For today's lesson we decided that we were goin to flim in the woodshop room; for the lyrics 'smashing up the woodwork tools'. For this shot we used stopmotion animation, so that the tools looked like they were moving themselves.
To achieve this we first filmed a high angle shot of the hammer laying on thw ork bench, filming each shot for 2seconds then slightly moving it. after this we filmed a close up of the hammer coming down on a piece of wood, to look like it was hammering it, so all we needed to do after uploading it was to speed it up.
In this shot i noticed that Sam's bag was in it, in the background with his pencil case of 'Zippy' sticking out of it. but we dedcided to leave it in as we felt it made the shot more humourous and more interestiong to the audience. I felt this session of filming was succesfull as we got all of the filming that we intended to.
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Monday, 28 September 2009
Booking Places for Filming
During todays lesson we were told that we had 2 weeks left of filming, and therefore decided that we were going to book rooms that we needed and to ask people to appear in our music video. below is our plan of filming;
September 29th -- Period One: Film in wood shop.
September 29th -- After School: Film Mr.Hume and have booked the FIG-RIG to film. September 30th - Period Three: Film in office (poster's needed).
September 29th -- Period One: Film in wood shop.
September 29th -- After School: Film Mr.Hume and have booked the FIG-RIG to film. September 30th - Period Three: Film in office (poster's needed).
Filming; Shooting in the Playground
On our storyboard we decided to have a ball boucne across the screen, so Myself Tom ad Sam decided to=hat during this lesson we would film this. As it is a ball bouncing across the screen it didn't leave us with many shot types to do. So we experiemented with the ball bouncing over the camera, which didn't work as we had to make sure that the person throwing the ball wasnt in the shot or not the get any shadows in the shot, or hit the camera.
We also filmed the establishing shot of the school sign, and with this we are hoping to change the school name through the use of the Mac computers.
We also filmed the establishing shot of the school sign, and with this we are hoping to change the school name through the use of the Mac computers.
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Re-Recording Baggy Trousers
We starting the planning of our music video we decided that we wanted to have a female sing the song and after searching every where we found that there was no female that sang that song, our that there was hardly any female Ska bands.
From this we thought that it would be a could idea to go against the conventions of a Ska Bands and create a Female one. We decided that i would sing the vocals and that Stacey McDougall, this was because we wanted to push the Ska band convetions and have a Black female lead.
From this we thought that it would be a could idea to go against the conventions of a Ska Bands and create a Female one. We decided that i would sing the vocals and that Stacey McDougall, this was because we wanted to push the Ska band convetions and have a Black female lead.
Chosen Song
Our Chosen song is Madness' Baggy Trouser as i feel that we can use the same consept as them, as it is also a low budget video, while at the same time making it more colourful to appeal to the 21st century.
Ska Music Videos
This is one of Madness' popular songs, which is also analysed in the a pervious chart.
However unlike the Selectors' Missing Words, the mis-en-scene is within a house relating to the lyrics the band is saying, but the main thing shown in this video is the lead singer and the band members playing their instruments, in a small room, which adds a comedic value to the video and it also relates to their target audience of that time, who properly remember when the whole family was round and they were crapped in a small room. Madness' music video generally tend to link the actual lyrics to what is being shown in some way.
Other song from the Ska genre is; The Selecter -- Missing Words; This music video is the only Ska band that seems to have a Black Female singer in it. This song also has a reggae sound to it, with the beat in the backgorund that they have used.
Common within Ska 2Tone music videos the band is the main thing that is shown to be going on in the video, along with close ups and birds eye view shots of the band performing. This could be made more interesting through the use of split screens which can show the band playing but from different angles and close ups of the band members. However through only showing the band this can becoming boring to the audience, which is something that I feel my music video should challenge, through not showing as much of the band performing with instruments but through the use of other narrative means such as setting and mise-en-scene.
Research Into Ska
Ska music origniated in Jamacia in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae, which combined elements of Carribbean mento and Calypso, with American Jazz and Rhythm and Blues.
In the early 1960s this music became popular with British Mods and later many skinheads and the English 2 Tone came about in 1970s.
2 Tone started in the areas of conventry and was a fusion of Jamican Ska Rhythms and melodies with punk rock's more aggressive guitar chords and lyrics. This style of Ska had a faste
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r tempo, fuller instruments and a harder edge.One of the most effective 2 Tone bands were Madness bringing 2 Tone to the mainstream, with The Specials and The Selecter coming after them.
