Screen Shot 3

This is a screenshot of the timeline used when we edit our video, and it shows the layers used, this screenshot is again when we used the green screen which has now been re-done.

Screen Shot 2

This is a screen shot of final cut whilst trying to again edit out the green, this was more successful although we re filmed this without the green screen and used the original background behind when we filmed which we thought looked better and more realistic.

Screen Shot 1

This is a screen shot of our video being edited, although this shot is from when we filmed with the green screen and we had to do this shot again as we had to try and key out the green which was unsuccessful.

Rough Cut 2

Studio Filming

In Thursdays lesson we filmed in the studio again as our previous green screen filming didn't work so this time we filmed with our background already there instead of the green screen, and we also filmed with a black background instead of green screen, as when we filmed it with green screen previously and tried to use the black background we had difficulties as the green reflected in the guitar and it was impossible to edit out on final cut, now that we've filmed with a black background it is a lot better and we will be able to successfully edit it. Overall this filming was very successful.

Fire & Lane shooting

Last night we filmed the fire shots once again, although we didn't film the lyrics burning as we still had those shots from last time. Some of the extra shots that we added was some shots of the main character singing whilst stood against a wall, we also filmed the whispering shot twice, near the fire and near the wall, again. We decided to film down a dark lane using car headlights to light up the main character. We done shots of her from the front walking forwards, as well as some of her walking forwards from behind. We also done some shots of her sat on a fence whilst driving past, and one of her where it looks as though she is about to be ran over. Another shot we filmed was of the main character brushing her hair in a mirror, which illustrates the lyrics. Over all we thought that this was very successful filming.

Fire Shooting Problems

In today's lesson we looked at the filming that we uploaded in yesterdays lesson and found that a lot of the clips from the fire scene that we had filmed aren't there, so we went to get the camera which we had used to film and found that our footage had been deleted, so we are now having to film the fire scene again, although we have decided to film more shots and use a few more different locations so that we have more footage to use, we will be filming this on Sunday night.

Fire Filming

Last night we filmed the fire scene with different shots of the main character behind the fire, as well as another character whispering into the main characters ear, we filmed close ups as well as medium shots, and we also filmed some of the lyrics of the song being burned in the fire, which we thought was successful.

Shadows Rough Cut

Shooting Problems

In today's lesson we edited some of our music video and discovered that our green screen filming was more unsuccessful than we thought, as when we edited we found that we couldn't edit out some of the green in the first shot that was around the main character, and also in the parts where the main character is playing guitar the green reflects in the guitar as it moves around so we cant edit it out, so we will now have to film the green screen shots again in a different way.

Shadows Animatic

Leaves Shooting

In today's lesson we filmed some footage in the burn valley park, this wasn't footage that we needed but we thought it would be best to film more footage that would go within our music video in case we need it. Some of the shot that we done was the main character walking along a path, another one of them kicking leaves and a one of them sat on the floor playing with the leaves, we thought these were all successful shots as we can now use them in our video.

Green Screen Shooting

In Today's lesson we filmed different shots with the green screen. The first shot we filmed was the shot where the main character is going to be stood in the city when everything is fast-forwarding, this shot was successful although it is difficult to edit out the green so we may have to film this part again, although it isn't too bad. We also filmed different shots of the main character playing guitar and we used different shots such as long shots, close ups and medium shots, as well as shots from the side. One of the problems we had was that the guitar at first had no strap, so the main character couldn't stand up and play it, when we eventually got a strap we had to tape it to the guitar as there was nowhere to attach it, although this wasn't a good idea as it kept falling off, eventually we used string to tie the strap to the guitar, which was better as it never fell off and it wasn't visible. Overall the filming was quite successful.

VoxPops - Audience Research

Shooting newcastle

Last night we filmed some of our music video in Newcastle which was mostly successful, we filmed the shots which we planned to which were, the trombone shot, walking along a dark street, parts were there are lights in the background and a shot of the main character drinking out of a bottle spinning around, we also filmed some extra shots which we thought we might be able to use in case we couldn't use the other shots, which were crossing a zebra crossing, and a low-angle shot with a clock in the background. The trombone shot was difficult to do as we had to do it handheld which made it look very unprofessional, so we have decided not to use this clip as it isn't a clip that we need to use and we have other clips which we could use instead. We also filmed a busy street to put on the background of the green screen were the main character will be stood whilst everything in the background is fast-forwarding.

