Research: Ideas

For part of my Creative Media Extended Project, I have been planning and brainstorming many ideas for several weeks. I decided to start my planning by thinking about things that interest me a lot. Immediately I thought of music and sports. I knew that I wanted my project to be either music or sports related!

My Ideas:

 - Music Video
My first idea was to produce a music video on a song already pre-recorded by my peers band.
I would need to take into consideration:

• When I was going to film
• Where I was going to film
• What time
• Who with
• Props
• Cameras

- Photography
I also thought about producing a small portfolio on someone playing a sport. For this I could have photographed my brother as he plays sports every week and has an interest in biking.
I would need to take into consideration:

•  Camera needed
• Time to shoot
• Weather conditions
• Where I would shoot

My final Idea

For my final idea I have decided to produce a short ( 2/3 minute) Video on the Henley Youth Festival. Because the HYF doesn't start till after the due date, I have decided I will make a promotion video for it instead. I will get hold of the past years video footage and edit all of them myself to produce a promotion video. This is ideal as:

•  It's local
• I have the right software
• I can work around weather conditions
• I can film extra footage if needed
• I have the right camera

RE: http://www.hyf.org.uk/home.aspx
      http://www.hyf.org.uk/about-hyf.aspx

Background on HYF;
The first Henley Youth Festival took place in 1994 and now well over 1,500 young people, from under 5’s to 20 year olds, take part each year in about 35 different events and activities.  The Festival itself takes place over a couple of weeks every March and many participants are busy preparing well in advance!

This The Henley Yoth Festival has been running for many years, and each year it gets more and more sucessful.
Many different schools local to Henley often participate in the HYF. Each year it gets more and more competitive and lots of students talents are revealed through the use of performing arts at the Kenton Theatre, the sporting events and many more.. These are some pictures from previous years. This is what you would expect to see in the HYF.

Performing arts takes part in the the local Kenton Theatre. Many children and teenagers compete to win for the main prize. It's a fun and excititng event that parents and guardians always enjoy to watch.  There are two of these competitions, one for the younger children from 4 - 12 yr olds. And the other from 13 - 20 yr olds.

The picture is the Stoner Run that takes place every year. It is aimed at primary school children and many people come along to watch. The Stoner run takes part in 'Stoner Park'. The children are catorgarised into age groups, which then compete against eachother. In total the children run one mile with the pace maker along side them. This event is very competitive.

 

The picture above is another perfroming arts photograph.

The photograph above shows the musical side of the Henley Youth Festival. Each primary school in Henley recieves a visit from local musicians who briefly teach them and talk to them about what they do. However children who already play instruments are at an advantage, but anyone ca participate, it's a lot of fun to be involved in.