Job Roles

As a group we have decided that I will take on the role of cinematographer and director, Fiona will be playing a part in all roles, Niamh editing and Kelly Mise-en-Scene.

As cinematographer I will be filming the music video, as well as focusing on lighting. I will need to look into exposure, and to understand how lighting will effect the video. I'll be managing equipment as well as creating the 'look' of the music video itself.

Week Plan

This week our group is aiming to get test footage, including our outfit and makeup ideas, to practice editing - specifically the stamp text effect. We will also make an animatic using our story board. As an individual I will look into camera techniques, and how they will help us when filling.

Location Scouting

As mentioned in previous blog pots, our group wanted to film at God's own Junkyard, an arcade and in/around London and Camden. We emailed God's own Junkyard and Namco Funscape to see if we were allowed to film there in the near future.

 

Only Namco Funscape got back to us, and unfortunately we aren't allowed to film there. This is something our group has to take into consideration when scouting for locations and as an arcade is a significant location for our music video, so we will have to find ways to film at one. We originally chose Namco because of its location, London, which would have allowed us to use our time up there wisely - as we are also looking into doing a few shots at a train station. But now we're aiming to film at TenPin Bowling Alley, that has a small arcade, the location is close to us all, allowing us to visit there multiple times easily if a shot doesn't work.

 

Images of Namco Funscape.

Feedback

From our teacher's feedback I will make sure to blog all developments and reflect on them as we go. Our project is progressing well, with each of us taking on one thing to do (while referring to the group) - this will allow us to get the planning done quickly and efficiently.

Production Log - Week Beginning 13/11

Red, Unavailable
Green, Filming
Blue, Editing 

We filmed on Wednesday, however the footage wasn't suitable (Lack of lighting) and they're just test shots. We plan to re-do them and use it for editing practice.

Pitch Feedback and Reflection

These are the feedback sheets from other pupils and our teacher after presenting our pitch. There are some things that do work well, but also some things that do not - from this we will improve our artist and ideas for the music video.
Positive: Our artist, Record label and target audience are believable, they all fit together to create the type of artist and the audience we intended to.

Negative: Narrative/Music video is not clear enough. As a group we will plan everything more thoroughly and decided exactly what we want in the video. 

Mindmap

Many of these points are just ideas, as certain factors will impact them, such as weather and lighting. We will scout locations and start asking around for people to be in our music video.