This was our original storyboard of ideas.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
The City Lyrics
The City:
Going to the city, I hope you'll meet me there.
Gonna find the answers to all of our prayers.
And I wont have to look hard, when your by my side.
The suitcases and skyscrapers and traffic lights.
(These lyrics are then repeated.)
The song is quite simple and therefore we will not over complicate our finished video, but keep it simple but effective.
Each line has a separate meaning and we plan to interpret the lines and imagery created through the use of different shots and camera angles
'Going to the City' - this sets the scene of where the action in the video is going to take place. We decided to use a rural area as the main location point for our performer and then use this in contrast to the city in which he is wishing to go.
'I hope you'll meet me there' - through this we can tell the song is aimed at someone he loves. Therefore we need to portray communication, we shall use a combination of signs to symbolise the question that this song holds, whether happiness can be found?
'Gonna find the answers to all of our prayers' - The city is obviously a place where he feels is the key to everything. We shall use jump cuts from the rural setting to that of in the city, showing the comparison between the quiet picturesque setting of the country and the skyscrapers, traffic and the usual hustle and bustle of city life.
'And I won't have to look hard, when your by my side' - This is the line that depicts what he wishes for and what the aim of his move to the city will be for.
'The suitcases and skyscrapers and traffic lights.' - Recognisable images of city life are conveyed as they use imagery to allow the listener to relate and visualise the city as they know it. Establishing and point of view shots will be used to show this perspective.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Previous Original Research Ideas
The following are ideas that we came up with before beginning on our filming project. We planned on paper before going out to film so we knew what we were aiming for. Here are some of the original ideas.
The following are ideas that we came up with before filming of places where our music video could possibly be set:
- Beach
- City
- Car
- Woods
- Airport/Bus Station/Train Station
- Park
- Rooftop
Techniques:
These are the techniques that we thought would look good within our film:
- Slow motion
- Black and White
- Sepia tone
- Double layered shots
Original Outline
This is the outline we planned to base our music video around.
- Performance Element: On a bench with guitar to show the isolation. Singing whilst walking.
- Flashback shots of relationship
- Shots of the City
- Traffic and Transport shots
- Montage of all the above
- End as began
Newton Faulkner Video Research
Research:
Newton Faulkner is another artist quite similar to our own. We looked at the videos 'All I got' and 'I need something', here is what we found:
'All I got'
- Close up of guitar
- Abstract
- Mostly vocal performance
'I need something'
Jose Gonzalez Video Research
Research:
This is an artist that we feel is closest to ours as he is just a man with a guitar. We looked at his video of 'Heartbeats' to see what it included:
- All Performance
- Guitar Shots
- Out of focus in points
This is the simplest video we have seen, with only performance and the artist being in the same place the whole time. This is something we don't think we will do, as it does get boring. However, the different angle shots of the performance is something we will definately use.
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Subsidiary Task - Photographs
Test Shots:
For our subsidiary task we have chosen to do both the Website and Digi-pack options. We are going to need to use photographs for both of these. Whilst Mattie and Pete were filming the performance they also took some test shots. These are what they produ
ced:
We noticed on the first three that Matties' shadow is in the picture, therefore we will not be able to use these. We tried to photoshop this out, but felt that it looked a bit false. Therefore we will just re-shoot these.
We then used just the regular picture viewer and played around with colour, saturation and hue to create a different look to the images. Here are the edited pictures:
Then through using and experimenting with photoshop we were able to do more extravagant things and add more exciting effects. Here are the images we were able to create through this program:
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