filming preparations 10/12/13

Due to my actors failing to turn up to the shoot on the 7/12/13 i have had to bring in new actors to film. This came with with some implications as the description of the artist had to change again, but i have managed to find someone who matches the stereo type of the indie pop audience.
The actor who is playing the artist role is a teacher at the school i attend, so we are unable to film off grounds. The school has perfect grounds for shooting the music video, as it light and a big natural space.

Locations;
1) school grounds; The artist walking around the grounds
Shots used; establishing shot of grounds, close up on the artist face, mid/wide shot of where the artist is walking to
2) bridge; close up shots to capture his facial expressions and wide shots to show his emotion whilst sining.

shots including;
Watch on wrist
Leaves falling
walking off
tracking shot

Equipment Requests

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.