Monday, 9 December 2013
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Facebook feedback
A little after deciding on our final cut for our video we posted it on Facebook and Youtube to get some audience feedback for it. As a whole, we got a very positive response, with over 60 likes on the video in less than 24 hours and overall good comments.
The 180 degree rule problem
Towards the end of the music video, to finish the narrative we wanted right from the start for the lead male to be on one side of the door and the girl on the other. Followed shortly by him opening the door to reveal the girl was going to open it to, hinting their mutual agreement ti stay together. To illustrate this we had always planned on using a match cut to show them on either side of the door. Here are the two shots as they appear in consecutive order:
While these shots look great when put next to each other and do exactly what they're meant to, we did run into one slight problem with them, this problem is regarding the 180 degree rule. Learning this last year we were told that if two characters are seen to be interacting to each other then there should be a figurative line directly between them, essentially going from one character's eye to the other's. To keep the viewer from having to think about what character is which the 180 degree rule keeps the character associated with a side of the screen, making it easier to identify. To achieve this the camera should never cross over this line between the characters. While these shots don't look like they're breaking the rule; they do. Here is a diagram to show why.
The orange line linking the two cameras clearly shows that they are on the wrong sides of the line, and thus, are breaking the rule. This leads to the match cut to being technically incorrect. However the solution to this was to digitally flip one of the videos horizontally and instead of having a match cut, it's just a plain cut between the two, which doesn't look as nice, but is technically correct. As group we had a discussion about the problem and we decided we wanted the shots to look nice, regardless of the obvious blunder. So in the name of art over technicality, we kept the shot as it was.
Teacher feedback during editing
Miss Scott
- Good use of shots
- Good use of narrative and peformance
- There are some major shakey shots
- If we were to re-shoot there would need to be better framing
- Needed to be better over-shoulder
- Good shot transitions and sizes of shots
- Good props used
- Need to work on speed of shot transitions
- Good use of syncing on Imovie
- 180 degree rule confusion ( breaking it with the final scene of boy opening door to girlfriend, angle issue-different sides)
- Good use of footage ( enjoys each part of it)
Thursday, 5 December 2013
digipack re redesign
So we had to redesign the digipack once again because the images of the streets didn't belong to us, we found them off of Google images. So we went about remaking the poster using only photos we took. We decided to keep an interior and exterior theme. Using outside shots for the outside covers and interior shots on our inside shots. we also wanted eddie and look to almost be facing each other to emphasize the fact that they are the main characters in the video.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Magazine Ad idea 1
This is one of the ideas for our Magazine ad. The ad would be following the simplistic theme of 'The Verve' poster I studied a few months back.
We aimed to get as many parralels as possible for this image because we felt the simple image was very powerful and stuck in our head. We used a stricking font saying very little about the poster itself but gives just enough information to get by / gain attention.We also drew inspiration from the lighting design of the poster so we stuck a filter layer over the top of our photo and accentuated the lens flare. This gives the photo a high conrast look. The high contrast in turn lends itself to some noticeably dark areas on the shot, which are perfect for putting fonts in and making them noticeable. We also used the effect of having the font affected by the photo filter, and lens flare, giving it a shadow.
Monday, 2 December 2013
The Black Room
The Black Room was the set we used to get the cluse ups of the entire band when they are solo'd out. This set had to be constructed by hand due to the fact that no one has a room thats completely black. We used a fairly small room near the back of my house because it worked nicely and had good control of external light aswell as having very reflective, cream walls.
Shown below is the room as it was being built:
Here is what it looked like from the side:
As you can see the lights are postined far enough away for the light emmitted to propogate in the space required but are both positioned differently to allow for more fuller and defined lighting on the actor. These lights were not to be moved at any cost to allow for consistency in shadows. The black foam at the back is standard insulation foam that is found at most home diy shops, it is very large and very matte while being very light so it is ideal for a lighting set. We attache it to the wall by use of a wooden beam. This beam was only wedged between the opposing walls to preserve the integrity of the room as well making it easy to move, this is because Becky and Eddie are considerably shorter than Luke, Elliott and I, so keeping them at same level will show the cream wall behind them underneath.
