Most of the scenes of our video will be filmed in our practical lessons(Tuesdays and sometimes Fridays).We have also arranged some extra hours outside lessons time(in our breaks or outside college).
First week of shooting:
Shots of the band performing.We will get those shots done at the beginning,so then we can focus on shooting the rest of the video(the story) which is going to be more complicated and challenging.
Equipment:
We will use quitars/drums and microphones for the performance of the band.Those will be provided by the band themselves.
Locations:
One of the music studios at Lewes college - where the band performance will be shooted.
A back up location will be the field behind the Southover building.
Corridors in Southover building/canteen or buttery/outside Cliffe and Southover buildig/Lewes town- this is where the girl and her friends/new boyfriend will be filmed
Marcus's room: This will be where he wakes up in his bed being upset because he's alone.
Friday, 12 November 2010
Blog 12 Health and Safety
When filming we had to make sure that everything is safe and there is no danger to the equipment or the people contributing to the video. It was important to understand the potential risks to the filming and to identify them before we film to make sure the whole filming process goes as smooth as possible.
Everytime we booked the cameras,we had to sign a Risk Assesment form.
When filming outside,we had to make sure there weren't any threats to the equipment we used.For example,in the first scene where the boy and the girl meet,we had to make sure there were no cars on the road where the cameras were located.
Some days the weather was bad and we had to make sure that cameras are covered somehow and they won't get wet or damaged by the weather.We also had to ensure that there will be no threats from the general public.For example,when filming outside the college buildings, we had to make sure that nobody walking past will take or harm the equipment used.
The band performance for our video was filmed in the TV studio at college.We had to set up all the music equipment,lights and camera setting and ensure that there are no cables on the floor which will disturb the camera on the dolly.We also had to ensure that there wasn't any other noise coming from outside the studio.
Everytime we booked the cameras,we had to sign a Risk Assesment form.
When filming outside,we had to make sure there weren't any threats to the equipment we used.For example,in the first scene where the boy and the girl meet,we had to make sure there were no cars on the road where the cameras were located.
Some days the weather was bad and we had to make sure that cameras are covered somehow and they won't get wet or damaged by the weather.We also had to ensure that there will be no threats from the general public.For example,when filming outside the college buildings, we had to make sure that nobody walking past will take or harm the equipment used.
The band performance for our video was filmed in the TV studio at college.We had to set up all the music equipment,lights and camera setting and ensure that there are no cables on the floor which will disturb the camera on the dolly.We also had to ensure that there wasn't any other noise coming from outside the studio.
Blog 11 Storyboard and Animatic
To start with,we had to create a story board for the music video.However this is our first plan for the video and we might make few changes later on.
Blog 10 Mise-en-scene
After looking at different Green Day's videos and other similar punk bands,we saw that most videos consist of band performance and a story.We decided our video to be simple as possible - including a few people and locations. The locations we choose are in Lewes(near our college) and a few inside the college such as the buttery in on of the buildings and some corridors. We found a few alleys near the college and the train station which we thought would be good for our video and will associate with the punk genre.
Below you can see some of the locations we chose to shoot our video at:
This is one of the corridors in one of the college's buildings.Here we will shoot some scenes with the girl walking down the corridor or looking straight at the camera,when the band sings the lyrics '..whatsername again'.It will be a close up shot which will represent the emotions of the girl and the audience will get to know her better.
This is a picture of the buttery in one of the buildings.This scene will be when the boy has flashbacks of him and the girl being together.Both of them will be wearing casual clothes such as leather jacket for the girl and jeans or casual purple dress.The boy will be dressed in black - black jacket,hat,glasses and jeans.These costumes will contribute to the representation of the punk genre as most punk artist wear dark and leather clothes.Low-key lighting will be used when the boy wakes up and realises he's alone and the flashbacks will be either in black and white or high-key lighting which will represent happiness.
This picture shows the main road between the 2 buildings of Lewes college.Here will be shot the first scene where the boy and girl meet(as a flashback).Then he will wake up in the buttery as I explained in the above picture.The costumes of the characters wil be the same-leather jacket for the girl and black clothes for the boy.These road locations will contribute to the punk genre as most punk/rock videos are filmed outside on the streets or in woods/alleys.
This is a shot of the girl which will be in the video.We will not use heavy make-up as most female punk artist do,as we want to concentrate on her naturality.However the make-up we will use will be black eye-liner/black mascara and foundation.She will be wearing different costumes in the scenes.
