Review on Performance at Grt Saling

For our last bit of filming we had to go to Grt Saling where we took the shots of ben performing me and Emma both filmed this together so that we could have us looking at different things that would help our footage.

We different shots such as one on a hill, in a field and in front of tree’s, although the weather was very cold the sun was out which was perfect for our lighting and the mood that we want for this footage.  

Equipment list for performance Grt Saling

Camera fully charged with SD card

Tripod

Guitar

Ben with selected style for costume

Shot list

Storyboard

Timing list

Clock for timing

Cars to get there 

Times for Grt Saling Performance

Times

9.00 -arrived at Grt Saling

9.15- set up with camera

9.25- change location and set up

9.35- change location and set up

9.45- change location and set up

10.00 finished pack away

Filming list for Grt Saling performance

Review of Filming Audley End

This filming had to be the most difficult of all the filming that we had done, as we was filming across from a bridge it was very hard to get the shots that we wanted as cars kept going passed over the bridge, luckily we got the shots that we wanted and the ending that we wanted worked really well.

We wanted to use this location as we thought it would work really well with our genre of music, the idea of getting it in the sun and the vibrant colours could create a great atmosphere to the music video itself.  

Times for Audley End filming

11:10                        Leave school for Audley End

11:15                        Arrive at Audley End

11:20                        Begin filming across the bridge

11:50                        Finish filming and review footage

11:55                        Go back up to school

This will be hard to film as there will be car's passing through so we have extended the time. 

Equipment List for performance Audley End

HD Camera (fully charged with SD card)

Storyboards

Shot list

Guitar

Tripod

Performer Ben

Costume of his style

Clock for timing

Timing list

Car to get to the location 

Film list for performance Audley End

Times For 3rd Narrative

4.30- I got home and started filming
4.45- Prepare set up camera
4.50- Starting to film
5.30- Finished filming

Narrative filming 3

For one of the narratives I have decided to take this time of filming as the performers we are using is my brother, so me and Emma decided to put all the times down and what shots i will need to film for the narrative parts in the music video so there is no confusion. 

Narrative 3 Equipment list

HD Camera (fully charged)

SD card

Tripod

Shot list

Storyboards

Actor -       Daniel Thompson

Actress -    Sarah Thomas

Actor Costume:

                         White polo shirt

                         Blue polo shirt

                         Jeans

Actress Costumer:

                          Blue and cream stripped jumper

                          Pink top

                          Jeans

Timings list

Clock on our phone/watch to keep on schedule with timings list 

Music on phone or iPod

Storydoard list Narrative 2

7. High angle shot of Emma running up to Andy and cuddling long shot. 29-39 secs
10. Extreme close up of a girll smiliing at someone behind the camera. 55-59 secs
13. High angle shot of Emma snuggling up to Andy. 1.12-1.17
21. High angle long shot of Andy and Emma on a river bank skipping stones or sticks. 1.49-1.58
26. Andy and Emma long shot spinning centre frame. 2.13-2.18
29. Long shot across the river Emma screaming at Andy and storming off. 2.32-2.37

Timing for Narrative 2

12:30                       Arrive at Emma's then leave to location.

12:45                        Arrive and set up for correct shot 

12:50                       Shoot

1:00                        Shoot scenes from the other side of the river

1:20                        Shoot goodbye scene

1:30                        Review all footage

1:35                         Leave location to go back to Emma’s

1:45                        Arrive back at Emma’s and begin setting up ‘fake rain’

1:55                        Get actors (Emma and Andy) wet in fake rain

2:00                        Shoot intertextual reference shot

2:15                        Finish filming

Equipment list for narrative 2 sunday 4th

Camera SD card
Tripod
Dolly
Costumes- Emma wearing casual with coat and jeans
                  Andy casual wearing a black coat and jeans
Story board
List

Review for filming performance cambridge

When we went to Cambridge we was held up as the protesters held us up at traffic lights we was able to get past eventually but it did delay our time when we got there.

For our performing shots i feel that it went really well we got the shots exactly how we wanted them and decided to get a lot more footage so that it will be easier to film, we tried different ways of filming a panning shot as it was really hard to do on a really un even floor so we used a steady hand and a skateboard. We looked at the shot after and it seemed to work well.

Weather for Performance Filming

We looked at how the weather would look to go to Cambridge for the Wednesday which it is going to be sunny which is what we wanted.
if it wasn't sunny we would have had to change the day as we wouldn't have been able to have this shot in the rain or we could have found a location under a shelter.

Equipment list performance cambridge

Ben - wearing styled clothes
Camera SD card
Guitar
Dolly/ Tripod
List
Storyboards
Car for travel

Times For Performance Flming

Times for Wednesday 30^{th November (Ben)}  

Starting at 11.00 going to Cambridge to film bens shots

Get into Cambridge at 11.30 and start filming straight away.

Filming will take till 12.00-12.30 and we will finish then.

