The Final idea!

After debating about what idea we wanted to go for, Idea 3 got the vote and this is the one we will be working on.

The idea in depth:

The concept of the video is a talent show with people waiting outside read to audition. The winner will then get his/her picture in the magazines and newspapers but the people who are blocking their ways are the three judges. Justin Who is actually going to be the winner of the show and we've decided that, throughout the video his face will not be shown but infact it will be a point of view show right up untill the end just before he starts to perform. There will be some good auditiioness aswell as bad ones and we've decided to have a 'psycho' girl running around liky crazy and then Ola the security guard will then chuck her out of the theatre.

Comparisons:

1. X Factor - Shayne Ward: That's my goal

The reason why this is a comparison is because our music video is a x factor/britains got talent style video.

The Similarities:

Judges

Auditioness

Stars in their eyes poster (instead of x factor ofcourse)

The line of other auditionees waiting outside.

Differences:

• Security guard taking out crazy girl.
• Not only singers but dancers too.
• Point of view shots.
• Video isn't only based around one person; other auditionees can be seen.
  

Here is the video:




2. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

I really like the idea of having split shots afer watching a previous A2 music video and i thought it was cool. Therefore, i threw in this idea and the others agreed. Michael Jackson's Billie Jean also inspired me because it uses several split shots when he's dancing.
Below is a GIF image i created using print screen shots of the split screens from Bille Jean:

Reason why we thought this will be a better idea to do than the other two is because it's similar to what the song is about and that about being 'a star' and as it is a pop kind of song, a jumpy and humourous video would suit it's genre.

Next lesson we will be looking at treatments.

Treatments

Before we start creating the music video, we need to write up a treatment. Rosie gave us an example of a treatment for Eightball's 'My Homeboy's Girlfriend' which was directed by Christopher Erskin.

The treament consists of the idea of the video into depth and what sorts of shots and angles we're going to have. Here is the treatment:

Music Video.. ideas

I'm actually happy with the group i'm in this year because everyone actually listens to each other and take each other's decisions into consideration :).

We've already made a decision of what song we would like to use for the music video and we've had different ideas about the music video itself.
Well the song we would be using is: Stars in their eyes! By Just Jack..

Idea 1:

It would start off with a close-up shot of a poster which says 'RESPECT' in capital letters and then it will zoom into the artist looking into the mirror. The point of the poster is to show that the artist is a very genuine person who believes in believing & respecting yourself. He is in the dressing room getting ready for a performance and then he will walk out the room and as soon as he steps out, there will be a point of view shot when he's walking. There will be flashing lights to signify 'stardom'. This idea has been influenced by Common's music video 'The game'.

Common - 'The Game'

Idea 2:
The second idea was all based around being in school telling a story. It would start off with a close shot of the school logo and then zoom out to Jason Who walking towards the building. The significance of being in the school is to show that, 'you can aim for your dreams even if you're at school' and also he would be having flashbacks of him when he was a student. The younger him would be messing about and getting into trouble but at the same time being serious about his music. This idea is similar to (not compeletly similar though lol) to Chipmunk's video 'Chip Diddy Chip'.

Idea 3:

Our third and final idea was a judging panel music video. It will be a talent show sort of thing similar to the x factor videos. We will have a line of people waiting outside the theatre for their turns to audition and then towards the end Justin Who would walk in and impress the judges.

Next lesson we will come to a final decision as to which one we want to do!

Pleminary task - the video

Here is the final and completed A2 Pleminary video!

What i learnt from doing the pleminary task is how to do different shots to add effect. For example, starting from 0:58 he starts walking down the stairs and then a point of view shot; then a shot of him walking down the stairs but this can be seen through the glass window. During editing i learnt the obvious: how to create a music video :).

Editing pleminary task

Unlike last time, everyone has to edit the pleminary task instead of just one person. I've started editing and finished in an hour; it was easy for me to edit it because, i edited the our last production which was the beginning of a film and i've become used to using the software 'Final Cut Pro'.
It was 1 min and about 30 seconds long which was alright because the maximum was 2 mins.

Evaluation:

There were mostly good shots such as the over-shoulder shot and the mirror out which turned out really good. I also added an 'crawl' effect to the bits where the camera was on Junior and this looked really good because it suited the music. In between his journey, i added the people saying 'fuck education'. However, there were some shots which were shaky, tilted and out of focus so i need to bare this in mind for when we start filming the music video; need to make sure the focus is fine and the tripod is fixed properly. Other than that, i was pleased which means the main production will also be good if i keep up with the pace im working at.

Pleminary task - day 2

We continued filming and that's all that happened this lesson. Junior was our actor and we had him walk through some doors (long shot); walk down the stairs (high angle); point view shot of him walking down; then an over-shoulder shot of him walking towards Kaamil. I then came up with a good idea of filming him through the drama window which looked like a mirror because of the black curtains on the other side and it looked cool. So we had him walk down the stairs and then turned the camera towards him. This was a good shot. We then filmed him walking towards the sports hall where he punched the lockers and then he walked into the sports hall and Marcus went round and round him with the camera. He then walked into the library and typed up 'Fuck Education' on word and we filmed him doing this. The last shot we filmed was of Ola kicking Junior out of the college. The lesson then ended and we had enough shots to edit for next lesson so everything was all sorted!

Pleminary task

Before we actually start producing our music video, we have to do a task known as the 'annoying pleminary task' lol. It's just a minor activity where we have to record and edit a peice and then evaluate it and talk about how we would improve to when it comes to the real deal. Maybe annoying but it brings marks so it's alright lol :D.

The pleminary task for this time is to:

'Create a walking/dancing video with different people appearing in it'

The song we are using is called 'F-Word' by the artist 'Babybird' (i've never actually heard of this artist before lol).

The video should have the running theme of young students saying "F**k Education". It should be as realistic as possible, but give the title song a connection with disaffected youth.

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The class was split into 2 groups and then we went out to film. I was in a group full of boys and it'sactually much easier working with them then working with a group full of girls because all they is disagree and you never actually get much done whereas the boys listen and do something lol.

We went out filming students from the college saying 'fuck education' and we got about 10 of them and before we could continue, lesson was over.

Here is a 30 second preview of the song we have to work with:

The F-Word - Baby Bird