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.

 

 

Question 7

Question 7

Since the preliminary task that was set to us at the start of the project I have learnt a lot from it. I have developed my skills as a cameraman and learnt how to make shots look more exciting. An example of this is after the 2013 appears on screen when you first see the Protagonist running; the shot that I thought was very effective at this point was the one where the camera was in the bushes / grass and you saw the shadow of him running against the sunlight. This adds a bit of mystery to whom this Protagonist really is and why he is running. It also adds contrast in the shot in the calmness of the sunny day to the terror / panicked state that the protagonist is in adding juxtaposition to the scene.

Question 6

Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies in the process of constructing your film?

Whilst creating the film opening I used a variety of applications and programs to help me. In the planning and research stage I used DVD’s to look at how certain directors showed their antagonist as evil through the use of camera angles, lighting and costume, this helped me design my antagonist. I also used a digital still camera to find locations

Question 5

Question 5

For my targeted audience my film opening is appealing to them in that it is a very stereotypical horror / thriller film. The camera style is a mixture of hand held shots to put us in the lives of the hero and very long shots towards the protagonist to show that he is menacing and the evil force in this film. The editing style in my opening is jumpy and very quick, but there is the use of slow motion to show the audience that something terrible is about to happen. The music that has been used is dark and slow to enhance the mood and to make the film seem more like it’s a horror film rather than an action and an adventure one.

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