Thursday, 22 September 2016
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Music Video Pre-lim Task-Editing pt 1
We put all of the footage we filmed onto one computer and transferred it all into iMovie. As we had quite a lot of footage, we decided to initially discard any footage we knew we wouldn't use for the finished product e.g. practice shots, footage of incorrect costume, first attempts at lip syncing.
Today we edited our music video together with the programme 'iMovie'. This is a simple but useful way of editing clips. We first uploaded all of our shots and then chose the ones that we believed were most effective and relevant. The song 'Problem' was downloaded and became the only noise in the video as we muted the clips.In the editing process we found that we didn't want to use a lot of our shots as they didn't meet the standard that we wanted to set
Saturday, 17 September 2016
Music Video Pre Lim Task Filming
Today we went to a drama studio to film our music video. This is due to the fact that it is a black box studio and therefore, is effective for use of lightning and providing a blank background. The shots we filmed are of our actors lip syncing in medium close up shots and clapping to the beat of the music. Our actors wore black costumes as it is simplistic and not distracting for the audience of the video. We used a projection of a black and white swirl behind our actors in some shots to echo Ariana Grande's video as she also uses the same swirl. I believe that the shots we filmed were very effective due to the fact that our actors showed clear chemistry with each other.
Friday, 16 September 2016
Costumes
For our costumes we are going to be in all black so that our actors will stand out from the back ground when we need them too and to blend in when we don't. This is what we will be wearing
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Music video conventions
Conventions
Mise en scene
The mise en scene of a music video usually represents something. For example, walking alone could connote to feelings of isolation. The visuals of a music video further represents the emotions expressed by the songs's lyrics. The mise en scene can also echo the song's genre, bright and colourful represents pop music. The costume of the artist is also a factor. Black clothing can express sadness.
Lighting
Lighting represents many things in a music video, black and white helps emphasise a particular mood and artificial lighting puts the artist in an enhanced look.
Editing
Jump cuts are very prominent in music videos and allow for a sudden change between scenes. Other transitions like fade and dissolve are also sometimes used
Sound
Music videos use both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. It is mainly vocals or the song.
Props
These are of great significance in aiding music videos and help add to the scene. Props seen in music videos and commonly instruments that can be heard in the instrumentals.
Camera Movement
Low angles to give power to artist. Pans/tilts allow for movement to show different artists.
Camera shots
To focus on the artist and their location, music videos regularly use medium close up shots, long shots and close ups. Close ups are used to show emotions and also to reflect the words of the song through the movements of the artists lips
Mise en scene
The mise en scene of a music video usually represents something. For example, walking alone could connote to feelings of isolation. The visuals of a music video further represents the emotions expressed by the songs's lyrics. The mise en scene can also echo the song's genre, bright and colourful represents pop music. The costume of the artist is also a factor. Black clothing can express sadness.
Lighting
Lighting represents many things in a music video, black and white helps emphasise a particular mood and artificial lighting puts the artist in an enhanced look.
Editing
Jump cuts are very prominent in music videos and allow for a sudden change between scenes. Other transitions like fade and dissolve are also sometimes used
Sound
Music videos use both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. It is mainly vocals or the song.
Props
These are of great significance in aiding music videos and help add to the scene. Props seen in music videos and commonly instruments that can be heard in the instrumentals.
Camera Movement
Low angles to give power to artist. Pans/tilts allow for movement to show different artists.
Camera shots
To focus on the artist and their location, music videos regularly use medium close up shots, long shots and close ups. Close ups are used to show emotions and also to reflect the words of the song through the movements of the artists lips
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Prelim Task first lesson (Planning)
Today we had our first lesson in planning and researching for our prelim task. We have had a look at a lot of music videos by various artists, and we have decided to use music video to the song problem by Ariana Grande as our video to recreate, we have chose this because it is a simple yet effective with lots of lip syncing that should make a quick and easy prelim project.
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