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Inotial Ideas

Treatment Sheet

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Audience profile

This is Emily, she is 18 years old, and she she goes to college where she studies photography, art, music and media. Emily likes to shop at Topshop, MissSelfridge, ASOS and also likes to shop at vintage shops, where she finds the clothes to dress quite indie and quirky. Other bands that she like to listen to are The XX, Foals, The Maccabees, Arcade Fire, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Strokes, Best Coast, Yeasayer, Bob Dylan, The Drums, Friendly Fires, The Vaccines and Arctic Monkeys. She enjoys socialising with friends and horse riding with her pony, Sparkle. She takes inspiration from people such as Peaches Geldof, Fearne Cotton, Alexa Chung and Kate Moss. She also enjoys going to the cinema and gigs, and she learns songs on her guitar in her spare time. Emily says she likes Warpaint because of their chilled out, relaxed songs and she likes their style. She also likes the fact that they are an all girl band and they aren't 'girly'.

Digipak Analysis

The digipak I have chosen is Oasis's, Stop the Clock album which is also there greatest hits. On the front cover of the digipak there are four images, the first image is at the top left and it is an image of the bands name, in the case Oasis, this image is of the bands logo, which is there name in a white font and a black background. This is helping the audience identify the digipaks content. Another image on the font cover is a wooden wardrobe, inside are toys and clothing such as Elvis figures, snow white and the seven dwarves ornaments, an Elvis jacket and other vintage objects. The designer was Sir Peter Blake, who also designed the Beatles cover for Sgt. Pepper and the Lonely Hearts Club Band. The third image on the front cover is of a door with a blue background, painted on it is CD 1 inside the digipak painted twice. The last image is of a wooden table with objects on top of it and beneath it. These objects are a similar style to the ones inside the wardrobe, which are old, worn out toys which are from the 1940's till 1960's. All of these images and objects create an age to the album, making the album feel and look like it’s not from this time, probably the reason the band named the album "stop the clocks".inside, the digipak has four spaces, the first is a small book featuring images of the band in different years, song titles and the lyrics to the songs and a small history about the band. the second and third place in the digipak is the two main CD's featuring all the songs, on CD1 it is an old fashioned roulette wheel with a red ring around the outside. CD 2 is the same to CD 1, but has a blue ring around it. the fourth place is a DVD about the band and is titled "Big Brother". the CD has a image of the front cover but at a different angle.

Question Ideas + Our Ideas (Shadows - Warpaint)

Some questions we could ask for the VoxPops;

-What images come into your head when you hear this song?
-What would you expect to see in this video?
-What wouldn't you expect to see in this video?
-What would you expect from this genre of music?
-What costumes would you expect to see?
-How would you expect the females/males to act in this video?
-What videos have you seen recently which you have enjoyed?


Some ideas which we have had for the music video is of a person walking along a dimly lit street with their shadow on the walk, and then the person disappears and only their shadow is left.
Another idea is to walk around a busy city at night, with the main protagonist acting drunk and tired, and use shots such as trombone shots.

9 Screen Analysis

In the video farewell to the fairground the first important shot that we are shown is a long shot of a car driving down a empty icy road. This shot is important as it is something which in similar form is shown throughout the video. We see then see another long shot of another clip of a deserted town which another one of these similar shots we see throughout. When the singing starts we are shown a medium close up of the singer as he starts singing. During this we also see that he is walking along, this is then followed by a medium shot of the singer still walking along but in this shot we can see the background which looks deserted and cold. When we are shown this shot we also hear the lyrics "it's a dream that's growing cold" which his surroundings emphasize on. Whilst he is walking we see a long shot on the singer still walking along but passing the car which we had seen previous. During the beginning of this video we see that theses are the only two objects and people in the town. After the car has past we hear the lyrics 'goodbye to this dead town' where the previous shot shows how dead the town is. A medium shot of a stage which is set up is shown throughout this video along with many close up and medium close ups of the band members. Which is something usually shown in videos of bands but yet has nothing to do with the video. Between these shots we are shown a range of different shots of a man exercising. We are also shown many shots of the room which looks empty apart from exercise equipment and the one man. This is another indication that the town is dead and no one is really around. Towards the middle of the video we hear the repeated words 'keep on running, keep on running there's no place like home' where we first see a medium shot of the singer walking along. As he keeps repeating this we then see a medium close up shot of his face as he starts to run along a deserted road. This could show that he is running to get home as he says '
"there's no place like home". As we see him running along we see many different shots of previous places we have already seen throughout the video. Such as the man who is exercising, the band playing on stage and previous shots we have been shown of the deserted town. One shot that we see is a medium close up of two children standing and jumping on cars showing they have no respect for there town and we also see that no one is around to stop them as the town is deserted. At the end of the video the singer is still shown walking along the deserted town alone which doesn't allow us to know where he was going or if he got home.

