Music Video Unit 29

Production Log- Weekly blog 8

This week we got more shots in and edited more, we managed to put about half of the footage in and it all being edited. We did film this week and filmed on Tuesday the 14th for some extra footage as we were missing a crutial part of the video which was the drums. The video looked odd as it did not have the drums which you can hear in the song and so we filmed after school, I played the drummer as it was short notice. We managed to upload the footage after and came in the next morning to edit the last scenes. We managed to finish the music video and also we put the drum scenes in which made the video better as a whole and also made the video much longer, as we had almost a 5 minute video. Overall this week we worked hard to get the drum scenes done last minute and also we used our time valuably by using lunch times, coming in early in the morning to edit and also after school.

Production Log-Week 7

This week we finished filming our drama hall scenes and we edited them and also spaced them out through the song so we can see where the other shots can go. We started editing our clips and when we received feedback we found that the shots where cutting to late and were lasting to long. We went back and started editing the shots which were lasting to long and cutting them to the beat to make the video look more interesting as before it was slow and boring. 
We also have to film the house scenes which we did some this week. We got shots showing how the relationship breaks up between the couple and we did this many times to get good clear shots that we can re-use.

Next Week-
Next week we will continue to edit and also we will see if there is anything missing which we could re-film on the weekend or on the following monday. From monday we cannot film as it is close to our deadline and want to use the time correctly and only for editing.

Production Log-Week 6

This week during half-term we did not manage to film our music video or any scenes due to the cast not participating and at last minute they dropped out and decided not to do the film. This left us stuck and we could not find any last minute as the people we knew did not want to film during half term as they had other plans. We have more time to film so we will have to re-cast and create our scenes quickly as we are coming into our editing time. Next week we should be able to film the scenes we wanted to which were continue filming in the drama hall, filming the parts we did not do, and also we can film on the weekend. Mainly this week we have been editing the shots we do have which are the drama scenes and we can work on perfecting these.


Next Week-
We will be re-casting the cast we were going to use for the male and female character as they dropped out and also we will have completed the drama hall scenes and also done most of the house/flat scenes which need to be done outside of school. Next week we will also be mainly editing the shots and most of the music video will fit together.

Waiver for Cast

Here are our Waiver's for our Casts which show who will be participating in our music video. 

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Music Video Song

(No More) Happy Endings by Pidgeman & Truj

Production log-Week 5

This week me and my partner have managed to complete all of the planning tasks and we have started filming this week. We gained permission from the Head of Drama (Mr.Taylor) to use the drama hall to film a specific scene for our music video. We would have been filming earlier but due to the permission for the Drama hall, we fell behind as we had difficulty finding the head of drama.

Also this week we realised we also needed the instruments from the music department for the drama scene. So I created another permission slip for the music department asking if we can use their instruments which are an electric x2 electric guitars, a bass, drum set and a microphone with a stand. These are important props we need to represent the band and we will be needing these to make our music video more effective and this will represent our story better.

Another task we completed this week was the Waiver cast. We had these signed by our cast during week 4 but we did not have much time to upload these to our blogs. This issue also caused us to fall behind of our filming time and we will have to film during the half term. We were planning to film during the half term as two of our cast members are free and can film any day.

Filming

This week we managed to film our scenes in the drama hall. We did not manage to film all the scenes in the drama hall as we only had up to an hour in the drama hall and also we were delayed as it took about 15-20 minutes to organize and set up the equipment for the scene. I managed to get a few good shots in the time we had to film but will need to finish the scenes in the drama hall another day. 
Our next filming will be during the half term and we should be able to finish and continue with the other scenes we need to film.

Permission to film

We will need permission for the following locations:

• Drama Hall
• Main School Hall

Drama Hall

We will need permission to film in the Drama Hall as it is school property and we will need permission even though we are students. We have got permission from the head of Drama which is Mr.Taylor, the drama hall is used mainly for drama so it would be ideal to get the head of Drama to give us permission to film. We will create a permission letter and get the permission letter signed by the head of drama to confirm that we can film in the drama hall.

Main Hall

For the Main Hall we will also need Permission as this is part of the school and and similar to the drama hall. We may not be filming in the main hall as we may not be filming the particular scene.

For the following locations below we will not need permission as these locations are outside of London and only in certain parks you need permission to film, and we are using a park which does not need permission to film. Also we will be filming in a quiet area within the park so we are not disrupting the public. This also follows for the other locations, that we will not disrupt the public during our filming time.

Park

We will not need permission to film in a public park as this is a public place and we are able to film there. Also this park we are going to film in does not require permission. As I mentioned before we will not disrupt the public and we will be filming in a quiet location of the park, possibly away from the playground area and more into the fields.

