Planning and preperation

Equipment: We booked out equiptment to film - including a panasonic camera and a tripod, and also had a tape from the media department in school to record our video on. We planned to use the tripod for the majority of the time to enable us to get a steady shot whilst filming, however we also planned to use tracking shots with a moving camera so the tripod would not be nescessary for this.

Location: We planned to record some of the video at Jonny's house - our male singer in the music video, and also use shots from outside in the back field area at school as this provided a big quiet open space where we knew we could get permission to film. We also gained permission from Jonny and his parents to use thier house as a set for filming.

Shooting Schedule: December 8th - filming at jonny's house, permission gained, no props needed, just i-pod speakers to play the song from.
End of january - beginning of february- Filming parts outside at school when we all have a study lesson/ free break time together, we just need to make sure it wont disrupt any outdoor P.E lessons or anything else.

Song title and artist name: As a final part of planning for our print products - digipack and advert, we had to change the name of our artist and chosen song title as part of copyright laws, therefore we made a subtle change from Bruno Mars to Bruna Mars and instead of using the existing song title of 'Just the way you are,' we changed it to 'I say' which are lyrics used multiple times in the song, and we also thought these lyrics were specifically relevant and a good choice for the title because it reflects how the song is about what the artist is thinking and saying about the female in the video:
'But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are'