Achieved Footage - Filming Day 2

Achieved footage

              

      This video shows some of the footage we achieved during our second video shoot.

Filming

We plan to book out a camera for during the christmas holidays to film the things we planned too, including; more close ups, a closer look into the protagonists demise, a more realistic bath scene, and more symbolism for the necklace.

Filming plan

Refilming 

After a discussion we found that some shots in our video do not work well and therefore we will refilm these and add more. 

ABC peer feedback

ABC feedback

During todays lesson, we received peer feedback on our videos, digipak and advert in the form of 'ABC' which stood for something to add, something to build upon, and something to be challenged. 

A = Advert needs more information

More footage at the end of the video

B = Work on lip-sync 

Build on performance and variation of narrative

C = Add digipak and pages to blog

Add final advert to blog

Rough cut 4

Advert - logo research

 The 1975 Logos

When designing our advert, we researched some logos for the band which we could use for the design. These are some we tried to work with until we finally decided on one to use which is the top right one which we filled in black. 

Advert - Rough cut 1

Advert rough cut

During our filming sessions, we took several photographs of the protagonist which were possibilities for our digipak and advert designs. The image above is one of the images showing the female actress with a bloody nose, as a result of drug-use. We included the 'The 1975's logo which is used across all their products and creations and is brand identity for them as a band. We also included the name of the song underneath, stating "Milk" in the same colour. After researching similar adverts for bands and artists we discovered that is is conventional for them to feature a review from a trusted company such as a newspaper or music magazine. As The Guardian is a well known brand i included their 'rating' of 5 stars which gives the advert and product a sense of professionalism. This is a very rough cut at the moment, and we plan on changing it to a standard we prefer; we will most likely change the image as it isn't as representative of us as a brand as we'd like. However, the logo and reviews will remain over the image we select. 

Liquid/Paint/Ink Music Video Experiment

Over the past few weeks we have used many different materials including paint, ink an energy lozenger fizzer and coloured liquid dropping into water to provide us clips for our music video. We struggled with some of the filming as it was hard to get a good, crisp, focused shot so we had to change the cameras lens to a much wider one and we had to use different sources of lighting to achieve a clear well lighted shot with no glare from the glass. We aim for these to provide us with the protagonists 'state of mind' and work effectively for the audience.

Some materials

White walk with glass

Studio lighting

Review - We definitely achieved useable shots but we would like to film these again to achieve the desired crisp shot. We are planning on buying food colouring and more ink as we found these worked best. We will also change the water container to something wider/longer. 

Test Footage - Liquids

             

Test footage 

                 


Over the past few days, we have been experimenting with paint, chalk and ink for the fast instrumental parts of our video as we have decide to scrap the scenic idea as we agreed that they would look out of place and wouldn't contribute to the videos narrative and therefore would look like a filler. We thought that liquids dropping into a glass of clear water would show the audience the actresses state of mind. The footage we have achieved so far didn't turn out as clear as we hoped. For our next shoot, we are going to use food colouring and try different lighting techniques to achieve a crisp shot.

Rough cut 3

Rough cut 3

          

During todays workshop after college hours, we continued to edit and finalise our music video for 'Milk'. This involved removing and adding clips which we thought fitted well with the pace of the song and the actual storyline/concept we tried to capture. Since a few shots are still needed to be filmed, we instead focused our attention on some of the ending which finalises the concept; this is the female protagonist, Oceana, being filmed as she stages her own 'demise'. She collapses in the bathtub, and drops the necklace which is symbolic for the love she once had with her ex-boyfriend, who texts her during the video. 

We have yet to film the scene involving Katy's nana who will act as the grown up version of the female character and acts as a plot twist when it is revealed to the audience that she isn't actually dead. We will do this very soon so we can finalise the plot to a point where the audience understands what has actually happened. Since we filmed at the weekend, we also included these shots throughout the video this includes the protagonist smoking, scenic shots, more lip syncing and close ups and also an insight to the characters demise as she has a nose bleed into a sink. 

These are all important to the storyline as we wanted a variety of shots which didn't just feature her using drugs as it can be too inappropriate, repetitive and predictable. We will continue to edit the video into the final version and upload rough cuts and updates to our blog.

Filming update

Update

At the weekend we filmed more footage for our music video and gathered extra images for the digipak.

Rough Cut 2

Editing update - Cinematic View/Widescreen Addition to Music Video

As we want our video to look as professional as possible, we looked up how to make videos appear widescreen on Final Cut Pro. We used the 'Letterbox' effect to achieve this and set the aspect ratio to 2.35:1

Editing

Editing 

During the past week, we have continued to edit our clips together to finalise the entire video. In rough cut one, we did not include the majority of the clips which explain the concept and the idea behind the draft was merely testing the editing and getting to grips with the application. 
Currently, we are adding more clips to it whilst changing around certain clips which we are not happy with and will continue to do so whilst updating our blogs and YouTube channel with more rough cuts. The application we are using is Final Cut Pro and we are experimenting with the footage we got on our filming day and deciding which are best to keep whilst scrapping the ones which are slightly unclear, shaky or blurry - this was also the feedback we received from our peers so it is important we listen to what we got in terms of improving to ensure our video is of a standard our target audience would like. 
We still have further scenes to film, and we plan to do so at the weekend. We have taken this into consideration and will leave a gap for where we want to place the missing footage to complete our video; for example - we still need to film a sunrise/sunset timelapse which will be placed at the beginning and ending of the video and so we have left a gap of around 3-5 seconds to place these shots in once we have everything we needed.

