Test shoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MoxwghqW60

This is the test shoot that I recorded with the lead singer. It was a good experience to be recording in this manner before recording on location and I was able see how Vlad performed. This gave me the opportunity to see how he could improve in his performance. The ways that I saw that Vlad could improve his performance was that he would squint his eyes a lot. I think he did this to give this to give a serious image of the singer. However, I wanted to show more confidence and emotion coming from the lead. Another thing I thought that he was too static. So create more movement I would like to see Vlad move the mic stand more enforce the sense of movement and will show off confidence through his body language.

Chosen Idea

The Idea that I decided to improve and go with was the ‘fallen’ concept. The reason why I chose this idea was because the subject of having a different world and the main actor finding his way to reality appealed to me.

The girl and the boy are on a day out and we see them come out of a station. The girl sees a forest in the distance and tells her boyfriend that she wants to go for a walk through the forest. They are walking through the forest and they come up to a tree. The girl decides she wants to climb the tree, we see the lovers climb the tree. Both of them have a break and sit on a branch, whilst sitting on the branch they move in to kiss. Just when their lips are about to come into contact, the branch snaps and the boy falls of the tree and falls to the ground and becomes unconscious. The girl rushes down to aid her boyfriend. The boy wakes up in another world. In this world he is alone and the world has this high contrast yellow appearance. He gets the feeling that he is being followed by these dark figures with glowing eyes. The male runs through the forest to escape and tries to find a means to escape this world little clues are left in this world to help him find his direction. Each item triggers a memory with his girlfriend. He finally finds the entrance to reality. After he walks through, he wakes up in the girls arms and they are both smiling. We finally see them walking to a station.       

The Fountain

I watched 'The Fountain' film and I found the surreal futuristic moments very alluring as the yellow ochre overlay of colour helped to enforce the feeling of being in a different world. I will use this appearance in my own music video.

Annotation of lyrics

Minutes of meeting with project partner

Date: 19^th October                   Venue: College                                 Minutes taken by: 120 minutes

Group:  Vlad, Shuvojit               Project Title: Music Video                Meeting no: 1

Attendees

·         Vlad

·         Shuvojit

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Issues	Discussion & Decisions	Action	Responsible	Deadline
Deciding on whose idea we will be using for the music video. Seeing as there were big drawbacks with the both ideas.	We found out that Shuvojit’s idea is more likely to be chosen, seeing as it is more possible for us.	Start creating a shooting script for Shuvojits music video and decide on the location.	Vlad and Shuvojit	19th October
Discussing problems with the certain setting (considering both music videos)	Where will the filming take place and which area will be most suitable for the music video?	After doing some research we decided that Epping Forest location will be best suitable.	Vlad and Shuvojit	19th October
Who will be the cast of our music video? Is there going to be casting? Will the cast suit the genre of the music video?	Raimonda Jenni Irmina	Make sure that the cast knows what they are required to do and perform to their best ability. If they fail to do so, replacement will have to be considered.	Vlad	20th October
Making sure the weather is suitable to record our music video and if it suits the genre of the song.	The idea is for the colour scheme of the song to be in cold colours.	Check the weather forecast before recording. Make sure there will be no rain/snow	Shuvojit	23rd October

Survey in response to storyboard/animatic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ojImSk0Gk&feature=plcp


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QKQNKKT

Three narrative concepts

Mood board

Chosen Song

For the song we could choose for our music video we were only given only one rule. The rule was that it couldn't be by a famous artist. So the only root was to pick aspiring music artists. I came across a link from sound cloud, which has a playlist of songs. They were all done by indie artists. The songs had problmes in the sense  one songs felt like the singer was mumbling. So, we would have problems with lip-syching. The song that I have chosen is 'Susie' by 'Flash the Readies'. the genre of the song is indie-rock. the pace of the song is slow. However, has fast pace moments. the lyrics of music refer to 'leaving the station'. This inspired me to want to capture a journey in the music video.