My group and I have created a production meeting agenda to help plan out our narrative shoot and ensure that it goes as smoothly as possible. This agenda includes information about the meeting and the locations we will be using as well as mise en scene. It also contains informationon the angles and shots needed to be taken.
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This is a rough cut of our performance edited. It is not the full song just over a minute of it however it is all synced with the song and edited with the beat.
Things I think we did well:
Things we could improve:
Looking forward I believe that I can use everything that I have learned from this shoot to have a good narrative shoot that captures all of the footage that we need. For example I now know about some good angles to use and how to get my models and actors to perform in front of the camera better.
We started off by going to the school pavillion during the start of lessson 4 at about 11:40 to set up in preparation for the afternoon. Me, Jaden, and Georgia set up different posters and mise-en-scene to help the room look like a practice room that would be used. We also had some help from Caleb as he gave us a hand setting up. We wanted to cover a large area so we could get a variety of shots without accidently getting anything caught in the background.
Once Sam and Nate arrived we ensured that everyone who was going to be filmed was dressed appropriately for the star image we were trying to convey. Once we started filming we used some equipment such as lights and the wheelchair to get dolly shots. We first got shots without much movement to ensure we had some good clips in case the moving shots weren’t very good. Then we got footage of Sam and Nate lip syncing whilst we played the music to ensure it was in time with the song. We wanted the actors to act as though they were practicing the song in a practice room and tried to ensure this by directing them to do so. After this was done we got some close shots framed on the instruments and the singer. We also got a lot of footage of the drumming and guitar playing which we have to ensure to edit to the beat so it looks correct.
What went well:
What could have been better:
This is the production meeting agenda me and my group created to ensure that our first shoot is as planned out as it can be so that it goes smoothly and there is little chance of mistakes occuring and disorganization.
By doing this we hope to allow our shoot to go smoothly and efficiently and leave little to no room for mistakes so that we get as many good shots and clips as we can for use in our music video. This task has helped as the shoot is well planned out and we are prepared for it.
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Stereophonics by Daniel Gordon
To learn about a star image I created a canva collage to show how the main performer of Stereophonics, Kelly Jones, is presented in his performance and in the media. There are many different ways to convey an image. This can be done using mise-en-scene, editing, and many different aspects of the repertoire of elements that make up a star image. The genre that Stereophonics are, alternative/indie/rock, have many different conventions when it comes to how it’s stars are displayed. They tend to be shown as quite cool, slightly intimidating figures as well as being quite eccentric. This can also be shown in a music video through the cinematography and body language of the performer. Throughout the creation of the music video and the other things such as the digipack and the social media page we need to ensure that the star image remains the same and does not feel disjointed between the different pieces of media we create throughout the rest of the course.
We have recorded a conversation we had with Mrs. Cobb wherein we discussed details of how the production for our music video will go. The four of us “Daniel, Bayleigh, Jaeden, Georgia” are working together to film our footage however will be editing the videos in seperate groups, me and Bayleigh, Jaeden and Georgia.
The song we picked is Dakota by Stereophonics and the narrative we are using is the story of a group of friends forming a band in their last summer together in a desperate attempt to keep some form of friendship before they all go off presumably to university or another school.
During the converstation we decided that we will be using several locations whilst filming including a warehouse (provided by Bayleigh), possibly a studio (provided by Jaeden) and a beach. The beach will be the easiest as there are 27 beaches across the island that we could use. We will also intercut with a performance video most likely filmed in the studio or warehouse previously mentioned.
Several positive points we came away with are:
Several targets we came away with are:
We have contacted the artist via the email on their website to ask for permission to use their song to create a music video for educational purposes for our A level media studies course. This is important because we need to know if they have any issues with us using their work. This is also important due to the fact that we need to know if there are any issues witht he copyright for the song as the music industry has strict copyright laws.
This task taught us to be careful with the music we use and to always ensure that we have the correct permission from the artists whose work we use.
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This is the document created by my group and I to ensure that we all understand our responsibilities in the creation of this video. This is important as it keeps us organised and ensures that we have delegated out responsibilities, We also need to make sure that we all understand what we are doing so that we have clear communication while we collaborate on the music video so we all have a clear idea of what we each have to do.