Here is an overhead few of the room. here you can clearly see how the two cameras are positioned differently. The idea was to bounce the emitted light off of the reflective cream walls to allow the light to disperse and create a more fuller effect rather than a harsh 'Flash' looking light. This reflection trick is a common technique used in interviews and photoshoots, hence why the umbrellas usually. You can also clearly see here how we made the cross bar for the light strong enough to support the camera so that we could have a steady, stationary shot throughout.
Shown below is the room as it was being built:
Here is what it looked like from the side:
Shooting evaluation
Going out and doing the filming proved to be a very organized and straightforward process and went very much how we would like. That's not to say some problems didn't arise.
At 8:30 in the morning i turned up to Eddie Mears' house, already packed with band gear and we headed off together to Tolethorpe. Upon reaching the destination we hit met with Steve the site manager. To our elation he informed us that the shakespeare company that normally practice there weren't there for the day so we were allowed the fantastic opertunity of using the large open air stage. While the story boards did call for a white room we simply could not pass up this chance so we decided to use the stage, which provided us not only with more psace but a wider variety of shot types and more natural lighting, alongside keeping the contrast that we wanted in the original setting by being an incredibly wide open space with the juxtaposition of the cramped space of the black room. With the new set in mind we set about setting up the band gear in preperation for the shooting set ahead before I set off again to Bourne, set on picking up the rest of the media group and the set of lights.*
Meeting Becky, Luke and Elliott at Bourne leisure centre some 40 minutes later meant we had the cameras on hand and were ready for the filming day ahead. We took a short detour to Eddie's house to pick up the lighting gear and headed straight back to Tolethorpe where Eddie had been waiting patiently. Upon arrival we began finishing preperation on the stage, taking a good hour in itself to ensure all the band equipment was positioned appropriately and allowing the sun to pass overhead to give less of a harsh backlight. After set up was completed, due to the cold weather and, frankly lack of knowledge of the song on Luke's part (Not his fault, he was not made aware of the lyrics prior) we headed inside the hall to have a drink of coffee, warm up and listen to the song a few times. This break was crucial as the morning had already been tough and put everyone in bad spirits and it was only 10 in the morning. This break picked everyone back up, refueling them with energy, allowing us to clear our heads for what it was we were about to do and generally refresh us. Feeling rejuvinated we trecked back down to the stage o begin filming.
Due to the nature of the stage and the scale of it, it proved inconsequential to use the lights we had brought with us as they wouldn't do anything, so we chose to rely on the open aired roof to provide light for the shoot. The next problem that arose for us however, was that we hadn;t brought any speakers with us. Figuring we'd be in a small ish room we thought it would be substantial to play the song off of my phone and mime along. This obviously was not the case as my phone was nearly inaudible in the expanse of the stage. Thankfully the site manager at Tolethorpe has both a speaker set, an amp AND an auxillery cable, allowing us to take that down to the stage, with an extension lead and connect it up as needed. Through this we could hear much better and were able to actually begin the filming. Finally. At noon.
This aside, the rest of the shoot went fantastically smoothly. The number of chairs littered around the stage made for some great vantage point to rest the camera on to get some stationary shots in interesting angles. Both close and far away. We played through the song numerous times to get as much footage as possible ready for post production. The only problem for the rest of the day was the constant cold weather, lowering morale constantly and making a lot of shots frankly, painful. We began by taking whole band shots with stationary cameras, followed by moving cameras, operated by Eddie. Then we moved on to close ups, this entailed the band playing the entire song but the camera focusing on one person for the entirity of the video an then seeing what is useable afterwards. We did this with the entire band and then moved onto specialised shots, such as the 'think' shots and the reaction shots. Alongside any cool tricks and band performances we wanted. e.g. drum stick tricks.
