Thursday 25 October 2012
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Editing Update
Editing
We are currently in the middle of putting together our music video and ensuring that we have all the coverage used to make out video effective. So far we have managed to encorperate around half our our footage including the master shot and then some overlays of performance shots and some of slenderman and slender notes. For the editing of our music video we will be using the programe Final Cut.
The editing process has been very productive and the product that we are producing is starting to look proffesional and is looking like a music video that related to our target audience. So far we have encountered few difficulties whilst editing. The only major ones have been trying to get our editing cut on the beat and making sure that all of the performance shots are in time with the music, which includes lip syncing.
Everyone has been able to add an input into the editing, with various ideas flying around and being tested to see what if effective and what isnt. We have tried to follow the codes and conventions of our genre by having lots of fast paced shots with many cuts between the shots. We will add certain effects and filters into the video once we have produced our final shot layout and are happy with how all of the shots fit together. This will also be easier once we have gained target audience feedback. This feedback will allow us to be able to make the video better for our target audience and more appealing to them. This will also provide us with an idea of proffesionalism which is what we want to achieve from our video.
We are currently in the middle of putting together our music video and ensuring that we have all the coverage used to make out video effective. So far we have managed to encorperate around half our our footage including the master shot and then some overlays of performance shots and some of slenderman and slender notes. For the editing of our music video we will be using the programe Final Cut.
The editing process has been very productive and the product that we are producing is starting to look proffesional and is looking like a music video that related to our target audience. So far we have encountered few difficulties whilst editing. The only major ones have been trying to get our editing cut on the beat and making sure that all of the performance shots are in time with the music, which includes lip syncing.
Everyone has been able to add an input into the editing, with various ideas flying around and being tested to see what if effective and what isnt. We have tried to follow the codes and conventions of our genre by having lots of fast paced shots with many cuts between the shots. We will add certain effects and filters into the video once we have produced our final shot layout and are happy with how all of the shots fit together. This will also be easier once we have gained target audience feedback. This feedback will allow us to be able to make the video better for our target audience and more appealing to them. This will also provide us with an idea of proffesionalism which is what we want to achieve from our video.
goodwin analysis
There is a relationship between the lyrics and visuals, with the visualS illustrating, amplifying or contradicting the lyrics.
this song is about a guy being perfect and its all because of the way he was brought up or in his "DNA" the song is very cool, spooky "electroballad" with huge vocals from the girls. the video fits well with the sing because its got violent camera movement and near the end when one of the girls is singing very angerily there is really fast editing/flashes of footage to show the anger in her voice.
Monday 22 October 2012
Filming of our Music Video
Filming of our music video
On Friday 12th of October, we were ready to begin the filming of our music video. We booked out all of the equipment we required and ensured we had everything we may need for the filming of the video. We booked out a camera, tripod, light refletor and torches.
The plan was to begin filming the performance as soon as we possibly could to ensure that we were not having to carry equipment in limited light. Adam W and Jake arrived at Ely trainstation at around half past three and were picked up to come to Wicken for the filming. Yasz arrived in Wicken at around the time of 4pm. By this time we had already spoken to the farmer who owned the field in which we wanted to film as there was a small wooded area in the forest which was ideal for our filming. Now we just had the task of getting the equipment into the forest. Dan (Adam S brother), who was doing the drumming for us, provided us with a car to be able to get the drum kit and other equipment down to the edge of the field but then it just required us to carry all of the equipment into the forest.
Once we had gotten all the equipment into the forest we had the task of setting up the drum kit in the ideal location and having the camera in the right, effective angles. As soon as we achieved this, we then began filming our master shot which is a long shot of the band performing in the woods. This would then allow us to be able to have this shot to go back to and cut between in the video. After gaining this master shot we started to take individual shots of all of the band members to provide enough coverage.
After filming all the shots we needed for the perfomance side of the video, we decided this was an ideal chance to take images for our digipack. We took a few photos of the band all together in a variety of different places to allow us to be able to choose between images for the ones we use for the digipack.