Choosing a Genre
Based on our group we looked at our questionnaire analysis from each person and found out that the most common style of genre was; Indie and Pop.
Then after researching into different songs that we were all hapy doing, we found the genre Ska which is a older version on Indie Pop. We then looked at Ska Video's and Artist's such as; Maddness, The Specials, No Doubt, Too Much Too Tone and The Selecter.
After looking at different Ska video's we then decided to do Maddness' Baggy Trousers because we felt we could use there idea of making a simple video funny, and relatable to a young audience because we remember what it was like to be at school and therefore can relate to the lyrics our the clips within the music video.
Then after researching into different songs that we were all hapy doing, we found the genre Ska which is a older version on Indie Pop. We then looked at Ska Video's and Artist's such as; Maddness, The Specials, No Doubt, Too Much Too Tone and The Selecter.
After looking at different Ska video's we then decided to do Maddness' Baggy Trousers because we felt we could use there idea of making a simple video funny, and relatable to a young audience because we remember what it was like to be at school and therefore can relate to the lyrics our the clips within the music video.
Research into Music Videos -- Bordwell & Thompson's Theory
Graphic-
shapes, colours, light & dark, movement & status.
graphic match.
graphic continuity (follow)/discontinuity (not follow).
super 8 + DV footage types.
Rhythmic-
duration of shots.
accent, beat & tempo.
build tension.
same duration for each clip.
steady metrical beat.
Spatial-
continuity.
establishing shot.
connective relationship.
spatial co-existance.
cross cutting.
Temporal-
order, duration & frequency.
flashbacks, flash forwards.
elipse.
punctuation - slow dissolve, fade.
empty frames.
cutaway.
frequency, tension & expectation.
shapes, colours, light & dark, movement & status.
graphic match.
graphic continuity (follow)/discontinuity (not follow).
super 8 + DV footage types.
Rhythmic-
duration of shots.
accent, beat & tempo.
build tension.
same duration for each clip.
steady metrical beat.
Spatial-
continuity.
establishing shot.
connective relationship.
spatial co-existance.
cross cutting.
Temporal-
order, duration & frequency.
flashbacks, flash forwards.
elipse.
punctuation - slow dissolve, fade.
empty frames.
cutaway.
frequency, tension & expectation.
Research into Music Videos -- Carol Vernallis
Carol Vernallis
- The kindest cut: functions and meanings of music videos.
famine approach.
editing styles blend.
discursive form.
Classic Continuity - (Bordwell - 1987)
further narrative.
limited taxonomy of shot types to 'naturalise' movement from shot to shot.
narrow set of editing possibilities - shot reverse shot.
preserve the flow of time, cohearance and space.
single clear and constant story.
Montage
narrative not key.
expressive frames, angles and shots joined by colour.
varity of editing - jump cuts and conflict.
discontinuity rather than continuity in time and space.
viewer challenged to extrapolate meanings and formulate 'new' ideas.
- The kindest cut: functions and meanings of music videos.
famine approach.
editing styles blend.
discursive form.
Classic Continuity - (Bordwell - 1987)
further narrative.
limited taxonomy of shot types to 'naturalise' movement from shot to shot.
narrow set of editing possibilities - shot reverse shot.
preserve the flow of time, cohearance and space.
single clear and constant story.
Montage
narrative not key.
expressive frames, angles and shots joined by colour.
varity of editing - jump cuts and conflict.
discontinuity rather than continuity in time and space.
viewer challenged to extrapolate meanings and formulate 'new' ideas.
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Research -- Low Budget Analysis
I feel that for my music video, that the use of humour and editing to the beat would be very effective, especially if the humour can relate to the audience member in the form of an everyday situation, and the editing to the beat helps with timing and the pace of a music video. for example within Drum and Bass a fast beat means that a lot is going on which can be shown through a lot of short fast clips within the video.
Research -- Low Budget
After collecting data from my questionnaire i watched low budget music videos, or some with no budget at all to see what made the effective and what ones didn't work.
Research -- Questionnaire
To gain an understanding of what a 21st century audience wanted in an act, i created a questionnaire that would help me find out what 21st century audiences that made an effective music video such as; genre, bands or solos artists etc.
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