PP- Cast Feedback

After our shoot with the younger PCD we asked them about how we found the shoot and working with us on the video. We got positive feedback and they all enjoyed working with us and are excited to see the final result.

Digi Pack idea

Our idea for our digi packs is to have silhouettes of the girls on the front as adults and on the back them younger.We think this will be very simple yet effective. We will have the digi pack very colourful yet very girly to link with our theme. We have looked at albums previously by the pussycat dolls to build up our knowledge of what makes a successful one. We got our idea from this, to have the girls posing in positions like in our video.

we are going to have the girls in black . we will do this on photoshop and cut them out change to black then put onto a background of our choice. We have looked at backgrounds such as our performance scenes. We decided for the older pussycat dolls to be on plain background and the youngers also to be on plain background make them stand out. On the front also we will have sparkles to make it girly and our logo.
 


For the inside we though of having it busier than the front we thought we could have the red carpet and limo fading into the park or the school as a young scene of the girls when they are younger. This will be in bright colours and we will make it girly and have sparkles all on it.which we will create on photoshop.

Our Viral Vid Concept

Our viral vid idea is to use the basic dance and choreography we have created and get others to send us there clips of the dance or something similar to the chorus of the song when i grow up. Our idea also is to have people laying the track via musical instruments or singing. 

We decided it doesn't have to be exactly the same but the idea of people to send in there own dance or something similar to it. We used creative arts evening to experiment this where we invited people to learn a small part of the choreography from our performance footage in our video. This was basic and very easy to learn. This also proved very successful as we got a lot of people and teachers involved.

Artist profile In 2013

Nicole 2013

The girl band have broken up now however they have all become successful within the music and tv industry. Nicole Shertzinger left and launched her own career in the music industry as a solo artist . Today she is very successful. She has 19 singles and 2 albums as a solo artist. She has also had number ones in UK , US and Ireland. She is most Famous for her Single 'dont hold you breath'. she has also featured in a number of other songs such as heart beat and missing you.
After the disbandment of The Pussycat Dolls in 2010, Scherzinger collaborated withEnrique Iglesias on "Heartbeat" which became a moderate hit worldwide. It was later included on her debut studio album, Killer Love (2011), which produced five singles, including top-ten hits "Poison", "Don't Hold Your Breath" and "Right There". "Try With Me" became Scherzinger's tenth top twenty single on the UK Singles Chart, entering at number eighteen in 2011,^[whereas "Don't Hold Your Breath" was launched at the top of the same chart, becoming Scherzinger's longest running single at the pole position of that chart.

ashley roberts 2013

Another band member today is Ashley Roberts. Who is mainly famous for becoming runner up on popular reality tv series im a celebrity in the year of 2012. This fairly recent. After her success she has then gone on to present on several tv shows including this morning. She also has started her own brands within makeup as well as modelling for loreal and more. She left the pussycat dolls wanting to pursue her own career in dancing and singing but in 2010 she later joined reality tv series Dancing on ice where she judged on the panel for 2 years.

Melody Thornton 2013

Melody Thornton left when the band broke up to become a solo artist. She was second to lead vocalist alongside nicole.As of 2010, Thornton has departed from the group to focus on her solo career. Thornton's first mixtape, P.O.Y.B.L was released March 15, 2012. Thornton is currently working on her debut solo album. She has featured in songs with timberland and backing in the song bullet proof. She has also been in the top 40 charts in both new zealand and australia. She currently has picked up a film career in step up films as a dancer and in popstar to opera star. She is currently working on her new solo album.

Jessica Lynn Sutta  is an American singer, dancer, song writer and actress. She is best known as a member of the American pop girl group and dance ensemble, the Pussycat Dolls. She left the group in January 2010 to embark her solo career. Sutta's debut single, Show Me, reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Charts in the United States. She is currently finishing her debut solo album Sutta Pop which is expected to be released in 2013.She has had a successful career and had many dance number ones in uk and the us.

