Risk assesment

We have discussed the fact that we will raise up the sets onto stilts to create a whole room effect so that we can film the built up room having the perspective of a room. When filming we would have to be careful of the stilts, not to knock them causing the sets to fall down and injure people.

Also the fact that there will be lots of wires and lightings around, be careful around the wires not to trip up and not to have water in the studio, to stop electrocuting taking place.

Production Schedule

8:30-9:45= Bedroom Shots (Narrative)

BREAK- MOVE SET

10:00-11:00= Bathroom Shots (Narrative)

BREAK- MOVE SET

11:15-12:30= Living Room Shots (Narrative)

LUNCH BREAK- MOVE SET

1:15-3:00= Kitchen Shots (Narrative)

BREAK- MOVE SET

3:15-4:00= Band Setting Up (Performance)

BREAK

4:15- 5:30= Band Performing (Performance)

BREAK

5:45- 6:20= Band with Dolls House (Performance)

FINISH

Analysing Story Boards

Change in casting

Our other guitarist Sam Rhodes was unable to be in our music video due to that fact that we was in too high demand and that he couldn't play the guitar. Shane Himathongkom is tall and fits with the image which we wanted for the band members, and he has in the past played the guitar.
 

Album Cover research

Similar Indie Rock examples of album covers from Francescasummers

Below are the website links for all the artists and bands which I discussed in the presentation above which I looked at for inspiration in the CD covers for our song MardyBum

http://www.thestrokes.com/us/home

http://www.deathcabforcutie.com/

http://www.thewombats.co.uk/splash/your-body-is-a-weapon

http://www.mumfordandsons.com/
 

Casting List

Props list

The props list allows us to start to construct the mise en scene we want to portray throughout the different scenes in our music video. Also it then allows us to sort out which of the props we can supply ourselves and what the school need to get for us.

I completed the whole of the props list, while the other members of the groups did other work set.

Storyboard Animatic and evaluation

During editing our annamatic we realised that we needed to make it more creative by varying up the shots lengths, to having some short cut pace shots and some longer shots. We also chose to do a variety of transitions, including a pan across to different scenes and a time lapse.

Filming the annamatic allowed us to cut to the beat of the song and to be more realistic on the timings. It also allowed us to see how long the hsots really needed to be and it put this into perspective, making it clearer than the storyboard.

The key moments in the animatic which represent our concept are the shots of the furniture turning into cardboard. This is shown by the uses of colouring in the image in a brown pen. These shots convey the idea that the perfect world from the outside is not perfect in the inside.

The strengthes of the animatic is that it shows where the lack of varity in the shots are, so it highlights this. However, when chosing where the beat is, this may not fit with the next shot, which is compliacting.

We kept all off our shots, however we added in some of the same shots more thasn ones. For example, in the begining of the video, we decided to introduce the band performace and the lead singer. This was to introduce the band and the selling point earlier, rather than just using them in the instramental. This was important because the music video is to sell the band itself, so it is important that they appear in the video and are recognised.

We have learnt that in order to film to get the perspective of the dolls house, we will have to film, but angle to camera to miss one of the walls.

Story Boarding

Mardy bum annimation from Francescasummers

Throughout making our storyboards, each of the group contributed in different ways. I contributed by drawing all the performance drawings of the band and I did the annotation for the first 30 seconds.

Set designs

Today, myself and my group met with a set designer called Scott who was brought in from outside of school. The aim was to pitch our set ideas to him and to help us do this we sketched out what the settings of the rooms were going to look like. The picture above shows the dolly house from outside of it and this allows us to see the layers of the house and the rooms which are next to eachother.

During the meeting we discussed how it would be better if we shot, the band performance scene in the studio instead of in the basement, this would make it easier to increase or decrease the lighting, and also in the basement it is a long corridor and if we need to film the scene by angling the camera to allow the walls to be in the correct place to make it look like it is part of the dolly house.

The set designer also discussed how to make sure we get the perspective of the dolls house, we would have 2 sets next to each other. This would then allow us to easily film our transitions to the next room through the pans across the walls horizontally, however, when banning downwards through the fall into the 'basement' we would have to raise up the floor onto stilts and then therefore this would make it easier for the panning downwards to take place.

We also decided that the rooms would have a dark feel to them and this conveys a moody feeling, which would contrast with the perfect dolls house, but would link with the fighting of the couple and the furniture turning into cardboard.

A letter the the record company asking for permission

To Domino record company,

We are a group of A Level students working on an A Level project for a qualification in Media Studies. We are writing to request permission to use the following track ‘Mardy Bum’ by the Artic Monkeys.

With your permission the track ‘Mardy Bum’ would be used as the accompaniment to a short form video that is made purely for assessment purposes and will have no commercial usage. The video will be viewed only by members of the school community and the assessor of the examination board.

The artist and the copyright holder will of course be fully recognised in the pre-production and evaluation material that accompanies the project. We can also include a full copyright notice if required both in the planning material and on the video itself.

Yours sincerely


Francesca Summers
Hurtwood House School

 

 

Our band name

Throughout the discussion of what to call our band, we came to the conclusion that the name which best suited our band and our concept is 'Wonderland.' Deciding on the star/bands name is a vital part, me made the choice 'Wonderland' because it links perfectly with our idea of a perfect world which is conveyed at the end of our video, through the use of the dolls house. 'Wonderland' portrays the idea of a marvelous imaginary land or
fantasy; however this contrasts with our concept through out the video in the essence that the couple are fighting and their 'wonderland' is failing apart and is turning fake.

Editing the anamatic

Throughout this lesson, we started editing our footage of the annimated storyboard filming using final cut pro. We selected the track and inserted it into final cut pro and created a rush bin. We found it easier to create different bins for some of the different scenes, such as the scenes with the band become one seperate bin. Then we listened to the track and pointed out the sounds which stood out and placed a red marker there. Then we would insert the shot numbers in order.

However, we decided during the editing that we should include a sequence of the band in the instrumental at the beginning of the track as well as later on. We included a mixture of shorter and longer shots of the band and the alarm clock, with short cuts which fitted in with the beat of the song. I think this was a good choice because this means the audience is shown more and the whole point of a music video is to sell the artist or the band.

 

Shooting the anamatic

During this lesson, we shot the annamatic of our story board. We set up the camera onto the tripod and then white balanced. Myself and another team mate called annabel filmed the anamatic, while the other 2 members of the team, went to find out about a large scale printer and if we were able to use it in our video, to print the images of to the scale we needed and then stick them to the cardboard boxes.

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 We had to film each of the drawings in the frame for 5 Seconds, so then in the edit sweet, we could edit them together, including some short and long shots. In total we had 89 shots, which is a suitable amount of shots to have on the storyboard. However, in the actual shooting of the video, we will probably shoot more than 100 shots. This may be because some shots went wrong, or an idea was slightly changed or modified.