Digipak Shoot

These are the most successful shots from our digipak shoot, as the lighting fits the genre and our artist's body language is carefree and relaxed, which was our intention. I will test all of the images and decide which one works best with the idea i have.

The location shots were also successful, and i will use these two for the digipak.

Filming - 22/01/18

Today we done our initial arcade shoot, as well as the sequence for the beginning of the music video which we filmed in the car park underneath the arcade. We used both a DSLR and our phones to capture the footage, focusing both on the locations and the artist. Here, a lot of the shots matched up with the lyrics, which links to Goodwin's theory. An example of this would be seen where the artist is playing a shooter game, as the lyrics say "fight for our lives." One issue we found with the footage, however, was that some of the shots were too dark due to the arcade's lighting. To fix this in a re-shoot we will shoot from a different angle, in attempt to bait the lighting to where we want it.

Filming - 20/01/18

Today we visited God's Own Junkyard, located in East London, to film for our music video. However, we were not permitted to use the DSLR so we filmed and took photos for the digipak using our phone. The footage was relatively successful, as we managed to film Kelly lip syncing some of the lyrics to the song as well as more visual shots. The visual shots were more successful, as they fit the genre of the music video (electro-pop) perfectly, these shots will be used through out the music video as it is more focused on the locations/visuals rather than Raina.

The images for our digipak were the most successful as we managed to capture a variety of shots that focus on our artist as well as the visuals of the location. Some will be used for the digipak, as they are visually striking and well framed, meaning they will not need much, if any, post-production work. This was intentional, as we do not want our digipak to be over edited.

Filming

As a group we plan to film on the 20th January and the 22nd January, visiting two of our main locations - as the shots we capture play a large roll in the music video. These locations are God's Own Junkyard and an arcade. We will also try to capture shots for the digipak - as our artist's theme follows the nightlife and neon signs.

Filming - 03/01/18

As a group we headed to London Southbank to film some shots, mainly location ones, for our music video and digipak. We had used a purple film around the lens of the camera to give the shots a purple hue, this was successful to some extent as the camera could not focus on everything properly - the slight blur works for some location shots, especially one with lights, but the ones that feature our artist should be more in-focus. The hue helped us to created an idyllic nightlife around our artist, but we will add a purple hue through post-production, to see if it works better than using the film.

We filmed after three-thirty in the afternoon so the sun had started to set, which gave us time to shoot in dimmer lighting before it was completely dark, again helping us create a nightlife look that is conventional in electropop music videos. One issue our group faced was how windy it was, this meant some of the shots were shaky - to prevent this next time we will take a steady cam.

As planned, Kelly (our artist) wore dark clothes, this helped her blend in with the nightlife, as well as allowing more focus on the scenery around the her. The clothes were simple yet stylish, with puts an emphasis on our artist's interest in fashion and the arts. The beret is our artist's trademark so it will be seen on our artist throughout the music video.







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