House

We will not need permission to use a house as we are going to use a friends who has kindly let us use it for filming. We would need permission if we were going to film in someones house we dont know and this would be awakward for us to film in someones house we do not know, so it is ideal that we film in someones house we know. The only permission we needed was from the owner of the household and we have permission from them so we are clear to film in the house.

Flat
For the flat we will also not need permission to film apart from asking the owner of the flat. This is similar to the house and we wont need them to sign a permission slip as we asking as a favor. The flat is located in Chadwell heath and this is far apart from the house so we will be filming the house and flat on different days.

Music Instruments
We will need permission for the music instruments as this is our biggest prop. Instead of us bringing our own guitars we can use the schools from the music department. We will need the head of music to sign ou permission slip so we can use the instruments. We have got permission from the head of music as they have said we are allowed to use as much as we want, but after school for a selected number of hours. We are going to use the instruments on the same day and time as the drama hall. Here is the permission slip we got signed by the head of music saying we can use their instruments, for how long and what day.

Weekly Blog-Week 4

This week me and my partner were still completing the planning such as permission. We managed to get most of our tasks complete. This week on the weekend we were meant to be filming but due to snow we were unable to and this wiuld ruin the scenes as we need the weather to be consistent. I think this week we have picked up the pace as we were falling behind on some tasks but gradually we picked up the pace and got most of the tasks complete. For the following week we will be filming and hopefully we would have finshed our filming. Overall this week we both got most of the work done and we will be filming our music video shortly.

Rationale

Call Sheets

Location Reccies

Park
The first main location we will be filming at is The park in Barkingside, Clabury. This will be one of our main locations to shoot the film as this will be showing many of the shots here. This will probably not be the easiest location to film at as it still does not require permission but we are filming in a public place and also the public may not like us filming them. This may be an issue but we plan to film it during a quiet time of the day. Also the park we can be ceative and use different props and we can use the whole space to film except the children's area as parents may get the wrong idea.

House
The house is a good location for us to film at as we know the people and they are willing to let us film in their house. The house is located in Thomes Wood Hill. This location will be in most of the shots so this is an important location to film at. Comparing this to the park there are less issues such as people no liking us filming in the park but in the house there is privacy and we have permission to film so this is convinent. 






Also comparing this to the flat, the house is more pactical to move around and we have more room to film. This is a disadvantage for the flat as there is not as much film. Again comparing to the park, it works out better to film in the park on the space level. The park we have as much room to film. In the house we can be quite practical by laying out different props and other stuff to change the set, but we can not re-arange furniture or move the house hold belongings as the owner does not want us to move anything.





Flat
The flat is our last location we are filming at. The flat is representing the male characters home once his girlfriend has broken up with him. The flat is much smaller than the house and has less filming space so it is not as practical. But we can be a bit more creative with the flat by adding our own props without ruining the flat. We also have permission to film in someone's flat. For this location it would have to be filmed on the weekend as it is far from both our homes so we would have to film this location possibly first to get it out the way and we can focus on the other two main locations. This location will be the most difficult as it is the furthest away and also there is not much room to film such as the other locations have more space to move and film.

Weekly Production Log 3

Week 3-
This week me and my partner have been completeing the planning tasks. These tasks were Shooting Script, Location Reccies, Production Schedule, Waiver Cast, Calls Sheets and permission to film. These tasks are all apart of our planning and me and my partner have been working on these over the week. We had some difficulties completeing these tasks and had some problems completeing them such as the Waiver cast, this was a slight problem as cast were not sure if they were going to do the part. But we have had a confirmation from them and now this problem is resolved. Also we had difficultie working out the production schedule as we were both not sure what days to film and what days not to becuase some of us and the cast are busy during these days due to school. We have estimated roughly what days we can film and have done this in our production schedule.

Production Schedule

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Job Roles and Responibilities

Camera Operator
Aaron Bihal-I think I will be good for this job as I know how to use the Camera and I can relate to the script to guide me for each shot. Also I have had past experience using a camera and filming from previous media tasks. I think overall I will be the best for this section and I am happy to take this role as I am confiedent for this job.

Editor

The editor will be me and Billy as we both have to edit the film together. This will be done after the filming is done and then we will both edit this as a pair. It would be best for us to edit together as we both know the concept and we know what the film will look like so based on this we can edit as a pair and create the same idea.

