This is permission from the artist of the song my group has chosen. This allows us to film, and lipsync with the song without copying, writing, claiming, or receiving any plagiarism.
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Group production agreement
This is my group’s production agreement signed and dated. it includes what each members strengths and weakness and how they will be overcome before the final shoot.
Below is the document of the agreement :
This is the signed and dated copy of the agreement:
Test footage for coverage / edit – shoot 1 music video
This is our group’s test shoot for our music video, it’s a 20-second sample from the music we have chosen with our actor’s lip-syncing to the music, the cinematography, and editing was done by the group to test what we are good at before setting specific rolls for the final shoot.
What when well whilst making the video is the lip-syncing and editing shared by the group as it matches with the music and beat. what could have been better is checking that the camera was focused on the shots and getting more shots. Use better filters/ effects, use Instagram for inspiration.
Other points of what when well:
- The use of different camera angles within the test piece helped to create a variety of different angles within the edits, allowing us to use different cuts and transitions in our edit.
- The editing and different filters fit with the beat, and all changes in angle and shots were edited to the beat with a consistent pace of edit to the beat.
- The juxtaposition of blank facial expressions and dancing creates an emotional struggle, which the song’s lyrics depict. Because teenagers are frequently conflicted, this makes the video relatable to them.
- Even when no words are spoken, the use of close-ups allows the spectator to grasp the character and come to know what they are feeling.
3 targets:
- Prepare for the shoot more and get all props and equipment ready before the start of the shoot.
- Check angles and focal point of the camera.
- Use more cinematography angles and always check shots and retake if necessary.
Focusing forward, coverage on the real shoot and edited music video. For this draft, my and my group have learnt that making time to correct and edit after filming is the most important thing, as we had to rush the final product for this task due to a lack of planning. Furthermore, the use of mise en scene has proven vital to the success of a music video, as in our first draft there was little to no connection between the lyrics and the actor, in the draft the star is portraited as an ordinary guy going about his day nothing extraordinary about him linking the song. Also, the variety of shots is crucial, including misc such as more low and high angles and jump-cuts, which would really help connote the song lyrics. In reflecting on the draft, there are a few key points that need to be addressed in our final piece, but overall we think for a first draft although, With lack of planning, we made a decent short music video and have learned a lot to incorporate in our draft next shoot.
Visual Shot List for Shoot 1 (Performance)
This is my groups Padlet visual shot list presentation for our music video planning, it has all the shots we plan on using in our final shoot. we have included GIFs and image along with a description of what each shot does and how it is used.
Pitch + Feedback
This my group’s full presentation on our music pitch. It includes lyrics, genre, mood board, star image, locations, narrative, performance, synesthesia.
This is our group discussion with our teacher, it goes into detail on how and where the shoots will take place as well as the layout between the narrative and performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97cAnOKCAoU
Youtube video has been disabled by Sixth-form
Feedback summary;
- Find a narrative that works with the performance.
- Settle on locations and times to shoot.
- good ideas and will work well for a music video
- try not to overcomplicate the narrative
Tasks:
- plan the narrative
- make a visual shot list
- 20-second music video draft edited and uploaded to youtube
- make group agreement signed and dated
Focusing forward on shoot our music video making and first pitch and getting the feedback from our teacher is highly usefully as we now know and understand the problem raised and can fix them before getting ahead of ourselves and having to make a reshoot as it initially didn’t work.
Final Song Choice and redesign the pitch
This is my group’s initial song choices and ideas about the music video. The song is Phycho! by MASE, I think it is a stronger choice in song with a good rhythm and structure which helps with the MES and cinematography to build a narrative.
Personal Video Pitch
This is my first music video pitch not in a group. It includes the song name and who is originally by with an MP3 link to the video. I have chosen for this pitch, the narrative and the performance ark, locations, the lyrics of the chosen song, and a word cloud of words that relate to the music genre the song fits into. Reflecting on making this song pitch slide show using this text for making the real pitch we are to make in groups has helped organise and refine the initial idea down to perfection with factors such as editing/ lip-syncing, use of MES/ star image, and cinematography.
Favourite Music Video from Former Student
The use of MES is prominent throughout the video as well as the way the main performers use of star is highly effective in the music video and it connotes the right emotions of the music videos lyrics and well as building effectively on the narrative, also the song works well as a base to build from. Some of the attributes may be used in my music video as inspiration for the MES and other such factors.
Key repetiteur of elements in making a music video include:
- Technical conventions: Lip-syncing, editing to the beat, composition & framing. From this video, I have learned that factors such as lip-syncing and editing are key to make the narrative work well with the music. in some parts of this video, the lip-sync and edit is slightly slower than the music which is notisable making it look a little unprofessional.
- Narrative and performance ratio and the type of narrative. the ratio of narrative to performance is about 60:40 as in most areas the main actors are singing but not consistently allows the narrative to give bigger impact, this works well with the Hip Hop genre.
- How the star has been represented (values, attitudes & beliefs). thought this video the star has been represented as a lost soul in a dark chiaroscuro lite room being watched by an ominous figure. using the MES and cinematographer makes for an anxiety drawing video with build tension and press which matches the lyrics expressions.
- How has the video been styled, designed, filmed and edited and what have they done to convey that star image and promote the artist. the video is edit in a faster-phased fashion helping build on the chaos of the lyrics. it is synced with the beat as the artist sings the edit is slower with long scenes, followed by fast shots of movement in a strobe style as the track metronome speeds up to around 350 bpm.
Acknowledging all of these points will help my groups video as learn the elements has given me useful insight on what happens with and without them being used.
Prelim Task Mood Montage
For this work, we had to plan, play out, and film a 40-second movie based on an emotion expressed by the teacher. We had a frustrating sensation that we needed to capture by acting and filming a performance based on it. We started by making a storyboard with all of our ideas. After making the storyboard we were able to design our video and pick what kinds of shots we wanted to include, as well as how we wanted to plan our transitions, using this information. We came up with three alternative situations to represent this displeasure. We filmed someone trying to untangle a set of wires, eventually giving up and growing angry, and then we filmed many shots from various perspectives of someone playing basketball and missing shots, culminating in an act of fury and frustration with which our video concluded.
Strengths:
- We captured a variety of shots and angles
- We were able to include some live transitions
- Our group worked well together and we were able to include most of our ideas
Weaknesses:
- The setting didn’t always match the feel of the scene or emotion
- We were rushed, therefore we weren’t able to include all of our clips or as many transitions as we wished
- Not all of our transitions were smooth and just ended up being cut off
Overall, I was able to gain knowledge from this work. I’ve started to gain a feel for the editing side of filmmaking and have been experimenting with various transitions and methods. I’ve also had the opportunity to work in a new group, which has increased my confidence and allowed me to talk and participate freely. I’ve gained a lot of positives from this exercise, which I’ll use as a foundation to work on and develop as I progress through the course’s practical stages.
Detailed Music Video analysis – Foo Fighters
This is my detailed music video analysis of foo fighters The pretender. from this task, I hope to unpick and learn more on how MES and Star are used in a music video to connote the genres narrative to the audience.
From learning and analysing the music video, I have learned a lot about how a simple music video can still be effective at representing the genres narrative and the key attributes scene from genre to genre. using this information will help me to produce my music video in a group and make it just as good and effective as a professionals