Filming Postponed #2

We had planned to film the last bit (chucking Jack out scene) today, however, this had to be cancelled as one of the actors went home and we couldn't use another man as he had been in the rest of the video.
We have planned to do it on Wednesday where we have double Media so we can film in the first hour (even though this will only take roughly 20 minutes) and edit in the next. That means after this, all the filming will be complete.
So the new filming list is:


Date to film: Wednesday 6th April
Time: 9:50am - 9:30am
People needed: The Group plus Jamie, Michael and Jack
Location: Under the stairs (interrogation room)


The rest is the same as the earlier list.

Filming: Redoing the Chorus

We will be re doing the chorus as people thought that our costumes were repetitive in the video and also that the curtain behind wasn't very professional. This can be filmed tomorrow period 1 as that is the only time it is free.


Date to film: Friday 1st April
Time: 8:50am - 9:50am
People needed: ALL OF GROUP (no extras)
Location: Drama room (booked)


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.)


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

Filming: Extra shots for second verse

After editing this section, I found that we needed many more shots for this section as it was not fully complete. Therefore, the group has decided to film extra shots for this section

Date: Monday 4th April
Location: French corridors, the white wall
Time: 13:00 to 14:00
People: All of the group/ Jack, Jamie and Michael

Shots:
- Artist walking around Jack and lip - syncing
- Shot of artist walking back to actors
- Jack/Gaga shot
- Artist doing "roar" to the song better

Filming: Re shooting beginning

The group is deciding to re shoot the beginning of the video with the artist walking into the dungeon tomorrow. This is because we have shot that section in different sections, which as a result, the lighting is considerably different:

Date: Friday 1st April
Location: Under school stairs (dungeon)
Time: 10:00 to 11:00
People: All of the group (no extras needed)

Shots needed:
- Medium shot of the artist lip - syncing
- Back of the artist walking down stairs
- Tracking shot of artist from the side
- Quick shots of the artist "preparing" herself - (make up, shoes, clothing)

REMEMBER: Hair accessory needs to be on the right side and her hair needs to be up!!

Filming: shots for the montage

We are still deciding when to film the last bit of the video with the "guy" being kicked out the door

We have decided to do a montage of shots, specifically with the artist and the "guy, reflecting their past before the problem. We plan to film this tomorrow:

Date: Friday 1st April

Location: Field/around the school

Time: 9:45 to 10:45

People: All of the group and Jack

Shots:

- Close up shots

- Medium shots

- Far shot/talking to each other

- Holding hands

We will also implement shots from other sections, such as the chorus, the "dungeon", the line up, the shots in the field etc we will make sure that the artist is singing in all sections so that when we come to editing, we will have a variety to choose from

New filming date:

With problems regarding location and extra actors, we have decided that we will definitely film next time, during lesson time. We have decided that by doing filming in lesson time, we can take people from our lesson to star as the extra people will be available. Also, the corridor which will be the new location of the second verse and will be empty as it is lesson time.

Therefore, filming will take place the coming Monday:

When: Monday 28th March
Location: French corridors, long white wall
Time: 1:10pm to 2:00 (preparation will take place during the lunch time before this)
Props:
-Actors
-chair
- black paper strips
- blue tack
- camera
- tripod
- phone (with song on it)

Shots:
- P.O.V shot from artist to guys
- Tracking shot of the men in line
- Medium shot of artist walking through doors
- Close up shot of artists face/actors face
- Very low angle shot from "guy" p.o.v

Filming List for Narrative #2

Date to film: Wednesday 16th March 2011 (POSTPONED TO THURSDAY 24TH MARCH)
Time: 3:25pm - 6pm
People needed: ALL OF GROUP plus Jack, and 3 other boys
Location: Line up in drama room


Props/Items we need to take:
- Video Camera
- Tape for camera
- iPod (make sure it's charged)
- iPod dock
- Costume! (biker boots and PINK flower for hair)
- Black paper into strips

Shots to be filmed:
- Close up
- Medium shot
- Wide shot
- Singing to camera
- Acting, but not singing
- Pan shot
- POV shot in front of each boy
- Shot of spinning chair
- Extra shots incase extra footage is needed

Filming List for Verse 1

Date to film: Friday 11th March 2011
Time: 09:50am - 11:10am
People needed: ALL OF GROUP plus Jack
Location: Under the stairs (interrogation room)


Props/Items we need to take:
- Video Camera
- Tape for camera
- iPod (make sure it's charged)
- iPod dock
- Costume! (biker boots and PINK flower for hair)
- Table

- Lamp- Fan + extension cord

- Pictures of Jack with other girl

Shots to be filmed:
- Close up
- Medium shot
- Wide shot
- Singing to camera
- Acting, but not singing
- Pan shot
- Shot of back of hair walking down stairs
- Shot of spinning chair
- Shots of throwing pictures on table
- Low angle shot of artist (Jack's POV)
- Extra shots incase extra footage is needed

Planning of filming:

We have been unable to film recently due to unavailable time and people that we need. Therefore, we have made sure that we begin to start filming the majority of the video this week, more specifically, this thursday.

