Production (week 3)

In our first week of filming we got a couple setbacks which delayed our beginning. At the start of the week i had commitment towards another group in my class which needed me to do some acting in central London and locally in the first few days of the half term. Another setback was the reliability of my cast, who had been busy on days me and my partner Gareth were free. My actor Antonio was unavailable for three days which proved to be a major blow because without him the girl was irrelevant. We started filming on the Thursday and filmed our beginning of the music video which was hard because the weather was against us. The weather was windy and bitterly cold which made filming hard as we were all cold. When filming we managed to get shots 1-30 which all had Antonio in. After filming we went home but i had to pay  for our actress that i accidentally brang along that day for no reason. We didn't use her on the day because we realized that her shot are mainly shot locally in Chadwell heath therefore i had to get her.  On Friday we didn't film plus there was some personal reason for me why i didn't choose to film. On Saturday my partner Gareth was unavailable so i could not film without him. On Sunday we could not film because Antonio was unavailable therefore my actress would have nothing to do because he plays a key part in production. My actress was a struggle as she has problems with transport and it is harder for her get to location compared to the rest of the crew.

Pre-Production (Week 2)

This week me and my partner Gareth worked on are shooting script which was designed to help show what we would be filming. The shooting script had to be well detailed because we wanted who ever to see the script be able to picture the video before it was even made or seen. The shooting script had to contain 100 shots minimum and be well detailed in order film from when we start production. My partner Gareth done the start of the song until chorus 3 then i done verse 3 all the way to the end. It was hard to do the shooting script as it  had to be 100 shots and most of our songs lyrics repeated its self which started to become annoying as we dwelled on how to developed a shot for the repeated lyrics. On our final day of shooting we managed to get 100 hundred shots but had to stay behind get the whole script completed. Earlier in the week we had to do a Location Reccie and analyses the areas we chose to  film to see whether it would be a good place to film or not luckily for us the areas we chose were good to film which was great. The area we chose film about was the South Bank which was great because we had good scenery around us making the video more entertaining to film from in our area we had scenes like the London eye and House of Parliament.

Shooting Script

http://issuu.com/jvsinclair/docs/shooting_script?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage

Call Sheets

Film Contributor Release Form

Location reccie

  These are the possible  locations me and Gareth (my partner) have decided that we want to use for our music video. In our music video we will be using a numerous amounts  of locations in London such as the South Bank/London Eye the wobbly bridge and a living room . Me and Gareth have researched the areas we are filming and we look forward to filming in these locations.                                                                                                                                                                 

In our music video i wanted different locations in London to make the video more appealing and interesting to the film. Filming in london may be a hard location to film but it is a very public area and getting go footage may be a tedious task if we get our timing.

The London eye is a famous attraction in London and attract large amounts of people we chose this location because it nice imagery and i think it would be a nice venue to use in my music video.

The wobbly bridge has the same value as the the London eye and will be used when trying to capture the fun times the couple have during there fun period

This picture and the one below will be the scenes where the relationship get abit rocky and the audience may be able to foreshadow the ending

The living room will be used to express the love emotion and the hate emotion that will occur in the music video.

This is just a representation of Westminister and i want to use that area because of the lighting at night if we can film there at a certain time.

I want to use this place at night time because it is lively and a good place to use when showing the isolation the girlfriend has when she has the tragic news.

Valentines park will be used when the Friend of the Girl and her start talking and he starts to comfort her.

Risk Assessment

http://issuu.com/jvsinclair/docs/south_bank_risk


http://issuu.com/jvsinclair/docs/oxford_circus


http://issuu.com/jvsinclair/docs/bond_street

Pre-Production (Shot List week 1)

Today me and Gareth started our shot list for the music video which was going to be filmed in the half term.
We were provided with a template by sir to begin are shot list which proved to be a harder task than expected. We had to divide are song into two section and we both had to work on the half we chose but in are first week Sir allowed us to work on the first section together. The shot list in total is meant to sum up to 100 minimum. In our first lesson working on the shot list we worked well but we stumbled on some section especially in the actors section because we had just found out that our main star was not going to be available during the half term which is the period were we would do most of our filming. In the shot list we tried to  make it as detailed as possible in our first attempt because Sir gave us about why it should be detailed. The shot list should be detailed so that anybody who is given the list can develop an idea of what is going on in the video without watching. In our first lesson we managed to get the first 3 shots out of 50 which were developed well. All the reason why i chose Gareth came into affect in that lesson as he had great ideas to contribute towards the video which allowed the shots that we described  to be in detail.

Writing out shot list and planning our music video.

THE STRESS OF PLANNING

Job roles and responsiblities

Camera operator & editor= Gareth Fisher

Director & production manager= Jared Sinclair

I picked Gareth to be the camera man because he used a camera before and knows how  to get the vital camera shots that we need to make this music video. It is Gareth's  responsible for the camera and tripod as because he is the camera man. Gareth is not only the camera man he is also the editor and I will have to work with him closely and check in with Gareth to see that the music video to the highest standard that we need. We work really well together and we should be able to make a high level  music video which will may beat previous years work.

I will be the director because I know how I want  the whole song video to look like and I will be able to construct all of my ideas from my head into visual art. The responsibilities that I will have are to be there and ready to film and also for them tough situations that can appear at any moment when filming. I am also the production manager and which will consist of taking control and being able to know what’s going to happen on the day of filming. The video should be brilliant under my control.

Rationale

Pitch Reflection

1) Are there any areas of your presentation you would like to give more information on.
In my presentation i clearly went over the ideas and things i might add in my music video. In my presentation i think i could of worded some thing differently to help portray my ideas/thoughts more clearly. I think with my music video presentation i could of been more creative with my information and the presentation on whole. I should of added Goodwin's theory in my presentation more because i think i lacked that element which is the key part of the whole music video unit. Technicality i think i could of used animation better because i had certain images popping up when they weren't on cue.

2) Strengths and Weaknesses
My audience let me know weather the presentation was weak or strong, luckily for me my response was positive. The audience nip picked on certain areas of my presentation  on way i could improve it, in my music video feedback i get given some helpful advice form Sir at 01:36 on my idea to think about change it to a video about the friendzone rather than a bad relationship with the friend-zone twist because it would make my video different. My presentation was strong because it highlighted what i wanted my audience to know about my music video but there were some points that needed polishing up so that they were clearer to my audience such as my locations my location were a weak point because i didn't do enough research on though area compared to some of the other sections in my presentation.

3) Improvements
From my feedback could tell there were some points that may of not been clear on i think in future presentations i should be more clearer with my words and work on presentation skills my eye contact was very limited with my audience and i think i looked at the board to often when trying to get my point across to the audience. My tone of voice could of been a bit better i think it dragged along which could sound a bit boring to some members in the audience and making them loose interest in my concept. I used alot of hand movement so that to help me express myself but the aspects i said i should improve on could make my presentation better.

4) Changes to Music Video Concept
I think based on the feedback given i wouldn't change my music video concept but i would change the type of perspective i was trying to promote initial power point. I needed to make the video into a music video about the friend zone rather than be a cheap version of Mario Let Me Love You, i think i should do the friend-zone because it is not as mainstream as the other types of narratives you would find in the love genre. I think if i change it to this idea it would allow me to be more creative and incorporate much more things that would happen to  some who is playing the back seat role with a friend in a relationship. Also if i do make these changes i beloeve it will attract more people in my target audience compared to my original idea.

Music Pitch/Feedback