Meeting - 17/09/13

We wrote a list before the meeting of things we wished to discuss at the meeting with Miss Blackborow and two of the other groups, and we managed to resolve the majority of them:

• The artist name - initially we called our artist Maia Clark, but the name 'Clark' came under criticism as it reminded people of the shoe brand, but the name 'Hart' started circulating, so we may consider this name with a different first name.
• Why her retro image? - we decided that our artist would be styled in a retro fashion, but initially we did not know why. In the meeting, however, we discussed how that's just her style and she chooses to dress that way, and also the song 'He Wasn't There' has a vintage feel with the crackling records sound effect.
• Picnic blanket vs. bench - when planning the set for our music video, we envisioned a bench in the constructed outdoor, garden scene, but we began doubting this idea as we thought it would be unachievable - fortunately, in the meeting, our teacher said that she would bring in her iron bench that we could paint white.
• Car vs. boat - we couldn't decide on whether our last set should be centred around a car or a boat - the majority of people at the meeting said that boat would be the better option, but we will still need to discuss this further, as the props involved in the boat set would be harder to construct than the car set.
• Camera movement? - as our video is a one-shot, we thought it would be risky to move the camera, but we also worried that if the camera remains static, the video will be boring - at the meeting, we discovered that it would be a lot harder in terms of needing more intense choreography, but it would not be unachievable, and we could make it work - this is therefore something we need to discuss further as a group, and we may do a test shoot with the camera static, and the camera moving, to see which looks better.
• Record label - we decided on the record label, Fruit Bowl Records.