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Editing
We need to make sure our footage follows a clear narrative as well as incorporating lip syncing.Our editing so far has been for the rough cut, so we have just been cutting clips to the beat and we will go over later to make it smooth together.We want to create a flow with our images and the music, this will make the music video more effective to the viewer.
This is the Kooks video for Naive.This music video follows the editing we want to achieve for our music video, its slow cutting but really works well.
The Kooks Naive
Ulli-Bulli | MySpace Video
This is the Kooks video for Naive.This music video follows the editing we want to achieve for our music video, its slow cutting but really works well.
The Kooks Naive
Ulli-Bulli | MySpace Video
Monday, 12 October 2009
Filming Completed
Our filming on Saturday went successfully, we arrived at midday in Scalford, Melton Mowbray and filmed until seven. We struggled a bit with lighting as we had to go from natural to artificial throughout the day. We completed our footage using one tape but found towards the end we had ran out of space and therefore had to film over some of our footage.
We constantly referred back to our storyboard and decided to film in order of it, once we had all of the narrative footage we filmed some lip syncing in the cellar which wasn't originally in our story board but worked very well. Once we had completed lip syncing we filmed some extra footage of objects in case we needed some extra footage. It's good that we chose to do this since shots such as the close up of the chimer in the grand father clock are very strong.
We constantly referred back to our storyboard and decided to film in order of it, once we had all of the narrative footage we filmed some lip syncing in the cellar which wasn't originally in our story board but worked very well. Once we had completed lip syncing we filmed some extra footage of objects in case we needed some extra footage. It's good that we chose to do this since shots such as the close up of the chimer in the grand father clock are very strong.
Teacher Feedback on Blog and Pitch
Your pitch was excellent and had a really strong consideration of the mise-en-scene you are hoping to create and you had clearly thought about how to incorporate a variety of shots, which is essential for maintaining the viewers attention. I really like the hide and seek theme to the narrative, it fits perfectly with the song. I do think it is important to incorporate more opportunities for lip synching. It was clear from your pitch that you have done a considerable amount of planning.
Your blog is looking good but there is still room for improvement if your blog is to accurately reflect the grade you currently deserve. You must all upload the Goodwin and Auteur presentations that we did in the first few weeks, include a description of the task before uploading the presentations and don't forget to tag them correctly.
You also need to include some context and analysis of the images you have researched as inspiration for the digipak and magazine ad - what is it you like about them, what are the conventions of these products, what is effective, what doesn't work so well etc?
In addition some visuals to illustrate the props list would further enhance your blog.
It is also really important that your blog illustrates development of your ideas for your digipak and your magazine advert too so you need to sketch out those ideas and blog them too.
Good work so far, keep going.
Your blog is looking good but there is still room for improvement if your blog is to accurately reflect the grade you currently deserve. You must all upload the Goodwin and Auteur presentations that we did in the first few weeks, include a description of the task before uploading the presentations and don't forget to tag them correctly.
You also need to include some context and analysis of the images you have researched as inspiration for the digipak and magazine ad - what is it you like about them, what are the conventions of these products, what is effective, what doesn't work so well etc?
In addition some visuals to illustrate the props list would further enhance your blog.
It is also really important that your blog illustrates development of your ideas for your digipak and your magazine advert too so you need to sketch out those ideas and blog them too.
Good work so far, keep going.
Location shots
We photographed our locations as the stills may be useful for our digi-paks or the magazine ads and also so that we could plan thoroughly and use the space well. These locations are all in Charlies Grandparents house which has two floors and various rooms full of interesting objects. Our animatic uses alot of these areas so it was very successful.
