Pre-production: Health and safety

9) A list of health and safety issues I have identified and details about what steps I have taken to minimise these / address them / keep ourselves safe.

The scene in the woods when our actress is shot the contents that we make the blood on her shirt must be ingredient that is safe to inhale during the shoot and that it doesn't cause any irritation to the skin. To do this we must research the safety of the contents we mix.

Another scene in the woos we must ensure the safety of the actress and actor when are running from each other that we mark on the ground and choreograph how they travel between the woods so they do not trip and bump into trees. This could cause fatal injuries to their head or body.

The weather plays an important health risk considering we are shooting sometimes in cold conditions, therefore, we will provide our actors and crew behind the camera to come in warm clothing like weather proofs jackets in case of rain delaying our filming. We can ensure that everyone would be suitably dressed for whatever weather conditions.

The accidental shooting in the forest we have our actress Hannah tied to a tree before she is shot, so the rope that will be tied around her hands behind her will not be tight/ tied properly. To avoid limiting the circulation of her blood during the scene, once we got the panning shot around the tree with her arms tied the rest of the filming will be shot with the ropes off her. Instead she poses with her arms free around the tree to avoid all health scares for our actors.

As we draw closer to the end of our filming we continue to adopt these health and safety checks, but I will add any additional things if anything important that requires new rules or establishments to ensure good health and safety. 

Pre-production: Storyboard

I made a detailed storyboard of key scenes that are in the vidoe, with that storyboard done we can use this as we begin to shoot our music video as a guide to stay intune with our vison and storyline.

 I made the storyboard on A3 sheets and folded them into 8 setions to draw out each scene, using penicil and a handwriting to pen to enhance and add detail over the pencil drawing I made at the start.

My group and I are very proud of the storyboard and are currently planning which shoots to shoot first.

Pre-production: Shooting scrpit pt 2

e. What are significant eyelines and when do they change?


-One significant eyeline in the storyboard I'm making shows the artist looking in his car mirror and he can see the girl he's obsessed with he see her walking home in his rear view mirror.


-The moment she drops her phone on the ground when he run up behind her to return it their eyelines goes to their hands exchanging the phone and then the eyeline returns to his eye contact with her looking back at him bewildered and quickly making her way again.


-When she is tied to the tree the camera will slowly go around her as if he is walking looking over her wondering what he will do next.


-The classroom scene where he makes a drawing of her and the the camera draws upwards at his subject across the room when he first sights the one he desires in a lesson. The next significant eye line is then the close-up of the teachers whiteboard showcasing the song and the artist.


f. When / why does the camera move?
The scene when he stalks the girl and her friends to the shopping centre we will capture him following them leave over his should as he slowly walks metres behind him is a moment when the camera moves with the character.

The moment the girl breaks free from the tree as the actors back is turned to her as she runs we thought we could follow her running from him with the camera set in front of her running back on ourselves to capture her face up close looking panicked.

g. How can you use composition to show relationships / develop narrative (framing, focal length, arrangement of characters, etc)?
The scenes in his bedroom, objects in there could be featured up close and then a longshot estblishing his bedroom as whole. I think this is te same techinique we'll use in the classroom scene and the scene in the park where he takes her after kidnapping her the locations trees, bushes skies and waters to capture the surrounding as the narratuve goes in the images of nature will coorepond with the mood of the certain scenes. 

h. What kind of coverage do you need (critical moments should have

more coverage / more editing options)?
I think the moment the girl realises that she has been watched but the boy and show the camrea of the them starting into the camera to show the lloks being exchange between them. After this we will cover the moment he places the hankerchief over her nose to knock her out will be filmed up close and feature either side of him to establish that no ones around to watch her been kidnapped. Finally the moment leading to her esape and unexpected shot to the victim causing her death will be heavily featured the surrounding the charaters facial expressions and them two together in the shot when the girl is tied to the tree as he his stuck what to do to make her like him.

Pre-production: Shooting Script

a. What do you need to show to establish environment?
To establish the envirnment in our music video, for instance the scene when the guy stalks the girl and her friends, the lcation of this scene will be amongst a shopping centre out startbucks to estblish that are amongst the public and he tries to not be noticed when they seat down in starbucks  having a converstion he would a few tables beside them.

I was inspired by Marcus Fosters music video I Was Broken shots of nature to establish the outdoors and that itwas we are inspired to incorporate into our muisc video when he shoots the one he's obsessed with will use inbetween scenes views of trees, bushes, branches, the sky for when it gets to the chrous 'blue skies are calling'.

b. When do you show establishing info?
We would like to introduce the artist in the scene in the classrom when he sees the girl he likes acriss him, as the teacher is conducting the lesson the whitebord behind has the name Oliver Fox-Nights of Broken Sleep. This will open up the video so that the audience know from the start who they're watching and listening to, this is how we will show establishing information of the artist.

c. When do characters move and how to show movement?
We thought for the scene where he stalks her and her friends tostrbucks after they go theyre separate ways the camera would be postioned above his shoulder capturing his subject as if the audience know the girls fate but she doesnt know what danger is to come from this tracking shot.