This picture of the lake and the surrounding trees will be one of our locations.This wood atmosphere will link and contribute to the punk genre and also the name of the band 'Green Day'.Here we will take some shots of the boy burning photos of him and the girl being together.This location is perfect for the boy burning the photos and expressing his feelings as nobody else will be there.The reason we chose this location is because it represents the wild and at the same time relaxing atmosphere.
Below you can see some of the locations we chose to shoot our video at:
This is one of the corridors in one of the college's buildings.Here we will shoot some scenes with the girl walking down the corridor or looking straight at the camera,when the band sings the lyrics '..whatsername again'.It will be a close up shot which will represent the emotions of the girl and the audience will get to know her better.
This is a picture of the buttery in one of the buildings.This scene will be when the boy has flashbacks of him and the girl being together.Both of them will be wearing casual clothes such as leather jacket for the girl and jeans or casual purple dress.The boy will be dressed in black - black jacket,hat,glasses and jeans.These costumes will contribute to the representation of the punk genre as most punk artist wear dark and leather clothes.Low-key lighting will be used when the boy wakes up and realises he's alone and the flashbacks will be either in black and white or high-key lighting which will represent happiness.
This picture shows the main road between the 2 buildings of Lewes college.Here will be shot the first scene where the boy and girl meet(as a flashback).Then he will wake up in the buttery as I explained in the above picture.The costumes of the characters wil be the same-leather jacket for the girl and black clothes for the boy.These road locations will contribute to the punk genre as most punk/rock videos are filmed outside on the streets or in woods/alleys.
This is a shot of the girl which will be in the video.We will not use heavy make-up as most female punk artist do,as we want to concentrate on her naturality.However the make-up we will use will be black eye-liner/black mascara and foundation.She will be wearing different costumes in the scenes.
This picture of the lake and the surrounding trees will be one of our locations.This wood atmosphere will link and contribute to the punk genre and also the name of the band 'Green Day'.Here we will take some shots of the boy burning photos of him and the girl being together.This location is perfect for the boy burning the photos and expressing his feelings as nobody else will be there.The reason we chose this location is because it represents the wild and at the same time relaxing atmosphere.
Blog 9 Pitch
After deciding the locations,costumes and details for the band we had to present our ideas in front of the class.We found information about Green Day's audience and the magazines they have featured in.We also had to discuss our music video ideas and how they will appeal to the current audience.
Here is a link to the presentation we created in the previous lessons:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1JR4gOQbA9vOTJjZjFhMTktYjgxNS00N2RiLWIxODItNDNkYmY1YTkzMTA4&hl=en
Here is the video of our presentation:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_4bVkmSsWxZZTE3NDRmM2YtYzNjZi00MTJlLTgxNjUtY2EzNGYyZTk2Nzg2&hl=en
Here is a link to the presentation we created in the previous lessons:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1JR4gOQbA9vOTJjZjFhMTktYjgxNS00N2RiLWIxODItNDNkYmY1YTkzMTA4&hl=en
Here is the video of our presentation:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_4bVkmSsWxZZTE3NDRmM2YtYzNjZi00MTJlLTgxNjUtY2EzNGYyZTk2Nzg2&hl=en
Blog 8 Initial Ideas
Our music video 'Whatsername' by Green Day will be a mix between band performance and story acted out.The story will be about a past relationship between a boy and a girl who will be also the main characters in the video.
The first scene will be the boy and the girl meeting on the street and start talking,looking very happy,but then the clip will fade out and it will show the boy lying in a bed dreaming about meeting the girl.(This fits with the lyrics of: Thought I ran into you down on the street, Then it turned out to only be a dream.
The guy then wakes up alone in his bed looking sad and lonely.
At some parts of the video there will be flashbacks of the boy and girl together in the past.We will use editing and specific low key lightning to point out that it had happened in the past.There will be some scenes where they are happy, and some scenes where their relationship starts to end. The flashbacks will also include their actual break up.All flashbacks will be slightly discoloured/edited to clearly show they are past memories.
The scenes with the boy that we will be set to be in the 'present’ will include one shots and close ups to underline the loneliness and his sad facial expressions.One scene will show the boy looking at old photographs of him with the girl, and then getting upset and angry followed by burning the photographs.(This fits with the lyrics of: I made a point to burn all of the photographs)
The final scene will be similar to the opening scene but instead, when the boy bumps into the girl,she is with her new boyfriend and they both just ignore the boy and walk straight past him.The boy will then just stand there alone (facing towards the camera in one-shot and the tracking camera gradually moving backward,whilst the girl and her new boyfriend walk off in the distance.