This is the landing of the first floor, we used this area for the ghosting idea, and also for alot of the shots where the girl and boy pass one another ^
This is a bedroom on the first floor, we used this room for a lot of the hide and seek ideas for back up footage and also when Greg opens the cupboard ^
This room was used quite a lot throughout our filming, both in match-on-action where Greg looks under the bed and also when he sees the door trying to be opened ^
The bathroom is where we used the mirror, it was good because it is quite a light room, also Charlie filmed herself lip syncing sat in the chair to the left ^
This is the mirror used during the introduction of Charlies character, situated on the second floor of the house ^
The attic was full of old boxes and unused objects which had a strong mise en scene, we used this footage at the end of our rough cut and kept some for the end of our final music video ^
This is the main bedroom, it is used when the girl is looking under the bed and the bright light filters it ^
The shot of Greg's lip syncing through the window is done on this book shelf, the window is situated on the top shelf but is covered up by books usually ^
This is the bedroom where we're introduced to Charlies character ^
These are the photos and paintings which are located on the stairs going from the first floor to the ground floor, unfortunately we did not get any footage of them as it became too dark and the artificial light was reflecting too much ^
The dining room was used a lot during the filming, we filmed lip syncing in here, and also the rocking horse, shots in the mirror and match on action with the draws ^
The corridor leads from the stairs to the sitting room, the door to the right leads to the study where we filmed the Grandfather clock, the door straight ahead is the Dining room ^
Here is the piano where we first see Greg's character sitting ^
This is a shot looking down the stairs towards the corridor, to the immediate left is the stairs to the cellar and the pantry, the door to the left is the dining room ^
This is the landing of the first floor, we used this area for the ghosting idea, and also for alot of the shots where the girl and boy pass one another ^
This is a bedroom on the first floor, we used this room for a lot of the hide and seek ideas for back up footage and also when Greg opens the cupboard ^
This room was used quite a lot throughout our filming, both in match-on-action where Greg looks under the bed and also when he sees the door trying to be opened ^
The bathroom is where we used the mirror, it was good because it is quite a light room, also Charlie filmed herself lip syncing sat in the chair to the left ^
This is the mirror used during the introduction of Charlies character, situated on the second floor of the house ^
The attic was full of old boxes and unused objects which had a strong mise en scene, we used this footage at the end of our rough cut and kept some for the end of our final music video ^
This is the main bedroom, it is used when the girl is looking under the bed and the bright light filters it ^
The shot of Greg's lip syncing through the window is done on this book shelf, the window is situated on the top shelf but is covered up by books usually ^
This is the bedroom where we're introduced to Charlies character ^
These are the photos and paintings which are located on the stairs going from the first floor to the ground floor, unfortunately we did not get any footage of them as it became too dark and the artificial light was reflecting too much ^
The dining room was used a lot during the filming, we filmed lip syncing in here, and also the rocking horse, shots in the mirror and match on action with the draws ^
The corridor leads from the stairs to the sitting room, the door to the right leads to the study where we filmed the Grandfather clock, the door straight ahead is the Dining room ^
Here is the piano where we first see Greg's character sitting ^
This is a shot looking down the stairs towards the corridor, to the immediate left is the stairs to the cellar and the pantry, the door to the left is the dining room ^Friday, 9 October 2009
Contacting The XX
We decided to contact The XX to inform them that we're using a song of theirs to create a music video for our project. To do this we used their myspace and messaged them, if we do not get a reply we will email them using the email address on their page.
Animatic
This is our animatic; we spent a lot of time on doing every shot to make sure our filming goes smoothly, and to help us when we start to edit to get the timings right. We decided it would be helpful to write down the time in which we would like each shot to be shown, and it's duration, this will help us know how long we need to film for.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Inspiration for music advert/poster
These are some music adverts/posters we like.We really like the colours they've used and how they have manipulated the photos and the effect it has.
inspiration for Digi pak
These are some Cd covers we found, the theme of these covers really goes with our music video theme.We want to create the same style for our Digi pak with the mellow colours and simple ol school style.
Friday, 2 October 2009
Props &Costumes
Costumes
-floral dress
-no makeup/plain looking/naturally pretty
-wooly tights
Boy:
-white shirt
-braces
-black trousers scruffy
Props
piano
mirror
sheet music
photos in frame of couple
books
coffee mug
globe
cat
books
coffee mug
globe
cat
Actors
The people who will play the two artists will be very important to chose as they need to both 'suit' one another and fit the part. We have asked some friends if they'd be interested in being in our footage.
For the girl part:
For guy part:
We decided that most appropriate would be Charlie and Greg as it would be more reliable and we both know how we would like our footage to turn out and would achieve it at a high standard.
For the girl part:
Charlie
Emma
For guy part:
Greg
Sam
Jay
We decided that most appropriate would be Charlie and Greg as it would be more reliable and we both know how we would like our footage to turn out and would achieve it at a high standard.