The ending scene when he has suddenly shot her in the park, as he flees the scene the camrea will face him as he walks into the camrea leaving the frame devastated of what he has done.

d. If relevant, at each significant moment, whose Point Of View are we sharing - does POV shift? When / how?
The point of view will vary between the whenever the artist watches her and stalks, but other than that the video will be filmed in the POV of the viewer.

Pre-production: Costumes and Props

6) Images of the costumes and props we intend to use in the video.

Here are photos hannah took that she will be wering during filiming as she is our female lead for our music video.

This is the Beatles top, jean jacket and coat that hannah will wear as her costume during filiming the music video.

 

Jonathan a perfroming arts student a friend to all of us in the group and our lead actor and artist for music video. Below are some great picture Hannah took of our actor Jonathan also in his costume for music video that both character meet the simple lothing that ties in with the conventions of an indie attire.

This is Jonathon, well known for his classic gentleman style

 

Pre-production: Clothes and Colour Palettes

5. h. What kind of clothes does each character wear and what do the clothes tell us?

 

i. What colour palette and progression would promote the video’s thematic development?

The music video is a narrative piece that we have spoken together as a team to keep it naturally lit, similar to videos like Florence and the Machine ' What the water gave me', it a wonderful example of using natural lighting that would best resonant and familiar for viewers and visualise them selves in her video. This is the same essence we wish to capture in our video, that you could visualise yourself in a classroom with someone you never took notice of, or never expected the unexpected lengths he would go to have her.

To reinterate on the embodying natural lighting inspired by Florence and the Machine video, I compared this video in a previous post to Marcus Foster's 'I Was Broken'. In that video is strictly black and white, this evokes a muted feeling, an expression of loss of life and evidently colour.  I thought it would be a good idea to combine both contrasting colour schemes of each video into ours. For example, the greatly uncomfortable moment when he plans her capture and takes her through the woods or when he is filmed alone, we would change the colour scheme into black white when editing the footage on Final Cut Pro. 

I think this will make for interesting dynamic between the use of natural and editing key moments in black white, the alteration will hopefully bring attention to tense moments and significance to viewers.

The Rose by Salvador Dali

Below are two music videos, one is Nirvana 'heart shaped box and the other by Ed Sheeran 'A-team'. Nirvana's music video is a conceptual piece, which has a powerful colour scheme that includes red predominately considering the tile of the song hold the word 'heart', indicates an important connection with the lyrics and its theme. In addition to being a brightly lit video the scenarios that we see in the videos are peculiar and most disturbing. Besides the ambiguity of the videos the colour scheme is very reminiscent of surrealist artist Salvador Dali. This is seen in the scenes in the landscapes of a blue sky orange and red flowers and hay.

The unconventional British artist Ed Sheeran and his music video 'A-team' is a narrative video, which from beginning to end edited in black and white. In this instance used to depict misfortunes of poverty, loneliness, misunderstanding and vulnerability of this one women travelling through London. The thing about Ed Sheeran music video doesn't feature him much in this video not at all, but I chose this video because the use of black and white to indicate a deeper more sensitive situation to unveil an emotive attachment.

Pre-production: Props

5) f. What kind of props goes with the set? Everyday things

Book- Enduring Love

Car

Note Pad

Exercise books

Paper and pen

Picnic Basket

Red Rose

Invites/invitations

Computers

Water pistol

Wallet

Photos

Scissors

Handkerchief

Photographs 

g. What kind of belongings do the characters keep around them?

X, Y and Z reign in (f.)

Pre-production: Video Themes

5) a. What is the video’s theme? The theme for my music video is of a young guy who is so love-struck with a girl that the boundary between reality and the dream-state he has when imagining what he wants his relationship with the girl to be like, is blurred. It shows how far people would go for love and how it makes you do crazy things. However, we make this an extreme example as the male kidnaps his love and that's when things become even crazier.

b. What are its mood progressions?  The video starts with the end and shows the viewer how he got there. It starts off very hostile with the girl tied to a tree and the lead character waving his gun around in despair. Then it flashes to him scouting her and he is smitten with love which is reflected in the lighting and then progresses to him imagining them walking through the park hand-in-hand though collapses down to reality with black and white/dark images to illuminate the reality of his dark actions.

