Update:

We have currently just come back from our half term break, therefore our group blog has not been updated recently. Whilst i was having my break, i went out and bought some sweets shaped as lips that we are going to use with the jump cuts of the artist forcing the "lies" which are to be represented by the sweet lips as it links to theme, into the guys mouth for him to eat his "lies" and showing that side of the artist being dominant and not taking any funny business with anyone.

Change in idea:

The group has decided to change the costume in some of the music video. Previously, we had three different costumes, a costume for the bridge, for the chorus and for the general narrative, to give diversity to the artist. However, the group decided to only have two different costumes, the patchy top with leggings, and the costume with another white top, with a black under top with leggings. The first costume will be used for the chorus and narrative, whereas the second costume will be used just for bridge.

We decided to do this change as we felt that the bridge could be made to be a different from the rest of the video. We intend on making the bridge of the song as if it is the "guys" unconsciousness of the artist as it is slower and we can make effects.

Glitter idea response

Yeah i know exactly what you mean.... With deciding on the idea of having the bridge being like a dream, i think its best to keep the glitter out of the narrative for sure :)

Glitter

To Natasha D,


I was thinking, because the narrative is set in real life, I don't think we should have the glitter on her face. This would make it more obvious to the audience that the narrative is real life and the rest isn't. What do you think?


Natasha M

Idea:

In editing the footage that we have captured, we are currently editing the bridge of the song. In editing this section of the music video, we intend on making this section with the artist blurry with the use of effects and making lots of jump cuts.


I have come up with an idea in changing the sequence of the narrative of the video. I thought that as we are making the bridge into a dream like state with the blurred effects, I thought that the verse before the bridge could see the artist slapping the "guy" in the video. Therefore, as the bridge will follow this action through zooming into the "guys" face, it gives the perception that he is in a daze and he begins to dream about the artist, which links to the bridge section being blurry and jumpy.


The group likes this idea so therefore we will have to modify the storyboard of events and add this idea into  the music video.

Song Download

Although we have the song on our iPods, we don't have it on the computer so I've downloaded the song 'Kiss N Tell' from the same album CD as the one we used to record so that the lip sync is completely the same.


I also have imported the clips that we have done so far which include:
- The walking down and up stairs for beginning of song
- Close up of eyes
- Bridge
- Chorus
I have also started putting this onto the time line on Final Cut so we can start the editing soon.

Organising filming:

The group has been currently been very busy and has not had much chance to film any crucial stages of the video. We are also still being faced with the problem of the location of the filming not being available when  we need it. However, we plan on filming the majority of the narrative, which includes the beginning and end of the song before the half term.


Next filming shoot:
Date: Friday 18th February
Location: Underneath flight of stairs "Dungeon"
Time: 10:00am to approx 12:00am
What will be filmed:
 - The "guys" reaction etc face
 - Close up shots of the artist, face, hand slamming the table etc
 - Artist walking into dungeon
 - Kicking the guy out of the dungeon


Props:
 - Ipod/Ipod speakers
 - Table/Chair
 - Tripod camera stand/Camera
 - A Male actor


Shots needed:
 - Close up shots
 - Low angle shot
 - High angle shot
 - Hand held camera shot

Response to Video Idea

To Natasha D,
That's deep! But a really good idea because I do think that our video is missing something fun and cute like that. I'll buy a few packs for our next filming session.


Natasha M

Music video idea:

Hey Tash M,


I was thinking... seeing as our theme of the video is on love and the song is called "Kiss n Tell", i thought that near the end of the video, we could have different cuts of the artist and the "guy" that the artist is interrogating. I thought that to make the video light hearted we could have a shot of you force feeding the guy lips sweets with the use of quick close up shots.


The sweets could represent the lies that the guy has been feeding the artist and she is making him eat his "lies"back. Also, through researching other pop videos, they use jump cuts with close up shots, such as the maroon 5 video, "Misery", which sees intimacy between the singer and the girlfriend through much more sexual references. However, this would not be appropriate due to the target audience being 14 - 19 year olds.


What do you think?


Tash D

Filming The Chorus

I think this was a successful session, we spent about 2 and a half hours filming and we got most of the shots that we needed. However, I think we might need to film a bit more as we don't have enough different material as we were in a rush because we had to give back the props to the different departments before they went home.


Once we have uploaded the filming onto the timeline, we can see how much we have and how much extra we need if we do.

Filming List for Chorus

Date to film: Monday 7th February
Time: 3:25pm onwards...
People needed: ALL OF GROUP
Location: Should be drama room but I have found that it will be busy but we need to get on with filming so I've found that the hall is open for us and just as good.


Props/Items we need to take:
- Video Camera
- Tape for camera
- iPod (make sure it's charged)
- iPod dock
- Costume! (heels and RED flower for hair)
- Stage (this is portable, not using the main stage as it's too big)
- Mic stand + Mic (I'll get this from music dept.)
- Fan + extension cord


Shots to be filmed:
- Close up
- Medium shot
- Wide shot
- Singing to camera
- Singing to audience
- Pan shot
- Shot of 'rocking out'
- Shot of laying on floor singing
- Shots of walking around stage whilst singing
- Shots of coming out of the curtain
- Extra shots incase extra footage is needed

Filming:

Yesterday, the group decided to film the bridge of the song "Kiss N Tell". We decided to change location from the drama studios to the school hall in order to move our filming date closer. This section of the song is solely focused on the artist, therefore, the camera work was made to be intimate with the artist with low angle shots, close up shots etc.

Also, there was the need for lots of equipment that we had to carry around everywhere:

 - A Large Fan
 - Ipod speakers/Ipod
 - Tripod/Camera
 - Lots of electric cables

We are now currently uploading the footage that we have taken so far such as the bridge and the very beginning of our song. We are doing this because of the problems that we faced with uploading our preliminary footage a few weeks ago, where we thought we lost our footage because we did not upload our footage as soon as we filmed.

Filming List for Bridge

Date to film: Thursday 3rd February
Time: 2:25pm onwards...
People needed: ALL OF GROUP
Location: I found that drama rooms were busy so I've booked the hall so we can use the back stage which is similar to our old location.

Props/Items we need to take:

- Costume (rock n roll shirt)

- Fan + extension cord

- Video camera

- Tripod

- iPod (make sure it's charged!)

- iPod dock

- Tape for camera

Shots to be filmed:
- Intimate close ups with the camera
- Semi-circle dolly
- Medium shot of singing to camera
- Shot of spinning (to insert in bits of the video)
- Close up from the right
- Singing whilst half dancing
- Extra shots incase extra footage is needed

Problems with filming:

At the moment, the group are having the difficult problem of finding time to shoot long lengths for the music video. We have all the costumes ready and know exactly where we are shooting the different sections of the video. However, the problem we are currently facing is the location for the main narrative of the video. We are planning to set it in the drama studios, but are frequently occupied by other people. Therefore, we are having to change our plans often which is an aspect i will have to discuss with my partner.