We now had to take all of the equipment back home across the field. This was a long and hard process but thankfully we had the car which we used to transport the equipment back from the field.Once home, this was an ideal chance for us to be able to produce the slender notes, have a 'tea break' and get the custome ready for filming the slenderman side to our video. Yasz had to go home at 6pm as she had work that evening. We produced enough slender notes to cover the eight that are in the game, and we managed to create an effective costume out of a white t-shirt, Soham Village College blazer, white polo shirt, black tie, smart trousers and smart shoes. We then took a break for food to ensure we didnt go hungry whilst out filming.
We left the house at around half past eight to begin filming the slender footage. We didnt have a plan as such for this part of the film because we were unsure of what areas we could use for the filming of this. We began by walking around Wicken finding suitable locations and began to film. We eventually decided on filming by the local pond, the play park, an old telephone box, the village hall, the graveyard and a few odd places down small lanes and in the forest where we filmed the initial performance shots. We required help from Dan again for the filming in the graveyard because we anted to use some lighting within this footage.
We finished filming all of our footage at around half past ten/eleven o'clock that evening and headed back to the house. Once back, we decided to look over the footage and felt that we had enough coverage for our music video.
On Friday 12th of October, we were ready to begin the filming of our music video. We booked out all of the equipment we required and ensured we had everything we may need for the filming of the video. We booked out a camera, tripod, light refletor and torches.
The plan was to begin filming the performance as soon as we possibly could to ensure that we were not having to carry equipment in limited light. Adam W and Jake arrived at Ely trainstation at around half past three and were picked up to come to Wicken for the filming. Yasz arrived in Wicken at around the time of 4pm. By this time we had already spoken to the farmer who owned the field in which we wanted to film as there was a small wooded area in the forest which was ideal for our filming. Now we just had the task of getting the equipment into the forest. Dan (Adam S brother), who was doing the drumming for us, provided us with a car to be able to get the drum kit and other equipment down to the edge of the field but then it just required us to carry all of the equipment into the forest.
Once we had gotten all the equipment into the forest we had the task of setting up the drum kit in the ideal location and having the camera in the right, effective angles. As soon as we achieved this, we then began filming our master shot which is a long shot of the band performing in the woods. This would then allow us to be able to have this shot to go back to and cut between in the video. After gaining this master shot we started to take individual shots of all of the band members to provide enough coverage.
After filming all the shots we needed for the perfomance side of the video, we decided this was an ideal chance to take images for our digipack. We took a few photos of the band all together in a variety of different places to allow us to be able to choose between images for the ones we use for the digipack.
We now had to take all of the equipment back home across the field. This was a long and hard process but thankfully we had the car which we used to transport the equipment back from the field.Once home, this was an ideal chance for us to be able to produce the slender notes, have a 'tea break' and get the custome ready for filming the slenderman side to our video. Yasz had to go home at 6pm as she had work that evening. We produced enough slender notes to cover the eight that are in the game, and we managed to create an effective costume out of a white t-shirt, Soham Village College blazer, white polo shirt, black tie, smart trousers and smart shoes. We then took a break for food to ensure we didnt go hungry whilst out filming.
We left the house at around half past eight to begin filming the slender footage. We didnt have a plan as such for this part of the film because we were unsure of what areas we could use for the filming of this. We began by walking around Wicken finding suitable locations and began to film. We eventually decided on filming by the local pond, the play park, an old telephone box, the village hall, the graveyard and a few odd places down small lanes and in the forest where we filmed the initial performance shots. We required help from Dan again for the filming in the graveyard because we anted to use some lighting within this footage.
We finished filming all of our footage at around half past ten/eleven o'clock that evening and headed back to the house. Once back, we decided to look over the footage and felt that we had enough coverage for our music video.
