Locations

The first location that will be featured in our music video is Primrose Hill. We have decided to use this location because it will help portray how free the singer is feeling in the song. This location also contrasts with the other ones as it conveys the opposite atmosphere.









The second location which is being featured in the music video is the drama room at Glenthorne. The reason  we have chosen this location is because it pitch black and also has a spot light. This will help to portray the interrogation room scene.

The next location is the office. The reason for this is to show the stress inside the office and juxtapose this with the freedom described by the outside scenery.


The last location is a gym. We decided on a gym because we wanted a boxing bag and someone punching it as this would show the character releasing his frustration and not giving in to pressure or allowing it to take him over.

Story Boarding

Story boarding in lesson images:
We photographed each other working on our story boards, and the bottom picture shows all three of us being productive at this task. We were each given a location to work on and we discussed as a group what types of shots we would want to see in that location. We recognised that our genre of disco pop music videos makes frequent use of close-ups, and that these would be useful for showing a character's facial and body expressions conveying the frustration of not giving in. Once all the story boarding is planned out we will then start deciding in what order to put the different locations, so that we have a plan to follow when filming.

Concept

Concept from Figen232

Teacher Assessment

Image Annotation

I have two costume ideas for the interrogation room scene: The first concept is a leather jacket, plain t-shirt, dirty jeans and shoes. I thought this could be a good idea is because it would create focus on the mise en scene and contrast in a positive way with the formal mood and setting.

The second costume concept for the music video is also a rough look but just expressed in a different way. The features in the second outfit are an old checked shirt, plain t-shirt, old jeans and casual shoes. I feel that both of these 'giffs' could work for the interrogation room.

These outfits are seen as edgy and stylish. We have chosen to base our artist wearing outfits such as these because we think it would fit with the genre of the music. The first two 'giffs' that the viewer can see are two options that we are choosing between for the artist to wear in the interrogation location. These two outfits give him a worn out and stressed appearance. This will fit well with the location.

The other two outfits are for the field scene and the street scene. They both still have a classy edgy look that will link in with the genre of the music. The 'giff' below with the white shirt seems like a more sophisticated appearance to the artist in comparison to the other outfits on this page.
These outfits make me think of famous artists and actors who might be seen wearing these types of clothing. An example is Olly Murs:

The actor whose fashion sense reminds me of the style in these 'giffs' is Robert Sheehan. An example his fashion sense is shown underneath:

Song Details

 I have chosen the song by Rudimental called 'Not Giving In', featuring John Newman and Alex Clare. The reason why we chose this song is because it fits with our genre called Dance Pop.

Lyric Annotation

Photoshop Technical Skills

Photoshop technical skills from Figen232

CD Cover

The first thing that we did when creating this CD cover was to take pictures. We decided to use close ups of a person as we found out in our research that they are often featured in our Pop Genre. The next step to creating our CD cover is to open up Photoshop and set the template to the size of a CD cover. We then used the ruler tool to split the page where the text was going to be. This helped us work out where we wanted to position everything. We got the background of Google images, where we typed in neon blue and found this patterned background. Before putting in the new background, the old one has to be removed; this is done using the 'Magic Wand Tool'. We had numerous layers but by moving them about we were able to make it work. To add text we used the 'Text tool'.Our group decided to call our album ' Making Waves' because we thought it would link strongly with the background. On the back we made up songs which we thought could be featured in this album. We also used two different images on the back to provide interest. Once this was all done we decided to 'Merge' the whole piece together and save it as a 'JPEG'.

Extra Photoshop Technique

Green Screen Practise

How To Use the Green Screen and Change The Background When Editing.
.The first thing we did was to clear the space in which we were to work and to set up the green screen and props for the music video.
.When we had our actors in place and the song and props and technical equipment ready we began to film the footage. Because we had three cameras working on set (two on a tripod and one on a fig rig) we were able to use three different sets of footage from different angles in our video.
.Once it was all filmed we packed all the equipment away and returned the room to the way it was before.
. We were placed in our media groups for the editing part and because there were 3 different memory cards and 4 different groups we had to take turns in uploading the footage on to Imovie.
. When all the footage was uploaded and optimised we began to edit it on Quick Time Conversion.
. We chose a background from Google to replace the green screen and used the Chroma Keyer effect. With this we selected the pipette tool, and to bring more of the background forward I needed to press the shift key as well as the pipette tool. This has to be done to each of the sets of footage so that the audience can still see the performer as well as a non-green screen background.
. We used the "Peeling of the Onion" technique where you align the three filming tracks in synch with the music and use the blade tool to cut randomly in each track, making sure none of them overrun each other as the dominant footage could then be seen through the background which would be confusing.
. Rendering is a key part of the green screen edit technique because if it is not rendered then a red line will appear and a blue sign with white writing will say "RENDER". This means no one will be able to watch or listen as the sign will not disappear until the rendering has been done. Render at the end as well just to be on the safe side to be sure it uploads and exports properly.
. Once all the footage had all been edited and we were happy with it we saved and exported it. The last stage is to upload it on to Youtube to then be able to embed it on to our blog.
. Our group has decided that we are unlikely to use this technique for two reasons: in the first place our audience research did not approve of a pop video using a green screen; also this technique does not fit in well with our genre as it is seen more in Rock videos.

Peer Assessment.

Roles:

Director: All share
Filming: All share
Editing: All share
Storyboard: All plan and annotate
Location: Rachele
Finding a suitable location that fits the genre of Dance Pop. Getting permission from whoever owns the location. 
Costume: Scott
finding and providing suitable costumes for the actors and genre of music. 
Make-up: Fiona
gathering the right make-up; colours. 
Props: Rachele
finding props for the music video. Getting permission to use props or buying them. 
Lighting: Fiona
bringing appropriate lighting to fit the mood of the song. 
Music: Scott
bringing along music and a music player to the location and also providing the digital copy for the music video edit. 
Actors: Rachele and Scott
Special effects: Rachele

Initial Ideas