I came across a number of problems when designing and filming my music video. I then had to think fast and find a way to continue by solving the problems I had. in my design stage after creating my storyboard I realised that when I created my animatic I was short of shots and frames by around 20 seconds. I had to create new frames and add them in, also I re used some shots again that were possible to use again and make sense. By adapting to the problem I had, I was now able to create the right length of of frames to fit my animatic story board.
When I started to film my video I realised that there were some shots that I thought of that might not work. For example when I tried to film the shot of a table being inside to panning upwards towards the sky and falling back down to the table being outside, I found that there was no way for me to do this as the shot would have to take precise movement of the camera when panning upwards, this collided with the fact that I would also have to be acting, therefore this shot was unable to be used and I had to re-adapt the story but still keep the meaning of this scene.
There was also a problem with my actress Jessica Norris, as she is part of her own group designing her music video, I had to create a schedule around her work. As her priority's lied with her group I worked out a solution to my problem, I filmed as much as I could without her and left the parts to be done with her until she was comfortable and available with my given times.
A key aspect of my video is the stop motion sequences. Stop Motion the term used for live action picture movement. It consists of talking a picture moving the object taking another picture and continuing this until you can then run the pictures in order of preference to create moving clip. Stop motion is a great technique because there are no limits to what can be achieved, whatever you can draw is possible to be made into stop motion clips. although it is a good technique to use because of the detail it is time consuming and i will have to plan my times to achieve it carefully.
I will be using stop motion to tell the story of the house sequences. From the time a new couple enter there new home in love, to when she leaves and the house goes up for sale. Therefore the stop motion image explain the main narrative when the rest of the video being live action will show the aftermath of the break down of love. here are some images I have taken and I will be using in my video.
Before i started to film i had to make an animatic, this being a film of my running story board in time to the music in a designed clip. after designing and drawing my storyboard, i used the camera taking pictures of each frame until I had my narrative in a running clip. so i used final cut HD and uploaded my pictures of the frames onto the video track then I added the Shooting Stars music file to the audio track and rendered them together. I now therefore had a basic line of my music video in pictures. I then became more precise with the timings of when to change the picture framing, depending on when I wanted certain clips to be in time with a certain point in the music.
After I placed all this together i realised that i was short of around 5 frames, which was around 20 seconds long, at this I took more pictures of new frames and re used some others to fill the spaces. I have to be quick thinking in my problem solving when this mishap happened. after this I realised that my animatic clips were still quiet long so i will have make the action more apparent when filming the real music video.
hello my name is leo, i am a A2 media studies student at my sixth form. for my coursework i have to make a music video, by only using an unsigned song. i write to ask, as a great admirer of your music, if i could possibly use your song Shooting Stars. thank you.
Olly Hite September 25 at 8:06am
Hi Leo, Thanks for the shout. I'm going to have to run it past my manager, but it would be really good to know what sort of ideas u have regarding shooting stars as a music video?
and thank you for your kind words. Best Olly
Leo Grant Sene September 25 at 12:30pm
That's is brilliant thank you. It is still early day's but if i was to be granted your permission to continue, i was thinking of going with a love story narrative, using stop motion image's, also using projection onto my body, like shooting stars and a heart beat. also shooting stars, being a spilt second thing and the slow peaceful pace of your song contrast nicely against each other. so I would definitely try to enhance that in the video. if i get your permission i can keep you posted throughout my process. thank you.
Plan B, is a successful solo artist who has burst onto the music scene in the past year with his debut album, The Defamation of Strickland banks. His change was dramatic and is new lease of life was a shock to original fans. As he left
behind the gangster lifestyle to move on into the more popular styles of music today. Plan B, known to his family as Ben drew, is a good example of artists that change there images, with Plan B his goal is to change his image and style every album. So far the change between from his original street grime style to more popular style of soul.
Who need’s actions, when you got words
This title of his first album, his style was based around street life, with hints at crime and gang style life. The most significant change is in his clothing. He wore hoddies, and tracksuits, with the style that we see today as antisocial (look right). His style of music has dramatically changed also. This song called who needs action was the lead title of his first album.
The defamation of Strickland banks.
This being his more successful album, his first 3 realised singles all reached the top 3 in the charts. His style change for this album came as quiet a shock to follows of plan b where he dressed in old fashioned 3 piece suits wherever he went. (look left). But it was the change of music style that put plan b on the map. His catching, soul, pop and rap mixed led him to become one of the most successful male solo artists of the year.
Plan B’s change in style comes down to the his personal style of the albums storyline. From London gangster, to a suit wearing fellow. His style of music changed because, the type of music he was using was slowly going out of fashion, with a re-do of his image and style, it almost gave him a new fresh start in the industry. By following the new fazes of music he became able to appeal to a wide market. In his case he is both style and substance, by changing his image plan b was able to relate to what the audience wanted because of our current musical climate. His image may change again in his next album, but with this in mind the changing of style and image is key to having a continuers career in the ever changing musical business.
These tow songs show the contrast difference between his first album style, to his newly realised second.
The first song ,Who needs action is the lead title of his first album. The second song is She said his leading song from his second album.