Sadly at around 3pm our shooting had to come to an abrupt end due to all of our cameras running out of battery. Thankfuly we had gotten more than enough footage in the time we had to film, we were merely taking more for safety. Confident in the days work we packed up at around half 3 and headed off back home, reversing the process as before, except leaving Elliott to guard the equipment in our absence.
Day 2 began at around 10 am with the cast and crew arriving at morton church as punctual as ever (...). We got every one inside and spent the first 30 minutes having a meeting briefing everyone on what sould be happening during the day, showing them around my house to see the sets we'd be using and how to utilise them. We then got into costume and got ready to begin filming. First we did the nerd scenes by bringing the atari down and plugging it into the TV. with Elliott and Eddie performing those scenes, Becky and Luke discussed other shot possibilities using the surroundings. After getting the gaming scene done we swiftly moved onto the calculator and arm wrestling scenes. Then the argument scene followed immediately by the back together scnene. For these shots every went exactly according to plan with no problems arising whatsoever, light was on our side as was time so the scenes were punched out very quickly. Next, sinc ethe rest of the scenes involved the punk and the girl, we needed it to be dark outside so we put the punk scenes on hold and got to constructing the 'black room' Prior to the shoot i had not constructed the black room however we did have a rough idea of what we wanted. The overall construction of the black room can be found in a seperate blog post. After getting the room constructed with the lighting we wanted we began filming the close ups of luke in the room. Orginially we had intended to only have luke in the black room but luke himself suggested we take close ups of the entire band in this way to create the theme of singling them out, so we did and it ended working fantastically.
We did encounter a prblem halfway through the black room shots as Becky's camera SD was full, to counter this i had to find one of the SD cards from my dad's camera and use that, meaning we had a total of 3 SD cards of footage in the end. While this wasn't too much of an issue it did mean we'd have to be more organized in total. Finally, we got all the shots we wanted and so decided to call it a day of sorts. Becky, Luke and Elliott went home, leaving behind one camera allowing Eddie and I to get the rest of the scenes knocked out in the dark. We waited a few hours for the light outside to get dark before setting up the table outside and filming the lady and the tramp scene, which was thankfully illuminated by the porch lights which gave a beautiful orange glow to the set. We then carried on inside for the nail painting scene and the dvd scene, which went without a problem.
*Yes the number of times the word 'set' is used in that sentences is intentional
Day 1
At 8:30 in the morning i turned up to Eddie Mears' house, already packed with band gear and we headed off together to Tolethorpe. Upon reaching the destination we hit met with Steve the site manager. To our elation he informed us that the shakespeare company that normally practice there weren't there for the day so we were allowed the fantastic opertunity of using the large open air stage. While the story boards did call for a white room we simply could not pass up this chance so we decided to use the stage, which provided us not only with more psace but a wider variety of shot types and more natural lighting, alongside keeping the contrast that we wanted in the original setting by being an incredibly wide open space with the juxtaposition of the cramped space of the black room. With the new set in mind we set about setting up the band gear in preperation for the shooting set ahead before I set off again to Bourne, set on picking up the rest of the media group and the set of lights.*
Meeting Becky, Luke and Elliott at Bourne leisure centre some 40 minutes later meant we had the cameras on hand and were ready for the filming day ahead. We took a short detour to Eddie's house to pick up the lighting gear and headed straight back to Tolethorpe where Eddie had been waiting patiently. Upon arrival we began finishing preperation on the stage, taking a good hour in itself to ensure all the band equipment was positioned appropriately and allowing the sun to pass overhead to give less of a harsh backlight. After set up was completed, due to the cold weather and, frankly lack of knowledge of the song on Luke's part (Not his fault, he was not made aware of the lyrics prior) we headed inside the hall to have a drink of coffee, warm up and listen to the song a few times. This break was crucial as the morning had already been tough and put everyone in bad spirits and it was only 10 in the morning. This break picked everyone back up, refueling them with energy, allowing us to clear our heads for what it was we were about to do and generally refresh us. Feeling rejuvinated we trecked back down to the stage o begin filming.
