12. Pitches
In this task we played our song "there is a line" to our class. It was their first time hearing the song, therefore we gave each member of our class a stack of post it notes and asked them to spontaneously jot down any potential ideas that came to their head about what we could include in our music video. Their time limit was between the beginning of the song towards the end. After gathering the post it notes with all the different ideas, we were extremely happy because their was a wide variety of ideas which we have decided to incorporate into our music video such as some point of view shots, shots of the actress sitting under the tree and shots of her falling back into a bunch of leaves.
Lyrics Analysis
After gathering all the ideas we thought of and the ideas above, we decided to annotate the lyrics on paper. This helped us make it more clear in our heads what we were doing and also helped us know what scene and location to add for each verse. By annotating this, it has helped us apply Goodwin's theory to it and it has also allowed us to understand what we seem to be missing and what else to add.
13. Storyboard
PERFORMANCE SCENE
This is the official performance storyboard that we are going to use when we shoot this scene. We got inspiration from the singer Passenger in his song "let her go". This scene will have various shots of Shannon singing at different angles to the camera which we hope will create a emotional and more personal connection between the singer and the actor.
CAFE SCENE
LOCKER SCENE
WINTER WONDERLAND SCENE:
Because no one in my group has been to winter wonderland before we couldn't really do a storyboard as we didn't know what to expect. Therefore I wrote a list on my phone notepad of potential things we could include as i didn't want to go completely unprepared.
THAMES BARRIER PARK SCENE:
Dream Scene:
14. Animatic and Synopsis
After
discussing all possible ideas that we had we have come to our final proposal.
We decided that our music video will have a mixture of performance and
narration. Our song runs for a maximum of 3:31 therefore we know we have a
fairly large amount of lyrics to cover.
What we have decided to do and why:
·
Genesis
cinema performance scene – this is because there is a performance scene in the
upstairs of genesis which looks good as it has a very retro/vintage theme to
it.
·
Drama
room performance scene – we have decided to do a second performance scene in
the drama room in our school. This is because we want to try and recreate the
performance scene from Passengers song ‘let her go’. This song comes under the
indie genre and because we want to conform to the genre we think this will be
perfect as it is doable and also because it will be in contrast with the
genesis scene as that is quite a bright setting whereas this will be darker.
·
Dream sequence – we have decided to include a
dream sequence in our music video as we think it will go well with the lyrics,
‘laid out in all my dreams, you’re sitting like a king in front of me’.
Matching the lyrics and visuals is a major element in Andrew Goodwin’s theory
therefore we have decided to include it. We got this idea from Justin
Timberlake’s song ‘mirrors’.
·
Narration
– we have decided to split the narration up in two parts. For the first two
verses of the song we will show the female singer pining after her male love
interest. We will show her gazing at him and trying to catch his
attention. However halfway through the
song we will start featuring her love interest and her as if they are together.
We are planning on showing a variety of shots of them and portraying them as a
couple. We have decided to do this because in Taylor Swift’s music video’s such
‘love story’ and ‘teardrops of my guitar’ she does exactly this and because she
fits under our hybrid genre of country pop we once again wanted to conform to
the genre.
·
Bedroom
scene – in the lyrics ‘drifting back in’ we have decided to show her waking up
from a dream as this fits in well with the lyrics. Because this is after the
footage where we will show them acting like a couple it could imply that they
she has been dreaming about this all along, and it was all just a mere dream in
her head.
·
Enigma
codes – we have decided to use an enigma code in the lines ‘Your bullet fired your reckless aim’
where we will show Gabriel visually shooting down Shannon. This action could
imply how Gabriel has the power to destroy Shannon and the effect that Gabriel
has on Shannon.
15. Rough Edits
we decided to do a draft edit for this scene as it was something completely new to us and we were not familiar with it at all. We achieved this by firstly changing the transparency level. However once we done this one of the characters became so transparent that we were not able to see them. we then had to crop each side of the shots and join them together to make it seem as if they're looking in the mirror at each other. We added fade ins so that the transitions looked smooth instead of jumpy.
We completed this 20 second edit of a specific part of our music video. the purpose of doing this was to get warmed up to editing and also to give us a taste of how challenging it would be. It certainly was challenging, as although 20 seconds may seem short, it actually isn't because it is a lot of space to fill up with different footage.
PHOTOS FROM FILMING
As the performance scene is vital part of our music video, we wanted to practice filming these scenes. It enabled us to understand what camera shots we needed for our actual performance scene, the use of lighting and it also gave us the opportunity to test the try on some of the costumes and props on our artist.
We decided we needed go film an additional scene for the ending as our previous footage did not match the tone of the song at the end, which is very quite and subtle. We chose a carnival location at night as it suited the ending and the connoted lyrics very well.
As nature is a big convention of the indie genre, we knew we had to film outside. We chose Thames Barrier Park as our location as it had a maze where we could get some very good shots, was next to the riverside and had a park. The weather was very sunny which allowed us to film really good shots. At the end of the day we had over 100 shots, which meant that in editing we would have variety to chose from.
These are some of the images from the Cafe scene. We decided to use a cafe in a school because it fitted the convention of teenage love very well. Unlike a normal cafe it was very spacious and not to crowded which allowed us to move around very freely and get the shots we needed.
After we had practiced filming the draft performance scene, we planned and filmed the actual performance. Previous time we had problem with the lighting and decided to find a better location, therefore we gained permission to use the stage in the bar of the local cinema Genesis. The setting suited our genre very well, there was plenty of space that allowed us to film and the lighting was bright and perfect for the performance scene. In addition, we decided that we needed a more subtle performance scene at the end, therefore we went to our original location and this time ensured we used good lighting and framing. In the end all the footage was came out really well.
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