Journey/Walking

A lot of Indie Music videos use walking, and journeys. We wanted to show this somehow, so we incorparated the guiding of the woman into our video to show her journey and her confusion. The idea that the angel is guiding her suggests the long debated ideal that someone is looking over you at all time, ie an guardian angel.

We took the idea from Robbie William's Video Angel, but decided to not only have the angel following her, but to have her guiding her at times. As well as from the video Candy. We also took inspiration from the video 'Two Fingers' by Jake Bugg. There is a close up on the feet when Jake Bugg is walking, a shot we used in our video. Likewise in manchester indie singer Noel Gallagher, we took inspiration from the video '

We wanted to use shots like the ones in the Foo Fighters 'Walk' an band of a similar genre to the song we are doing.

We liked the idea of a moving shot, and the idea of following the main character. We now want to add in shots of performance to make the video seem more like an music video.

Change of idea/song.

Last week we decided to change our song, keep the footage we'd already filmed but changed the song. We stayed in the same genre, and went for a song called Hourglass by Joni Savero. We have downloaded it and added it into final cut pro. We went with the idea of the timer based on the title. We also were able to get lyrics for this song, which made the planning easier.

Costume Recces

[image] - Zoe. Shoot 1.
Plaid shirt, with blue jeans and cream/brown brogues.


[image] - Abby. Shoot 1.
Angel costume: Halo, white dress w/black belt and black heels. No other accessories.

[image] - Lauren. Shoot 1.
Devil costume: red dress, horns and tail


[image] - Chris. Shoot 1.
White iguana shirt, jeans and dress shoes, with the same scarf








[image] - Zoe. Shoot 2.
A cream vintage style dress, with long necklace and flowery designs, w/brogues.

[image] - Abby. Shoot 2.
a calf length vintage style plain button up green dress, with collar and 3/4 length sleeves. w/camera.

[image] - Chris. Shoot 2.
Dark shirt, with dark jeans and dress shoes.


 

Risk Assessment

RISK ASSESSMENT

 

Hazard:

 

What could cause harm? The lighting falling over

 

 

What is the likelihood of this happening? Not very likely

 

 

Who or what would be harmed? Those in the immediate area. The light.

 

 

How much harm? Electrical burns maybe? Cuts from glass.

 

 

Applying the following priorities, how will this risk be managed?

(1)   Eliminate. – Take away the light?

(2)   Reduce or substitute.- Make sure the cables are out of the way

(3)   Isolate – Stay away from the light.

(4)   Control. – Only allow one person to move the light.

(5)   Personal protective equipment – Gloves?

 

 

Hazard:

 

What could cause harm? Someone tripping over the wires.

 

 

What is the likelihood of this happening? Somewhat likely, since the wire was trailing

 

 

Who or what would be harmed? The person who tripped over.

 

 

How much harm? Depending on how they tripped, it could have been very serious.

 

 

Applying the following priorities, how will this risk be managed? We would move the wire out of the way and if nessecary we would tape the wire down.

(1)  Eliminate - Remove the wire
(2) Reduce or substitute. - move the wire away
(3) Isolate. - Make sure the wire is away from people
(4) Control. - tape down the wire
(5) Personal protective equipment - wear a hat

 

 

Hazard:

 

What could cause harm? Stray Twigs and  Covered holes in the grass

 

 

What is the likelihood of this happening? Somewhat likely

 

 

Who or what would be harmed? The two 'actors' in the film

 

 

How much harm? Again depending on the trip, it could have been quite serious.

 

 

Applying the following priorities, how will this risk be managed?

(1)  Eliminate. - Move to another spot
(2) Reduce or substitute. - Check the ground
(3) Isolate. - If a hole is found, mark it out, and remove any twigs/branches
(4) Control. - Make sure the space is clean
(5) Personal protective equipment

 

 

Pitch Presentation

Pitch and treatment final final from zoefarrell2

A band member (Zoe Farrell) uploaded our powerpoint to Slideshare so that we can upload it too our blog. However there are some amendments to this that need making. For one we have changed our song and are thinking of 'ditching' the stopmotions due to the audience feedback.

Candy - Robbie Williams

We got some inspiration from the new video 'Candy' by Robbie Williams. Robbie in the video is wearing a halo, which we decided to use. With an 'angel' guiding the girl. Which is also shown in the video Candy, as he is constantly moving people and things out of her way. The video is very fun and the beat is very quick. We want our video to be quite fun.

Location Recce

A shot of our second location. Just outside Suffolk One. We decided to add a new location as the foggy weather made for a good effect.

Filming. One of our actors getting ready for the shot

Another shot of the location.

One of the actor's costume. Black High heels to contrast with the white halo and dress.

Another shot of the location. The slightly damp and woody location meant that it had a very open feel.

Shot of the halo.

Walking back with the camera.

The camera and Zoe.

Zoe, Chris returning from the shot.

The halo.

The Halo.

Another location recce

Location. Again.

The worn down path we used. With the fog it had a very ethereal feel. Matching our use of the angel.

Zoe in her costume for the shoot.

Zoe in costume again.

Our camera woman for today Lauren. In the other shoot, myself and Lauren were both working the camera and an angel and devil respectively.

The camera and tripod.

Stopmotion - Stopmotion Studio

Today, we had a play with the stopmotion studio. We were a little unsure of what the effect of taking constant photo's would be, but after the computer overlaid the photo's it came out looking quite effective. We were very pleased with the practise, and can't wait to get started with the actual music video. 

We also started to produce an additional backdrop. For when the characters are outside. We got materials from art and started to paint our 'sky'. We also cut out some 'clouds' to stick onto the painted cardboard later on.