c. What kind of location should each sequence have? From the beginning of research and planning we wanted to film in the woods or a park. We akso plan on featuring the sky when the chrous 'blue skies are calling' to connect the audio and visuals in our video. We also will be filming in a shopping mall showing him watching her from a distance so wherever she was, he was never far away. Even in broad daylight he will always be there watching and waiting for her to finally be his.

d. What statement should each location make towards the video’s premise? We will have some books in the car that he kidnaps the girl in; one being Enduring Love which gave us the idea of the music video's premise as there is a character that can't help but love a man he's never met. He cannot help his actions as he is driven by love and it also ends with violence.

e. How should each set be lit? The lighting for our music will be naturl sunlight, in my reserch of inidemusic videos they use natural lighting such as 'What the water Gave Me' by Florence and the Machine use natural sunlight in the outdoor. We regonised this to be a convention of indie musi videos to be simple yet realistic.

Watch out for further important areas shaping our music video for Pre-Production 5) in future posts!

Pre-production: Locations

4) I will touch down on our locations organised between our Location Manager Mark, and the performance captured within them.

Park – In the park we have a lead male and female looking happy and in-love in the park. They will share a picnic together and this will symbolise the inner thoughts of the guy kidnapping his female crush.

While in a second scene is where he drags from her car into the park, where no one can hear her and have moment alone. The girl will be tied up and distressed from the distorted motives to relish her of human cruelty and brutality.  

       

         

Home environment- in this space will be only using an empty living room space with a bed and the floor and not much any other furniture. This is where he takes the girl after kidnapping her on her way home, into this dull and derelict living room.

Townscapes- This is what will video while his driving his car, the camera will positioned looking out of the window, through the town he has captured her too, while passing couples, and families oblivious to the villain that passes through their streets, as he is holding ‘soul mate’ in the back of the boot.

Bedroom- The bedroom will belong Phil who is unhealthy love-struck by a girl in his sixth form. In this bedroom will compile an array of photographs taken in secret of her consuming a bedroom wall. This is one of the more uncomfortable and creepy scenes, as the audience will understand the extent of his desire to possess her, which he has built a shrine for in his home.

Classroom- This is where the obsession and the desire to own the so-called love of his life into kidnap for his own desires. So it is the classroom where there share lessons and stares at her from a distance. Considering he doesn’t notice him at all, he is almost nonexistent to him, more or less invincible. Therefore what waits for her she would have never seen it coming, although, his textbooks and his bedroom compiles pictures and hearts with each other’s name in the middle.  

Motorway- This is when he finally stops driving and we see him drag her out the boot into the park for the final scenes.

Starbucks- he stalks her and her friends on the girls day out and watches her and her daily routine.
I do consider the theme and drama behind our idea can be overwhelming from an outside perspective, and if someone were to watch our female lead dragged from a car boot. This could lead to panic and obvious worry and dangers of our actions. Therefore, we must consider the time of day that we film, that no one is concerned with the role play behind our scenes. Perhaps, if we were to titled our clothing like a true production crew. For example, 'Filming' or 'Film project' on the back of clothing. Someone watching us film scenes like that in the general public, will understand their is no harm and that is purely performance and no real hurt between our actors.

An additional point would be the people that are extras, we must ensure the extras casted in our classroom are willing participants, so that no one is made uncomfortable, forced, or unknowingly involved in filming are notified of our motives for the music video. 

Pre-production: Inspirations

3) I was inspired by the simplicity of the music video by Marcus foster called I was Broken featuring Kirsten Stewart as the female lead. I thought the editing of the music only featured the artist and the actress and moment of moving imagery of nature and townscapes. I felt that the lonely and empty spaces captured the moment similar between the creations of world only containing Adam and Eve. In my own opinion I consider this to be purposeful inclination of the director and the script of incorporating an intertextual reference to Adam and Eve.

At one point in the video, there is a merging of Kirsten’s face over the top of Marc’s face, suggesting that she’ll never be easily relieved from his memories. The editing of the two of them together suggests there is a strong bond between them.

There was a shot looking at grass, where in the opening verse he says “My head is off the ground”, making a significant, reference to the lyrics.

This method of imagery is known as montage, when a collection of images are interlinked after one another. I think the use if naturalistic forms reinforces the feeling of freedom, and you are led to believe he is finally restored back into normality.

James Blunt 'You’re Beautiful' presented an relateble concept associated with feeling brutally honest through the feeling of broken heartness, using an element of intrigue and creativity.

Cinematography

What I love about this video is that it matches the slow and subtle nature of the song in the translating it to the cameras gradual movements. like the moment the camera moves above his to the sky we see seagulls circle overhead like buzzards. This camera moved like this on two occasions catching the same masquerade of birds but the camera would slowly come down and capture James Blunt in his next activity or stance.