Due to the nature of the stage and the scale of it, it proved inconsequential to use the lights we had brought with us as they wouldn't do anything, so we chose to rely on the open aired roof to provide light for the shoot. The next problem that arose for us however, was that we hadn;t brought any speakers with us. Figuring we'd be in a small ish room we thought it would be substantial to play the song off of my phone and mime along. This obviously was not the case as my phone was nearly inaudible in the expanse of the stage. Thankfully the site manager at Tolethorpe has both a speaker set, an amp AND an auxillery cable, allowing us to take that down to the stage, with an extension lead and connect it up as needed. Through this we could hear much better and were able to actually begin the filming. Finally. At noon.
This aside, the rest of the shoot went fantastically smoothly. The number of chairs littered around the stage made for some great vantage point to rest the camera on to get some stationary shots in interesting angles. Both close and far away. We played through the song numerous times to get as much footage as possible ready for post production. The only problem for the rest of the day was the constant cold weather, lowering morale constantly and making a lot of shots frankly, painful. We began by taking whole band shots with stationary cameras, followed by moving cameras, operated by Eddie. Then we moved on to close ups, this entailed the band playing the entire song but the camera focusing on one person for the entirity of the video an then seeing what is useable afterwards. We did this with the entire band and then moved onto specialised shots, such as the 'think' shots and the reaction shots. Alongside any cool tricks and band performances we wanted. e.g. drum stick tricks.
Sadly at around 3pm our shooting had to come to an abrupt end due to all of our cameras running out of battery. Thankfuly we had gotten more than enough footage in the time we had to film, we were merely taking more for safety. Confident in the days work we packed up at around half 3 and headed off back home, reversing the process as before, except leaving Elliott to guard the equipment in our absence.
Day 2
Day 2 began at around 10 am with the cast and crew arriving at morton church as punctual as ever (...). We got every one inside and spent the first 30 minutes having a meeting briefing everyone on what sould be happening during the day, showing them around my house to see the sets we'd be using and how to utilise them. We then got into costume and got ready to begin filming. First we did the nerd scenes by bringing the atari down and plugging it into the TV. with Elliott and Eddie performing those scenes, Becky and Luke discussed other shot possibilities using the surroundings. After getting the gaming scene done we swiftly moved onto the calculator and arm wrestling scenes. Then the argument scene followed immediately by the back together scnene. For these shots every went exactly according to plan with no problems arising whatsoever, light was on our side as was time so the scenes were punched out very quickly. Next, sinc ethe rest of the scenes involved the punk and the girl, we needed it to be dark outside so we put the punk scenes on hold and got to constructing the 'black room' Prior to the shoot i had not constructed the black room however we did have a rough idea of what we wanted. The overall construction of the black room can be found in a seperate blog post. After getting the room constructed with the lighting we wanted we began filming the close ups of luke in the room. Orginially we had intended to only have luke in the black room but luke himself suggested we take close ups of the entire band in this way to create the theme of singling them out, so we did and it ended working fantastically.
We did encounter a prblem halfway through the black room shots as Becky's camera SD was full, to counter this i had to find one of the SD cards from my dad's camera and use that, meaning we had a total of 3 SD cards of footage in the end. While this wasn't too much of an issue it did mean we'd have to be more organized in total. Finally, we got all the shots we wanted and so decided to call it a day of sorts. Becky, Luke and Elliott went home, leaving behind one camera allowing Eddie and I to get the rest of the scenes knocked out in the dark. We waited a few hours for the light outside to get dark before setting up the table outside and filming the lady and the tramp scene, which was thankfully illuminated by the porch lights which gave a beautiful orange glow to the set. We then carried on inside for the nail painting scene and the dvd scene, which went without a problem.