The parts of the video whit the band playing will be filmed first.Then at the end we will put the band performance and the actual story together.Shots of the bands will be mainly middle-shots and close-ups to show details of instruments,costumes,locations,etc.Some extra close-ups will be used too.
We will also use close-up shots when filming the boy and the girl together to reinforce the closeness they had in the past and mainly close-ups of the girl as the song is about her and the audience can get to know her better.
The first scene will be the boy and the girl meeting on the street and start talking,looking very happy,but then the clip will fade out and it will show the boy lying in a bed dreaming about meeting the girl.(This fits with the lyrics of: Thought I ran into you down on the street, Then it turned out to only be a dream.
The guy then wakes up alone in his bed looking sad and lonely.
At some parts of the video there will be flashbacks of the boy and girl together in the past.We will use editing and specific low key lightning to point out that it had happened in the past.There will be some scenes where they are happy, and some scenes where their relationship starts to end. The flashbacks will also include their actual break up.All flashbacks will be slightly discoloured/edited to clearly show they are past memories.
The scenes with the boy that we will be set to be in the 'present’ will include one shots and close ups to underline the loneliness and his sad facial expressions.One scene will show the boy looking at old photographs of him with the girl, and then getting upset and angry followed by burning the photographs.(This fits with the lyrics of: I made a point to burn all of the photographs)
The final scene will be similar to the opening scene but instead, when the boy bumps into the girl,she is with her new boyfriend and they both just ignore the boy and walk straight past him.The boy will then just stand there alone (facing towards the camera in one-shot and the tracking camera gradually moving backward,whilst the girl and her new boyfriend walk off in the distance.
The parts of the video whit the band playing will be filmed first.Then at the end we will put the band performance and the actual story together.Shots of the bands will be mainly middle-shots and close-ups to show details of instruments,costumes,locations,etc.Some extra close-ups will be used too.
We will also use close-up shots when filming the boy and the girl together to reinforce the closeness they had in the past and mainly close-ups of the girl as the song is about her and the audience can get to know her better.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Blog 7 Copying an existing video
The existing video we copied was 'Teenage Dirtbag' by Wheatus(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jJVRcCdvyY) Setting up the Camera:To do this we had to learn at first how to use the cameras.Some of the setting our teacher told us were: Mountin to the Tripod - particularly useful for zooming,panning and tilting the camera.The tripods we use have a spirit level wich enables positioning the camera to an extract horizontal. Settin the White Balance- Before filming we have to make sure that the white balance is set to adjusts the lighting in order to make white objects appear white in photos. Automatic white balance is the function that improve picture quality in variable light settings. When filming outside we have to ensure that the white balance is set to 'Daytime Filming'otherwise the footage might have a blue tinge to it.When filming inside we have to set the white balance to 'Artifical Light'. Manual setting: When using the Canon XM2 cameras we have to use the manual settings to adjust the exposure and not let the camera run on auto.The exposure can be changed using a combination of the Shutter Speed,Aperture and Gain.We have t make sure that we always set the white balance when turning on the camera. Manual exposure 1/100 Shutter speed 1/12 to 1/2000 Aperture/iris F stops- Brightness of image Before starting recording we must press the middle big button 3 times in order to access the above settings.It should come up with '3/3' on the screen. Then it goes back to the main controller-the left arrow shows white balance settings. Camera Techniques: Normally the camera is set to a standard frame size of a ratio of 4:3.Although it can be changed to be like a widescreen film - 16:9 ratio. We can also use Depth of Field to centre the audience attention on a particular part of the frame when the rest of the shot is blurred.This is called a 'Shallow or Narrow Depth of Field'.If all the frame is in focus that is called a 'Wide Depth of Field' We also had to learn how to use the camera safely.After use we have to turn the camera off and take the tape out.We've been also instructed how to put the camera on the tripod safely.It's important to be patient when setting the camera up as it's not an easy job and it takes a bit of time. Shooting script was given to us so we can see what shot we have to take and make notes whether it's been good or bad and how to improve it.Clapperboard is also needed so when it comes to editing we can see what number shot was better than the others. The most important thing is the communication between people when making the video.Everyone should contribute to the video,help and communicate with the rest of the group.Then the filming will be enjoyable and the work will be done quicker.
Here is an upload of the video our group created during the first week of filming lessons:
Here is an upload of the video our group created during the first week of filming lessons:
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