PP - Younger Transformation

For our music video we hope to cast younger girls to play the younger version of the PCD. However, another option we are considering is making the older cast look younger. By doing this it increases verisimilitude as they will actually look like their younger selves and be more recognisable and make the narrative more clear.

pigtails and braces

To do this we would make the cast wear minimal or no make up and style their hair in an immature way such as plaits or pigtails. They will be wearing younger clothing also that is suited to the time era that they would have been younger in, e.g, 90s or early 2000s.

minimal make up

We could also buy clip in braces and make the younger ones wear glasses and other things that signify a teenage audience. This also helps connect to the tween audience as they may might be dealing with these kind of things yet it shows them that in time they will eventually grow up to be glamorous like the older PCD.

KH - 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.

KH - Casting and Auditions

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 - Set Up Ideas

We brainstormed a list of set-ups and ideas. We came up with more than we plan to use and we will film a lot of them and see which work most effectively.

1. Bedroom
2. Bathroom
3. Garden
4. Park
5. Street
6. Car park 
7. Shops (Charity Shop)
8. Milkshake bar
9. Hairdressers
10. Dance Studio 
11. Performance
12. Red Carpet 
13. Limo
14. Concert
15. Stage
16. Classroom
17. Recording studio
18. Club
19. Hotel
20. Festival
21. Train Station
22. Bus Station

Audience Vodcast

PP - Audience Research

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.

PP - Improvements and Ideas from Feedback

Younger PCD
From our sample video we had the idea suggested to use younger girls as the younger version of the PCD in our video. From this we now need to audition and cast these younger girls. To increase verisimilitude we want these 5 girls to look as similar to the older girls as possible. To do this we have asked the drama department and we are putting up posters around school for year 7 and 8 girls (roughly 12 - 14 year olds) to come and audition. We have also been brainstorming what the younger girls will wear and their appearance. We plan to get footage of them applying make up badly and have their hair in quite a child like way, e.g plaits.

Set Ups
From feedback we realised we have to come up with a lot more set ups so we have plenty of footage to work with, even if we don't end up using it all. One idea we are interested by is the younger girls shopping maybe in a charity shop.

Colour Association 
Across both the younger and older girls we have decided that each of them should be recognisable by a certain colour throughout. The Saturdays and Atomic Kitten are just a couple of the many girl bands that do this and we think it looks really effective and will nicely bring the narrative together.

Mise-en-scene
As the girls are revisiting their childhood we need to take into account the mise-en-scene of the time when they were little. For example, we will need to set dress with older technology and boy band posters for it to be accurate to the time.
We are also going to try and get hold of a red carpet to use to anchor the girls fame further.