Kimberly Kaye Wyatt is an American singer, dancer, choreographer and television personality. She is best known as a former member of the American pop/R&Bgirl group and dance ensemble the Pussycat Dolls. She joined the Pussycat Dolls in 2003 and left the group in 2010. She started a new band Her Majesty & The Wolves in 2010. She has had a successful career and had many singles within the top 40 also many other songs she is featured in such as candy. More recently she is a judge on got to dance tv show.

Carmit Bachar is an American singer, dancer,model, actress and showgirl. She was a member of the successful pop/R&B group, thePussycat Dolls and one of the main vocalists of the group.Bachar left the group in February 2008.She is currently a member of electro/pop duo called LadyStation. she has appeared as dancers in several music videos including michael jackson.  She most recently has a career in song writing which has worked well for her. as well as this she has also toured with beyonce as a backing dancer.


Today the girls are still friends and have made appearances together. There has also been talk about them getting back together. The pussycat dolls Reborn. is a band that have been around for ages they have been popular in america but we have not heard alot about them in england. There however is talk about them never been as good as the pussycat dolls such as having the same name as them and same looks.

PP- Target Audience Fact File

Target Audience: Example fact file/profile

Our primary target audience is 12-24 year old girls. Here is an example of a fact file/social media profile of our 'typical' primary target audience.

Why we chose these characteristics
14 is an age in the middle of our target audience so this is who is our direct targets. Even though The Pussycat Dolls are an American girl group we put this example as living in the UK as PCD are a world wide known band and Nicole Sherzinger is a judge on the UK X Factor. For interests we chose these two as they are stereotypically things that teenage girls enjoy doing and both are seen in our music video because of this and because it is so relatable to teenage girls. Her hobbies, dancing and singing, are written because they would be likely to be interested in these and music if they listen and follow the PCD. Their favourite TV shows are popular reality TV shows such as Xfactor (Nicole is a judge on) and I'm a celebrity get me out of here another member of the PCD was on last year. Their celebrity crush is James Arthur who was one of Nicole's acts on the Xfactor last year and is very current and popular with teenagers.

PP- Production name

Our Production Company Name

The name for our production company is MKTP Productions.

We chose this name because it is simple and therefore easy for people to remember. It also sounds professional and is straight to the point. Since deciding the name we have been able to create a facebook, twitter and instagram for our company so we can easily be found on many social media platforms.

instagram logo

facebook

twitter

The links to all our social media is at the top of the blog.

MJ-Podcast 4

KH- Shoot 3

Shoot 3 - 29/11/13

On Friday the 29th, we filmed the older girl footage. We used the same location (bedroom) as the younger girls and outside locations to signify the urban genre, such as a street and a skate park. The girls all came with their hair and make up done big and bold to save time so that we could begin filming straight away. We started in the bedroom and shot footage of them 'doing their makeup' and some lip syncing shots. We then went outside onto the street and shot a catwalk and footage of the girls walking towards the camera and dancing. We shot the younger girls performing a catwalk, so made sure we got shots of the older girls doing this as well, as we thought we could experiment with the two shots fading together. After we shot on the street, the girls got changed into their performance outfit, and we went to Addingham skate park to shoot the choreography and other performance footage.
   The skate park was a good location as there was no one else around so we had the area to ourselves, and it created the urban feel that we were after. Poppy, Jess and Abi all performed a dance routine together as they dance as a hobby so they could pick the dance up easier. We did get footage of all 5 girls dancing together as well.

The girls were professional when performing and we got the majority of the shots we needed. In the future, we may need to do another shoot to get some additional shots, however the shoot did go really well as the girls all did as we wanted and the performance footage was effective with the colourful dresses and dancing.