Feedback and assessment

Feedback and assessment of our blogs and rough cuts

During class today, we received ABC feedback from our peers evaluating our blog and the rough cut we have displayed. The feedback given stated for A (what could be added) was hyperlinking pages on our blog as i have yet to done this. For B (what could we built upon) the feedback stated that we improve on our shaky shots which can easily be achieved through the further editing of our video and cutting out the shots that are too unclear to use. For C (what can be challenged)  we got increase filming, amount of shots and more rough cuts which we plan on working on further as we continue to edit and change our music video to a more final product.

Milk - Music video - Editing process - Combining songs

Combining Milk and HSNCC by the 1975

We have used 'final cut pro' to combine our two songs into one. This is the first part and last part of HSNCC by The 1975 and Milk by The 1975. The combination of the two songs allows us to have more time to display the videos narrative in it's entirety.

Editing our video

Although we have began editing with the song Milk by the 1975, we also need to include the intro and outro of the song HNSCC which will make our video longer and give us more time to include our narrative in its full entirety.

Filming updates

Although we got the bulk of filming done on Sunday, 22nd November, we plan to film some scenic shots tomorrow (Wednesday) after college. These will include time-lapses of either waves crashing, a sun setting or sun rising. To finalise the storyline, we are also filming Katy's Nana, who volunteered to act as the 'grown up' version of the female protagonist, this will not take long to film but is vital to the concept we have went for. We are continuing to edit our already filmed footage and are uploading regular updates on our blogs.

Props

We created a powerpoint displaying the props we bought and used through out our music video, with details of where we bought them. We also showed our outfits.

Mise en scene

Characters and mise en scene from rebecca14150330

I created a powerpoint collating all the images of makeup/outfit we took, along with the inspirations behind them. We took inspiration from Effy Stonem, a character from the British TV show, Skins. We felt her character aesthetic was fitting, as she is what is categorised as a 'Reckless teenager' and our main character fulfils this role as she becomes involved with drugs. I also included where we purchased the outfit and props, such as the silver heart locket which she picks up in the music video as a vital part of the storyline. 

Draft 1 - Milk

We used iMovie to put together some of the clips we filmed at the weekend. This is a very rough draft and the final cut of the music video will not be synced like this as we just wanted to see what some of  the clips we filmed looked like when merged together. Also, the lip syncing of the song will not be shown during this part of the video and we placed it there to experiment with the editing.
For our next draft, we will edit the song used in this (Milk) with HNSCC by The 1975 to allow us to have more time to show whats going on in the video as evidently the song is quite short and our full narrative cannot be shown in it's entirety during this time space. Therefore the clips in this draft will be shown during HNSCC and the rest of the video (which wouldn't fit in this draft) will be shown during Milk and the last thirty seconds of HNSCC. I will also use Final Cut Pro to edit my next draft as it will allow me to make the video look as professional as possible with a range of other tools which are not available on iMovie.

Animatic

We created an animatic version of our storyboard.

Behind the scenes

 

 

 

Behind the scenes

We took pictures of the actress behind the scenes, featuring her makeup which was messy eyeliner, following our inspiration from Skins character, Effy Stonem. We also got shots of her applying fake blood to represent a nose bleed, a result from drug-use. We supplied the fake blood ourselves from a halloween store to give the character a more realistic look into the usage of drugs.

Evidence of filming

 We took the following images on set whilst we were setting up our filming. We used a tripod in order to steady the camera and refrain it from any shaking due to our hand movements. In the shots you can see Katy Marwood filming the first scene we filmed, which features our actress, Oceana, walking away from us. We also handed her the camera to give a point-of-view shot which can enable the audience to see the action and storyline through her eyes. You can also see me, setting up the camera on the tripod - we delegated tasks between us to ensure we all contributed to the making of our music video.

 

 


The final 2 images are filmed in a separate location, where the main story line takes place. During it, we filmed the actress on the tripod lip syncing the lyrics with a white wall behind her. This all contributes to our evidence of filming, which we ensured we got whilst we filmed the main storyline.

Recce shots / filming locations

Here are some images on where we plan too/will film our music video;

 

 

Clavering Park

We chose Clavering as a location as we all live fairly close and the fact a drug deal is going on in a park during broad daylight shows the reckless, carefree nature of  today's youth.

Filming outcome

Our plan to film on Sunday was successful, as we gathered 194 videos and images for our music video, digipak and advert. 

Storyboard

Storyboard

Storyboard from rebecca14150330

Filming

We originally planned to film on Saturday the 21st of November but after checking the weather forecast and seeing that Saturday is going to rain, we didn't want to risk it and instead rearranged the filming day to Sunday. We contacted the actress and made sure she was available.

Digipak ideas

We looked at The 1975's existing album/EP covers to give us inspiration for the creative process of our own. From this research we have discovered that the band use their logo and the symbol of the rectangle throughout their products (music videos, album covers and posters) as this is a form of brand identity and as soon as their audience see the rectangle they associate it with the band. Therefore, the rectangle will be a feature of our own digipak and music video.