Our Rough Cut video

This is the rough cut we have made of our music video:

Potential effect to add to the final cut

When I was helping to edit the rough cut video, I accidentally clicked on the wrong effect, and it gave a nice looking effect where the top and bottom border of the film were splitscreen, involving other parts of the video.

An example of this, is in the video So Sick by Ne-Yo, where you can clearly see the effect in full:



I believe we could easily utilize this effect into our final cut to good effect, if the group tests the effect out and likes the results. Opposed to "So Sick", we would be using clips of forests during the scenes set in the woods and with Jack singing/playing the guitar, and city shots during all the scenes set elsewhere.

Who are Tenbucks?

Tenbucks are a German rock group that aren't well known in the UK even though they sing most of their songs in english, they don't have any music videos on Youtube and their videos on Youtube are just a picture of the band.

The group have tried to research the band the best that we can, however there is very limited information on the internet about the band themselves, seeing as the band are very small and do not have a large following.

Lesson Update 21/10/11

We are finishing the rough cut version of our music video so that Holly can upload it onto the blog so we can watch them next lesson, and making sure that we have lots of information on the blog about what we are doing. 

we are adding affects to the rough cut like in the dream scenes, we are making them dream-like, so sparkly and shinny.

we are also looking at famous music videos that have good effects that we could use in our video to make it look well made and professional.

Lesson Update 18/10/11

In this lesson, the group will be aiming to finish the editing of the rough cut piece, by finalizing the placement of the clips, and adding video effects and transitions.

Bethan and Harriet also undertook some research into music videos that include couple's arguments and fights to aid the acting skills of the characters and ensure the argument scene is as realistic looking as possible.

Fundamental changes to our plans 21/10/11

During our rough cut filming, as the group was unprepared, Jack was dressed more appropriately to play the lead role of the music video. For this reason, he took my place as the lead role and did an excellent job of acting with Harriet.

Since we now have multiple clips of Jack playing guitar, we will keep most of these clips for our final cut. However, on reviewing our music video, we also had the idea to use Jack's girlfriend as the main female character, since there would obviously be slightly better chemistry between the couple - not that they didn't both act very well in the rough cut!

Problems encountered during the rough cut process

As previously stated, our group was looking to film on Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th. However, once the day came to shoot our music video, and take our camera from the media department, there was confusion regarding how long we would be able to have the camera off school grounds.

Due to this mishap, our group were unable to film on these to days so ended up being behind the other groups as we didn't get enough time to film all of the scenes that we wanted, this resulted in our group filming on school grounds - not our chosen filming site, whilst being under pressure from time constraints.

Having said this, we were able to get some very nice shots which we will use in our final piece. Most of the shots of the lead character, playing the guitar, and some of the environmental and relationship clips will be kept.

We want to feature an argument in our video between the couple, whilst researching we came across this  video. Despite this we wont film the argument to this extent although it has given us many ideas, especially of shot types etc.

Tenbucks - Mayday lyrics

I met you at a party,

In the car of a friend,
When your in my lonelyness,
it came to an end,


It started out so good,
Felt like we really had,
At least some things in common,
But the guess was bad,

Mayday, Mayday
I'm breaking in,
Mayday, Mayday
Where've i been,


Mayday, Mayday
I'm breaking in,
Mayday, Mayday
Where've i been,


Woke up the next day,
Back in my own place
I wanted to avoid,
that she'd seen my face

Thought it'd be good,

If we'd forget as fast,

If there was any way possible,

I thought that might be,

Best,

Mayday, Mayday

I'm breaking in,

Mayday, Mayday

Where've i been,
Mayday, Mayday
I'm breaking in,
Mayday, Mayday
Where've i been,


Mayday, Mayday
I'm breaking in,
Mayday, Mayday
Where've i been,


And i know we've both changed,
So it's all good,
If i could chose differant,
Then i guess i would,


Mayday, Mayday
I'm breaking in,
Mayday, Mayday
Where've i been,
Mayday, Mayday
I'm breaking in,
Mayday, Mayday
Where've i been,


Mayday, Mayday
I'm breaking in,
Mayday, Mayday
Where've i been.


These lyrics will be important in the lip syncing of our video. Without our actor knowing all the lyrics to our song and where and how they are said in the song the lip syncing will look unprofessional and bad. 

star analysis- representation of a star through there career

Britney Spears

this is her first video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-u5WLJ9Yk4&feature=relmfu- hit me baby one more time
she looks very innocent and young, but the way they have dressed her is trying to make her look older, such as the crop tops and the skirts.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJWtLf4-WWs&feature=relmfu - stronger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4FF6MpcsRw&feature=relmfu - piece of me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZYSiWHW8V0&feature=relmfu - over protected

Analysis of previous group music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klsK0ToqbmI

We chose to analyze this video because in many ways it relates to what we plan for ours.
The video is well lip synced and easy to follow, it leaves the audience wanting to find out more about the relationship between the two characters.
Also the overall theme of the video relates to the track and lyrics, therefore the video becomes more meaningful and easy to understand.
Furthermore, they have used a guitar and a boy singing about a previous relationship in the woods. This is the same as our concept however we are going to make sure it is different and unique.
Also, we like the colour of the clips of him singing. The colour is de-saturated and we thought we could use a similar effect when we edit the flashbacks.