9 Frame Analysis

The first shot that we are shown in the video is medium close up of a girl which stays at the same shot but fades to black and then back onto the shot of the girl. In this shot the background is very dark which illuminates her hair and face allowing her to be the full focus at this point. After this shot when we start to hear more of the music we see a range of shots of the band Yuck which range from medium long shots, medium close up and close up shots all of the band on stage and their instruments. During this we are also shown shots of shops and road signs which are moving along with the camera showing someone is going somewhere. We then see a medium long shot of a van which is moving shortly followed by medium close up shots of the band members in the van and a shot of the lead singer singing. Whilst the band are driving along we see a medium long on a girl holding a sign saying somewhere. From the way she is standing and holding out her hand this gives us the impression she is a hitchhiker but we see the van just drive past. After the van has drove past this girl we see another in a medium close up shot that is holding up a sign saying anywhere who again gives us the impression she is a hitchhiker but we see the van again drive past. We then see another girl from a medium close up shot but that has been shot from behind her which allows us to see the van drive past. From this shot we can also see that the girl is naked but again is holding up a sign. A medium shot is shown of the van carrying on driving but we are then shown back to the previous medium shot of the girl as we see the van reversing back toward her. A medium close up is shown of her opening the van door followed by a medium shot of inside the van where both the girl and band members and sitting showing she is the only hitchhiker they have picked up. A range of different shots are then used to show the band playing on stage and singing inside of the van. We then see a lot of close up shots of the girl one which we see is of her neck and we see that she is wearing a dog type collar and on the tag we can see it says Yuck which is the name of the band. During these shots of the girl we are also seen many shots of the band again playing on stage so that we can still see they are there. These shots continue until towards the end of the video where we see a medium shot of someone holding a sign saying get away, which is also the name of the song. The camera is the tilted upwards were we see the girls face and the van driving away as the song finishes.

Digipak Analysis

This album advert is for the album Kingdom of Rust by Doves. The only thing included in this advert is large text which covers the whole of the advert and some smaller text towards the bottom which is quite small font. Although there is just text included in this advert the larger text has images included within it. Within the larger font we can see that the text is made up of images of rust which goes with the album name Kingdom of Rust. As the background is black this helps the text to stand out as well as it being quite bold. Although this is the main focus in the advert the smaller text does also stand out as the text is in white. This text needs to stand out on the advert as it is a key piece of information about the album. As there are no images in this advert this allows us to focus on the most important thing which is the album information, obviously being something which the band want to advertise mostly

Digipak Analysis

The album advert i have chosen to analyse is Goldfrapp - Headfirst. The main colours used in this advert are yellow, pink, white and purple, which contribute to the dreamy image that the clouds create. Superimposition is used of the face of Goldfrapp layered on top of the clouds, which also creates a dream like image. The colour scheme and editing used creates a visual image of her music, and gives us the idea that it is fantasy like, which is the same as her videos, and her song, 'Rocket', and it also gives us the idea that her music is bright and happy, along with the colour scheme and image. The text used for the album name is very simple which makes us focus more on the image than the information, and the bold text which says 'Goldfrapp' which is used stands out so that the audience immediately recognise the artist.

Shot count task

Warpaint - Undertow

The video is 4:26, and there are 146 shots.

The most frequent shot used is a medium shot, and the editing of this video is quite fast paced, especially towards the end where the song builds up.

Personal Skills Audit

Digital Technology used;

-Garage Band - To create soundtrack

-IMovie - To edit & use special effects

-Photoshop - Create logo

-Macs - To edit, get sound & do research

Development: I will use final cut more during the A2 project and i will use the software more in depth

Research and Planning;

-Storyboard

-Pitch

-Call sheet

-Audience Research

-Timeline

-History research

-Opening sequence Analysis

-Mind maps

Handing it in on time gave us more time to create our video and the tasks and planning made it easier

For our A2 project i will do more research and plan well to make it easier

Conventions of real media texts;

-Se7en

-Texas chainsaw massacre

-Use of stalker theme

Watching these films and other horrors contributed to the inspiration towards our video

For our A2 project i will analyse more texts to get more inspiration

Creativity;

Ideas for our portfolio were unique as during our research we didn't find many similar films, and our opening sequence was more suggestive of conventions rather than showing them, next year for A2 i will try to use more conventions but will use conventions from other genres as well.

Yeasayer - 2080

I think that this music video would be classed as illustration as the video represents the song 2080. Throughout the video we see only one setting where the video is located appearing to be space which is how Yeasayer are trying to interpret there idea of what 2080 will be like. In the video we see very little people but they are all shown wearing space suits showing that in 2080 they have the idea that everyone will be living in space. We are also shown images of space shuttles which indicates also about the place of which they are at. Although they are showing what they think it will be like in 2080 they use the lyrics 'In 2080 i'll surely be dead but don't look ahead, never look ahead' which indicates that they think anything could happen just like they think in their video.

