before she leaves the scene.

In these prominent shots, it will illuminate and enlighten the audience that this character will go to any length to reach her dream, it will also show the naivety and influential reality that peer groups have on individuals.

The multiple shots will be abrupt, demonstrating Cindy's hunger and strive to be perfect and to fit in to social norms.

Within this two minute opening scene we aspire to recreate the younger generation of the 1960's and how they can easily be manipulated towards social taboo's; thus inferring the highly dangerous consequences that come alongside.

Alongside the changed in story line, come hand in hand the change in location. Formally we used a transformed shed to stage the party, but for a more inventive and intellectual story line we have now come to a conclusion that a decorated room would play the part accordingly. This is because it reflects on the Cindy's personal environment that will reflect on her personality; thus creating a connection with the audience as they will immediately be subjected to Cindy's lifestyle and evidently be subjected to her characteristic traits even before the character is introduced.