Director

The director will be Billy as this is his idea and it would be ideal to select him as Director as he created the narrative and he knows what he wants in his film. Also he knows the cast better than me so he can director better than me. Overall this job will suit Billy as it is his idea and he clearly knows what he wants in his music video, he presented his pitch on it and has showed me that he knows what he wants. Also he is happy to be the director of the music video

Production ManagerThe production Manager will be Billy for this job role. We both think this would be ideal because once again it is his idea and narrative which he knows what he wants in his music video and also during the production he can manage everyone including me, on what i should be doing or what he wants me to do.

For the other cast and crew such as Sound, Make up, Lighting etc it will be:

Lighting-

The Lighting would be me, I would take this job role as i will be close to the lighting area in the drama hall so i can operate the lighting and camera at the same time. I believe this would not be difficult for me as i can start the camera early and then go onto the lighting as i can edit and take out the excessive footage in the beginning. I am happy to take on this job role and feel comfortable and confident and doing this.

Props-

For the props it will be both of us bringing this to the locations. It would be ideal for both of us to do so as we can both share the props and makes it easier to bring the location we have to film to.

Risk Assessment

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Shooting Script

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This is our shooting script showing each scene and what we will be filming. Also we have said what props, location and cast we will be using in each scene.

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This week-
This week me and Billy worked on the Script for our music video. Here we had to create a 100 shots on what is going to happen in the music video, this is a plan and a guidance for us when it comes to creating the music video.
Me and Billy both worked on the script with me doing the first half and Billy doing the next half. We found this was challenging mostly for Billy as he did not have a checkpoint on where to start, it depends on where I finish so he can pick up from there. What we did was work on the spreadsheet through Gmail as here we could both type on the same page and make changes together without having to copy and paste eachothers sections later. The image shown below is the work we produced and shows the script complete. This was our main task this week and we managed to complete it in time.

Next Week-
Our task for next week will be continuing with the other planning tasks which are the location reccies, waiver for cast, call sheets, job roles and responsibilities, risk assessment and production schedule. 

Weekly Production Log

Week 1-
Today I chose my partner for Unit 29 on who I will pair up with to create a music video for an unsigned artist of our choice. I chose Billy as we had a similar idea on our narratives and I thought we could create a good music video as we have a similar narrative and we could discuss who idea to go for.
We discussed who's idea we will choose and in the end we chose Billy's as we thought my idea may be hard to show the boy and the girl in to different locations. Also I thought his was a good idea as he had a strong narrative, had good idea's and also has most of his music video planned out. Also it will be easier to work together as we both know each other and can work together better.
I also think it would be a good idea to wok with Billy because I have not yet worked wih Billy on a media project before and I think it will be a good as we can both exchange idea's and make something new and different. Also I had not gained permission from my unsigned artists and Billy has got pemission from his, so it would be ideal to choose his idea and song choice as he has permission an we can continue later on to the next stage.


This was my only task this week and I have successfully completed my task.

Next Week-
Our next task for next week will be creating the storyboard for the music video and also checking if the music video can go forward. Also we will be starting our planning for our music video. The tasks for planning will be a Shooting script which will show every scene of the music video which acts like a storyboard, a Production schedule showing what days we will be filming and editing, Wavier cast which shows our cast has confirmed they are filming with us, Call sheet to show what we are doing on each days, Location reccies showing what locations we are filming at, Permission for locations to show that we have permission to film at the locations we chose, Risk assessment highlighting any risks at the locations and if their was a risk how would we prevent them from being dangerous to us and our cast and Job roles and responsibilities saying who is the manager or director etc.

Feedback on Presentation

Above is the feedback I received from my class. Some positive points and also some negative points on what could be improved or what I may have missed out. Here I allowed my class mates to tell me what they think of my presentation, what they think of the song chose and what they think of my narrative and is it a strong idea. 


Are there any area's of the presentation you would like to give anymore detail on?
There were a thew area's I feel I did not explain properly to the group. One of these area's is the location, here I explained the type of location where it will be filmed but not so detailed as which specific part e.g. I mentioned the boy and the girl going out in London but in my pitch I did not mention where in London although I showed a picture of Piccadilly Circus which is where it will be located.
Another area I may not have mentioned in my presentation in detail was my budget. I did not clarify specifically what the budget is going to other than a thew props. I did not mention about the cost of travel for me and my cast. I also did not mention in detail what type of clothing the characters will be wearing and this plays a big part in my music video as this will represent where the two characters are from preferably and this plays a part in my narrative.


What did your audience identify as the strengths of your music video idea?
My audience gave me some positive feedback on my presentation, on things such as my research on the artists and also they thought the narrative was strong and would work well with my chosen song. Also the audience commented on my presentation practicability during the middle and end as it picked up and was better. Another strength on my music video is the type of mood it will create and it will work well with the audience as the lyrics are understandable and have a certain meaning to the audience I mentioned.


