Friday 24 September 2010
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Developed Music Viedo Proposal.
The music track I have decided to do my music video on is Moby- Natural blues, My music video will be narrated by text at the bottom of the screen with facts and statistics about the care system, whilst the video tells the story of one child in care.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3YMxM1_S48&ob=av2e
The camera would follow the main character showing his story of being in care, the film would start with the main character standing still in an isolated area, and when the song begins and a series of opening statistics/facts will show at the bottom of the screen whilst a close up of the actor is the shot.
At 18 seconds in when a beat comes into the song the main character will begin to mime the lyrics of the song, I got this idea from the music video Temper Trap-Love lost, it presents children miming the lyrics to a song. I liked the feel that it produced and it made the song feel like it was something important and related to the child, this is why I want to use this technique in parts of my music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLTPKKt-pMs
This is when the character will begin cloning and walking around in different directions this will last for 18 seconds whilst more stats and facts appear on the bottom of the screen, these are there to inform the watcher of what the actor is part of, and to set the scene, allowing them to imagine what they have gone through, which I will be reflecting through the film. The inspiration for me to use the cloning idea came from the Justin Timberlake- Rock your body video, I like how it creates a confusion and I just generally like the effect that it creates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9qzk3Zm2UM&ob=av2e
The film will then continue to a different scene which will be filmed as a following shot , following the character through different situations such as why he is in care, showing a bad family situation in a variety of different camera angles, close up reaction shots of the child, then meeting the social worker, then turning up at a foster home, I wanted to use a zido shot at this point in my video to present the panic. I want to present the overwhelming feelings that a child would feel in this sort of situation. I would do this by using reaction shots and a quick switch from different camera angles to create a feeling of panic and bewilderment.
Zido examples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANfb6dGIUqw
One of the scenes in my film, will be where my actor is in a room with arguments this is where I will use the technique of the argument going fast while the boy just stand there still. I have seen this technique in Alanis Morissette-Thank You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU&p=2F0C365447C447A3&playnext=1&index=74
Throughout this whole thing I will have a variety of different facts and stats coming up.
At 2.07 mins into the song the tempo and tune slightly changes in the track, I plan to use this part of the song to begin a positive story to the video, of how the child has accepted the change, and is now helping it to work, and how well he is doing. I wanted to show the contrast of this through a split screen. I would show the boys new life and good, postive things, and then show his previous life.
Inspiration for Split screen.
I intend to end the video, in the same place as I started it, in the same way. But with the actor smiling as the music stops.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3YMxM1_S48&ob=av2e
The camera would follow the main character showing his story of being in care, the film would start with the main character standing still in an isolated area, and when the song begins and a series of opening statistics/facts will show at the bottom of the screen whilst a close up of the actor is the shot.
At 18 seconds in when a beat comes into the song the main character will begin to mime the lyrics of the song, I got this idea from the music video Temper Trap-Love lost, it presents children miming the lyrics to a song. I liked the feel that it produced and it made the song feel like it was something important and related to the child, this is why I want to use this technique in parts of my music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLTPKKt-pMs
This is when the character will begin cloning and walking around in different directions this will last for 18 seconds whilst more stats and facts appear on the bottom of the screen, these are there to inform the watcher of what the actor is part of, and to set the scene, allowing them to imagine what they have gone through, which I will be reflecting through the film. The inspiration for me to use the cloning idea came from the Justin Timberlake- Rock your body video, I like how it creates a confusion and I just generally like the effect that it creates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9qzk3Zm2UM&ob=av2e
The film will then continue to a different scene which will be filmed as a following shot , following the character through different situations such as why he is in care, showing a bad family situation in a variety of different camera angles, close up reaction shots of the child, then meeting the social worker, then turning up at a foster home, I wanted to use a zido shot at this point in my video to present the panic. I want to present the overwhelming feelings that a child would feel in this sort of situation. I would do this by using reaction shots and a quick switch from different camera angles to create a feeling of panic and bewilderment.
Zido examples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANfb6dGIUqw
One of the scenes in my film, will be where my actor is in a room with arguments this is where I will use the technique of the argument going fast while the boy just stand there still. I have seen this technique in Alanis Morissette-Thank You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU&p=2F0C365447C447A3&playnext=1&index=74
Throughout this whole thing I will have a variety of different facts and stats coming up.
At 2.07 mins into the song the tempo and tune slightly changes in the track, I plan to use this part of the song to begin a positive story to the video, of how the child has accepted the change, and is now helping it to work, and how well he is doing. I wanted to show the contrast of this through a split screen. I would show the boys new life and good, postive things, and then show his previous life.
Inspiration for Split screen.
Stromae - Alors On Danse
I intend to end the video, in the same place as I started it, in the same way. But with the actor smiling as the music stops.
Evaluation of Prelim Task.
For my prelim task, me and my class had to create a copy as best we could of the music video Bad touch- Blood hound Gang. We had to go out and film the material and then from this all individually edit it to make it as similar to the original video as possible. We had to focus particularly on camera angles, framing, mise en scene, and lip syncing. The idea of the task was to give us some experience in using the cameras that we will be using for our main task of creating our own video. Also to give us some experience in using the program that we will be using to edit our film.
When creating my Prelim task there were many factors, and issues that could have been planned better, completed better, and some that I felt were done well and were positive. I have broken down my evaluation into two groups. The filming of the video, and then the editing.
However throughout filming I felt that as a class we worked as a team, by sharing the camera, all having a go at acting, as well as directing each other. I also think that we had good props, very similar to those in the video, as well as good costumes all on a low budget. I also think that by creating a prelim task, It put skills and techniques we learnt about last year for AS into practice. Overall I think that our filming of the bad touch video went reasonably well, but could have been planned slightly better by the students, as it would have gone smoother and not taken so long. However as a first time experience of filming and directing I think it was very helpful and has put the skills and techniques learnt at AS into practice.
