Day One On Location

Day One Filming

Today we filmed the first section of my music video, by doing this it sets a pace for the rest of the music video to feed off of. This gives me a better chance for success when I film the remaining parts of the music video. Although overall the day was a success in getting every shot that was needed, there were some minor setbacks due to re-shooting shots and making others better where there was corpsing within it. The shots that were mainly used throughout the first scene were medium shots and extreme close-ups on the characters feet either walking or running.

Costumes and Props

Costumes and Props

As I have taken inspiration from the band Hollywood Undead in the sense of masks and clothing my characters will be just like them in wearing normal clothes; t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, jeans etc. This shows that the characters are normal people and that this music video isn’t too abstract for the audience. As I knew I wanted to use masks in my music video I made sure that the props (the masks) were made before the production was started, this is so I didn't have to waste time during the production stage making the masks and costumes for the characters.

 

 

Animatic

Animatic

To prepare even more for the filming that will be taking place for the music video we have to film an animatic to show and give us an estimate of what our shots will look like and how long it will take overall. Here is my animatic.

 

 

As you can see i used a transition effect to show that my storyboard was too long to complete. but i added the final two shots to show that it will have an ending.

Music Video Influences

Music Video Influences

The main influences I have for my music video is from Hollywood Undead, this is mainly because in their first album Swan Songs, they mainly wore masks and have very fast paced music videos. Their first lot of music videos have inspired me by the speed of the cuts and the masks that they wore during them, these were their first masks and were the easiest to make. Just like my music video they try to cram as much detail and story into each of their music video’s but their original music videos which the masks have been based on only focus on one small story and mainly it is to do with drinking and partying, generally not giving a great storyline to take influence from. So at this point it is hard to compare or take influence from them appart from the use of masks.

This then leads to their second album American Tragedy when one of the band members left and was replaced by Danny in a gold mask. Their style of music videos instantly changed in this album the pace slowed down a bit but the focus on the plot line became greater and in their music video for Been to Hell they focused on three stories rather than one. In the music video it shows how people always deam of coming to Hollywood to make a name of themselves and find that it is harder than they think it is. Because of the evolution of the music videos, the masks evolved, they become darker and had electricity running through them co create a bigger impact towards the audience. I am inspired by their American Tragedy album as their music videos became darker in lighting and plot line.

Finally their latest album Notes Form The Underground and one of their latest music videos We Are, this music video is the darkest one yet and focuses on six storylines rather than one or three. Trhis is mainly where the inspiration for my music video comes from they show many dark images and make sure that they show a plot line unlike other music video’s which just show lipsynicing.

Schedule

Schedule

Today we created a filming schedule, this is so that we can make sure we are up to date in blogging and making sure all our shots are in place and ready for editing by the next lesson. By creating this it optimises our chances of getting better grades and creating a higher quality video.

Shot List

Shot List

Here is a shot list of my music video:

• ·         The music starts and we see a girl walk out of her house and down the hill towards town.
• ·         Cut to a shot of her feet walking past the camera.
• ·         We follow her into town as she goes into a shop.
• ·         As we see her shopping / looking at an item we see a dark figure looming in the background.
• ·         She buys the item and leaves.
• ·         She walks down the street and the dark figure follows.
• ·         She looks back and he is a normal person.
• ·         She carries on walking.
• ·         She looks at him again and he’s wearing a mask (showing that he has become one of the fears).
• ·         She starts to run away from him.
• ·         She is chased down the street.
• ·         The girl sees an alleyway or a building and runs into it.
• ·         She appears in a school corridor.
• ·         The girl looks at her arms and realises that there is writing on it.
• ·         She walks through the school looking into empty classrooms.
• ·         She turns round a corner and walks corridor.
• ·         A door opens and a person walks out in a PLAIN mask.
• ·         Other doors open down the corridor and people wearing plain masks appear however there is one that is different and he is the ‘boss’ of this area.
• ·         They creepily walk towards her putting their hands on the walk trying to grab her.
• ·         She backs off and runs away.
• ·         The girl now appears in a bedroom.
• ·         As this is a new area more words have appeared onto her arms.
• ·         She hears something and makes her way downstairs.
• ·         A ‘party’ is going on, there are people sitting around gambling and doing bad things.
• ·         There are 2 bosses here; she is scared / horrified of what she’s seeing.
• ·         Someone gets up and offers her a drink.
• ·         She drinks it.
• ·         The girl falls over unconscious.
• ·         She wakes up in another room.
• ·         Her arms and now almost fully covered in writing.
• ·         She sits up and sees messages on the wall.
• ·         She looks round and sees messages on all of the walls.
• ·         She starts to go mad and sees someone in the corner; it is one of the final bosses.
• ·         She stops in front of the tree staring in awe.
• ·         The camera spins round to show she has a mask on.

Presention

Presentation

Today we presented our ideas to the class and were given feedback to help us progress and make our idea’s better.

My idea for a music video is based around paranoia and how one person sees fears everywhere she goes, to do this the song I have chosen is Witchcraft by Pendulum, by selecting this song it allows me to experiment with many ideas. This has been influenced by David Bowie’s music video I’m Afraid of Americans where he himself is paranoid. I have used this concept and have manipulated it to become more surreal and abstract. I will be using quite dark fears such as mirrors, demons and amnesia. To enhance these I will also be taking inspiration from Hollywood Undead who use masks in their performances to create a bigger impact onto the audience and public.

 

I was then given feedback by my teacher and classmates and overall they thought it was great idea and it was a really good song choice, however some questions were raised to how I was going to represent / create some of the fears. I explained how I planned on doing them and they understood my point of view.

 

Media Studies Music Video Practice

Music Video Shoot

To practice for producing music video’s we did a location shoot at Knebworth Park, which has given us valuable experience on what shooting music videos on location are like. Throughout this Eleanor filmed the majority of it whilst Shirley and I acted on camera, even though Matt wasn’t there on the day he then edited it back in the class room. Over a week or so we had almost fully finished the song as requested so we had completed the task that was asked of us.