Location: In school, drama studios or/and underneath stairs (Dungeon)
Date: Thursday 10th March
Time: 15:30 to when filming is completed
Props: Camera, Camera tripod, Sweets, Clothes for the artist, Ipod, Ipod speakers, extension cables, a table, chairs

Shots:
- Close up shots
- Medium shots
- Low angle shots/High angle shots
- Tracking shots

What will be filmed:
We plan to film all the sections that needs the main "guy" of the video, such as under the stairs more and if we get time, we will also film the line up of lots of other guys in the drama studio. It all depends whether or not we can get the extra actors.

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

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 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

Location Change

As we were unable to use the drama room due to it being in use for performances and rehearsal this month, we needed to use another location so we can start doing filming. I found that the hall was free to use most of the time. So we have decided to use that instead.

We can use this as it's a black curtain which is what we needed from the drama rooms anyway.

There are two of these blocks which can be used as a stage.

Unavailability of location:

We have just found out that the group is unable to use the University green room in order to film the video. This is a result of the room not being at our access as easily as we had hoped. We thought that the use of the green room would allow us to add special effects for the bridge of the song as it is a green room, which sees the artist on her own for that section of the song, therefore, we needed to make it different to the rest of the song.


We felt that this would hinder our filming progress. However, we are not reluctant at the news as we still have other locations within school which will allow us to do our filming as successful as our previously planned location. We decided that we would be able to special edits of that footage with the program "Final Cut".

Location

The location of the music video will take place in our school drama studios and other sections of the school. Below, we have taken shots of the different settings and the props that we will use for the music video for the bridge, chorus and main narrative.

Costumes

We have also decided to use three different costumes for the music video to show the connotations of the themes through the clothing of the artist to the audience. Below are the different choices of costumes.

Out of all of the clothing, we decided to pick our final costume ideas...

Chorus:

We have decided to use the drama studios which also has a stage for this section of the video. This will show the artist performing on a stage with a microphone which is a typical convention of a pop genre music video. The artist will wear....

Bridge:

For the bridge, we are going to shoot this against a black brick wall in the drama studio because it fits in with the theme of interrogation. With this location, we will be able to edit this shot with effects as it is the main focus on the artist from the song. The artist will wear...

Narrative:
For the narrative, we have decided to create a casual look for the artist. However, we have still kept to the theme of interrogation through the army boots and the top which looks like prison bars. This will be the main costume of the music video.

Image ideas for the artist in the music video:

The group also decided to give the artists image a slight twist, making it similar to most pop artists but giving it a sense of originality and giving the image uniqueness. Therefore, in the music video, we intend on using an array of clothing for the artist, whilst also making a feature of the artist stand out. An idea that the group had was to use, for example, putting large false eye lashes on the singer, which could be used successfully on the album cover, as it would make the artist album stand out on the shelf and would allow consumers to see the artists originality.

Artist Image Ideas:

During the planning of the storyboard, the group decided to think about the artist and the image that we wanted to portray her with. As the artist is female and the song is in the genre of pop, we have decided to create the artist to have a personality with attitude, portray as her being an experimenter with life and someone who lives a care free lifestyle, conventional to most pop artists. When arranging the artists clothing and style, we intend on using the outlines of other pop artists, below, to successfully convey the image by making it trendy and fashionable. 

Storyboard Completed: Upload

We have finished our storyboard only a few minutes ago. In doing this, we have listed the camera angle and positioning from where certain shots will be filmed. Also in certain sections, we have entailed the lyrics of the song in order to piece together when the camera shots should change onto the next etc.

It is possible that in the future, the group may decide to change the camera angle or even the sequencing of the video as there may be complications in filming and being able to link the different shots together. We want to make sure that we effectively portray the artists scandalous and care free nature in the video.

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Meeting: Storyboard

We are currently having a meeting about our storyboard and how we are planning to start it. We are not sure on how we should begin the video as there are so many different, effective ways to portray the artist. We can not decide whether to start the video with a tracking shot of the artists feet or a point of view shot following the artist whilst breaking the 180 degree rule.

We finally decided to do the point of view shot following the artist whilst breaking the 180 degree rule. This was because of the image and persona that we wanted to create about the artist such as her being ruthless and doing as she pleases, linking to the idea of her breaking the 180 degree rule.