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Shooting the Video
On Friday 12th October, we booked all of our equipment that we needed from the media department:
- Camera
- Tri-pod
- Filter/Reflector
- 2 high-power torches
we decided that we were film our music video in a forest in Wicken were our group member Adam Stronge lives. Another reason we decided to film in Wicken is because it has lots of woodland areas where we could film our slenderman scenes.
Adam Woods and Jake arrived earlier to shoot than expected because they managed to get an earlier train from Cambridge to Ely for their lift to Wicken. Yasz arrived at the shoot around 4pm which is when we left the house to start filming.
With permission from the farmer Gary Savile, we were allowed to film our music video in a small woodland area near his field. One of the main obstacles we had to endure was to move all the music equipment from the house to the forest. Our drummer was able to move the equipment in his car from the house to the edge of the field. it was a 6 minute walk from the car to wooded area so we had to carry the guitars, camera equipment and the drum kit across a muddy field.
It took about 20 minutes to set up the camera and drumkit together to start filming. we first did a long shot of the whole band so in the editing process we will have a shot to fall back on. we then started tio film a different camera angles of the individual band members for more variety of shots.
After we finished filming, we set ourself the task of taking pictures for our digipack.
We finished filming the performance before it started to get dark so we packed up the equipment and went back to the house to start writing the slender notes for our slender side of the music video. Yasz had to go home at 6pm after we filmed the band performance.
We then managed to fix up a Slenderman costume for Adam S. using a white t shirt for the face mask, a Soham Village College Blazer, school trousers, a white polo shirt and smart shoes. we then started walking around Wicken looking for suitable filming locations to film our Slender scenes such as a public pond, play park, old phone box, the parish hall, a cemetery and the woods where we filmed our band scenes. We started to film the slender scenes 8:30pm when it was dark so the footage would be faithful to the game. We then asked for help from our drummer Dan to help with the lighting for the cemetery scene.
We finished filming the performance before it started to get dark so we packed up the equipment and went back to the house to start writing the slender notes for our slender side of the music video. Yasz had to go home at 6pm after we filmed the band performance.
We then managed to fix up a Slenderman costume for Adam S. using a white t shirt for the face mask, a Soham Village College Blazer, school trousers, a white polo shirt and smart shoes. we then started walking around Wicken looking for suitable filming locations to film our Slender scenes such as a public pond, play park, old phone box, the parish hall, a cemetery and the woods where we filmed our band scenes. We started to film the slender scenes 8:30pm when it was dark so the footage would be faithful to the game. We then asked for help from our drummer Dan to help with the lighting for the cemetery scene.
Friday 12 October 2012
review of our song
i decided to ask many people round the college with different age and genres of music what they thought of our songs, the main sort of questions that were asked were:
did you like the track?
what type of person would like this track?
which age range would you typically associate with this song?
how would you picture the lead singer?
what sort of music video would you expect to accompany this track?
if performance, where what type?
if narrative, what sort?
thee first person was not sure about the song, but she did picture the lead singer as what he would wear.
the second person shows that she believes that even people up to 55 would really like this song which shows that different people like songs of all genre.
the third person really liked the song but wasnt sure what sort of person would like the song.
i also asked another person who requested not to be filmed
ellen:
did you like the track?
yes i did it was very catchy and upbeat
what type of person would like this track?
the sort of person who likes rock/ pop- punk music such as greenday, paramore and all time low
which age range would you typically associate with this song?
i would think roughly late teenagers would like this sort of music but anyone could really but i would assossicate it with teenagers.
how would you picture the lead singer?
not sure really, like hair on top his head is all wild, black skinny jeans, stubble, checked shirt or sort of shirts with prints on but dark shirts
what sort of music video would you expect to accompany this track?
i would think it would be both a performance and a narrative based, with them performing in front of a crowd and them telling a story about their break up or a dilemma that occured
did you like the track?
what type of person would like this track?
which age range would you typically associate with this song?
how would you picture the lead singer?
what sort of music video would you expect to accompany this track?
if performance, where what type?
if narrative, what sort?
thee first person was not sure about the song, but she did picture the lead singer as what he would wear.