Performance filming times

9) medium shot to long shot (zoom or track)
Middle of Cambridge
49-55 seconds
39) begin close up and pan out to long shot of ben singing in Cambridge
3.12- 3.22

Review from Narrative 1

We Found that filming went well we decided to use locations from the flitch way, this will show the best scenery that we could get. We found getting the mid shots and long shots where easy to shot as we had a lot of room to be able to place the camera wherever we wanted it. 

The most hardest but that we shot was using the trains as we had to work around where the train stopped and when it came this didn't help much with timing but we was able to get all the shots in time with two different trains that came. 

this locations i felt have worked really well when filming as the weather helped we was able to get all different shots as we was able to get the space and the different depths of the shots gives it a nice look to our final shooting.

Characters

This is our actors Harry Was the Boyfriend of the First narrative that we have filmed and this is what her was wearing for the shooting.   

This is me (Gemma) as i was playing the girlfriend of the 1st narrative this is what i was wearing for the train sceen.

Train

We had to buy a ticket from Elsenham to Stansted this is so that when I got on the train I was going to try to jump off of it before it left but if I didnt get off in time I would have the ticket to take me to Stansted. 

We wanted at shot that made the doors closed and Harry watching me leave but if i couldn't jump off in time there would be time lost from having Emma have to pick me up from Stanted Airport. 

Filming List narrative 1

14. Long shot of Harry pulling Gemma in for a hug. 1.17 - 1.22
20. Long shot of Harry and Gemma Friendly pushing down the Flitch away from the camera. 1.39- 1.49 
28. Gemma pushing and screaming at Harry long shot. 2.27 - 2.32
32. Long shot of Harry pulling Gemma back into a cuddle. 2.47-2.51
36. Long shot of Harry and Gemma hugging as the train pulls into the station. 3.00-3.03
40. Over the shoulder mid-shot of Gemma looking at Harry as the doors close- Gemma centre frame 3.22-3.27
44. Split screen edit of the males looking at their girls leaving. 3.37-3.42

Equipment list for Narrative filming one

      Equipment list

Actors Harry and Gemma (me)

HD camera and SD card with power cable

Storyboards and times

Dog

Costumes of Actors

Me - Red Coat and Black scarf, jeans and t-shirt for changing set a grey coat.

Harry- Black coat and red scarf with jeans and t-shirt.

Clock For Timing

Music on ipod

Times For Filming Narrative 1

9.00am                   Everyone to arrive at Emma’s house
9.10am                   Leave house with all equipment and props listed for first location
9.20am                   Arrive at first location and set up ready
9.30am                   Begin filming the ‘dog walking’ scenes along the location
10.00am                Film the ‘argument’ scene and the ‘make up’ scene
10.15am                Review all footage before leaving location to ensure none of it needs re filming
10.20am:               Pack up all filming equipment and return to Emma’s house
10.35am:               Arrive at second location
11.19am:               The train arrive which needs to be filmed for the perfect shot
11:20am:               Continue filming Harry as Gemma goes to Stansted Airport on the train
11.30am:               Pick up Gemma from the Airport, drop Harry back to Emma’s to go home
12.00pm:               Arrive on third location with second actor
12.10pm:               Set up all filming equipment
12.15pm:               Film the ‘skipping rocks’ scene
12.30pm:               Film the ‘argument’ scene and the ‘make up’ scene
1.00pm                  Review all footage before leaving location to ensure none of it needs re filming

One of our main narrative shots is Gemma boarding a train as Harry watches her leave.
Due to maintance on the railway line in November this would need to be done from Elsenham to Stansted Airport.

As trains are every hour and it will cost us £2.40 to film this scene then we will need to make sure it is perfectly done otherwise this could interupt our entire day of filming.

Main Equipment List for all filming

Storyboard
Video Camera and SD card and Power Cable
Tripod & Dolly
Guitar
Costume- casual for narrative
              - Style for Ben main singer
Locations
Fields - Dog
Train Station
Bedroom
Cambridge
Music and Ipod
Watch for Timing
Equipment List

One of our main narrative shots is Gemma boarding a train as Harry watches her leave.
Due to maintance on the railway line in November this would need to be done from Elsenham to Stansted Airport.

As trains are every hour and it will cost us £2.40 to film this scene then we will need to make sure it is perfectly done otherwise this could interupt our entire day of filming.

We made sure that the days that we wanted to start filming had to be the right weather, as the style of our music will be uplifting and vibrant so we wanted a sunny day to create this effect.


This is why we have chosen Saturday 26th November for our first shot:

However this is only an estimate from Yahoo therefore if it is bad weather we would just need to embrace this and make sure we have an umbrella for the filming equipment.

This is our first audition: Andy Fitzpatrick.
Our feedback was that although the guitar was played well and we could match the lip syncing up well, we felt he was uneasy and nervous in front of the camera which could prove difficult for filming.

This is our second audition: Ben Brown.
Our feedback was that he felt comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera and was very happy to be there. However his lip syncing was not good because he was unsure of the words. However he did play the guitar correctly and it fitted well with the original piece.