Lyrics and Background

Lyrics 

Boys call you sexy
And you don't care what they say
See, every time you turn around
They screaming your name

Boys call you sexy
And you don't care what they say
See, every time you turn around
They screaming your name

Now I've got a confession
When I was young I wanted attention
And I promised myself that I'd do anything
Anything at all for them to notice me

But I ain't complaining
We all wanna be famous
So go ahead and say what you wanna say

You don't know what it's like to be nameless
Want them to know what your name is
'Cause see when I was younger I would say

When I grow up, I wanna be famous
I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world
Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies

When I grow up, be on TV
People know me, be on magazines
When I grow up, fresh and clean
Number one chick when I step out on the scene

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

They used to tell me I was silly
Until I popped up on the TV
I always wanted to be a superstar
And knew that singing songs would get me this far

But I ain't complaining
We all wanna be famous
So go ahead and say what you wanna say

You don't know what it's like to be nameless
Want them to know what your name is
'Cause see, when I was younger I would say

When I grow up, I wanna be famous
I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world
Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies

When I grow up, be on TV
People know me, be on magazines
When I grow up, fresh and clean
Number one chick when I step out on the scene

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

I see them staring at me
Ooh I'm a trendsetter
Yes this is true 'cause what I do
No one can do it better

You can talk about me
'Cause I'm a hot topic
I see you watching me, watching me
And I know you want it

When I grow up, I wanna be famous
I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world
Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies

When I grow up, be on TV
People know me, be on magazines
When I grow up, fresh and clean
Number one chick when I step out on the scene

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

When I grow up, I wanna be famous
I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world
Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies
When I grow up, be on TV
People know me, be on magazines
When I grow up, fresh and clean
Number one chick when I step out on the scene
When I step out on the scene

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

But be careful what you wish for
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it
'Cause you just might get it

Background of the song  

"When I Grow Up" was one of several songs that were originally recorded by Scherzinger during the Her Name Is Nicole sessions, the others being "Happily Never After", "Who's Gonna Love You" and "I Hate This Part, that appears on Doll Domination Scherzinger cited that she felt as if the songs were more suited as a Pussycat Dolls song than her own."When I Grow Up" was written by Theron and Timothy Thomas, along with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, who also produced the song.

MJ- Choreography Practice

On Thursday 28th,  Poppy showed and taught us the choreography for our music video. As it is fairly simple, we can also use some of the routine for our viral video idea.

PP- Creative arts Evening viral video

On creative arts evening we plan to get footage of a range of people of all ages to perform a small section of our simple choreography. We will then use this in our viral video persuading people to send us their version of the dance to get the opportunity to win to be in the next pussycat dolls video.

Eg. Pussycat dolls-Buttons

 ACT:  Pussycat dolls

TRACK: Buttons

YEAR: 2006

DIRECTOR: sean garrett 

GENRE: r and b /pop

MAIN AUDIENCE: tween above 

Lyrics

Lyrics and visuals
lyrics and visuals. The lyrics and visuals match but not directly. words such as physical and sexy mamma where the band dance sexy . She also when she says physical touches her hood and body.

                                                    

                                                      Performance and narrative:

the performance in the video is nearly the whole video. There is little narrative to the video because the video is a performance video.  The performance is dancing throughout the video there is also lip synching , but these do not match the visuals apart from occasionally with the moves.

FX: 
fire green screen effect added which looks very fake and i dont think fits wits with the video. The fire is used in the video however it does make the video more complex. The fx used also could of been added using effects such as layering. It also looks like lights could of been used on the floor to create this effect.

The younger pussycat dolls

Nisha 

Niamh

Izzy

Izzy

becky

Goals Allowed

Yeovil Town may not be making a big impact in the Championship but they are joining forces with a record label to launch their own girl band in a bid to climb the pop charts and attract a new generation of supporters to the club.

They are bottom of English football's second tier but will be the first football club to have a girl group and the plan is for the band – to be based on the Pussycat Dolls – to perform at home matches for the rest of the 2013-14 season.

Auditions for females aged 18 and over will be held at Huish Park on 4 December and the successful girls, a lead singer and a group of south-west-based dancers, will work with the Famous Company to record a single that will be released on iTunes. The record will raise money for Prostate Cancer UK – the Football League's official charity.

Costumes for narrative

For the narrative section the older PCD will be wearing smart dresses and heels corresponding with their colour which they wear when they are younger. Here are pictures of each and who will be wearing them.

