This is the call sheet for the test shoot I completed on the 16th of October
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Production Log - Feedback
In todays lesson I filmed five people from my class, all of which fit within the target audience of my music video, to give me some feedback on my idea. This way I will be able to get an understanding as to whether it would appeal to them, and if not, any changes I could make that would change their views. I found doing this extremely helpful as some people also gave me ideas on possible shots and editing techniques I could use that will enhance the video to the maximum. As they fall within my target audience it also gives a good opinion from someone it is aimed at rather than someone that isn't.
Monday 21 October 2013
Production Log - Test Shoot Footage
I conducted a shoot for my music video which was solely 'test-shoots'. This allowed me to play around with the lighting to find out which ways looked best and also the settings on the camera; after editing the footage it also then taught me things I would have to change for my actual film shoot and things that looked good and things that didn't. After filming I edited it all together and used the song 'High Hopes' by Kodaline. Although it was not the actual song I am using for my music video, it is still by the same artist so fits with the theme. I experimented with the positioning of the lights which I found quite difficult to get it just how I wanted it to look. Doing this made me realise I need more of a black background in order to get the effect I would like. Also, I need to move the lights about behind the artist so her face isn't too bright which is what I found some of the shots came out like; also, this turned out to be a certain setting on the camera that made all the shots extremely bright- I now know this for my actual shoot so the shots are as good as they can be.
Whilst editing I found that some of the shots I did, I'd prefer them to be slowed down to fit more with the music so in order to do so I will have to change the camera settings to a faster shutter speed so when I slow it down on Premiere it would still have a good effect rather than looking quite jittery and jumpy. I then decided to create a black and white colour overlay once i'd finished editing so I exported both a colour and black and white copy; the black and white will create the authentic 50's style look that I am going for so when I create my actual music video I will be able to compare both of them and also compare a more sepia/vintage colour overlay as well to see which has the best effect.
Whilst editing I found that some of the shots I did, I'd prefer them to be slowed down to fit more with the music so in order to do so I will have to change the camera settings to a faster shutter speed so when I slow it down on Premiere it would still have a good effect rather than looking quite jittery and jumpy. I then decided to create a black and white colour overlay once i'd finished editing so I exported both a colour and black and white copy; the black and white will create the authentic 50's style look that I am going for so when I create my actual music video I will be able to compare both of them and also compare a more sepia/vintage colour overlay as well to see which has the best effect.
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Production Log - Presentations of Coursework so far
In class we were set a task to create a presentation of our progress within the course so far under 4 different headings:
1- Our blog
2- Concept of our video
3- Planning so far
4- Next steps
I did this within a powerpoint form so I can have images and some text on the screen and then I could present it and talk in deeper detail to the rest of the class rather than just reading off of a sheet of paper or the actual slides themself. In order to do this task I had to carefully go through my blog, the planning and research tasks required and see what I had left to do- this suprisingly made me realise I had done much more than I thought I had.
In one of our lessons I then presented to the class- I found this a very good oppertunity and was very beneficial. Firstly, I got a much wider range of feedback on my music video idea from a whole class compared to just a few people who I initially asked. Most people really liked the idea and thought that it could work as a music video. I found getting feedback in big masses very helpful so because of this I plan to do it more often- possibly get more people from my target audience age range to see what they think, whether it would appeal to them etc. However I'll do this in a more multi-media form such as filming people on one of the media department's cameras.
1- Our blog
2- Concept of our video
3- Planning so far
4- Next steps
I did this within a powerpoint form so I can have images and some text on the screen and then I could present it and talk in deeper detail to the rest of the class rather than just reading off of a sheet of paper or the actual slides themself. In order to do this task I had to carefully go through my blog, the planning and research tasks required and see what I had left to do- this suprisingly made me realise I had done much more than I thought I had.
In one of our lessons I then presented to the class- I found this a very good oppertunity and was very beneficial. Firstly, I got a much wider range of feedback on my music video idea from a whole class compared to just a few people who I initially asked. Most people really liked the idea and thought that it could work as a music video. I found getting feedback in big masses very helpful so because of this I plan to do it more often- possibly get more people from my target audience age range to see what they think, whether it would appeal to them etc. However I'll do this in a more multi-media form such as filming people on one of the media department's cameras.
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Production Log - Planning for video
This week I have mainly been focussing on any extra work I could do that will benefit me before filming but isn't within the specification of work we must complete. To start with, rather than creating my album cover straight away I decided to sketch out some possible ideas which I then scanned in. This also gives me a hard copy of ideas that I can always refer back to whilst creating the album cover. I find drawing and writing things out much better for me when doing a project like this however I always ensure that I can upload this somehow so in this case I could scan in my drawings.
