Production - Filming

However, due to the weather our filming did not go quite to plan.

On the Monday the wind was very strong, so we were unable to film the shots with the box forts otherwise the boxes would have blown everywhere. So instead we filmed the inside scenes of the "king" waking up and in the bathroom.

We then wanted to get as much of the fighting scenes done as we could, so we decided to use a selection of different cameras to reduce filming time and to get different angles of the same shot. This also means that some of the qualities will look different. This is used in Bastille's video for the song Laura Palmer, where some of the shots have the effect of being filmed on a standard video camera.

The devices we filmed on were: iPhone 4S

                                                Canon 450D

                                                Sony Handycam

                                                Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

We also filmed most of the fight sequences in Lucy's (my) garden because it was more sheltered from the wind.

So on Tuesday, once we had filmed at Natalia's house and in the woods, which pretty much went according to plan (the only shot we couldn't get to work was the arrow next to the kings head as the arrow would not stay on the tree). We then went back to Lucy's (my) house to film the box forts. The wind was still very strong, but not so strong that we couldn't do anything with the boxes. So we had to take out the shots of the box forts being built because the wind would have blown them around so much that the shoot would have taken too long. Instead we built the forts and took shots of the teams inside their forts and then had the two teams charging at each other and fighting. Now, because we took out the building sequence we had some space to fill up, so we decided to let the teams destroy each other's forts, and by filming with two cameras at the same time we got some good shots.

By the time we got to Wednesday we were ahead of schedule so we only had to shoot three scenes, so as we had extra time we shot the same scene from several different angles to be able to choose the best one.

Planning - Tutorials

Sticking to the storyboard, we wanted the scene of the King collecting his friends to be made into a split screen of 4 frames. As we were unsure how to do this, we looked for films that used this technique and was successful. Chloe found exactly what we were looking for  in Mean Girls in a scene depicting a four-way phone conversation.

As we couldn't find how to do this on the internet, I messaged the editor of Mean Girls on Facebook. Unfortunately she did not reply but we did work out how to do it after watching tutorials on how to manipulate the movement of the footage on the screen.

When creating my digipak and magazine advert I want to use the effect of a drop shadow. As I have have not used photoshop before I have looked on YouTube for a tutorial and found one which will be very useful.

Planning - Schedule

To use our time effectively we created a schedule of what we wanted to achieve when and where each day.

Planning - Shot List

As a guide to what shots we wanted to shoot we created a shot list.

Planning - Actors for Filming

We were unable to get younger actors, so we our actors were:
Alexander (12)
Elliott (14)
Jack (14)
Harry (14)
Beth (18)

Planning - Rough Schedule for Filming

We have planned to film our music video during half term, on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Monday 28th Oct:

Location - Cliftonville green on the seafront.
Scenes - Building the box fort
            - Start of the "War"
            - Battle shots
            - End scene with the sunset

Tuesday 29th Oct:

Locations - King George VI Park, Ramsgate
                - Natalia's House

Scenes - At Natalia's House - King running down the stairs
                                             - Outside shot of king collecting a friend
            - At the Park - Fighting in the trees

Wednesday 30th Oct:

Location - Lucy's (my) house

Scenes - King waking up in bed
            - King getting ready in bathroom
            - King collecting three of his friends (three different scenes with three different doors)

Planning - Actors

For our music video we want to use children between the ages of 8 and 10. However, incase we cannot gain access to actors of this age range, we have back up actors aged 12, 14, and 18.

Planning - Storyboard

Scene by scene storyboard:

Planning - Creating a Shot list

After deciding to use a shot list to compile the shots we need, we then looks at the different formats of a shot list to find the one which would be most useful.

1)

2)

3)

4)

Out of these we decided to use shot list format 2) because, although it was similar to 1), the information in each section can be simple yet informative. We will take an idea from 1) though, we will take pictures of the sort of shot want, so that we know what we want from the actors.

We didn't want to use 3) because it seemed quite confusing and hard to follow. We didn't choose 4) because it was quite like a screenplay and wasn't what we were looking for.

Research - Focus Audience's Opinion of Our Ideas

After the feedback from our target audience we decided to use the ending with the children running off into the sunset.

We have also decided to make person X the girl in our music video.

Planning - Creating a Script

We then converted our ideas into a script.

After considering several script formats we decided that a shot list would be most useful as we are going to be shooting the same scene with several different camera angles.

We didn't want to a screenplay because our video will not contain any dialogue.

We all agreed to use a shot list.

Research - Codes and Conventions (Ancillary Task 2 - Magazine Advert)

Research - Codes and Conventions (Ancillary Task 1 - Digipak)

Planning - Initial Idea for Narrative

To plan out what we wanted in our music video we created an outline of what we wanted, on a word document to then transfer onto a script format.

We were unsure which to choose for the ending, so we consulted our target audience on what they thought about our ideas and if they had any suggestions on the ending or any general suggestions.

Research - Target Audience

We also wanted to get the opinions of others so created a target audience. So after our research and consulting our target audience, we created ideas for our music video.

 

Research - Background of the Indie Folk/Folk Rock Genre

Folk Rock is a genre which arose around the mid-1960s in the US and the UK, which combines aspects of folk and rock music. 
Indie Folk is a genre heavily influenced mainly by the the folk rock of the 60s, which arose in the 1990s. 
Indie Folk and Folk Rock artists are associated with the natural aspects of life, nature is integral to their image. They convey a sense of liberty and appear to hold a carefree attitude towards life unlike many other genres which may focus more on money and glamour. 
Nowadays, the genre doesn't seem to be as successful or popular as other, more mainstream genres, perhaps because of their way of life, which seems to play a central role in their music. Ofcourse, other mainstream musicians from other genres reflect their lifestyle in their music, but there are more listeners who may relate to them. 

Folk artists tend to be more artistic, especially with their music videos. This is another reason we chose a band from this genre, as we wanted that same creative freedom when making our own digipak cover and music video. 

Research - Codes and Conventions (Main Task)

In order to decide what to produce for the music video we did some research into the genre of Indie Folk and looked at similar products.