Filming preparations 7/12/13

Filming Preparations

Shots to include;

1)      Dury waiting at the train station, standing by the train sign- lip syncing/watching

2)      Leaning against pillars- lip syncing

3)      Walking through the grounds- shows the shots of the scenery-pensively

4)      Over the shoulder shot of him holding a picture of Anya and looking down at it

5)      Staring at the ballet shoes he has in his hands- throws them down on the floor

6)      Circling shots of Dury looking around and circling shots of Anya doing pirouettes(dancing) and thinking

7)      Close up shots of their faces looking sad/looking down at the ground

8)      Extreme close up shots of both of their eyes opening

9)      Be experimental-different camera angles and positions

Chaning of characters due to implications

Due to problems I have come across I have now got a new cast and that is

Dury Burdis playing the role as the performing artist, who is in love with his girlfriend. He comes across as an indie character, which has a lot of emotions going through his mind.

Anya Hurcomb playing the artists girlfriend, she’s more dedicated into her dancing than her relationship. She comes across as a very determined character.

filming update&solutions

Filming update

Due to my artist being away at uni, I have had trouble filling his role, this has set me back a week in my filming. to solve this i have now found a boy that matches the artists appearance and style, so i am hoping it will be a successful shot.
I managed to find a couple to film to get the narrative across, they have unfortunately just broken up, so i am unable to use them also.
i have found a solution to solve my problem, i am now using a different couple to film and i am able to film them this sunday

Lip syncing induction

Lip syncing

Definition; (of an actor or singer) move the lips silently in synchronization with a pre-recorded soundtrack.

lip syncing is an important aspect of our music video as, the visuals have to match the audio. You need to be able to see the singer singing in time with the audio placed on top of the music video, without the lip syncing the music video is incomplete.

its an important skill to have as you can apply it to media in many cases as it allows you to pre record and then add sound effects or other peoples voices into the scene,for example if an actor cant do an accent, you can record someone else doing it, and then add it in when editing your work. 

It also helps music videos more realistic as the audience will become more engaged as they will think the singer is singing to them.

To help me learn how to lip sync we practiced on a track called 'i wanna know' which had a visual track and a pre recorded audio track, i then linked the two together using final cut express and moved around the visual track to fit in with the pre recorded audio track. I done this by looking at the wave forms and matching them together. I also used markers to identify where specific moments of the audio track came in with the visual track.

Prop/ styling list

 

When filming my music video, the props involved

were a 'love note' which my artist used to show

his heart ache.

Male Artist styling list; chinos, jumper, shirt and boat shoes, this was to create an indie feel. which shows a connection with the indie pop genre.

Ed Sheeran is a good example as he wears similar clothing to my artist.

 

 

 

 

Filming prep

Locations;
1) train station; Anya walking into train station
Shots used; establishing shot of train station, close up on Oyster card, mid/wide shot of inside of carriage window
2)princess park manor;Anya dancing on band stand close up shots to capture her facial expressions and wide shots to show her movement whilst dancing.
3)park; Anya and Taran holding hands, sitting on bench, chris then singing, whilst walking past them this is done at a wide shot to get all three characters in the shot


The dancing scenes of Anya is going to show that her relationship is going through her mind, I'm going to do this by using opacity editing, to find the relationship of them going in and out of her mind this will be happening whilst the main shot is still focusing on her dancing so it shoes her dance overrides her relationship with him.


Close up shots including;
Watch on wrist
Clock on the wall
Ballet shoes
Leads falling
Holding of the hands
Bulldog
Shoes walking

First time filming

Night shots on the 10th November 2013 at 6pm

The band stand where the main events happen, shows Anya the dancer as a dedicated dancer as she spends most of her time dancing and little time with her boyfriend as she finds it hard to balance her social life with her education. By videoing this scene it really shows how passionate she is about her sport, by using close up shots of her face I am able to capture her facial emotions.

Due to the lack of light in these shots I have had to reschedule to do them the following weak during the day as the evening was not supplying enouth light to caputrue a clear shot.