the second person shows that she believes that even people up to 55 would really like this song which shows that different people like songs of all genre.
the third person really liked the song but wasnt sure what sort of person would like the song.
i also asked another person who requested not to be filmed
ellen:
did you like the track?
yes i did it was very catchy and upbeat
what type of person would like this track?
the sort of person who likes rock/ pop- punk music such as greenday, paramore and all time low
which age range would you typically associate with this song?
i would think roughly late teenagers would like this sort of music but anyone could really but i would assossicate it with teenagers.
how would you picture the lead singer?
not sure really, like hair on top his head is all wild, black skinny jeans, stubble, checked shirt or sort of shirts with prints on but dark shirts
what sort of music video would you expect to accompany this track?
i would think it would be both a performance and a narrative based, with them performing in front of a crowd and them telling a story about their break up or a dilemma that occured
Slender Man - The story behind the face
Slender Man (a.k.a Slenderman) is a mythical creature often depicted as a tall, thin figure wearing a black suit and a blank face. According to the legend, he can stretch or shorten his arms at will and has tentacle-like appendages protruding from his back. Depending on the interpretations of the myth, the creature can cause memory loss, insomnia, paranoia, coughing fits (nicknamed “slendersickness”), photograph/video distortions and can teleport at will.
The origins of 'Slenderman' are that in 2008 a 'paranormal pictures' photoshop contest was posted on Something Awful Forums. The contest required participants to turn ordinary photographs into creepy-looking images through digital manipulation and then pass them on as authentic photographs on a number of paranormal forums. Something Awful users soon began sharing their faux-paranormal creations with layered images of ghosts and other anomalies, usually accompanied by a fabricated witness account to make them more convincing.On June 10th, SA user Victor Surge posted two black and white photographs of unnamed children with a short description of “Slender Man” as a mysterious creature who stalked children.
These are the images that were produced by Victor Surge.
Source - http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slender-man
The game was created by Mark J. Hadley, known on YouTube (and on the Unity forums) as AgentParsec. The original design document for the game, originally called Slender Man The Game was posted on the Unity forums on the 5th of May.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender:_The_Eight_Pages
It has spawned a worldwide craze due to the game's simplistic design and catchy gameplay. The game has been played the world over and due to the popularity there are now many different varieties of 'slenderman' images.
The origins of 'Slenderman' are that in 2008 a 'paranormal pictures' photoshop contest was posted on Something Awful Forums. The contest required participants to turn ordinary photographs into creepy-looking images through digital manipulation and then pass them on as authentic photographs on a number of paranormal forums. Something Awful users soon began sharing their faux-paranormal creations with layered images of ghosts and other anomalies, usually accompanied by a fabricated witness account to make them more convincing.On June 10th, SA user Victor Surge posted two black and white photographs of unnamed children with a short description of “Slender Man” as a mysterious creature who stalked children.
These are the images that were produced by Victor Surge.
Source - http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slender-man
The game was created by Mark J. Hadley, known on YouTube (and on the Unity forums) as AgentParsec. The original design document for the game, originally called Slender Man The Game was posted on the Unity forums on the 5th of May.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender:_The_Eight_Pages
It has spawned a worldwide craze due to the game's simplistic design and catchy gameplay. The game has been played the world over and due to the popularity there are now many different varieties of 'slenderman' images.
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Filming Schedule
We are going to be filming our music video on Friday 12th October after we all finish college. Adam W and Jake will be traveling by train to Ely and then getting a lift to Wicken. We plan to begin filming at around half 3/4 o'clock and to continue filming till late afternoon when we can get the dark shots. This will be our only day of filming due to circumstances which make people unavailable to film. We will draw up a filming plan so that we know what we are doing, and this will ensure that everything goes smoothly and we gain enough coverage for thew video.
Location
Location
We have decided on an initial location of using a forest in Wicken. The location is just down the bottom of Drury Lane.
