Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Storyboarding

When storyboarding we looked at the basic shots we would be needing from our storyline work and then tried to imagine them as differant shots. The storyboard was far from a conclusive look at all the shots that would be in the production, it also didn't include any of the performance work. We had decided at an earlier date that in order to film a natural looking performance we would not officially designate specific shots to the performance, what we did instead is get the actors to mime to the song while we went about and filmed specific areas. We tried to get as many closeups as possible as we had descovered, by looking at earlier attempts to film music videos, the closeups had provided the best footage.

When it came to film the 'more difficult' scenes that would require some form of special acting talent, for example, the 'seduction' scene at the start, we filmed a practice beforehand so when it came to actually filming it, we could get it over and done with as quickly as possible so we could move on to the other shots.


Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Itinerary - Friday

9:30 Chris Waiting at North St. for
Bus

9:30 Jack, Lizi, Kieran Waiting at Bus stop bay

9:45 Jack, Lizi, Chris, Rob, Meet Rob at Morton bus
Kieran stop.

10:10 All Meet Ben at his house.

10:20 All Start filming marital
House scenes

12:20 All Have lunch at pub +
Review (Carvery)

1:20 All Film outside street scenes

3:20 All Return to pub to film
Mates house scenes

5:20 Jack, Lizi, Chris, Walk to Morton
Rob, Kieran

5:45 Jack, Lizi, Chris, Get bus back to Bourne
Kieran



Itinerary – Monday

8:50 All Meet in Common Room

9:00 All Meeting in A23

11:15 All Go to the stage and
Collect instruments

11:20 All Film performance shots

1:45 All Lunch in Common Room
+ Review

2:05 All Film on stage if possible

3:15 All Film hair swishing shot

4:15 All Finish

Friday, 29 October 2010

PLANNING FOR THE STORY




During the Holiday we spent 2 days working through the storyline until we got a narrative, a basic shot list, a prop list and a few test shots. (See Previous Post)


TESTING FOR POP PROMO



This is a quick video I made showcasing 2 of the more complex shots we are going to attempt.

The first shot shown is the card cascade that will be included at the end of the video. We were not sure of the angle or how best to throw the cards down to achieve the best effect. In the end we looked at several angles and decide that the best way of throwing the cards was to press them with the fingers until they came out.

The second shot is the hair swish. This shot is included at the start of the video. We attempted this shot out to see what kind of lighting would be best used for the video and what motion would be necessary to create the desired 'swishing' effect. The letters and numbers at the bottom of the screen correspond to the different filter effects I used in iMovie.

PROP LIST

After going through the shot list, we wrote up a prop list, of all the props that are needed, we have also given a person a responsibility to get and bring that prop. As they have said they have the prop they are willing to lend or they can get the prop for the music video. The props needed are listed below:

Step Ladder (Ben)

Desk light (Chris)

Suitcase (Lizi)

Playing Cards (All)

Female’s Phone

Males Phone

Dummy phone (Chris)

Cappuccino (Ben)

Cappuccino Cup (Ben)

Chocolate dust (Chris)

Heart Card stencil (Lizi)

Microphone (Lizi)

Guitar (Chris)

Drums (School- Jack)

Microphone Stand (School – Jack)

Drum Sticks (Ben

By Lizi Howard http://www.lizihowarda2advancedproduction.blogspot.com/

BASIC SHOT LIST

Scene 1

(Mid shot - the woman seducing the man (No emotion for the man)

(Fades in and out to the beat with a black screen)

Low angled close shot – a door with the man behind it

The door opens and the woman is with another man, we can see his arm.

Close up of woman’s head – Woman is swishing her hair in slow motion.

Close up of man’s face – lip-syncing ‘to this’ (emotion present)

Split screen – close up shot – woman and man writing notes (Sorry, I’m leaving) (Sorry, forgive me)

Close up shot – man leaving the key behind.

Mid shot – man taking the suitcase away

Door closes and then fades to black

Scene 2

PERFORMANCE

Mid shot - Side shot of the house door (lyrics – ‘I’m better off leaving now’

PERFORMANCE

Long/high Shot – Man running away (away from the camera) (Camera

Moving up) (lyrics – I just keep on running)

PERFORMANCE

Scene 3

Close up – Shot of the key as the woman see’s it and walks over.

Mid shot – Woman gets phone

Close up – Phone over shoulder

Mid shot– Phone next to ear

Long/high shot – running to the camera, stops, gets his phone out.

Close up – Man rejecting the call

Long/high – Continues running under the camera

Close up – Woman’s face (Emotion)

POV shot – Stirring the coffee with the heart in it.

PERFORMANCE (lyrics ‘You should come back, come back, come back and look for more)

Long shot – Man comes to a stop outside the pub and takes a breath (But love that run’s to deep)

Mid shot – Walks into the pub (inside the pub) Man walks in.

Close up shot – Man places the phone on the side.

Over the shoulder – Man walks by and see’s one of the friends with a hand of hearts.

Scene 5

PERFORMANCE

Mid shot – slow zoom to the man playing cards (emotion) (lyrics ‘You are the only reason I want it more’)

PERFORMANCE

Mid shot – the man is playing cards and the woman flickers in and out of the shot behind him. (Lyrics ‘I know I want to be on my own tonight’)

Scene 6

PERFORMANCE

Long/High shot – Running away and past the camera at the side.

PERFORMANCE

Long shot - sitting on a wall overlooking the river

Close Shot – Sitting on a wall overlooking the river

Over shoulder shot – looking at phone

Close shot – phone falling into the river

PERFORMANCE – WITH CARD SHOWER

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STORYLINE/STRUCTURE

1. Woman tempting the man back to her by seducing him as she has the quality to seduce.

2. Man opens door to see his women with another man.

3. Woman turns around, (hair swishing shot) – White Background.

4. Man lip syncs to “To This.” and the pause. Shot of face!

5. Spilt screen, writing notes “I’m sorry, forgive me” “I’m Leaving”

6. Man leaving the house, leaves the key. Fades to black.

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7. Performance.

8. “I’m better off leaving now” – Man walking by the side of his house

9. Performance.

10. “I just keep on running” – Man running away, down the street

11. Performance.

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12. Woman finds the key he has left, she goes to ring him. He’s running, rejects the call. He carries on running, her face when he rejects stirs her coffee she made

13. Performance (You should come back, come back, come back and look for more)

14. Long shot of man outside pub taking a breath, and walking in. (But love that runs too deep)

15. Goes into pub to meet his friends, who are sitting down playing poker puts his phone on the side, one friend has a hand the heart suits, we see from over his shoulder. Subconscious object showing heartbreak.

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16. Performance.

17. Zooms to the man sitting in a chair, showing his emotion via his body language while playing poker. (“You are the only reason I want it more”)

18. Performance.

19. The Woman flickers in and out of shot (“You know I want to be own tonight”)

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20. Performance.

21. Running across the shot to the river (“I just keep on running”)

22. Performance.

23. Sat on a wall near river, looks at his phone realising he has #’s of missed calls, lets the phone slip out of his hands into the river.

24. Final Performance with card shower.