The main camera shot in the video was close up of James face singing throughout the video eyes towards the camera like a personal interaction with the audience that is incredibly intimate and similar to Marc Fosters music video. Both videos use this shot in a manner that is focused in the emotion conveyed that we truly grasp it in a way that is quite claustrphobic, but very personal. 


Lighting
The enviroment is evidently cold, bare, snowy setting that appears to be naturally lit bright and clear.


Editing
The transition between shots of him are very calm and subtle which i really liked because you werent distracted and not too many things went on the vieod was focused on him and slow angles his environment above him and the objecs set in the ground that the would zoom into them and graudually draw back in the very sam e place. Most of the time the camre was still, like the moment he lept of the cliff the camera remained still  watching him drop into the water below. The effect of this shot makes his action apper real and sudden because you see him grow further and futher away and then the plunge of water left after him falling under. this shot provided authetic perspective of him disappearing into the wide sea.

Mise-en-scene
The Blunt removes the upper portion of his clothing in a cold, bare, snowy setting and places all of his personal belongings on the ground. What is intersting is that the props were his personal items alone among the whole video, which is simple and great way to use a something small to present something deeper and more peronal through lesser complexity of multiple props.

Blunt removes the upper portion of his clothing in a cold, bare, snowy setting and places all of his personal belongings on the ground. While doing this, seagulls circle overhead like buzzards. At the end of the video, he jumps off a cliff and lands into the depths of icy water while he sings the lyrics: "But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you". The video was filmed in Mallorca, Spain

Representation
The video ends with a dramatic plunge to his death his finak words being  "But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you" is a a calm exaggeration of when we are struggling emotional towards another we often think of the worst and feeling like nothing is worth more in life thann that individual. I think this is the feeling both the artist and the director Sam Brown wanted to portray to people that experience a broken heart.

Form
This is a performance music video, it features James Blunt staring starkly at the camre mouthing the words of the lyrics.

Cultural references and intertextuality
James follows a Japanese tradition of removing one's shoes and contents of clothing prior to jumping from a great height.
John Perez cinematography - http://www.johnperez13.com/music-videos
 I looked throughall

Maroon 5 she will be loved. However I am not inlove with the video, because it is predictable and perhaps this

They above selected music video of an indie background share similar topics of failed relationships, depleting relationships or unjust relationships. But what I enjoyed about analysing the way they would story tell

Eminem ft Duffy was about becoming obsessively involved and when that same feeling over the individual obsessed over does not  

Obsessed http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1198138/

Ed Sheeran Lego house

Pre-production: Roles and Responsibilities

2) Between our group we delegated the official roles in the making of the video for next year. We may help one another along the way, whether if its is much needed assistanc or honest opinons. the team will be open to heling eachother achieving a successful indie music video. my role is currently the director and cinematography.

Director- Marissa

A director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. The director also plays a key role in post-production, and control a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors.

Directors are responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the overall control of the film producer. They often develop the vision for a film and carry out the vision, deciding how the film should look, in other words they make their vision come to life. They are responsible for turning the script into a sequence of shots. They also direct what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience.

Videographer- Radhika

A videographer is a person who works in the field of videography, video production, recording moving images and sounds on video tape, disk, and other electro-mechanical device. Videographers work alone with a single-camera setup or in the case of a multiple-camera setup, as part of a larger television crew with lighting technician, grips and sound operators.

Editor/Cinematographer- Radhika/ Marissa

A film or video editor is responsible for assembling raw material into a finished product suitable for broadcasting. This is a key role in the post-production process and the editor's skill can determine the quality and delivery of the final product. The editor can be apart of team and they will usually work closely with the director to achieve the desired end result.

A cinematographer is the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The cinematographer in in charge of selecting the lens, filters, etc., to realize the scene in accordance with the intentions of the director.

Scriptwriter -Hannah

A scriptwriter is the person who writes, and creates the short films through video.

Prop/costume management- Hannah

Costume manager is the person that oversees the concept film or video and select the clothing for the main actors/actresses/other extras to match the vision of the director.  

Location manager- Mark

Location manager fulfils the vison of the film or video locations, and arrange its availbility.

Casting director-Mark

Casting is a pre-production process for selecting a cast.

Pre-production: Shooting Schedule

1) Our group will be shooting during Wednesday and Fridays, as we are all available at these times, but when we cant all film together we will have a discussion what will tak place on the next shoot if one or two of us are off. so that we contiune to communicate and have personal input in the anything concernig the video.
Monday is when we all edit the music viedo over two mac computars in our school for two hours.