STORYBOARDS

Strangers

Today for our course work research we had a band come in to our school and let us film them this was to help us to start to understand how our planning comes into play with our final outcome.

1st we got into groups then we started to plan how many cameras we needed and consider our space that we was using. as we couldn't really story board the shots as we was working around the band so we designed our ideas of where they would stand and where we would have the cameras positioned round the pit.

They where a great band and after having this experience of filiming has showed how the planning really does count and the setting up process is very long and i now know that you really do need the whole day for my music video to get the all of the shots that i want for the editing process to be much easier.

Editing

We found the editing actually quite challenging as we seemed to have to much footage to be able to pick all the best shots. We found that the time that we had was hard to work too but i feel that the shots that we did get really worked well and suited the audience to how we wanted. 

costume for our main guy's style

We looked out how our costume will fit in with the style of the music so we decided to chose this indie look from Russel Brand so that we could get the idea of what our audience would expect to see of this genre of music.
This look is very up to date so i though this would relate to the youth of the public, this will help with the audiences needs and make them want to see more of ed sheerans music.

song

This is the song that we will be using 'let it out' by Ed Sheerean' 

location

These shots are from the fields surronding my area that i live in, i chose these shots of a field because this is where i want the narrative side of the video to be. We will have couples in each scenery to make a relaxed atmospeher as we will be relating the lyrics in about love and couples moving apart from one another.

I chose fields as i wanted to show a very open space and make the couple be seen as the main centre of the shots.

The lake i decide to use as i want a beautiful scenery for our shots, the lake i wanted to show a romantic setting to build atmosphere and the dream that all couples can relate to.

These location photos were taken on Audley End bridge outside Audley End House.

I believed this would be a good location because the background reflects a large open space with a relaxed atmosphere which suits the acoustic side of the genre.

The difficulty of shooting here would be that our actor would be on the other side of the road to us as the pavements are very narrow. It would take a lot of takes due to traffic however if we chose to do this filming on a off peak traffic time like a Sunday I believe we would be okay.

Focus Group

We have started to think of using a focus group so these are the questions we are going to ask after we have played them the song. 

These are our results:

1.      What genre would you link this music to?

Indie pop/rock, relaxing, acoustic,

2.      What feel do you get from this music?

Relaxed, mellow, chilled

3.      Are you familiar with any of Ed Sheeran's songs?

Kind of, got his newest album, haven’t heard this song before

4.      Would you be interested to watch a video for this song?

Yes, enjoyed previous videos

5.      Do you think this song comes with a story which can be displayed in a music video?

Yes, missing someone that they were with when they were younger?

6.      Would you be able to relate to the song?

Yes as I think it is kind of aimed for our age group

7.      Do you think the song would influence you to watch the music video say on YouTube?

Yes, see how the story is put into the song

8.      Would you typically want to see a guitar in this music video and why?

Yes because it is heard all the time. Seems like the right atmosphere to have it. Fits in with the rhythm 

9.      Would you want to see the singer in the music video?

Yes but not all the time, boring, like a story within the video

10.  What age do you think this song is targeted at?
Our age, 16-20 year olds because of the topics etc

This is our discussion of our ideas, we have thought about the location the mise-en-scene our characters and the sequence to the start of our story board. 

Bruno Mars it will Rain

Looking at Bruno Mars video I have been interested in a lot of the shots, conventions and elements that they use to influence my own media piece. 

I like the use of meting the conventions of the genre that it is a slow and romantic video that there is this closeness of the couples showing that they are hitting the audience needs as this is what they expect from this style of music. 

When I was watching the video I realised there is narrative and performance which I really like the way they have done this through the cross cuts and also the colour changes which is relating to the music video. It is about the good and bad of a relationship which he is singing about the women leaving so it has a blue tint to the video and when it is all nice on the narrative it has the un beaming through the shots relating well to the audience. 

The use of the narrative and performance to can see a clear different in the expressions of the character i like the way you can see Bruno Mar's face clearly when he is happy and as soon as it turns to sad you can not see his face. The mood turns quickly through the piece and the used of close up shots and mid shots also change quickly relating well to the music. 

 The back shots of Bruno builds the climax to the argument and it does this a lot with the girl in the shots as well.





I like the use of the mise-en-scene which he used a guitar that made the piece feel that it fitted the genre better as acoustic it related well and the extreme close up dominates the instrument.

Jason Mraz

Wanted Warzone

The Wanted : Warzone video i chose to annotate as I liked the way that it has used narrative and performance and the way in which they have decided to construct this.

 Through the narrative of the music video they have used each singer as a protagonist but have kept the antagonist the same as the male character that identity is concealed.

I like how they have used the mid shots of each protagonist this shows the character at the same part of the storyline, the fast cuts shows a good pace with the music making it connect with the narrative.

 With the performance they have fitted them all together well, having a long shot of all of them showing strong body language has portrayed the anger of the narrative.