Call sheets

Before every shoot a call sheet had to be created. This was my job as i am the producer. The call sheet specified the meeting times, props and costumes needed, contact details and shots that we would be doing during the shoot. This meant we could manage out time more easily when we were on the shoot. As well as doing all the shots specified on the call sheet, we made sure we did many of the shots from different angles so that we would have enough footage. We also took the story board with us so that we could see what we were tryin to shoot.

PROBLEM! (resolved)

The lead singer of our band was suspended from school on the day of our first shoot and will no longer be in our video. However Elliot and myself went to the studio in Tom Hinks' house to do some practice shots without the band, whilst there we had a brainstorm with a eurika moment! We now plan to use Tom Hinks' who is prolific at the guitar and drums in our video and film it as if he is three different band members. This is a unique and original idea that we think will work well along with our comical style to the video. We will play with the idea by including various styistic features and special effects, such as the use of split screen to have three Tom's on screen at once, each one a different band member, also we will quickly switch from one shot of Tom as a certain band member to another hopefully giving the comical illusion that he is in two/three places at once.

Practice Shoot

During our lesson on tuesday the three of us went out to try out some shots that we were thinking of using. We successfully shot a number of panning shots, some low angle shots and a 360 degree pan, all of which we hope to include in our video. When we uploaded the shots on to a computer we also discovered that the shots of people walking or running looked hilarious when reversed and as the overall tone of our video is going to be light-hearted and slightly jokey we believe that this shot will fit in nicely.

We have also had the idea of using this effect of reversing footage for somebody rolling down a hill; we will shoot them rolling down normally and then reverse it during the editing process to create the effect that they are rolling upwards, defying the laws of gravity and hopefully creating a humerous moment in the video.

Update

We have had another group discussion to organise certain elements of the video prodution, here are the developments we have made:

• We have decided on a new location for the performance shots, a studio in Tom Hinks's house, it is small so has an intimate feel and it is also equipped with a drum kit, guitars, amps and a mixing deck.
• Our new Shooting dates are;

1. 30/01/08- Studio performance (whole band, Jo and Elliot and myself at studio in Tom Hinks's house)


2. 02/02/08- Beach and Town footage (whole band, Elliot and myself at Camber Sands and Rye)


3. 06/02/08- Any locations and footage that we need to complete filming.

Animatic- Review

Here is a link to our animatic on YouTube;


Creating The Storyboard/Animatic

I created the storyboard for our music video by listening to the track and deciding with Jo and Elliot on the key scenes and footage that we would inlude, i then decided on an order that these should b placed in according to the track. Once i had created a basic 8 box layout for the whole video i then developed this by making a 10 page (58 box) storyboard that includes most if not all of the shots that we will shoot. After creating our storyboard we then filmed 4 second clips of each shot/caption and uploaded the footage onto the computer. We then uploaded our track and using Premiere Elements 3.0 we attempted to link the visuals with the music. Once Elliot had split up the footage into separate shots i then edited the footage to fit in time with the track i.e. in time with the beat and lyrics.

What we have learnt
From this task we were able to see how the proposed idea for the video would work in time with the track, we also saw how well the visuals would work with the music and lyrics. However we found a few problems with our storyboard when placed in sync with the track, here are some of the the problems we face and the ways we will attempt to ovrcome them:

• The amount of shots for certain parts of the video are uneven, i.e. some parts have too many shots and some shots go on for too long.
• Therefore we will film some extra filler shots during the shoot to add into any places that are lacking and we will also rethink some of the order of shots.
• We also felt that there was a slight lack of shots from our main location, the Beach.
• Therefore we will try to use this location more on the filming day.

Planning review #2

You have not met the deadline for the animatic. You must now aim to complete this as soon as possible, upload to the blog, explain HOW you made it and what exactly you have learnt from doing it.

You also need to post an entry on the reccie and any new discussions on your concept. This blog is not currently reflecting a level 4 planning grade. GET organised.

Reccie Shoot

We recently went on a trip down to Camber sands, a beach on the south coast, where we took our location/reccie shots as a record of the area in which we are going to shoot our music video. Whilst down there we decided on many of the key areas we plan to use and we saw many of the problems we may face during filming, such as the excessively high winds and problems with sand blowing around, also some of the areas are not easily accessible when carrying all the equipment, however we feel that we should be able to overcome these problems. Here are some stills of the footage from the beach;

The Band

This is a recent photograph of the band practising at one of the band members' house, the lead singer is called Louis Rado and can be seen wearing the blue t-shirt: