Black lines tutorial

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/643794/still_images_with_final_cut_pro/

1st Draft Feedback

Tom watched out 1st Draft of our fully edited music video, the main issue with the video is that is was too stale and needs more movement based shots, there is freedom and playfulness and the vocal is synced well with the lyrics, however at times it can come across static. Some shots are good and effective, but some are too much the same.

As a result of this feedback we are going to rework some scenes and add in more movement based shots, we will then find a period of time when we are all available and reshoot some sections of the music video.

Music Video inspiration

I was watching this last night, and thought the cinematic black lines on the top and bottom of the video would be a good idea, so tried it out on our footage

Rendering

Editing effects

Increasing RGB.

SHOOTING OUR MUSIC VIDEO

Yesterday we went to london and shot our footage for our 'Evergreen' music video.

We arrived at Cambridge Train station at 9 am and went to London Liverpool street to shoot our music video, the night before Sam prepared shooting packs which contained a highlighted tube map outlining our shooting locations and stations, also a set of lyric sheets which had be split up into sections of which member of the boy band sings which part.

locations include

Liverpool Street station
Covent Garden
Trafalgar Square
Leicester Sqaure
Buckingham Palace
Green Park
Royal House of Cavalry Court Yard
Westminster Bridge

Digi Pack inspiration

As part of our plan for our digi pack cover, I have researched various artists, some solo and some band album covers, to show the contrast between a solo artist and a band or group, the group images are our inspiration for our digi pack cover.

This album cover won album cover of the year, it is for a solo artist but I feel that its originality and creative mood will attract a consumer. 

This image is for a solo artist and the way in which they are marketed to consumer is very different to a group or band music artist, as you can see here the artist is the centre image and focus for the album cover and they have got a bold contrast of colors (in this case, silver/grey and black) with a simple yet attractive heading, the image of the artist combined with a motorcycle will draw attention to any consumer it is very artistic in feel and different, not mafactured unlike a lot of artist in the industry at the moment. 

In contrast a boy band cover has all members of the band as the focus of the the cover with a very basic and plain background, posing and a very bland choice for a cover, unlike a Take That album cover like this which has in my opinion more artistic value. 

Location shoot

 View from location of Addenbrookes Hospital

Digital Pack Planning

One thing we would like to include into our digital pack is a directors and cast and crew commentary, where the music video plays but a voice over of different members of the group is talking about each shot and discussing our ideas and intentions as well as how easy or hard it was to shoot.

This is an example for sort of what we are aiming for, a little more toned down but this is the effect we want.

THAT'S A WRAP

Today we finished our last set of filming, we got a bus to Babrham Road Park and Ride and then walked 45mins up hills and country side to get to our location, luckily we had the weather on our side and the quaility of the shots showed that all the walking had paid off.

We re shot parts of the chorus and the opening verse as well as shooting some transitions and non performance shots (i.e. rolling down hills).

The shoot was very successful and we now feel we're ready to move onto the editing and DIGI pack process.

Risk Assesment - St James park

Hazard - Foreign Chair salesmen

what could cause harm? chair salesman

who or what would be harmed? sam tucker and lawrence brenners ray bans

how much harm? broken ray bans

what is the likely hood of this happening? if sam doesn't pay the chair salesman for using the chair the likelihood will increase

Risk Assesment - St James park

Hazard - geese attack

what could cause harm? the wild birds

who or what would be harmed? the camera man (mikey)

how much harm? possible bites and scratches for mikey

what is the likely hood of this happening? depending on how much mikey provokes the birds

how will the risk be managed? keeping mikey away from the birds.

Risk Assesment - St James park

hazard - water (the river)

what cause harm? Drowning

who or what could be harmed? the entire group and the filming equipment.

how much harm? Fatalities

what is the likely hood of this happening? slim chance , depending on the time of year  

how would the risk be managed? avoiding the water

Inspiration

We have recently discovered a West-Life music video and we are using it for  a lot of our inspiration.

2ND half of filming

When we went to London we came back with about 50% of our footage, tomorrow we are off to Cambridge tomorrow to film the second half the benefits of this will give us contrast of locations so that the music video doesn't look too much like a tourist video.

We are going to be shooting at Magog Magog Hill Babram and to get there we are getting Park&Ride Bus, and then walking to the hills.

This is our route.

Fashion

Sam's costume No.1 -   Green plaid shirt with dark blue jeans.

Costume No.2 - Formal - White suit and black blazer and trousers.

Costume No.3 -  Quirky outfit - Rounded glasses,stripped blazer and jeans.

Promotional pictures

I've been looking into promotional pictures of boy bands to get an understanding so we have an advantage when creating our digi pak. file:///Users/mediastudies/Desktop/images.jpeg file:///Users/mediastudies/Desktop/images-1.jpeg 90% of promo pictures for boy bands are group pictures with the members wearing matching or very similar clothes. This helps create a sense of togeatherness.  