What did your audience identify as areas for improvement?
My audience gave me feedback on what could be improved to create a better music video. As I did not clearly mention what my characters will be wearing, I gave the audience a bit more information on this during my feedback. One of the students mentioned a good idea that I should change the characters clothes from each other to show they are in two different locations and this makes it easier for the audience to know that the two characters are apart. Another improvement or more of a idea to add was to show the two characters sending letters to each other to show the distance between them. I don't think there was no need for improvement on the creativity of my narrative as the audience thought this was a strong idea. 


What changes will you make to your music video concept based on the feedback you received?
From the feedback I have received I will change some parts of the music video such as the clothing. As before this will show the two characters in two different locations as from the dress sense. Also I will be adding possibly during the chorus/middle of the video the letters being sent between them.

My Pitch for my music video

Creating my Artists Identity

Artist/Band- 
Jackies Boyz


Record Label- 
Unsigned


Facts:
Age- N/A


Gender- Male


Location- Savanna Georgia 


Ethnicity- Black American


History- Jackie Boyz are brothers and were born and raised in Savanna Georgia. They got their name after their mother died, her name was 'Jackie' and named the band 'Jackie Boyz' in memory of their mother. Jackie Boyz have been quite successful not working with a record label but had the chance to work with famous artists such as Flo Rida, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Maddona, Robin Thicke, David Guetta and Suga Babes. Los and Stevie are both singers and song writers.




Clothing
Below I have listed the type of clothing my Artist/band would wear and what effect this has on them as a artist/band.

The type of clothing my Artist/band would wear would be a young modern urban look, teenagers look as this is the age group the band is and the audience can relate to the same fashion. The first image are chino trousers, these are popular with teenagers and young adults and are also quite fashionable today. I think this would suit my artist/band quite well.

The second image a red shirt which would be worn with the sleeves rolled up to the elbow. This shirt would make my artist/band stand out and it looks modern and has that urban look.




















The shoes shown above are modern and this is what the target audience wear, they also look urban and new.

This type of jacket suits my artist/band as it has a different look, has many features such as logos, big buttons, black and white stripes and a visible pocket. I would categorize this as what my artist/band would wear as they need to stand out and look different.

Again this cap looks modern and has that urban look, its bright and colorful and also stands out. Hip-Hop and R&B artists mainly were caps by 'New Era' as it is almost a trend in the hip hop side and also a typical image for the artist in the hip hop industries.

A watch is very popular in the hip hop side with diamonds on, this would suit my artist/band image. The t-shirt is brightly colored and stands out, also modern and has a urban look.




Typography
The typography is an important part for an artist/band as this represents them and is the artists/band logo.

Above are the fonts I have chosen which I think suit the Artists/band image, it shows the type of genre the artist/band as it looks like graffiti and urban. This shows that is hip-hop/rap as many hip-hop/rap stars have an edgy wavy typography. Also the typography is serif as it continues and does not look formal.




Mise-en-scene
Location
The location of the music video would be London Piccadilly circus, a famous location and represents the artist location and background. Also at night it is an iconic place to see and I think this is a good location to film my artist/band as it has good lighting and is a popular place.

Lighting
The lighting for the video would be a sun dawn colour and pitched outside. I think this gives a memorable feeling to the video and will remind the audience of memorable times. Also this lighting is perfect for the ending of the video as the last scene will be the sun setting.



Costume

The costume is important in a music video as it represents the artist image on how they dress on what style they are into. It also inspires the audience/fans of the artist to dress like them. My artist/band would wear a raiders jacket with chino trousers and Adidas Original Hi-tops. This look for my artist/band is a modern look and looks urban. Also with the mix of colors the artist/band stands out. Also my artist/band will wear a wrist watch.

Colour

The colors which represent my artist are light blue, black and white. These colors would also be the colour of the typography. Light blue represents Jazz and 'Jackies Boyz' are in the categories Jazz. Black is a common colour used in hip-hop and represents most hip-hop artists background. And I would use white to break up the colors and white represents peace.

Imagery

This image shows the lyric 'On the telephone' where in the music video it represents them being apart and talking over the phone.

This image represents their love for each other and from the lyric 'I got this girl from by the name of rose' this was my first thought. This image also represents their love for each other.




I see this image as to a location of where it would be set and represents the mood of the song. As it looks peaceful and romantic as the sun is setting and this is known to be romantic when two people watch the sun set.

Unsigned Artist Presentation

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