Blunts music style is similar to one of my chosen song. his slow tempo songs with simply great lyrics and voice is what creates his image. his video's are usually simple and often being performance and spectacle genre. his video's have influenced my video because of his style, there is a similarity between his genre and style of music. I have used his image as an inspiration for my music video. he has the same target audience as what i intend aim at, his wide range for target audience, from teenage to adults is what I also want to achieve from my music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oofSnsGkops
Coldplay
Coldplay are one of the biggest bands in there genre, so I have taken inspiration from them. there video's usually sell the songs for them. there video's break the barriers and create new ideas for other bands to follow. i think by using there originality as my inspiration I want to create a new piece that is new and has not be tried before, by mixing different aspects and forms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAME8GDRTfI&ob=av2e
Daniel powter
Not such a well known artist, but his song "Bad Day" did reach highly, his video are specific narrative genre driven. his love songs almost create a clear image of what the story is. i am using his style as inspiration also to create my narrative driven plot. with his ideas of a simple love there narrative becomes easy and genuine, although my narrative will be the opposite of falling in love rather falling out of love, i can use his inspiration as a starting block for my ideas.
2. There is relationship between lyrics and visuals.
3. There is a relationship between music and visuals.
4. The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close-ups of the artist and the artist may develop motif which recur across their work (a visual style).
5. There is frequently reference to notion of looking and particularly voyeuristic treatment of the female body.
6. There is often intertextuality reference.
In my music video i will be using numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. number 1 is filming in a way that shows genre characteristics. in my narrative and performance video, you will able to see a clear narrative through the story line of broken love that runs throughout the sequence. number 2 is the link between lyrics and visuals. therefore I will use this in parts for example when the line, "look into the sky". I will have a motif of the framing being the shot of the sky getting darker until we have the night sky following into the line "got shooting stars". number 3 is similar to number 2, it is based on the relationship between the music and the visuals, therefore with the music having a slow tempo, my video will have to match that tempo, therefore the scenes will have a slow pace and the action in the frames will not be fast and pacey. Number 4 will be used in the motif of the recusance of the shooting stars and looking into the sky. This essential to dreamy likeness of the song and its lyrics.
i have chosen a song written and composed by a unsigned artist called Olly Hite. he is a solo artist and he specializes in acoustic style of music. his slow passed style is the type of song that intended's to touch the viewer in some form. here are his lyrics for the song.....
This year in media studies A2, i will be creating a music video, along with a magazine article, and a dvd cover. the main project will be the music video. i will have to design and create a home made music video, using a unsigned song i will have to shoot, star and compose the video. using inspirations from other similar artist and there music video i will create my chosen genre, being a narrative spectacle. i will be doing this project by myself, i will have to take charge of everything and use all my skills to create a respectable and innovative music video.
In the first lesson we took a look at the common use of camera angles that are used in today’s media. Each angle gave a different view on scene showing you a character or a shot of the set. We then went on to look at 4 beginnings of films. We looked at how camera angles showed the audience the perspective of the shot. We wrote down all the different mise-en-scene features like the colours and tints and what types of shots. I leant from this lesson that every shot in a film or any type of media is done for a reason to show the specific objective of the creator.
My group consist of me and 3 of my other classmates. First there is Albert bere, he specializes in editing. He knows the Macs of by heart and can edit a recording in no time and make it into a quick crisp running film. Then there is Charlie smith. Charlie is new to our school yet he is not scared of speaking up. he specializes in drawing which leads to the style and creation of the storyboards, the starting base for all of our productions we make. Then finally there is Harrison ayling. He specializes in filming. He is a very stern and steady hand with the camera. He knows the shots and tries to get the best angle in either a small production or a big production. Then there is me I specialize in writing and directing. I have help form the rest of my group and we came up with production ideas and the scripts throughout this course.
Are group has chosen horror/thriller genre for our opening sequence which is then marked and becomes 50% of our coursework for as level. We have chosen horror/thriller because there is a big fan base for this type of genre. There is also a wide range of popularity involved with this genre. After doing research on other films based around our ideas we found that there is a wide range of ideas we could do for our opening sequence. After doing a survey though a questionnaire we have found that horror/thriller is popular film genre. Down to are low budget making a intro that holds suspense we can still be effective yet not have to use any money. There are a lot of ideas we can play with a trial when filming. Due to the wide range of this genre and the amount of ideas and situations we can do that is why we have chosen to do horror/thriller genre.
I have chosen to research and look into the film pitch black. This research will help me to find out and discover things that may help me with my coursework. Pitch black is the same genre as the one I have chosen, horror/thriller. Pitch black is about a miss understood convict called Riddick. He is being deported to a lost planet on a general flight yet the plane crashes on a deserted planet and this planet has a dark season when nothing but darkness happens. Although things go terribly wrong with flesh eating monsters after the deserted passengers and it is up to the convict Riddick to save them all. This film uses the dark to enhance the suspense that the film is trying to get across. The film uses quick camera changes and almost has a shaky feel so you can quiet see the monsters which adds to the suspense and chill of the film.
In class we watched the starting to the film memento. The film is mix up of different times and the change in times when certain events happen. The film starts off going backwards. at first it was unclear to see this. Yet the film starts with a photo and in backwards motion the picture slowly fades until there is nothing there. Then everything goes into reverse until the film starts over again. The use of the techniques, the clever rewind motion is one that confuses and brings the audience in straight away into the film. The use of this makes the watcher want to see more and watch on with suspense. The clever use of the camera angle and shots to achieve this action is sticking for me as the audience to watch. For myself to see I just wanted to watch on and see what happened next. Therefore the film makers achieved what they set out to do.
Leo Grant Sene September 24 at 8:39pm
Olly Hite September 25 at 8:06am
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