Re-film Ideas

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Draft Digipak

Overall I am not that happy with my final design for the digipak as I didn't plan it enough before hand and did not take enough photographs. This meant that I had to use stills from the filming that I did and they came out blurry and really didn't look too great. I love the front of the album as it looks a lot more professional whereas as the rest does not. From this I know that I need to make sure when filming I should take a lot more photos to involved in my digipak. 

Also when i edited the album cover it was originally from the same photo as my magazine advert, I used an online editing site called Picnik as well as photoshop. I was very happy with both my magazine cover and album cover but when it came to doing the other pages I became stuck as I wasn't sure of the effects I had used to make it look so professional, therefore it was difficult to try and match the other pages. From this I will make sure that next time I write down everything I use on both photoshop and picnik so that I know what to do if I leave something a bit longer or something accidentally gets deleted. 

Draft Magazine Advert

I am pleased with this draft of my magazine advert because the effects look cool and the fonts interesting. I think that it looks like a real magazine advert and I have asked friends and family who also think that it looks real. I would like to make it look a bit more summery, brighter and happier, whereas the at the minute it is a bit gloomy, therefore it would match the theme of the song and album a bit more. I may take more photos instead of using this photo as I need new photos for my digipak anyway, as the images on my draft were poor and desperately needed improving.

Magazine Mock-Up

This is a mock up of my magazine advert which matches the style of my digipak album cover. The silhouette of people will preferably be the two characters from the video laying in the grass. The lighting on this mock up is wrong as it is difficult to read the words at the top, for my real magazine advert I will make the comments at the top bigger so that they're visible. I also think that there are quite a lot of gaps in the poster so maybe adding daisies or other flowers around the edge will fill in the spaces. When making my digipak I will think of the way I have designed this magazine so that they're similar looking and recognisable together.

Costume Ideas

When it comes to my filming day of the main verses the characters will only need to wear one outfit as it is only set for one day. To go with the theme of the song I would like the characters to dress indie/country style but also casual so it would look like an everyday situation.
However the female character needs to be dressed in innocent girly types clothes so that it looks like she is doing nothing wrong to the male character. Perhaps something like this:

The male character needs to be dresssed in his everyday clothes, so jeans and t shirt.

As it is a cold day I think it would look better if the characters are wearing wintery coats, but ones that stick with their outfit so that they all look the same type of theme.

For the chorus the male character will need to wear a seperate set of clothes so that it doesn't look like they were filmed at the same time.

Shooting Schedule

Wednesday 5th October
Location: College with green screen
Time: During lessons
Actors: Matt Peall
Props: Green screen
Filming Matt singing the chorus of the song in front of a green screen.

Wednesday 5th October
Location: Manor Park, The Manor Pub, park
Time: 4pm - 6/6.30pm
Actors: Matt Peall & Emily-Rose Gent
Props: Phones, drinks at the pub
Filming the main narrative for my video and hopefully finishing it all before it gets too dark. I will also take photos of the characters together to use for another few shots during my video. Also I will need some shots for my digipak and magazine promotions.

Brainstorm

This is a simple brainstorm that helped me to think of everything that I wanted to put into my music videos and gave me a starting point to my planning.

Risk Assesment

Risks	Equipment included	Prevention
Damaging the camera	Camera	Keeping it in its case when not in use. Knowing where it always is.
Breaking the tripod during filming	Tripod	Make sure it is always folded up properly and making sure when it is put up, it is sturdy and won’t fall over damaging the tripod and camera.
Losing & damaging props	All props for shots/scenes	Losing props could be a problem whilst filming as they’re essential to all the shots. Therefore making sure they’re all together when not being used and always checking where they are is important. If any props are damaged it could be a good idea to have any spare props in case of any accidents.

Props Preparation

For some shots in my music video I do not need any props to accompany the actors. However in one of the settings I plan to have the two characters eating a picnic in highfields so therefore I will need all the items that somebody would normally have for a picnic. Props could include:

• Picnic blanket
• Food & drink

However there is also the possibility that I film in the pub near me, therefore I may ask for some drinks on the table so that it looks a little bit more realistic instead of them sitting doing nothing. Therefore in this situation I would need:

• Glasses
• Chairs 

The final scene in the music video is the male character texting the female character telling her to come back. Therefore I will need phones for them both two use and for me to film so that the audience can see the screens and what the characters are text to each other.

Actor/Actress Choices

Looking for actors was a difficult task as I don't know any actors personally and wasn't really sure who would look perfect for the part. I asked my friend as she is an actress whether she knew anyone willing to be in my music video. She recommended someone and I using her as the actress for the female character in my video. It has been a lot more difficult trying to find an actor to be the male character in my music video. I have had a few ideas but hopefully soon I shall find a good actor that is willing to perform and lip sync in my music video.

Emily Gent

I have chosen Emily because she is a very good actress and she also looks perfect for the part. She is very pretty and dresses perfectly for the character she is playing.







Matt Peall

I have chosen Matt because I think his clothes style is perfect and he will fit well with Emilys character in this video.

Track & Permissions

This is the track I have chosen to use for my music video. I found it on unsigned.com, I chose it because it is country/indie and is upbeat, something that people could listen to easily and enjoy.

I have a copy of the email I recieved from the band member giving me permission:

Cheers for getting in touch Rachel....

Feel free to use the track. And if you wouldn't mind send me a copy, or a link to the video once it's done that'd be grand.

Cheers & good luck,

James - The 99s x

Video Location & Permissions

My video is mainly going to be set outside in different locations to make it look varied. Some of the locations I am considering are:

• Manor Park (Toton)

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• Tesco Express (Chilwell)

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• Highfields/University Park

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• Woods near Manor Park

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The only place out of these I really need to get permission for is Tesco Express, I will email them to ask permission, if not I shall search for another location that I can use.
By using different locations it won't be boring and the audience will be able to exnjoy the characters in a varied amount of places.