Evaluation
Overall the shooting went fairly well although we did have a few problems here and there we managed to work through each and everyone to get adequate footage for what we wanted to create. If we were to film again we would wait for light to be better for the conditions and make sure the cameras are fully charged before heading out. All the problems were more situational rather lack of judgement so overall we did all we could to handle them and did it fairly well.*Yes the number of times the word 'set' is used in that sentences is intentional
Promotional strategies work
In this day and age it is getting both increasingly easier and harder to promote yourself as a band. Promotion is an essential part of being a band and earning money as it is the way people find out about you. While the mediums for accessing them are easier to access than ever (Itunes, youtube etc) the sheer amount of other bands using this exact same approach oversaturates the market and makes competition so fierce it inevitiably makes promoting yourself hard again. While back before the internet you would onlyhave poster and margazine ads about you, you didn't have as many people trying to barge into the industry by those methods. It has become almost a neccesity to advertise your band in the most up to date and creative ways possible. Here i shall outline some of the best ways to do so in the current market:
Social Networking:
Examples:
- Facebook
- Myspace
- Twitter
Social networking is an integral part of getting your band known these days. It is almost impossible to find a band without a facebook page acting as THE source for all information regarding the band possible. A Facebook page allows anyone who is following to be on a pseudo mailing list very easily. Keeping anyone who likes you informed of all upcoming gigs, releases, and general notable things happening to the band. It also sereves as a place where fans of the band can gather and share thoughts and opinions either with the rest of the fanbase or directly to the band themselves, allowing a fantastically simple form of fan feedback.
Facebook also proves as a great way to introduce yourself to new people who might be looking for more music as the site allows you to host mp3 files with a playback feature, giving everyone an opertunity to listen to your music, alongside the link of how to buy it. This is what MySpace became practically famous from. A noteable example of social networking being a particularly effective means of obaining popularty is the ever loved Arctic Monkeys, who were the first band to utilize MySpace's capabilities and launch themselves from it. The difference between then and now is the saturation of bands there are around on facebook and other sites, the band would have to stand out an awful lot to be noticeable in he shoutin contest that is band marketing.
While twitter doent have quite the capabilities of facebook it provides a unique window into the band's goings on, almost being a more personal look into the band, which gives the band a little more character. which is important for the band's image.
Video hosting websites:
Examples:
- Youtube
- Vimeo
As mentioned before Youtube is a fantastic way to get noticed because of the sheer amount of users constantly looking for new stuff and the easiness it is for someone to click your link. A band should aim to have a good image for youtube to allow for an enticing thumbnail that people will want to click. You should also have a good quality music video to provide the content that would go along with the music.
Photography:
A band's image is defined by, well, it's image and the only way to get across a bands image is through the us of....Images....As well structured as that sentence is it does actually hold true, album art has been known to make or break an artist so having a good theme with strong, eye-catching photography is crucial for the band.
If we hope to mimic something like this we should aim to think about colour schemes we want present in it along side costume, lighting, themes and even the font used. A good picture will leave good first impressions and make people want to listen to the songs.
Web Hosting
We felt as a group when looking online at other inspirational rock artists each and every one of them had there own website to post on information and new uncoming albums for the viewing public to look at. After looking at this we felt that having your own websit looks more professional to the music industry and companys. Websites are cheap to host and easy to build with a small budget on hand. However as a larger group we would have to ensure to update it as often as your social network profile though. One large advantage of a website is that they don't die out. Hosting through a social networking site means that your page can fade into obscurity and potentially be closed by the social network itself due to lack of activity. By setting up your own website it is there forever and anyone can find it.