Tilly - Black/Red

Jess - Purple

Millie - White

Poppy (me) - Pink

Abi - Blue

KH- Casting and Characters

After discussing our idea further, we decided that we are going to require 10 characters instead of 5. There will be 5 Pussycat Dolls as the formed and older group, and then there will be 5 younger Pussycat Dolls. The characters will need to show intertextuality and reference to the Pussycat Dolls themselves, so they must be a similar looking as possible to achieve verisimilitude.For the older versions of the PCD we intend to use ourselves and another 2 girls who we have approached and are willing to participate.

For the younger versions of the PCD, we created posters asking for year 7s and 8s to come to the media room and to audition. Luckily, a group of 5 years 8s turned up and we explained our idea to them and what would be required of them, as well as getting them to write down their school email and tutor group so that further contact could be made. All 5 girls were enthusiastic, and they have featured in our MiniVid for One Direction - One Thing, so we knew they would be reliable and enthusiastic to take part throughout the process.

PP-Audience Research

MEDIA PROFILE- PUSSYCAT DOLLS

Websites:

Wiki search for pussycat dolls

The Pussycat dolls have appeared on many Websites They have appeared on Wikapedia telling us general information about the pussy cat dolls .This is the website with the most views for the pussy cat dolls as it probably contains the most information. There however are other websites containing information such asStarPulse containing info on the bands latest news, twitter feeds and myspace.They have also appeared on promoting websites such as contact music this also contains biographies and background info on most bands widely. As well as these sites the pussycat dolls also appear in the news online such as the Express,scottish daily record and the daily mail. This does show our secondary audience due to the daily mail being aimed at a slightly older audience than Tweens.

Radio:

The pussycat dolls have been played and interviewed on many radio stations they are most commonly played on Last Fm.They have also been interviewed on radio 1 before they broke up last year. Another popular station they are played on is tune in. As they have however all gone there seperate ways now . At the time they were interviewed on several radio stations such as these now there is single interviews of the artists themselves.

Tv and Film:

X Factor performance

They have produced there own reality tv show calledgirlicious released in 2008. This was an american tv show before the girls became famous in Britain. This however was not a success and they only produced one series. They also produced Search for the next doll released in 2007. This also wasnt released in Britain however was popular in US. This however did restrict there audience. They also made a series of online shows produced by kim kardashian. They also have performed on tv shows such as loose women, this morning, Jonathon ross dancing on ice and x factor.

Jai Ho

As well as producing reality tv they also did star in films . They are most popular in englan for starring in jai ho at the end of slumdog millionaire. They produced the dance and song to choreograph at the end of the film due to Nicholes close relationship and her background with india. They also made a documentry called thepussycat dolls . They have also produced short films for openings at there concerts as well as there music videos.

Magazines and the paper:

They have featured in many magazines from last year and years before due to the sudden break through and popularity in Britain. They have featured in papers such as the daily mail, the sun , the mirror , the express and the independent. This a variety of audience however they all do cover different topics from the group such as the news , the big break up. The sun however focuses on the band being new and male gaze. they also have a lot of bad gossip on the break up. They have also featured on a lot of magazine covers such as Blender, OK!, FHM and Pride magazine. These all represent different audience however mainly the male audience due to fhm and blender being mens magazines this shows another audience to consider.

Coverage recently:

I asked peers at home at school and online if they thought there had been any coverage on the pussy cat dolls. My over all outcome was that today it mostly seems to be about nicole rather than the other girls they have there own careers now but not as big as hers. They however said around this time last year they remember the girls breaking up and releasing there final album they also said they remember the break up and everything that went with that within news papers and tv.

Covers of there songs:

They have had many covers of the songs such as being sung on x factor and many talents show by other famous people. There songs have been covered on x factor by girl bands and individual artists this does appear to a wider scope of people such as familys and younger children. They also have covers done world wide such as on youtube . There music is very mainstream and is today widley recognised.