The location is a public forest with access to the left of the forest where we will be able to park a car for the drum kit. Inside of the forest there is a clearing which is where we will be able to film the performance shots and then there is more covered areas where we will be able to film the sub plot.
There are also different locations where we could possibly film more shots or the sub plot. These are located close to the main location and are within walking distance.
The location has many different hazards which we will need to be aware of when filming. Potential hazards will include trip hazards such as tree roots and fallen tree's. There will also be trip hazards like cables for lights.
We have decided on an initial location of using a forest in Wicken. The location is just down the bottom of Drury Lane.
The location is a public forest with access to the left of the forest where we will be able to park a car for the drum kit. Inside of the forest there is a clearing which is where we will be able to film the performance shots and then there is more covered areas where we will be able to film the sub plot.
There are also different locations where we could possibly film more shots or the sub plot. These are located close to the main location and are within walking distance.
The location has many different hazards which we will need to be aware of when filming. Potential hazards will include trip hazards such as tree roots and fallen tree's. There will also be trip hazards like cables for lights.
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Equipment
The equipment that we are going to use includes:
- A camera
- Tripod
- Dolly
- Lights
- Guitars (Bass and Electric)
- Drum Kit
Wednesday 3 October 2012
Digipak analysis
The font similarities
between the Sum 41 and Green Day covers are bold so they stand out in contrast
to the rest of the covers.
The colour
similarities are that the Green Day and A Day To Remember covers are both flat
but bright colours with a lot of mixture of colour across the whole cover.
Another similarity between these two is that there is a lot going on in these
covers, which is a contrast to the other two where there isn’t a lot. This is a
layout similarity.
our pitch feedback
i thought our pitch went really well, there were some areas where i was very confident on what we were doing so i didnt feel i could explain it so i took a back seat and let everyone else in our group explain it.
one of the questions from everyone else was:
do you have a set schedule :
we currently dont because we need to make sure that adams brother is able to be involved because he works we need to revolve the the filming around when he is free. also one of our memebers has a weeks work experience so we have to make sure that we have filmed before that so we can start on the editing process.
one of the questions from everyone else was:
do you have a set schedule :
we currently dont because we need to make sure that adams brother is able to be involved because he works we need to revolve the the filming around when he is free. also one of our memebers has a weeks work experience so we have to make sure that we have filmed before that so we can start on the editing process.
Track Selection
We decided to chose 'The Dilemma - You Me At Six' as our track.
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Still image analysis using Goodwins Points
Goodwin drew up a set of points which relate to music video's. These points are:
I used these 6 points to then analyse some still images of 4 bands.
Blink 182
– All The Small Things
This shot is taken of Tom Delonge (Guitarist and Singer) as he is
singing the song and performing with the band. The simple close up shows the
artist as he is but allows the audience to see what he is singing. The
background is of fans of the band so it shows that this is not a studio recording.
I thought it could be used for our production because it is effective to show a
band with the fans of the band as it shows the support and provides a good
background for the artists to be in front of.
Linkin
Park – In The End
Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man
This shot shows a close up of the instrument of one of the band
members. This shot shows a good use of effective lighting and also a good use
of camera angles to provide an effective shot. It could be used for our
production because it shows the effectiveness of many camera angles.
This shot shows the whole band performing. This shot shows a good
use of long shots to allow you to see a lot of what you are capturing. This
could be sued for our production because it shows how effective a variety of
camera angles allow you to see more of the band/artist you are filming.
- Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (e.g. stage
performance in metal video, dance routine for boy/girl band).
- There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals (either
illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
- There is a relationship between music and visuals (either
illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
- The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of
close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur
across their work (a visual style).
- There is frequently reference to notion of looking (screens within
screens, telescopes, etc) and particularly voyeuristic treatment of the
female body.
- There is often intertextual reference (to films, tv programmes,
other music videos etc).
I used these 6 points to then analyse some still images of 4 bands.