Social Networking:
Examples:
- Facebook- Myspace
Social networking is an integral part of getting your band known these days. It is almost impossible to find a band without a facebook page acting as THE source for all information regarding the band possible. A Facebook page allows anyone who is following to be on a pseudo mailing list very easily. Keeping anyone who likes you informed of all upcoming gigs, releases, and general notable things happening to the band. It also sereves as a place where fans of the band can gather and share thoughts and opinions either with the rest of the fanbase or directly to the band themselves, allowing a fantastically simple form of fan feedback.Facebook also proves as a great way to introduce yourself to new people who might be looking for more music as the site allows you to host mp3 files with a playback feature, giving everyone an opertunity to listen to your music, alongside the link of how to buy it. This is what MySpace became practically famous from. A noteable example of social networking being a particularly effective means of obaining popularty is the ever loved Arctic Monkeys, who were the first band to utilize MySpace's capabilities and launch themselves from it. The difference between then and now is the saturation of bands there are around on facebook and other sites, the band would have to stand out an awful lot to be noticeable in he shoutin contest that is band marketing.
While twitter doent have quite the capabilities of facebook it provides a unique window into the band's goings on, almost being a more personal look into the band, which gives the band a little more character. which is important for the band's image.
Video hosting websites:
Examples:
- Youtube
- Vimeo
As mentioned before Youtube is a fantastic way to get noticed because of the sheer amount of users constantly looking for new stuff and the easiness it is for someone to click your link. A band should aim to have a good image for youtube to allow for an enticing thumbnail that people will want to click. You should also have a good quality music video to provide the content that would go along with the music.
Photography:
A band's image is defined by, well, it's image and the only way to get across a bands image is through the us of....Images....As well structured as that sentence is it does actually hold true, album art has been known to make or break an artist so having a good theme with strong, eye-catching photography is crucial for the band.
Web Hosting
We felt as a group when looking online at other inspirational rock artists each and every one of them had there own website to post on information and new uncoming albums for the viewing public to look at. After looking at this we felt that having your own websit looks more professional to the music industry and companys. Websites are cheap to host and easy to build with a small budget on hand. However as a larger group we would have to ensure to update it as often as your social network profile though. One large advantage of a website is that they don't die out. Hosting through a social networking site means that your page can fade into obscurity and potentially be closed by the social network itself due to lack of activity. By setting up your own website it is there forever and anyone can find it.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Revised digipack design
We originally made the digipack using the only picture we could find of the band. We then based the rest of the digipack around that one picture. Since the film shoot we took a bunch of photos of the band to use for the digipack, intending to revise the pack to fit the video a little better, instead of having some seemingly random people who aren't in the band or video whatsoever. Funnily enough after this we had to base THAT new picture on the stuff we had based off of the original picture. here's a before / after comparison:
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Research into our track
Although this post is fairly late it's still worth writing about. The choice for our track stemmed from our inspirations and general music taste. As a group, the four of us have wildly varying music tastes. Elliot being into rock, Becky being into metal and Eddie being into pop made for an interesting contrast. To compromise we decided we would go for something particularly catchy rather than go for genre. We figured this because a lot of people might only be watching the video once, therefore we want the song to stick in people's head, if the song is catchy then they will be reminded of the video.
To start looking for unsigned artists we looked on www.unsigned .com. Which hosts a number of unsigned artists showing their work. We started looking on the rock page and getting a few ideas for songs. The rock genre sprang to mind almost immediately due to the fact that we (I) have all the instruments to make a rock band out of whatever cast we may choose.
Early ideas for artists were:
Sons of Kal-El - A local band that have just released their first unsigned record that we have contact with. However at the time of conception the album was so early in deelopment there was no useable music in it.
http://www.sonsofkal-el.com/
Albion - Another local band with a number of good songs to use, however due to uncomfortability between members of the media goup and the band we decided against using them
Chasing Mercury - A rock group inspired by sounds of the 40's while it sounds like an odd combination it makes for some very catchy rhtyhms in a modern spin. We decided against them due to them being too heavy. If we were to have chosen them we would have used the track: 'Midnight at The Ball'.
In the end we chose the band Scar. Once we heard their first track labelled 'Fences' we knew that this is the band we wanted to use, we just didn't know which track. We finally settled on 'As long as you know' as soon as we heard it we were reminded of Carly Rae Jepson's 'Call me Maybe' which was possibly the catchiest song of 2012 so we figured that would have to be a good thing. It also felt very reminiscent of Blink-182 which was a good sign.
