Horizontal And Vertical.

Within our music video we have made two intertextual links to other music videos and films through horizontal and vertical intertextuality. We feel this allows us to connect to our target audience more as we share the same target audience within both of these examples.

Chase And Status Pieces.

Within our music video we plan to create a scene in which the girlfriend and boyfriend are messing around together having fun and reflecting on how happy they used to be as he kisses her on the cheek using a steady cam, which is similar as to what happens in the music video we are using (Chase And Status Pieces) where he is looking back on the time him and his girlfriend enjoyed together and how happy they were having fun whilst he kisses her on the cheek during his birthday party.

Date Night (film)

We also plan to use vertical references to the film 'Date Night' in which there is a couple seen on a date enjoying themselves, looking loved up and happily chatting away over a candle with dimmed lighting, we plan to use this shot as the girlfriend is seen cheating on her boyfriend with another male having a candle lit dinner in her house. 

Trains Problem.

We have been informed by Audley End Station that trains may not be running Saturday and Sunday due to disruption and rail works going on. Therefore we would have to use replacement busses which would be really inconvenient. We are looking in to perhaps driving there however this is also another issue as we would have to take two cars as there would be 3 actors then me and molly and my dad as the driver. So we need to ring up national express and see if this is defiantly the case.

Music Video Timeline

Here is a rough timeline of how we plan our video to run and look over all.

The Pit Timetable For Performance Shooting

The Pit Time Table

Today me and my partner went to look up the times in which the pit is free and when it isn't for shooting, we were hoping there was a free period 5 so we could set everything up and then shoot after school however this doesn't seem possible! We therefore feel like we should find the date we plan to shoot and ask the teacher which is teaching period 5 if we could set up lunch and they wouldn't mind teaching their lesson with all lighting and sound equipment there. However we still need to find people to be the audience and plan to put a notice in the school bulletin or perhaps send a email round asking who would like to be involved.

Booking Our Train Tickets.

Today we booked our train tickets which will allow us to get the train to Tottenham Hale and use the underground from there and as they is going to be 6 of us we managed to book it under a group ticket which meant it worked out to be only £12.50 each which is considerably cheaper compared to if we booked them separately.

Audience Research - Youtube.

Audience research and statistics from Youtube.

Chase And Status Ft. Plan B - Pieces Statistics. 

Sub Focus - Rock It Statistics.

Sub Focus - Airplanes Statistics.

Nero - Lost In The Jungle Statistics.

This Research has shown me the main target audience and fan base is within Males of a age group of 18 - 24 and a small majority of Females aged 13 - 17 and with most of the videos getting quite high views and little dislikes it connotes the popularity of the 'Drum and Bass' industry and a wide fan base. With this research it is easy to know who our target audience is and how to accompany to their wants and needs.

Audience Research

Here are some screen shots from various fan sites on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter as well as fan clubs on Chase And Status personal 'Members Area' page and youtube.

 This has shown me that they have a very wide fan base and could be said they are very mainstream (within the ages of older teenager / young adult) people as they seem to be up to date with the new technology and advertising on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter which are famously known for being very popular within the younger generation.