Today I did a test shoot of my strop frame animation of my scrabble pieces spelling out 'lonely'. The object of this was to experiment with it, and to see what I can improve on for my final version of it, such as the background for my final one I think I will use a plain background like white or back. another improvement is my focus of the frame and the size as on this video I didn't like that each frame was at a different size or angle. I used iMovie and a nikon camera to produce this, and have used vimeo to present it on my blog.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Feedback For My Music Video Pitch
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Storyboard Draft
Storyboard Draft, a set on Flickr.
I have used Flickr to present my storyboard draft. It includes a sketch of the visual i would like in my music video, the type of shot, the lighting conditions or the effects, props and actions in each shot. When I start to begin filming I may have to consider problems that may occur in the process of making my music video such as weather conditions, characters not being able to film, props that may not go well in reality. Also when I will be doing a specific scene such as the disappearing of the performer or the arrangement of lips I want to use in a verse, I may have to think of other possibilities because things may not be portrayed, as I would like them to due to the lack of props and characters or it may not go as planned in my story board.
I have used Flickr to present my storyboard draft. It includes a sketch of the visual i would like in my music video, the type of shot, the lighting conditions or the effects, props and actions in each shot. When I start to begin filming I may have to consider problems that may occur in the process of making my music video such as weather conditions, characters not being able to film, props that may not go well in reality. Also when I will be doing a specific scene such as the disappearing of the performer or the arrangement of lips I want to use in a verse, I may have to think of other possibilities because things may not be portrayed, as I would like them to due to the lack of props and characters or it may not go as planned in my story board.
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Rigsby's Cafe / Guest House Location Shots
These are photos I have taken for parts of my music video, like the cafe and outside a town guest house in hertford. These resemble parts of the scenes in my lyrics such as 'Table for one please' and the 'Cake' these will all be filmed in this place, the lighting conditions are good although to make it a bit better I shall be adding in extra lighting to stand out the features that are important in the specific scene.
Barn & Cottage Location Shots
These are photos I have taken for parts of my music video, such as outside the cottage and the barn attic, these places are to represent the lyrics to visuals in my music video. The barn resembles the 'Lonely/Empty' room that is in the lyrics, the only problem I had with this was due to lighting conditions as it does have very low lighting and to solve this I will need to add extra light to highlight the artist and to be able to clearly film. The other photos resemble another part of lyrics 'My muter and my vater don't invite me home' this is where I want the artist to stand and watch through the window her parents 'ignoring' her.
Garden Location Shots
Below are some photos I have taken of the possible locations shots I will use. I have chosen these types of locations to shoot for my music video because they are accessible to use in the time I will be filming and won’t delay any filming time I will have. I have chosen for my filming to be mostly outdoors in daylight as there will be no problems with low lighting conditions when I am filming. In my garden I will able to shoot in an open area and I will have the space to expand when I am shooting. The different areas of my garden shoots will take place in the front and back garden, outside the house and around the lake. These are the places that suit best for capturing my visuals in my music video such as the picnic scene and the opening verse. I have also taken photos of back drops the singer could use in the background when singing 'Evacuate' this is so that it ties in with the theme of the music video.
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Camerawork and Editing
Here are some quick ideas of possible editing and camera work I would like to add in my music video.
Monday, 5 September 2011
Contact With The Artist
This is my screen shot of my email to my artist that I will be using in my music video. I used Myspace to communicate with her where she gave me permission to use and song and to appear in my music video
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Artist - The Ghost Of Samantha
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her up coming gigs.
Press the play button to hear "Evacuate" by The Ghost Of Samantha
Press the play button to hear "Evacuate" by The Ghost Of Samantha
Evacuate by The Ghost Of Samantha
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Examples of music videos: Camus and the Cat - Restless Night
I have chosen these music videos as they link to the type of genre to my chosen artist I have picked to use in my music video. I like how these videos are 'indie' as they look simple yet effective with the editing they have used in the video. These have inspired me to think of ideas such as lighting, location, editing, camera angles and the style of costume I would like to portray in my music video.
- In the Camus and the cat video they filmed in a woods, which I felt that I could experiment with different, location for my video for which looks best and suited my video and lyrics the best. I also liked the use of costume for example the character dressed as a bear running through the woods. From this I thought of my lyrics “I had a picnic with a wasp” and maybe have a person dress up as a wasp and play that character, showing visuals to lyrics. Although I did not like how the video's location and characters were very limited and that it didn't seem creative.
- The second music video by Jose Vanders, the video was themed in a ship. I like how the artist gave eye contact to the audience as if she is singing directly to you in some parts of the video. I also liked the use of editing, for example when the some of the characters changed T-Shirt colours and on the change it went with the beat. In the editing they also added different colours for the background or were projected on the character’s faces and again was to match with the beat.
- In the Daisy Dares you I chose this because of the use of props used in the music video. The main theme in this was Alice and wonderland, they add objects such as ‘drink me’ bottles and like the Camus and the cat video they had a person dressed up in a white rabbit costume. Another reason why I picked this video was because of the choice of costume for the artist, they were fun and floaty dresses with bit of leather and big boots giving a hint of rock. I also liked the tea party scene and the use of props for this part of the video.
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