The track was doubly good in that it had serious lyrical tones while being a very uplifting piece. This meant we could use it in either a serious or comical way in the video, giving us a huge array of options to work with. The level of versatility combined with the general easyness of the track to work with made it a clear choice for us to go with.
To start looking for unsigned artists we looked on www.unsigned .com. Which hosts a number of unsigned artists showing their work. We started looking on the rock page and getting a few ideas for songs. The rock genre sprang to mind almost immediately due to the fact that we (I) have all the instruments to make a rock band out of whatever cast we may choose.
Early ideas for artists were:
Sons of Kal-El - A local band that have just released their first unsigned record that we have contact with. However at the time of conception the album was so early in deelopment there was no useable music in it.
http://www.sonsofkal-el.com/
Albion - Another local band with a number of good songs to use, however due to uncomfortability between members of the media goup and the band we decided against using them
Chasing Mercury - A rock group inspired by sounds of the 40's while it sounds like an odd combination it makes for some very catchy rhtyhms in a modern spin. We decided against them due to them being too heavy. If we were to have chosen them we would have used the track: 'Midnight at The Ball'.
In the end we chose the band Scar. Once we heard their first track labelled 'Fences' we knew that this is the band we wanted to use, we just didn't know which track. We finally settled on 'As long as you know' as soon as we heard it we were reminded of Carly Rae Jepson's 'Call me Maybe' which was possibly the catchiest song of 2012 so we figured that would have to be a good thing. It also felt very reminiscent of Blink-182 which was a good sign.
The track was doubly good in that it had serious lyrical tones while being a very uplifting piece. This meant we could use it in either a serious or comical way in the video, giving us a huge array of options to work with. The level of versatility combined with the general easyness of the track to work with made it a clear choice for us to go with.
Revised story boards
Here are the two new scens we have had to add to the story board to accomodate for the change in casting. I left the romcom scene as it was because the scene is identical just with a character swap.
As is shown this scene replaces storyboards 70 - 75 this is becuse that was one of the camp mans scenes that no longer works in any context so it was cut.
Nerd scene 3:
Female character scene:
As is shown this scene replaces storyboards 70 - 75 this is becuse that was one of the camp mans scenes that no longer works in any context so it was cut.
Casting problems and solution
The problem:
After writing up the original story boards we deliberated over the cast of for the video. We decided we only needed two external people to help us in the video by being actors because we didn't have enough men to play all the male roles. This ended up with Becky and Elliott liasing with Luke Doyle and Kurt Storey. While both had agreed to help us from the start we encountered a problem very close to shooting in that Kurt changed his mind and pulled out of the project. This left us down a person that we really needed in the video. Panicking a little we all started branching out and asking anyone who could look the part of punk. Alex Mccormick was our next choice, alongside Joel Senior. However both of them had to decline even closer to the video shot, leaving us completely without the part casted.The Solution:
Since we had run out of time and options and had been let down by a number of people our only choice left was to change the actual video to accomodate the loss. As such we removed the camp male character and replaced him with a woman and built a comedic scene around this hurriedly. Becky, whilst being fantastic at media, didn't want to be in the video whatsoever so it was very brave of her to agree to do it. In return we built the joke scene around her to retain her dignity, she didn't want to be portrayed as a lesbian or in a negative light of any kind, so we agreed to build the scene in those rules and we drew up a newer story board for this scene to accomodate these factors. The largest problem caused by this change meant we had lost potential footage in that the camp man had at least two scenes that could have lasted up to 20 seconds each. This hugely hindered the amount of footage we could have put into the final result. To account for this we wrote up a new scene for the nerd and story boarded that out. We also gave one of the camp mans scenes to the punk because the joke could carry over without losing comedic value, albeit changing the tone of the scene slightly.Altogether we hope these quick revisions won't affect filming too much and that we will still ahve enough footage for everything.
Props
For the video we rely on props quite a lot to get the gags across to the audience, as a result we ended up using quite a few of them.