Storyboard

These two images show my basic storyboard plan for filming my music video. They will be a good aid when t comes to the days if filming.

Treatment

After much research on websites like Myspace and unsigned.com, I found an unsigned band called "The 99s". They're a country pop genre and I think they are perfect for the type of music video I wish to create. The song chosen is called "Sunshine", I chose this because the lyrics and theme were like songs sung by bands like Scouting For Girls and The Plain White T's. The track in shown in sound cloud below.

Sunshine - The 99s by raylott

For this music video I plan to use inspiration from videos like the ones below:

In both these videos they have a theme of boy chases girl or boy wants the girl, which is something I am going to use for the narrative/story line of my music video.

Also by using the lyrics of the song it can incorporate into the narrative of the video.

Lyrics like :

"You say you love me then you leave without a trace,

The day you left you knocked the smile of my face"

could be used by portraying a female character that spends all her time with her boyfriend then just leaves him sad and lonely because she gets bored, yet still make the video upbeat as the song isn't down and depressing.

This is similar to the video for boomerang by The White Plain T's which shows a story of a girl drop the guy whenever she wants and taking what she wants from him, yet it is still done in a light hearted way instead of a sad, upsetting manner.

My plan is to use a female character and many male characters who chase after her. I will use different locations like a park, house and shops to make it seem like memories. I may also try filming on different days so there are different types of weathers and change outfits for the characters to show the different days and times.

I plan to edit all of the separate shots together as if it were a mirage of dreams from the guy thinking about the girl and their past together, then using shots of him looking upset as they have spilt up. I may also include shots of the guys bedroom wall covered in photos of them when they were together, which I may need to take in advance.

Another idea would be having all photo memories on a wall and one by one have the male take them off of the wall and zoom into each one which turns into a video of the memory he is imagining, so it's like a mirage of memories.

Preliminary Task

Task outline

For the preliminary task, as a class we had remake and produce our version of the Britney Spears video to 'Hit me baby one more time'. Everybody had to take part in all the major areas of the production of a music video, these include:

• shooting/filming
• directing
• editing
• lip syncing
• taking part in the video
• organising costume, props and location

Planning

When it came to planning this task, all of the jobs involved were delegated so that everyone had the chance to organise the way the video was going to be filmed. decisions had to be made on all of these areas:

• Location
• Costumes
• Storyboarding/shots

After individuals had thought up ideas/grou

ps for each other these areas, we all came together to choose and make the final decisions. This way we all agreed on they way our production would run and also when it came to filming, we all would know where to be and what we were doing; making it run a lot smother on the day.

This is a storyboard that was made of all the shots that were needed to put our production of the music video together.

Filming

When it came to the days of film, it did seem a little unorganized, not everybody was experienced in filming and directing so it took a while to get everybody in their places and in charge of some shots. I filmed two shots of the boys walking out of the classrooms, I was included in a section of lip syncing and was a dancer throughout. On the day the acting was difficult as not all of us were that confident in front of a camera and struggled to act probably, but as the end result I think we did a pretty good job.

It took us longer than expecting to, to film all of the shots as we were not as organised as we had planned. It also took longer for us to film lip syncing shots as people like myself, were not comfortable filming them. This is something that we can considering when producing future videos; making sure that we use people that are comfortable and happy with being filmed and also lip syncing in front of a camera.

Editing

Editing was quite a struggle, some of the software at college is slow to use; however I tried to make the most of it. We had done a lot of takes on all of the shots, so it took a lot of time to go through them all and pick out the best ones for the video. I started by picking out all the best clips for each shot and putting them in the correct order, then cutting them all so that they fitted in with the music. Using the original video to help I lip synced each part as best as possible until the video looked okay. Unfortunately we must have missed some shots, so they're not exactly the same as the original Britney Spears Video.

Final Product

When it came to editing the video, I struggling with exporting and uploading the video. This version is a completed video by a class member Richard Kish.

My Contributions

I contributed a lot of hours towards the final production as I was there for all planning, filming and also all of the editing.

I filmed the parts of the video where the boys are dancing in the corridors and out of doors, I helped to direct it and make it look like the original video.

I lipsynched a part at the beginning of the video, it made me fel uncomfortable as I do not like being filmed. I sang to the music so that it looked more like it was in time with the music.

I edited the beginning of the video then everything was put together.

Evaluation

I wouldn't say that our final video is professional, as our camera angles and not everyone's acting is great. However this is because we aren't all professional actors, only a few are drama students, which is why they took the lead role.

It was useful to produce the project as a group, because everyone had to make sure they worked as a team otherwise the project would never have all come together. It is also useful to learn how important it is to be organised before going into making a video otherwise not everything will go right and the video could end up being a lot more difficult to edit.

I have learnt that planning is an important process to carry out before making any production; that way everything will run a lot smoother. I have also learnt a lot more about making sure when filming using a tripod is vital otherwise you can get very shaky on un-professional images. A final thing I have learnt is how to use the complex things on the editing software, which I will use when it comes to making my own music video.

One of the main problems that we all came across was that most people were uncomfortable with being filmed and especially singing. However everybody tried their best. But in the future when I come to filming something, I will make sure I use actors or at least people that are comfortable with being filmed. This was it will not look as awkward and uncomfortable. Another issue that I found was when it came to the editing stage, I didn't have enough or the right amount of shots to make it look the same as the original video meaning some shots had to be manipulated making them look a bit fuzzy.