Entry 4: Waiting for a response

It's been about a week since we last heard from our client, the last thing we heard was confirmation that she was going to send us some of her original songs the next day, as we haven't heard back from her we can't continue with the pre-production work as it involves a lot of visual planning, something we are unable to do without a proper taste of her music. Personally it's a little worrying that we haven't had a reply as our worst situation would be to have an unreliable client. I've emailed her back inquiring if she would be up for a formal meeting where we can exchange ideas in person and get a feel of what working with each other is like.

Entry 3: Response From Client

Today we were pleased to find out that Alicia got back to us on the email and is more than happy to co-orporate with us on the music video. She was keen to send us more of her original songs which we are looking forward to hearing. Personally I feel very relieved that we officially have someone to work with, it really sets the rest of the project in stone and helps us with whatever the next step may be.

I now just have to work on the mind map which; after listening to our clients music should be easier than originally anticipated as I can think about aspects such as genre and potential style of music video, something I couldn't complete with too much confidence before as we didn't have a client to rely on to give us this sort of information and ideas.

Entry 2: Contacting the client

Today myself and Alice listened to an artist from ACM named Alicia Hutchinson. After listening to a cover of the popular song 'Stay With Me' and an original song entitled 'You Really Think' we really approve of this artist in terms of genre and style. We decided to contact Alicia and get in touch to exchange ideas about the project. We are now just waiting for an email back and are eager to hear from her.

I'm personally very happy we have found someone to contact with for now, it gives us that first step into making real progress. I'm personally eager to work with her after listening to her music because it sounds very promising and something I think we, as a group can work with.

Entry 1: Initiating the project

This project is all about creating a music video for a given band/artist and working with said artist to create a piece that illustrates and strings together something both sides working on the project are happy with. So far in the process we have initiated our groups and have decided to work in different groups than we did for the practice assignment this was due to too many group members being in the group which made it harder to communicate and divide up tasks meaning the end result wasn't what we anticipated nor was it what we aimed for. This time however we are in a smaller group which will make it easier to make decisions and come together to communicate. Our next step is to look for an artist and song to work with, after we complete that step we can start discussing ideas and concepts, this will make the process move along a lot smoother and easier, all we need to focus on now, however is to find a band that covers a certain style that we are comfortable with in terms of genre.