This shot is taken of Tom Delonge (Guitarist and Singer) as he is
singing the song and performing with the band. The simple close up shows the
artist as he is but allows the audience to see what he is singing. The
background is of fans of the band so it shows that this is not a studio recording.
I thought it could be used for our production because it is effective to show a
band with the fans of the band as it shows the support and provides a good
background for the artists to be in front of.
This shot shows the lead singer Chester Bennington as he is
walking out of a kind of pyramid structure. This shot used good lighting to
provide a background that is effective in the impact wanted by the shot. It
could be used for our production because it shows the impact that lighting has
on a background.
This shot shows a close up of the instrument of one of the band
members. This shot shows a good use of effective lighting and also a good use
of camera angles to provide an effective shot. It could be used for our
production because it shows the effectiveness of many camera angles.
Lostprophets – Rooftops
This shot shows the whole band performing. This shot shows a good
use of long shots to allow you to see a lot of what you are capturing. This
could be sued for our production because it shows how effective a variety of
camera angles allow you to see more of the band/artist you are filming.Music Video Conventions Research
The genre for our music video is the Indie/rock genre. I conducted some research into the conventions of this genre of music and the videos. I also decided to conduct extra research into the pop genre and the conventions of the music videos as our genre could also be classed as indie/pop.
· The artist/band is shown throughout
· Lots of uses of extreme close ups and long shots
· Dark locations
· Fast paced
· Some use of special effects
Indie/Rock
·
Tends to be black and white· The artist/band is shown throughout
· Lots of uses of extreme close ups and long shots
· Dark locations
· Fast paced
· Some use of special effects
Good examples of all these being used are by bands such as
Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys and The Fray.
Pop
·
Bright and colourful
·
Close ups show the bright and cheery atmosphere
·
Extreme close ups tend to show the purity and innocence in the personality of
the artist
·
Usually aimed at the teenage audience
·
Very upbeat
Costume
Performers:
•The performers will have to dress in a hipster fashion. E.g. White vests, checkered shirts, black skinny jeans, beanies and either converse or vans.
Slender Man:
•The performers will have to dress in a hipster fashion. E.g. White vests, checkered shirts, black skinny jeans, beanies and either converse or vans.
Slender Man:
•Slender man will be
dressed according to how he is portrayed in the game “slender; the eight pages”
so he will have black trousers, white shirt, red tie and black jacket. We will
use a white t-shirt to cover his face.
Performers
We have decided that we will be using members from the group to be performers in the video. Adam Stronge, Adam Woods and Jake Hardwick will be in the video representing the band. We have also managed to find an outside performer who can play the drums for the video. This performer is Adam Stronges brother.
Jake will be the lead singer of the group and will be required to learn the lyrics. Adam Woods will be playing guitar for the performance. He will be playing electric and acoustic guitar. Adam Stronge will be playing bass guitar for the performance.
Jake will be the lead singer of the group and will be required to learn the lyrics. Adam Woods will be playing guitar for the performance. He will be playing electric and acoustic guitar. Adam Stronge will be playing bass guitar for the performance.
Influences
“The Marble Hornets” series on Youtube and the popular
internet indie game “Slender”. The game slender influenced us because this was the main idea for our sub plot. the influence was that we would use the idea of the game slender and incorporate this into the video.
This is a video by Sum 41. This video gave us influence for structuring our
performance and sub plot. This is because this video uses a sub story separate to the performance by the band.
The video "Decode" by Paramore also influenced us because this video uses a forest for the performance and the sub plot which t=is the kind of idea that we are looking to create.
Our basic idea
Our basic idea is to make a performance video with a sub plot involving the urban myth “The Slender Man”.
We chose this idea because we thought that it would make effective intertextuality between the video and the internet game "Slender".
Monday 1 October 2012
our story board
The first thing I did was create Storyboards. i used an an A3 sheet of paper and drew 6 boxes on it, i then drew what i thought my music video would be like in each box. And here is a video I put together to to show my pictures from the Storyboard with the soundtrack at the same time. this will really help with our shooting schedule later
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