Sneak Peak Facebook Comments

On the 11th of December I shared a sneak peak of  our music video that lasts over a minute. As I'm sure everyone knows from Facebook, you are followed by family, close friends, acquaintances and even pen pals. So there are people from many walks of life who have varied likes and dislikes. From the link below you will see our video and comments from people such as Luisa, a close friend, Amber, who is studying Film at University and my friend Betsy, who lives in California.

Click on the lovely warm photo below to view.

2 Minute Rough-Cut Feedback

We screened the 2 minutes of our edited footage and received really positive feedback. Compliments included the lighting of all scenes, colours and even getting lost in the music!
Criticisms included to add more narrative needing to be added. Also there is a part where our actor looks away from the camera, that didn't really fit it. We have meant to remove this clip, so agree with the feedback.  One comment was "It's not really my sort of music but I like it", this is so important because someone who doesn't like the song still likes the ascetic features of the video.
I'm happy the majority of the people who looked at our video have a wide range of taste in music, because if someone didn't really listen to bands like Paramore, and preferred a different genre, I think their opinion would be more biased, judging by the song.
Our audience consisted of females and one male, either 17 or 18 years old. They all have similar ethnic backgrounds, as in they are white and middle classed.

Studio Shoot

We used a black drama studio to film our band bits. Because it was a darkened room and we had effective lighting, I feel it created a real atmosphere for our video. We used orangey-red lighting to work with the bright orange of the bonfire scenes. I took some photos:

 We experimented with lighting. We originally thought to use purpley blue to contrast with the bofnire scenes. However we want to create a warm feeling, whereas  blue connotes coldness.

To create a dolly zoom effect on our lead singer, we used a Rochter block on wheels to move the camera backwards, while zooming in. Despite not being a proper dolly, this worked well.

Tech in Music Videos

Tonight I've spent a lot of time on YouTube watching various music videos. I feel editing, transitioning and the use of green screens have come along way.
For example I was Skid Row's 'Psycho Love' video features news paper articles floating across the screen, and the band member are clearly in front of a green screen. With modern technology we can identify these errors easily.
This that video:
And this is a modern video using a green screen: The video above is also a clear demonstration of how today's technology can help improve the narrative of a music video, for example the use of CGI to create the robots and make Ariana Grande look like she's floating. If we had the budget to use any of the technological advances, had we chosen a different genre and song, we would take full advantage.

Live in Chicago

This is Paramore's Last Hope live in Chicago. It has over 4,000,000 views on YouTube. As a live music video I think it has amazing editing and transitions between the band and the audience. The blue stage lighting matches Hayley Williams's hair and make-up, and also creates silhouettes with the all important band members. It contributes the the effect and how the audience feel when watching or experiencing. This is also something we are trying to achieve in our version.

2nd of December

We were scheduled to film our band live in action on Tuesday the 2nd of December to put in our music video. A problem arose once we realised two of our band members became ill, including our lead singer, so it was postponed. This is something that wasn't considered in the risk assessment.

Storyboard Update

I drew out a storyboard for our next filming shoot. I'm really please with this one as it's drawn in more detail and frame by frame. As you can see we have included different shots that we weren't originally going to add like extreme close-ups and over the shoulder shots. The previous posts show our reasoning behind having these shots.

Dexter's Morning Routine

Yesterday while drawing out our story board in more detail we said we wanted to experiment with shots, such as extreme close ups. I thought of the television programme Dexter and it's title sequence because of the amount of extreme close ups there are. Every time I watch it I feel uncomfortable yet intrigued by the amount of detail visible. Every innocent little thing Dexter does connotes murder, from cutting up meat to slicing oranges, we all know what it means. With the level of detail and subliminal connotations I can honestly say this has been an inspiration to explore alternative camera angles and types of shots.

Lighting

I went along to a lighting workshop. I used different effects of my camera, each one had a different outcome and was really effective.
As we are starting to film band bits in a drama studio I feel experimenting with lighting is important.

Here are the photos: Lighting on PhotoPeach