The Drums - Best Friend

In this video they have used what is called a disjuncture technique. This is were the video doesn't create any meaning what so ever to the song. Like most disjuncture music videos we are shown a video of the band playing the song. We are only shown one setting throughout the whole of the video and only one shot is used throughout. As you only see one shot the band keep the video entertaining by dancing and moving around. Such as when the song starts you cannot see the singer but you can hear him and then he comes in through a small window at the side of the room. As the room is small you can see everything which is going on so that the video looks busy.

Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air

Again this is another illustrate video as it relates to the video throughout. It is mainly revolved around the singer on a plane which is known as the Hawaiian Air which is the name of the song and is what the song is about. And although we do see the band playing instruments and singing they become part of the meaning on the video as they are sat on the plane. They also become part of the problem on the plane along with many other problems which the song indicates such as when the song says 'aching my leg from a broken seat' we see the drummer sat behind drumming on the singers chair which is the cause of the broken seat. In the video we do also see clips of what is indicated to be Hawaii and Friendly Fires in Hawaii but this again relates with the song title and what the song is about.

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

I think that this video also in a way illustrates the meaning of the song, because the song is talking about why does something as little and unimportant as an oxford comma really matter? The lack of editing used throughout the video and the fact that its just one long shot maybe represents lack of punctuation used, and this is because they are trying to convey through the song and the video that punctuation doesn't really matter. Another thing i think that they are trying to say through the song is why complicate things with grammar and such, which also implies why complicate a relationship with small things like that, which i think is why the video is simple to show that he is trying to say he wants everything to be simple. When he says "i haven't got the words for you" the people with the cameras and such go away which illustrates what he is saying. Another meaning of the song could translate as him asking why do people try to be perfect and all the same when everyone is fine being different anyways, this is portrayed when he says "i met the highest lama, his accent sounded fine to me" and also when he says "check your handbook, its no trick, take the chapstick, put it on your lips" and this is illustrated in the video when we see different people sat around and to him, they are all fine doing what they're doing. This idea of everyone wanting to be the same is illustrated again when he plays guitar walking past 4 men dressed exactly the same and playing the same guitar as him, and they even mimic what he is doing. When he sings "check your passport" he walks over to a table where there is an official looking man, who he hands his passport to, this illustrated the lyrics in a simple way which again conveys the meaning of the song. The fact that he is wearing a plain white suit also represents the meaning of the song to be simple and gives us the impression that he didn't want to complicate things.

Warpaint - Stars

I think that this video illustrates the lyrics of the song, throughout the video it is dark, this links to the lyrics as they are talking about stars. The lyrics also say "glow in the darkness thats how we do it" which links to the sparklers, although more is added to the video to amplify it as the sparklers are going backwards and there is also smoke, the sparklers also can be seen as representing the stars. The beat of the music is also represented at the beginning, because as soon as it starts, we see the sparklers and then the person holding them begins to light up.

The video is done in a fantasy/dreamy/fairy-tale style, which gives the song more of a meaning, it also goes with the lyrics when they sing "put you to sleep after". They also sing "glow in the darkness thats how we do it" which links to the sparklers that they are holding, and it also links to the being illuminated whilst in the darkness. The song also talks about sleep, as it says "just like the stars up on your ceiling that put you to sleep after", because the video is so mystical it suggests that it is a dream or fantasy, and this illustrates to us the meaning of the song. The fireworks and the colours going backwards and blurring into one and also the fact that the sparklers are going backwards also illustrate the idea that somebody is sleeping and this is their dream. The pace of the video is slow which matches the pace of the song, which makes the video calm and relaxing to match the mood of the song, and when the beat changes and gets a little faster, the beat is represented by flashing lights on the wall behind the person dancing. Also during this part when the beat gets slightly faster, there is more stars/lights and they are moving faster, also the pace of the people in the video changes, as they are moving slowly at first and when it gets faster they begin to dance more and faster. Also, near to the beginning of the video the band members are all running through the woods, but this is put into slow motion, which matches the pace of the song and also adds to the idea of it being a dream. The mise-en-scene throughout the video also adds to the idea of it being a dream as they are all wearing white, and the location of it being in a woods also adds to it, as well as the part where they are underwater awake. At around 5:50 through the video the editing and lights begin to match the drum beat again, as it gets faster we see different flashing images of lights and band members. Finally the video ends with a reflection in the water of the moon going down, which suggests that it is no longer night time, also that people are waking up and therefore the dream is over, and the stars are no longer there.

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