Blog Reflections: Week Twelve

During this week, my partner and myself was suppose to film the flashback scenes which included the main artists love interest. Sadly this could not happen because he was bust on the days which we were filming and timings got messed up due to other things he had going on that week so we had to re-schedule filming those specific scenes.

We did however start to film more performance scenes on the stage, we found this more difficult to film than expected because of the different levels but in the end got some good shots. Although we were limited time wise and were only allowed and hour to film so we had to work quite quick. There were some distractions whilst filming due to our location which distracted our artist at certain points but we did manage to get decent footage.

Call Sheet 5

Date and time: 

- 19/11/13 at 14:10

Location:

- School Stage

Script scene no.s:

- 54-63, 65-66, 68-69, 71-75 & 78-79.

Contributors:

- Jalbby Johnson  

Crew:

- Rianne Selina & Abir Mohammad 

Equipment:

- Camera, SD card, tripod, phone (for music), lights and stage.

Costume:

- Black and white dress, black heels, two gold necklaces, smokey eyes (black and silver eyeshadow) and fuchsia lipstick.

Travel Arrangements: 

- None

Blog Reflections: Week Eleven

This week we were mainly editing and filming for our music video. We completed filming all of the green screen scenes which took part various times during this week. This is our most important scene because it is where the most of the performance takes place. The whole video revolves around this one scene, because throughout the flashbacks it cuts back to this scene so we took a lot of time and care when filming this. Looking back at all the footage we have more than enough so we don't need to go back and re-film, because we filmed extra footage just in case because we weren't sure when we would get free time to use green screen again and also when our artist would be free.

When it came to editing on the green screen it didn't have the effect we wanted and we just couldn't get it right so we decided to leave it like how you currently see it. The main reason for this is when it came to lighting there were too many shadows in the background which played with the green screen so we couldn't get the desired look that we wanted. We do like how it looks now because it has a clean effect to it and looks similar to the background in Ciaras video - Like a boy.

Overall I felt this week has be very good as we have made so much progress when it comes to editing and are pleased with what we have so far. The shots we have look good and the acting is done very well by our artist but also our editing and cutting to the beat with transitions are coming along nicely and we are slowly starting to see our music video come together!

Call Sheet 4

Date and time: 

- 14/11/13 at 15:20

Location:

- Media Department (green screen)

Script scene no.s:

- 1-2, 5-10, 14 - 21, 25 - 31, 36 - 44, 48 - 52, 75 - 76, 79 – 81 (repeat Tuesday with a different outfit).

Contributors:

- Jalbby Johnson  

Crew:

- Rianne Selina & Abir Mohammad 

Equipment:

- Camera, SD card, tripod, phone/computer (for music), lights and green screen.

Costume:

- Thin black top, blue jeans, black heels, two gold necklaces, smokey eyes (black and silver eyeshadow) and fuchsia lipstick.

Travel Arrangements: 

- None

Call Sheet 3

Date and time: 

- 12/11/13 at 15:20

Location:

- Media Department (green screen)

Script scene no.s:

- 1-2, 5-10, 14 - 21, 25 - 31, 36 - 44, 48 - 52, 75 - 76, 79 - 81.

Contributors:

- Jalbby Johnson  

Crew:

- Rianne Selina & Abir Mohammad 

Equipment:

- Camera, SD card, tripod, phone (for music), lights and green screen.

Costume:

- Short black and white dress, black heels, two gold necklaces, smokey eyes (black and silver eyeshadow) and fuchsia lipstick.

Travel Arrangements: 

- None

Blog Reflections: Week Ten

This week my partner and I had finished all of our pre-production work and all that we had left to complete were our flat plans for are digipak and magazine advert. When creating the flat plans it was quite tricky and my partner and myself wanted to create something to the best of our ability and also create something which we thought would match our music video. 

The designs we came up with were very helpful it was very clear to us what we had to to when it came to the real thing.  Also this week my partner and myself had successfully recorded a new scene for our music video, using our backup location as one of our main locations we realized that it had the best effect out of all our locations, and had the effect of someone using green screen but really it was just padding on the wall of the music studio. We decided to film a lot here and to make it one of our main scenes as it was unique and visually very appealing. Plus we found out that whenever we had free periods to film there the studio was also free so we could use it as much as we like until we got good shots that we wanted to use.  The 3D effect that the location had made it really fun to film with as experimented with different angles and shot types to see what would come out best in the end.

Our location recci has more detail on this location and all of our other locations that we would use in our music video.

Magazine advert flatplan

In order to promote our artist's new album, my partner and I have created a magazine advertisement so that consumers of the magazine that this poster is inside can look at it. This will be great as visuals are very important in magazines as people tend to view them for the aesthetic culture of it. We have tried to have our design as quite eye catching in terms of what the audience can denote from it. This will allow our audience to see it in a more attractive light, and potentially be more fond of the product as it has a pleasing visual.

Digipak Flatplan

A digipak flatplan was made so that my partner and I had an idea for our initial plan. We intend to go on to a photoshoot with our artist so that we can take plenty of different photographs to choose from. This may result in us deciding that another route would be better, but as for now we will be sticking to our current plan until we find something we prefer. This flatplan can be seen below, and you may notice our use of repetitive colours with purple (royal representation), red (intimate representation) and black (smart representation). These all compile to create a particularly outstanding portrayal of our artist as it makes her seem sophisticated, feminine and powerful. Also, the stances that she has are quite strong in themselves as she is either standing upright (like a sophisticated person would) or looking away from the audience (something else has captured her attention - dominant). We have chosen this route as it is something that creates a personality, and this is the exact personality that we aim to achieve. The digipak flatplan can be seen below:

Call sheet 2

Date and time: 

- 06/11/13 at 11:45

Location:

- Music Department

Script scene no.s:

- Back up scenes (not on the script, but our other locations were not available so we decided to use another room for new potential space).

Contributors:

- Jalbby Johnson  

Crew:

- Rianne Selina & Abir Mohammad 

Equipment:

- Camera, SD card, tripod, phone (for music)

Costume:

- Black V cut shirt, black leggings, black heels, two gold necklaces, smokey eyes (black and silver eyeshadow) and fuchsia lipstick.

Travel Arrangements: 

- None

Call sheet 1

Date and time: 

- 05/11/13 at 14:10

Location:

- Music Department

Script scene no.s:

- Back up scenes (not on the script, but our other locations were not available so we decided to use another room for new potential space).

Contributors:

- Jalbby Johnson  

Crew:

- Rianne Selina & Abir Mohammad 

Equipment:

- Camera, SD card, tripod, phone (for music)

Costume:

- Black V cut shirt, black leggings, black heels, two gold necklaces, smokey eyes (black and silver eyeshadow) and fuchsia lipstick.

Travel Arrangements: 

- None

Blog Reflections: Week Nine

This week we managed to complete out location recci's just in time for filming because we planned to film the following week. The recci's play a huge role when it come to filming because it helps to justify why we wanted to film in a certain place. Before actually making some of the location official. We wanted to go and take a look at some of the locations to get a feel of them and to take some practice shots to see roughly what it would look like we it comes to us taking the final shots.

Some of the places which we visited were St Chads park, Goodmayes and south park. We also visited the cinemas in Romford, Ilford, Stratford and the O2. We felt it was necessary to go and look at all these locations because after visiting all we could then choose which locations we feel would be best.

We didn't get to film much this week as the two actors which we wanted to use were available at different times and we really needed them to be free at the same time so it made it impossible for us to film this week.