Group Pitch of our ideas

Here we did a group pitch which was the treatment we were pitching our ideas to the class and getting feedback from them telling us about our idea and how we can improve it in anyway. we were told to improve the narrative and make it more planned out in terms of who will do what and when, some of our ideas didn't come across very well to the class so we would have to improve on what we are going to do lyric from lyric. As the chorus is repetitive we would have to do a lot of scenes to make it more exciting so more dancing and more cuts at a fast rate because the song is fast pace so this allows the audience to engage with the music and also the video. We would have to plan this out very well because the song does not have a set choreography so the dancers would have to create something with the song so we would have to ask them in advance and plan extras really well. The party scene is just gonna be a small gathering with the Chris brown actor and the girl he is talking to at the front talking and him singing to her basically this is where they meet and then a new scene would be where they are just having fun maybe him dancing for her as Chris brown does dance in majority of his videos, we were thinking maybe just a scene with the Chris brown actor and some of his boys dancing with him if the Chris brown actor is a dancer and we can get backup dancer maybe a dance routine from them.  

"The infinite mix" Trip

Yesterday we visited the infinite mix at the Hayward gallery it was a collection of videos that was made by different artist and it was a time to think about your own video we were making and to get ideas about editing and how to make the flow through in the video. I enjoyed the trip because it made me think about my own music video and the plans that we were doing as a group.

Today's Notes Task 5 pre-production

Today in class we talked about the recce and risk assessment and how to show it on out blog we have to visit different locations and see if they are suitable for us to film in.

when you get the videos of the pitches and feedback you will embed on blogs and write up feedback on them.

• logistics planning: times, places, equipment and actors.
• need to do a risk assessment for each location
• release forms to film in locations and for each actor 
• email in advance if its a place owned by a private company
• recce: short for reconnaissance, a detailed check for potential locations for any risks.  

Final Lip syncing Practice and Conclusion

Conclusion


Working in a Group.

• Working in a group was easier than working, in my group there is 3 people and each person was in charge of different things, Rochelle was in the video because she was the one that knew the song best and me and Elisa was behind camera making sure it was recording and in focus, and to make sure it was the shot that we wanted, Elisa was also in charge of the music she brought her speakers so that Rochelle could here the music probably so that it would be clear to edit it as well.

Camera and Tri-Pod

• We had a camera and tri pod tutorial refresh before we started filming this helped us know what settings are best for filming and how to use the cameras like turn the MF and AF on for better videoing we were told to use MF because AF leaves certain images blurry all the way through and would be hard to edit. We were told how to connect the camera with the tripod this was very essential because if the camera was not tight enough it could fall so this would be good information for when we do the real music video. We learnt how to use and work the tri pod how you make it longer adjusting it to what length you want the shot in.

Editing

• We had to get the SD Card and put it into the computer and get a portable hard drive and put it on there so we can start editing and putting it on premiere pro.
• When we starting editing we had to first download the track onto the computer so that we can use that to link with the clips that we filmed so that we can put it over the track so it looks like she is lip syncing. Editing was hard because the clips that we filmed some of them wasn't the whole though so we had to match it up with the other tracks so it blends in with the music. matching the video with the song was hard because we didn't do it from the start because we didn't know the words confidently enough to lip sync it so we started half way though the first verse.
• We added the fade so it looks more finished and so it has the finishing touch in the video, and we didn't want it to finish abruptly.
• Then we had to export the file into a video and upload it on YouTube and make sure that everything is want we want it to be.         

  

Today's Lesson Final Idea : Came to do (ft. Akon)

In today's lesson as a group we did more research and came to the conclusion that 'came to do' by Chris brown ft. Akon was the best song to do, it went with our case studies and are planning to do a performance based idea for the video, including dancing and two male actors also if possible have a female actress as well because the song is about a guy talking to a girl, so we could make in a narrative form as well as performance. the lyrics are easy to learn if they don't know the song so lyrics won't really be a problem with the actors and some of the girls.  

Group Members

These are the links to my Group members Blog's.


Rochelle's Blog
 Elisa's Blog

1st Idea

In today's lesson we were planning to this song getting male actors who knew the song to sing it, it is a very easy song to sing and learn it if the person doesn't, we were planning to do a performance based video where dancing will be involved as well, maybe getting in dancers and that have a chorography for the song would be easier if this was the case we could incorporate there dancing in with the track and make into a performance based music video. This song did not have a video which was a bonus because one of the requirements is to make sure the music video is not existing.
Locations we were thinking about was brick lane or a party scene linking to the lyrics and maybe a bedroom or with the actor sitting on the steps with drinks in his hand maybe. As a group we were thinking if the actor had Balenciaga this would be a bonus.