Lyric Breakdown

Below is a lyric list and we split the parts up into characters so we know who sings what paarts

Simon- AJ
Sam-Nick
Lawrence- Brian

Nick:]
I've been on the run
Slept under the sun
Feeding off the clouds and eating them like ice cream
I've been all around
Never left this town
Blisters on my eyelids like it's spring in Paris
I've seen everything, I've dreamt every dream
I am every human
Oh I'm not even finished

[All:]
Look how I go
Impeccable flow
Wind in my face it hardly ever rains
Always on top
I'm coming up
I'm everything and I am everything
I know it all don't know a thing
I am changing, still the same
I'm every color I'm every color
I am evergreen

[Nick:]
I've been on the side
Always stayed ahead
I'm so very fast give me a speeding ticket

[AJ/Brian:]
Me you cannot teach
I just wanna know
I'm the tallest man but I will never grow

[Howie:]
I've seen everything,

[Brian:]
I've dreamt every dream

[Nick:]
I am every human

[AJ:]
No I'm not even finished

[All:]
Look how I go
Impeccable flow
Wind in my face it hardly ever rains
Always on top (always on top)
I'm coming up
I'm everything and I am everything
I know it all don't know a thing
I am changing, still the same
I'm every color I'm every color
I am evergreen

[All:]
The truth is stranger than fiction
When you're a walking contradiction

[AJ:]
When you're evergreen
You're always looking in
You're the first one left
But you're back again
Don't be afraid to ask
But don't ask again
We'll forever last when you're evergreen

[Nick:]
Ohh no, no, no

[AJ:]
Yeah, yeah, oh, ohhh

[All/AJ/Nick:]
Look how I go
Impeccable flow
Wind in my face it hardly ever rains
Always on top
I'm coming up
I'm everything and I am everything (I am everything)
I know it all don't know a thing (don't now a thing)
I am changing, still the same (still the same)
I'm every color (I'm every color) I'm every color (I'm every color)
I'm every color (I'm every color) I'm every color (color)
I am evergreen

[NIck/AJ:]
Yeah, I'm evergreen

No, no, no, no

[AJ:]
Yeah, I'm evergreen

Ideas for tomorrow

Tomorrow we shall continue our filming process in our local city Cambridge. We will need to create a few group shots and a couple of duet parts that unfortunately we were unable to film in London. We will be using our lunch break and our Media lesson time to get the filming done, we are using Simon's camera as we used our alloted college camera time and our alternate camera films in 1080p.

Our "to do" list in our next filming session

Evergreen Music Video: Risk Assesment - Buckingham Palace

Hazard: People (Tourists)

What could cause harm? Tourists and hand held objects. (If they where to amass in one area with speed)

What is the likelihood of this happening?Unlikely

Who or what would be harmed? Our group and camera(considering we'll be filming up near the entrance)

how much harm? anything up to broke limbs or suffocation.

RISK ASSESSMENT - london liverpool street station

Risk - Train

trains, can cause harm if a member of the crew is hit by one, it can lead to a fatality. 

The likely hood of this happening is very low as we are not filming on the platform, however the risk is still there. 

members of the cast and crew would be the most likely victims when filming. 

The risk of falling onto the tracks with no train would most likely cause bruising and possibly broken bones but if the person falls onto the tracks as a train is approaching the risk could be fatal. 

To avoid, this from happening, we have decided not to film on the platform. but in the main section of the building. 

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The next hazard, that we have got is in the main section of the building there may be spillage's, which could lead to broken bones to anyone that slips on the liquid , the likely hood of this happening is very low providing that there are yellow warning signs at the cast and crew take notice of these. if you were to slip the likely hood of it being a fatal incedent is very low 

Ever green music video:Risk Assessment - Buckingham Palace

Hazard: Bomb scare

What could cause harm? A Bomb

Who or what would be harmed? Any object/person in the immediate vicinity

How much harm? Anything ranging from bone fractures to fatalities.

What is the likelihood of this happening?  Depending on the level of uk terror threat : possible at the time.

How will the risk be managed? Deploying Police to the threatened area to discourage terrorists.

Ever green music video:Risk Assessment - Buckingham Palace

Hazard:Traffic Lights breaking

What could cause harm? Cars

What is the likelihood of this happening? Unlikely 

Who or what could be harmed? People/Cars 

How much harm? Depending on the speed limit,anything from broken bones to fatalities 

How will the risk be managed? To prevent cars from going a temporary barrier could be placed on the road.

Fashion

 Simons first shirt (plaid)
http://www.hollisterco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10201&storeId=13007&langId=-1&categoryId=12558&parentCategoryId=16398&topCategoryId=12551&productId=823925&seq=04

Simon's second outfit -improvised on set.

Simon's third outfit - white shirt,black jeans and black blaser.

Simon's fourth outfit - grey marvel t-shirt,possibly denim shorts

 

Costume

COSTUMES- 

- Checkered Shirts and jeans 

- Quirky Nutty Outfit of your choice something uterly nuts 

-White Shirt and Black Trouser and a Black jacket 

- Shorts and T,shirt (prefrabbly with some sunnys and a hat) 

- one outfit will be jeans etc BUT with facepaints (we will do this one last)