Band members:
The band used typical band equipment:
- Drums
- Microphone
- Stand
- Bass
- Guitar
Band members:
The band used typical band equipment:- Drums
- Microphone
- Stand
- Bass
- Guitar
We opted to not use amps or speakers for a couple of reasons. For a start i was the onlyperson driving, therefore the speakers would have required another trip back home to pick them up which would have cost me another £15 ish in petrol money. We also felt that the amps and speakers wouldnt even get enough screen time nor were they relevent enough to warrant bringing them.
Narrative:
For the narrative we needed quite a few more props. This was obviously because the gags were more situational and varied a lot more than what you would find in the band shots:
Spaghetti:
We need a bowl of spaghetti to recreate the Lady and The tramp scene. We will simply cook the spaghetti at my house, where the scene will be shot, if needed we will buy some prior.
Calculator:
This will be a large part of the nerd gag. This is what the female character will write 'boobies' in calculator numbers to aggravate the nerd who is trying to work hard on....something.
We hope to get a calculator with a large screen to make it easier to film.
Vase:
We need something for one of the couple to throw to make them look angry and in the middle of a fight, we figured a vase would look good because people expect it to smash and expect them to cost a lot. This should show how mad he is that he doesnt care about either of these things.
Games console:
For the nerd's second gag we want a games console to show how he losing to the girl, despite his nerdy stigma. since the scene is fairly short we want something that is unmistakenly and instantly recognizeable as a games console for this we will an Atari 2600 since the controllers for it are the iconic symbol of video gaming.
Romcom dvds:
For the punk's second gag we want the joke to be based on him not actually being punky. we will have him cry at the end of a film while the girl is bored and then he'll hold up a second dvd with the look of hoping to watch it
Monday, 18 November 2013
Locations to be used
Conception and needs:
From our story boards we evaluated what sets would need to be used, so we got together and formed a list of what we would need, this includes:- A spacious white room
- An outdoors area with table and chairs
- A large area, enough for two people to throw objects at one another
- A room with a couch and Tv
- A room with large table
- A room with a door we have access to both sides of
- A confined black room
- A bedroom
Our main problem lay in finding a spacious white room. We wanted the white room to represent the middle ground, the dream sequences take up most of the video so we wanted to make it clear when the audience wasn't viewing one. The video also has a theme of singling the band members out, which will be done in the smll black room. By showing the two in contrast we would show all the band members in shots with white while the single members in shots with black, creating a stark contrast. We simply couldn't find a white room spacious enough to accomodate a full band setup.
Tolethorpe hall: Band shots
After analyzing our ideas thoroughly, thinking about costume and imagery we wanted to use a plain white room for band shots, we didn't have a good idea of what place would provide us with this in a well lit environment, Eddie however suggested we book to use Tolethorpe hall, since she used to be a part of the drama groups that run there. Thankfully we were allowed use the grounds for filming for a day; Thursday the 14th of November from 9 am - 4pm. After scouting the venue we decided to use the orangery, a wide open room with a lot of large windows, allowing light to flood the room. The room was also almost entirely white, making for exactly what we want. Sadly there are no picture of the Orangery online.
The grounds at Tolethrope should hopefully also make for some good shots of the narrative as it has a wide range of colour schemes and serene imagery.
Ben Thorogood's house: Narrative
For the narrative we decided to use my house since it facilitates alot of the sets we could use. For example, seeing as all the equipment in it will be cleared out for the sake of filming, the spare room will be empty allowing us to use it as a home studio. This gives us total control of the colour scheme and lighting. We hope to use this room for solo band member shots. I also have a pergola in my back garden that has a very distinct greek look to it, especially when lit up in an orange glow like how we have set up. This should get us the lady and the tramp scenes looking good. My lounge will serve as where the nerd and punk dream sequences play out. My dining room will be the second nerd dream sequence. My downstairs hall will be a good place for the couple to have their fight. overall my house just has everything we'd need to have to be able to film efficiently.
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