When I initially began to edit the bad touch film, I felt really frustrated, as I didn't know how to use the tools, or the entire program. It was hard not to become very stressed, however after a little while of playing around with the tools, and the clips, it started to click, and I began to realize how everything worked, and begin to make progress with my editing. Adding to this I also learnt how time consuming the editing is, and how it can be very tricky and fiddly. From the editing I learnt many skills, these including, importing clips, and placing them correctly on the time line, cutting the clips to the correct position needed to match the music and lip syncing, moving and copying clips to different parts in the time line, resizing the window. I also learnt how to speed up clips,as well as slow them down, this assisted me in lip syncing at the right time, if the clip was too slow, or too fast for the music. Moreover reversing shots we very handy when in filming the shot has been filmed in the wrong direction, for example in the film when the girls were walking they were walking in the opposite direction to in the film, so therefore this tool allowed me to reverse the shot. I also cropped some of the clips to make the framing and camera angles more like the actual video, when the filming had not been tight enough, or was not framed correctly.
When creating my Prelim task there were many factors, and issues that could have been planned better, completed better, and some that I felt were done well and were positive. I have broken down my evaluation into two groups. The filming of the video, and then the editing.
FILMING
When I and my class started filming, I found that it was a lot harder then I thought it was going to be. We did not have enough time to rehearse before hand therefore, I felt that the whole class had a vague idea of what we were actually doing and I didn't feel that we were very organised. I think if I personally had watched the video more thoroughly I would have equipped myself with a better idea of the framing we needed to create as well as the camera angles.
Adding to this we could have also had a shot list which would have helped us a lot, ( which I now will ensure I have when creating my main task).
Moreover because of the costumes and surroundings, there were times when the people in the shot began laughing half way through or at the end of the shot, which slowed the whole process down, and knocked us of track. I think this could have been avoided if the class knew exactly what needed to be done in each shot. Subsequently as this was mine and many of my other classmates first time using a camera/filming some of the shots were not steady, however I do feel that after this prelim I have a better idea and some experience of keeping a camera steady and controlled. As well as using camera angles. I also think that if we had taken more notice of how fast the lip syncing needed to be it would have made it a lot easier to sync when editing.
EDITING
When I initially began to edit the bad touch film, I felt really frustrated, as I didn't know how to use the tools, or the entire program. It was hard not to become very stressed, however after a little while of playing around with the tools, and the clips, it started to click, and I began to realize how everything worked, and begin to make progress with my editing. Adding to this I also learnt how time consuming the editing is, and how it can be very tricky and fiddly. From the editing I learnt many skills, these including, importing clips, and placing them correctly on the time line, cutting the clips to the correct position needed to match the music and lip syncing, moving and copying clips to different parts in the time line, resizing the window. I also learnt how to speed up clips,as well as slow them down, this assisted me in lip syncing at the right time, if the clip was too slow, or too fast for the music. Moreover reversing shots we very handy when in filming the shot has been filmed in the wrong direction, for example in the film when the girls were walking they were walking in the opposite direction to in the film, so therefore this tool allowed me to reverse the shot. I also cropped some of the clips to make the framing and camera angles more like the actual video, when the filming had not been tight enough, or was not framed correctly. When editing the program we used in class, was having problems and kept shutting down expectedly, which sometimes meant that we lost work that we had forgotten to save, however some good has come from this and I know feel that I am trained in saving work regularly which prevents me from losing my work on a regular basis so I feel I have developed a good habit from this problem.
In conclusion I feel that my bad touch video is a pretty good copy of the original and I put in a lot of effort to get every little detail right. I feel that this prelim task has given me a lot of experience and has equipped me quite well for my main task. If I could have done anything again it would have been to analyse the video a lot more before actually going out to film it, as well as planning exactly every little thing that had to be done. Also I would have been more patient and calm when I started my editing as I think this would have saved me a lot of time at the beginning of the editing, and could have meant that I could have gone over the project and made it even tighter.
However I did enjoy the filming and editing and I feel equipped now to begin my own video.
In conclusion I feel that my bad touch video is a pretty good copy of the original and I put in a lot of effort to get every little detail right. I feel that this prelim task has given me a lot of experience and has equipped me quite well for my main task. If I could have done anything again it would have been to analyse the video a lot more before actually going out to film it, as well as planning exactly every little thing that had to be done. Also I would have been more patient and calm when I started my editing as I think this would have saved me a lot of time at the beginning of the editing, and could have meant that I could have gone over the project and made it even tighter.
However I did enjoy the filming and editing and I feel equipped now to begin my own video.
Friday 17 September 2010
Initial Music Video Proposal. Moby- Natural Blues
Music Video Choice 1- Moby –Natural Blues.
Performers- I was thinking of having a young most likely under 15 year old male or female to perform as a child in care for my video.
Costume- The costume for my video would be everyday clothing, nothing-particularly fashionable or particularly un- fashionable just like a normal child.
Locations- I would like to film my music video initially in and around my house, and in its surrounding areas like a local park, and the street.
Narrative Idea- For my video, and as it is about a subject that some people aren’t really aware of or do not know much about, throughout my video I intend to have narrative words, short statements and sentences explaining the life of a child in care.
Editing styles- For editing styles for my video, I wanted to show contrast of different children life’s, by including a split screen of the Childs real life, and what the child would love their life to be, or I might show a completely different child, that could be seen as a pier.
Friday 10 September 2010
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