TD - Digipak 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.

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.

TD - 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 their 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.

Digipak Research

List of Albums

Previous Albums:
On September 13, 2005, they released the album PCD. The album included dance-pop songs with their burlesque style, as well as tributes and covers. This album sold over 10 million copies worldwide and is one of the best selling albums by a girl group. The album featured 6 singles and a further 6 tracks. The revised edition also featured a further 3 tracks.

PCD Album Artwork

On September 19, 2008, Doll Domination was released. When I Grow Up proved to be the most successful single to come from the album, but the album itself did not do as well as previous albums. Throughout 2009 the album was re-released and Doll Domination 2.0 and 3.0 were created. 5 million copies of the album have been sold worldwide.

Doll Domination Album Artwork

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCD_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doll_Domination

TD - 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 - 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.

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PP - 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.

TD - Lyrics and Background

Lyrics Boys call you sexyAnd you don't care what they saySee, every time you turn aroundThey screaming your nameBoys call you sexyAnd you don't care what they saySee, every time you turn aroundThey screaming your nameNow I've got a confessionWhen I was young I wanted attentionAnd I promised myself that I'd do anythingAnything at all for them to notice meBut I ain't complainingWe all wanna be famousSo go ahead and say what you wanna sayYou don't know what it's like to be namelessWant them to know what your name is'Cause see when I was younger I would sayWhen I grow up, I wanna be famousI wanna be a star, I wanna be in moviesWhen I grow up, I wanna see the worldDrive nice cars, I wanna have groupiesWhen I grow up, be on TVPeople know me, be on magazinesWhen I grow up, fresh and cleanNumber one chick when I step out on the sceneBut be careful what you wish for'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get itBut be careful what you wish for'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get itThey used to tell me I was sillyUntil I popped up on the TVI always wanted to be a superstarAnd knew that singing songs would get me this farBut I ain't complainingWe all wanna be famousSo go ahead and say what you wanna sayYou don't know what it's like to be namelessWant them to know what your name is'Cause see, when I was younger I would sayWhen I grow up, I wanna be famousI wanna be a star, I wanna be in moviesWhen I grow up, I wanna see the worldDrive nice cars, I wanna have groupiesWhen I grow up, be on TVPeople know me, be on magazinesWhen I grow up, fresh and cleanNumber one chick when I step out on the sceneBut be careful what you wish for'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get itBut be careful what you wish for'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get itI see them staring at meOoh I'm a trendsetterYes this is true 'cause what I doNo one can do it betterYou can talk about me'Cause I'm a hot topicI see you watching me, watching meAnd I know you want itWhen I grow up, I wanna be famousI wanna be a star, I wanna be in moviesWhen I grow up, I wanna see the worldDrive nice cars, I wanna have groupiesWhen I grow up, be on TVPeople know me, be on magazinesWhen I grow up, fresh and cleanNumber one chick when I step out on the sceneBut be careful what you wish for'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get itBut be careful what you wish for'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get itWhen I grow up, I wanna be famousI wanna be a star, I wanna be in moviesWhen I grow up, I wanna see the worldDrive nice cars, I wanna have groupiesWhen I grow up, be on TVPeople know me, be on magazinesWhen I grow up, fresh and cleanNumber one chick when I step out on the sceneWhen I step out on the sceneBut be careful what you wish for'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get it'Cause you just might get itBut 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.

Creative Arts Evening

On Wednesday the 4th December, we participated in the Create Arts Evening at school. The Creative Arts Evening is an event put on by the Drama, Art, Music and Media departments where students can showcase their work. We set up our camera in one of the rooms and people came along to see what we were doing. We invited people to come and learn a small section of the dance routine although we slowed it down so it was easier to learn.
   We found that there were many people, especially children, willing to participate and learn the dance. It proved very successful as we were able to get a substantial amount of footage to put into the viral vid.

Idea Update 3 - Choreography

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.

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.

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.

MJ - MKTP Twitter

Recently we launched a new twitter account for our production group MKTP Productions. We follow all the Pussycat Dolls on twitter, as well as a few fan accounts. 

Twitter homepage

Shoot 2 - 24/11

On Sunday the 24th, we filmed our 2nd shoot with the younger girls. They all came round to my house and we filmed in my bedroom. Firstly, we started filming them dancing in a group and singing into hairbrushes and hairspray cans, to signify a performance. We then filmed them individually singing, dancing and practicing signing their autographs.

As we previously did a shoot on Friday, they all knew what we would expect from them so it didn't take long to get started. We briefed them on the shots we needed and then began. They worked really well and listened to Poppy and I whenever we asked them to do something in particular.

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Shoot 1 - 22/11

Charity shop

Our first shoot took place on Friday the 22nd after school. We met the 5 girls in the main entrance of school at 3:00PM at went on to walk down to the charity shop. We filmed them going into the charity shop and then filmed various shots of them inside looking through the clothes and then trying the clothes on. We asked them to previously bring their own clothes so that when 'trying clothes on' they used their clothes rather than trying on the clothes within the charity shop and therefore disturbing any customers. After filming in the charity shop, the girls got changed and we walked down to Ilkley park where we shot footage of the 5 girls playing in the park.

Once we had the footage of them messing around, we got shots of them dancing and performing a catwalk, to represent the longing to be famous. They played in the park and performed an improv dance routine, which worked well as it signified their age.

Filming outside the charity shop

Because we started filming at 3, it got dark quickly by 4:30ish meaning the shots at the park are darker than those walking down to the park.  We also had an issue in the charity shop with customers walking round in the background.

All in all, the shoot went well as all the girls were willing to participate therefore making it easier to give instructions. They were enthusiastic to work with which made it easier and enjoyable, and they did what we asked of them first
time.

Tilly directing Millie

TD - Costumes for the 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

TD - 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.

PP - Younger Pussycat Dolls

Here are the girls we have cast to play the younger versions of the PCD in our video. We cast them through an audition process and they all seemed very eager and excited to be in the video. We thought this was very important as we want our cast to put full effort into acting and performance to make our video as effective as possible. 

Nisha 

Niamh

Izzy

Izzy

becky