I created four different possibilities and even still I am unsure whether I will use any of them; I decided to create two landscape and two portrait. This way it gives me lots of different formats and then I can get audience feedback on what they think will look best- even still, I could create two different versions of the same in my final product. One landscape and one portrait; I would do this because of all the different places you can actually put an advert nowadays such as busstop (portrait) compared to a large billboard down a busy road (landscape) so my advert would accomodate all purposes.
I then decided to create an 'essentials list' whilst filming which I did on Prezi. I split it off into four different sections:
Equipment
Props
Costume
Stylling
This way it is easy to read and see the different elements I will need- I can then refer back to this just before going to film to ensure I have everything as that would be one of the biggest problems for example if I went to film and had forgotten both of the actor's costumes and this would put a big back-lag onto the production of my music video.
Whilst creating my risk assessment this is then something I have considered that I need to make sure I am 100% prepared and ready to film and have everything sorted when I do film or it will not benefit me at all. Because of this chance, I will make checklists for different people such as myself, the crew and also the actors to ensure I have everything I need.
I created four different possibilities and even still I am unsure whether I will use any of them; I decided to create two landscape and two portrait. This way it gives me lots of different formats and then I can get audience feedback on what they think will look best- even still, I could create two different versions of the same in my final product. One landscape and one portrait; I would do this because of all the different places you can actually put an advert nowadays such as busstop (portrait) compared to a large billboard down a busy road (landscape) so my advert would accomodate all purposes.
I then decided to create an 'essentials list' whilst filming which I did on Prezi. I split it off into four different sections:
Equipment
Props
Costume
Stylling
This way it is easy to read and see the different elements I will need- I can then refer back to this just before going to film to ensure I have everything as that would be one of the biggest problems for example if I went to film and had forgotten both of the actor's costumes and this would put a big back-lag onto the production of my music video.
Whilst creating my risk assessment this is then something I have considered that I need to make sure I am 100% prepared and ready to film and have everything sorted when I do film or it will not benefit me at all. Because of this chance, I will make checklists for different people such as myself, the crew and also the actors to ensure I have everything I need.
Monday 7 October 2013
Risk Assessment
I have created a risk assessment so I know everything that could go wrong whilst shooting my music video and things that I could do to minimise these problems from happening.
Permission
Production Log - Storyboarding
This week I decided to create a story board for my music video; this will help me whilst shooting. To start with I used a blank storyboard and began by drawing the pictures of each shot myself. In total I had around 40 shots, each with an individual picture and description of the shot e.g. close up high angle/establishing shot etc. I then went through and arrange the timings of each shot with the help of my shot list; I had to picture what the shot would look like and whether the timing was correct which I should hopefully get some feedback for soon.
Blank Storyboard Storyboard
After drawing all of the images for my storyboard I scanned these into the computer so I had all eight documents into a folder and dropped them into Photoshop. Photoshop then allowed me to cut out each individual image and save it as a separate image so I could then create an animatic. I created my animatic on Adobe Premier which was a good programme as I could then insert all my images and music at once and easily move them around and crop them to the exact timing of the song. I added each image in order to the sequence and changed the timing so it will stay on the screen for the real timing of the music video; this is something I can now always refer back to and then compare with my final music video.
Blank Storyboard Storyboard
After drawing all of the images for my storyboard I scanned these into the computer so I had all eight documents into a folder and dropped them into Photoshop. Photoshop then allowed me to cut out each individual image and save it as a separate image so I could then create an animatic. I created my animatic on Adobe Premier which was a good programme as I could then insert all my images and music at once and easily move them around and crop them to the exact timing of the song. I added each image in order to the sequence and changed the timing so it will stay on the screen for the real timing of the music video; this is something I can now always refer back to and then compare with my final music video.
Production Log - Album poster
This week I have finished creating my album poster; I am really happy with this final version but I still need to have my own photoshoot to take the pictures myself which I am planning to do very soon. In order to show my work and progress I have created a camstudio video.
I will then show other members of my class and those slightly older to fit with the target audience of my video and get their feedback. Based upon this feedback I will make any changes that are neccessary.
The first bit of feedback I got was to add something into the background as initially I did not have the image of the scattered polaroids and it was just white- this made it look quite empty and it needed something to fill out the space and a bit more colour. Although I wanted it to look very basic, authentic and vintage, I think the background of a vintage image will finish off the poster nicely and make it just what I want. I brought down the transparency of the image as I found the colours and images were too heavy and took away attention of the text and main image. During my feedback I might ask if I should bring it down even further so much so that you can barely, just about see it; this will make audiences look closer into the poster and a lot more intriguing.