Filming Preparation

The group has planned to do filming preparation before we actually head out to Burwell, the practice will involve test shots of some of the more difficult camera shots, as explained below:

• Clip 15 on our shot list involves filming with the camera focused on a guitar in the foreground, and the main protagonist skimming stones in the background, slightly blurred so that the focus is noticeably on the guitar (Included for stylistic purposes, not integral to the plot/storyline). We thought that this may be difficult to film, so a practice is essential.
• We were looking to practice the second clip of the bar (Shot 17), where we have the male standing alone in the bar, with the female imposed over the top of the shot, as if he is sat alone thinking of her. his can be practiced at any time due to this being just an editing feature opposed to a filming issue.
• A good time to practice using what we learned in the Youtube clip in the previous post, would be in a preparation for shot 7 - the clip involving the camera panning across the bridge that the male is sat on. We can try filming this in a lesson dedicated to shot practice, using the tips learnt in the Youtube clip.

The above features will be practiced in a preparation lesson before we head to Burwell to film the actual video. 

shot list

story board

this is our story board in picture:

Target Audience

When we initially heard the song, it was clear that the class and group really enjoyed the song, showing a clear audience in the teenage age group.

I believe that one of the main reasons for this target audience enjoying the song is down to multiple reasons. Firstly I believe the lyrics and instrumental are well laid out and catchy, making the song easily listenable for people of all ages.

The group believes that another reason for the song being so popular is down to the similarity the band has to other artists of the same genre, such as Ed Sheeran, The Fray and Goo Goo Dolls, all of which are well known in pop culture.

Along with the teenage age group, I think that the song would also be popular with people slightly older, with lyrics that most can relate to and the easy-going sound provided by the accompanying band.

camera tips we will be using in our project

We were searching the internet for tips on filming and came across this great video which will surely help our scenes that require panning shots.

Health and Saftey

Environment:

• As we are filming next to a river we will have to be extra careful near the water as the banks could be slippery. 
• When filming in the woods we must be careful on roots and other objects we could trip on.
• We are driving to the location of filming and so must be careful when driving there are find a suitable place to park.
• A few of our shots are shot on a bridge and so we must be extra careful and help our actor onto the side of the bridge to ensure he does not fall in. 
• We must also be prepared for the weather and take coats, umbrellas and jumpers. 

Equipment:

• We must be careful with the camera especially when around the water and in the woods.
• We must also be careful of the tripod as it fragile and one of us could easily trip on it. 
• We will do practice shots in school groups so we know what is necessary in order to get the shot we want.
• If it begins to rain we will use our umbrella in order to get our equipment to the car to keep it dry. If we need to film when it is rain we will use the umbrella to prevent the camera getting wet. 
• We will ensure the camera is fully charged, however, if the camera runs out of battery we drive to Beth's house and charge the camera there. Beth's house is close to the location so this will not take long.

call sheet

- we are getting the camera out on - Wednesday the 12 of October for Wednesday after college and .
Thursday

- mark will pick up the camera

- we are taking the camera to a river so we need to make sure that we don't drop it in the water or fll in, so

-we will make sure that we are at a safe distance from the water and when mark is sitting on the bridge - we will watch to make sure he is safe.

- also we are filming in a pub so we might need to ask the landlord if it would be okay to film in the pub as there will be people in the bar and in the restaurant.

- the characters are the singer which is going to be player by mark, and the girl/ lover is going to be played by harriet.

- the clothing is going to be casual like jumpers, jeans casual shoes.

-  contact info of everyone in the group and make sure that everyone knows and have the numbers and info

- we are filming at Burwell river and inside the pub the anchor and in beths house, but our backup locations are going to be Rampton woods in Rampton and Steeple Morden rec and the pub the wagon and horses.

- the scenes that we re going to film there are the river scenes like where they re skimming stones and where he is sitting plying his guitar, and the pub scene where they are sitting eating and drinking.

- the props that we are going to use are  guitar, wine glasses and wine.

- the people tht we need are Harriet and Mark who are the chracters in the video and Beth and Jack who are filming and directing.

- we need minimal makeup as its only Harriet that needs to where it


- if it rains we will go in to the pub and film all of the pub scenes and the bit in Beth's house and then when the rain clears up we will go outside

- it doesn't really matter if i gets dark as it will give a good atmosphere in the evening light
 but we do need light aswell

- as mark got the camera out we thought it would be easier for him to take it back

- mark is going to put the song on a cd and we are going to take a cd player to play the song on

- Harriet will bring the call and the shoot lists