Thursday, 31 December 2015

Filming

The following image is an example of our time management, showing how we organised meeting up to film during our Christmas holiday. We created a group chat with our actors to make it easier to organize a time to meet up and film. 

We went out on the 30th to do some trial filming. We spent around five hours filming various shots, using our animatic and shooting script to help guide as we did so. We got lots of footage, containing varying shots which we plan to put together when we get back to school so that we can really get to grips with what we have and where we are currently at. 

Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Shot List

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Today we went and filmed for our A2 final music video, we followed a Shot list (pictured below) that helped us to know what we had to film and where. Originally we were going to film everything in London, however we came to the conclusion that it would be easier to film it all in Upminster because it is local and less busy. We stuck very closely to our animatic with our shots and added even more footage on the end as our animatic didn’t cover the whole song.

Monday, 28 December 2015

Equipment

To film our music video, we have been allowed to use one of the school's media department cameras. It's a Canon DSLR 1200D. This is a very high quality camera and it's very easy to move the footage from the camera to the computers, where we can then start editing. It is easy to focus and creates a very clear shot.

Monday, 21 December 2015

Overall Idea For Our Music Video

The idea that we have settled on is based upon the song ‘Just Haven’t Met You Yet’ by Michael Buble. We are going to create a music video which shows the formation of a couple. It will begin by showing a long shot of a man sitting at a train station and once the train goes past he is no longer there. We will then jump to a mid-shot of the same man finding his seat on the train. The seat which he chooses ends up being opposite a woman. A close-up will clearly show the man’s face followed by another showing the woman’s. This will be subtly done and made more interesting by the use of a prop; she will be answering her phone. The next event to happen will be the woman getting off the train; however she will forget her Ukulele (another prop which is specifically used to add to the entertainment level and help link the plot). The man will then jump up, grab the ukulele, seen through a close up, and chase after he out of the station, seen through a tracking shot. Once out of the station there will be a mixture of long, mid, and close up shots which will show his journey around, until he becomes tired and stops at a coffee shop. As he walks inside there will be an over the shoulder shot showing the same woman sitting at a table. He will walk over to her and hand the ukulele over, there will be a mid- shot which shows her asking him to sit down. We will then either do a close up showing a clock speeding forward or we will create a time-lapse or the two of them chatting, this is to show how they have been getting along for a while. She will then hand over her number to him, which will lead to a close up of him smiling, and then a long shot of her walking out of the shop. Another close up will show him instantly ringing the number and a mid-shot of her smiling and answering will follow this. There will be a couple of seconds of a black screen which will then move on to a picture of him waiting with flowers in his hands. A long shot will show her sneak up behind him and a mid-shot will show him kiss her on the check and give her the flowers. A mid-shot taken from behind them as they walk of will show her taking his hand. A pan up will then occur followed by a pan down which will have them in a different location. There will then by various shots of them laughing and having a good time. Before the video ends it will go back to the shot of her walking off the train and instead of showing him get off after her there will be a close-up of him staring at the ukulele. This is to surprise the audience as everything they had just seen would have been a day dream, the concept also matches the lyrics of the song as it will be the idea that he ‘just hasn’t met her yet’.

Friday, 18 December 2015

Location-Upminster

During the week we brainstormed many ideas as to what the location for our music video should be. London was an idea that we liked, however we settled on Upminster due to it being more practicable.It is nearby for everyone involved with our music video, as well as having all the different places that we were hoping to film in. Key aspects of the music video that we are envisioning contain a coffee shop, train station, and a park; all of which are easy to find within Upminster. Using Upminster as our location also benefits us greatly in the respect that if we need to do any extra, last minute filming it nearby and quick to get to. Below is a couple of pictures of places in Upminster where we are planning on filming:

Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Animatic

The following link is to our animatic. It is only the first two minutes of the song because we are currently still thinking what we are going to do next, and are hoping that after we have gone out and filmed the beginning that we will get some inspiration for the rest of the video. The animatic is very useful to has as it helps us to visualize what our music video is going to look like. This can then show us whether or not our current idea flows well together or not, giving us time to think if an adaption if necessary.  

Thursday, 10 December 2015

Signing In and Out

Here is anothe image showing when we have signed into the media lab to complete extra work.
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Monday, 7 December 2015

Creating Our Animatic

Today we took pictures of our storyboard. Once all the photos had been taken we uploaded them all to the computer and imported them into Adobe Premier Pro. We then began editing them to create our animatic. To import the song we used youtube converter and added the pictures to the song, edting the length of time each one lasted and also edited to the beat for some parts. We found this particularily useful in seeing where we are at, and how much more planning we need to do. 
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Friday, 4 December 2015

Deadlines

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The above image shows the deadlines that we have been set. 

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Music Video Analysis


Above is a link to a presentation on media theories based upon Michael Buble’s music video for the song Santa Claus is Coming to Town.