Animatic
Before starting the production of my music video, I created an Animatic; this consisted of drawing out each individual frame, scanning it in and then putting it together with the song of my video in the correct places. I think this will be extremely beneficial when it comes to creating my actual music video as it will give me something I can constantly refer back to to ensure I am on the right track. Also, this gives me a brief idea of what my actual music video will look like, I plan to show this to people that fall within my target audience and try and get some feedback on how they think my video will look once it's filmed and edited together based upon the animatic.
Sunday 6 October 2013
Images of location
I took these images of my school hall and drama studio- I think these will be a good location to shoot in as it is easily accesible if I needed to conduct more than one film shoot. The drama studio will be perfect as it is a black box studio and also has a mirror so I will shoot in front of the mirror. I then can change the lighting to block out anything else in the background e.g. display boards, if needed. Also, I will be able to use a lot of lighting because the media department is just upstairs so I will not have the problem of lugging lots of equipment to a chosen location. The stage within the hall is also a great facillity for me to use; the stage itself is not high at all which would allow me to get low angle shots but then if needed, I could get shots from the same level with the use of the stairs. Also, the stage already has stage lighting rigged up above which I will be able to use- this means that I could have the general lighting on but then also use the media lights to add a bit of brightness to one specific area or actor at a specific moment. All I will need to do to use the hall and drama studio is book it out for the evening which should not be a problem.
Friday 4 October 2013
Production Log - Shot list
I have mainly focused on my shot list this week- it took quite a long time due to getting the timing correct and thinking of all the different shots I will need. Whilst thinking of the shots to use I wanted to mainly use lots of close ups or extreme close ups; this way, the audience will be able to gain a greater relationship with the characters and therefore sympathise for the female towards the end of the video when they discover the overall message and narrative.
To begin with, I listened to the song repeatedly and had to work out the specific timings; as the song is quite slow paced, calm and relaxing I am able to create slower, less frequent cuts to fit with the music and the lyrics. Some cuts I have included go up to 10 seconds however, whilst filming I will keep the camera off of the tripod so there are some slight movements so that these cuts don't look too still and rigid. Also, because of the movements of the actors themselves, it will keep the shots interesting and therefore the long shots will be a positive and effective aspect rather than a negative.
We already had a template of the shot list that we could just fill in but I added in an extra column with I believe will help me whilst shooting of being 'gender'. Within this column I have written whether the shot is male or female or both- this will help me because if I were to do two separate film shoots, one male and one female, I can easily cross it off and make sure I get every shot I need to which may be accidentally missed if I hadn't done it. Also, it will help me to clarify which shot is which; I can easily scroll down and see the female shots and then just read that specific shot information rather than all of them which will save time which is vital whilst conducting a film shoot.
To begin with, I listened to the song repeatedly and had to work out the specific timings; as the song is quite slow paced, calm and relaxing I am able to create slower, less frequent cuts to fit with the music and the lyrics. Some cuts I have included go up to 10 seconds however, whilst filming I will keep the camera off of the tripod so there are some slight movements so that these cuts don't look too still and rigid. Also, because of the movements of the actors themselves, it will keep the shots interesting and therefore the long shots will be a positive and effective aspect rather than a negative.
We already had a template of the shot list that we could just fill in but I added in an extra column with I believe will help me whilst shooting of being 'gender'. Within this column I have written whether the shot is male or female or both- this will help me because if I were to do two separate film shoots, one male and one female, I can easily cross it off and make sure I get every shot I need to which may be accidentally missed if I hadn't done it. Also, it will help me to clarify which shot is which; I can easily scroll down and see the female shots and then just read that specific shot information rather than all of them which will save time which is vital whilst conducting a film shoot.
Production Log - Hair & Makeup Research
This week I have been watching some tutorials on 50s style makeup and hair; this will ensure that when I create my actual music video, I can always refer back to this so I know that it looks as close to typical 50s styling as possible. The specific video I watched and have posted I found really helpful because the styling actually looked like it was from the 50s unlike others I had watched and it also will look good and effective within my music video. After watching this video I decided to try out a hairstyle myself, again, so it is one less thing to worry about when it comes to filming. Another good reason about watching these tutorials so early is that it gives me enough time to buy any props/makeup/hair products needed. For example, some red lipstick, a heavy black eyeliner, hair ties etc.
Whilst considering the hair and makeup styling of my actors, I was also thinking about possible costumes whether it being anything I personally owned myself, any past costumes from dancing performances, anything any of my friends owned or material and patterns which would allow me to make something. In the end I think the easiest option will be for my actress to use her own 50s outfit she has as it is easily accessible and I know for definite that it would fit. The styling will be the main element of my music video I need to focus on to ensure it fits within the time period as this will be the main image style and help the audience establish the time it was set.
Cam Studio - Poster
Here, I took a recording using the software CamStudio which allowed me to record my work. I decided to hide all the layers on the first draft of my poster and reveal them all one by one.
Wednesday 2 October 2013
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