CRY ME A RIVER

Below you can hear the song we will be using for our music video Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River.

PERMISSION FOR COPYRIGHT

As part of chosing an unoriginal song we had to acknowledge copyright rules, therefore we emailed Justin Timberlake's UK label Sony BMG to ask for permission using Cry Me A River in our music video.

Below is the letter and E-mail that we sent to Sony BMG as well as Timberlake's US home record label Jive.

9 Derry Street, London, W8 5HY
human.resources@sonymusic.co.uk

INITIAL SONG IDEAS

Initially me and Fran considered producing our own song to produce a music video too, as we both had done music at GCSE and I was still doing music at A-level, however due to the lack of time we had and the pressure it would've put us under we deicded against this idea. Instead we thought it would decided to choose a familiar, well known pop song, one which a lot of people can identify and relate to and one where we could go all out and produce a big elaborate music video to. Therefore we chose Justin Timberlake's Cry Me A River. Prior to this we gained some quick feedback on the decision we had in mind, asking people's opinions on the song. The opinion from the majority of people that we asked was positive, many people claimed that it was one of their all time favourite songs and we agreed that it would be an excellent choice of song to produce a music video which featured a strong narrative as well as captivating performance.

TARGETS

Last year for AS media studies, me and my group produced a two minute film opening, the genre was left completely up to us. My group consisted of me and my friend Ruby, we chose the genre pyschological thriller, not typical film genre or an easy one for us to venture in. Despite this we still carried on with it as we thought it would be an interesting challenge and one which we could be very creative within. Last year's production was very successful when it came to the final product, however my pre-production and post-production planning and evaluating fell down due to the time restraints that we were under as well as using Microsoft powerpoint as a means of presenting my work. This year, however I will be using an online blog which will be extremely beneficial in helping me plan each stage of my music video and having a clear outline of the whole project. I will take time in each stage of the pre-production and post-production and as I feel this year I want get my research, planning and evaluating as high as a standard as my video production.

WHAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE...

For our poster advertisement for the CD...

• Release date
• Where it will be available from
• Photo of artist or band
• Name of CD
• Photo of CD
• Review

A cover for it's release on CD...

• Female/Male
• Colour
• Style
• Song title
• Possible effects
• Artist/Group name
• Album name
• A inside booklet featuring artwork, song writing credits, messages etc..

WELCOME

For our A2 Media Studies practical project, we have chosen to create a music promotional package. In this package we will include a music video accompanied with a CD album cover by the artist and a poster advertising the album release. As this blog grows throughout the course of the year, you will see everything from our initial research, audience research to our post-production to our final work.