The document proposes three ideas for a video project about a band: 1. A documentary following the band's daily life struggles in the music business, including interviews and live performances. The purpose is to promote the band and provide insight into their personal lives. 2. A short film depicting the lead singer as egotistical and hedonistic, though he sees himself differently. The purpose is also to promote the band and show their personal lives. 3. A short film exploring obsessed fans' worlds, showing their bedrooms filled with band merchandise and screams at concerts. The purpose is mainly entertainment rather than band promotion.

1. Ideas For Our Video Project Faye Ducker & Jade Godfrey

2. Idea 1 - Documentary The first idea is to produce a documentary on a band. We would follow them around and have interviews and basically see what daily life for a band struggling to get into the music business is like. We would also observe them playing their music and what it's like to play in front of actual fans. We want to include the codes and conventions that similar products are seen to have such as interviews and reconstructions.

3. Purpose The purpose of the documentary would be to promote the band and also for infortainment purposes e.g. giving an insight into the personal lives of the band and using live footage and their own music.

4. Characters/Cast The cast included in the documentary would be: Band members Fans Talking heads Parents Friends of the band

5. Locations The locations we will be using to film will be: Gig venues Practice rooms Interview rooms Band members houses

6. Props The props we will input ourselves will be at a minimum as we want the documentary to keep a sense of realism. The props we would use would include: Instruments Stage Interview room

7. Audience The target demographic for our documentary would be 16-25 year olds. This is because the band we are using are young themselves and cater to a more modern music taste, which adults are less likely to be interested in.

8. Exchange The documentary would appear as a DVD extra on the bands DVD. It would also appear on various music channels such as MTV, as a way of promotion.

9. Idea 2 – Short Film The second idea is to produce a short film about a band or just the lead singer of a band. We would observe him being egotistical and hedonistic and generally being an awful person, but him thinking the complete opposite of himself. He thinks he has lots of fans and the music is good and people on come to see him, when in reality, there is only three die hard groupies and the lead singers mum that comes to the shows.

10. Purpose The purpose of this production would be promoting the band and its music, and again infortainment as it looks into the bands personal lives as well as career.

11. Characters/Cast The characters for this film would include: The band members Fans Friends and Family of the bands

12. Locations The locations we would use for this film would be: Practice rooms Gig venues Interview rooms The band members houses

13. Props The props that would be included in this short film would be: Instruments Costumes Stage Alcohol bottles

14. Audience Because we have included the same band in all three ideas, our target demographic would still be 16 – 25 as the music wouldn’t appeal to an older audience.

15. Exchange This sort of film would be featured: At film festivals Through web distribution on websites such as Youtube and Myspace An extra on the bands DVD

16. Idea 3 – Short Film The third idea is to produce a short film about fans obsessed with a band/solo artist. We would delve into their world, go into their bedrooms and film their walls covered in posters and shrines to the band, also all their CD's and albums placed around the bedroom. We would video the fans at gigs where they're at the front row screaming, crying, trying to touch the singer/band. Even outside the venues where they try to talk to them or get autographs and fail in doing so.

17. Purpose The purpose for this production is mainly for entertainment, it does promote the band slightly, but it is not its main focus.

18. Characters/Cast This characters for this production would include: Band members Fans Parents of the fans Security for the band

19. Locations The locations where we would film would include: Inside and outside gig venues Outside dressing rooms Inside the fans bedrooms

20. Props The props included in this film would include: Instruments CD’s Posters Costumes

21. Audience The target demographic would be 16 – 25 year olds, the fans themselves will be within this age range and the band is fairly modern so it will only interest the younger generation.

22. Exchange This sort of film would be featured: Through web distribution e.g. Youtube, Myspace Film festivals