Media Diary

Within today's lesson we made a start on the planning stage for our music videos. At first we were given a quick brief regarding what the planning stage requires for each group undergoing the task. Once that brief was given we split up into our separate groups so that we can outline who is doing what during the planning stage of making a music video.

As a group the general consensus was the fact that we all want to play a part with regards to the storyboarding aspect of the planning stage. We decided to do this because we felt as though we all had creative juices within us that could all add up to create a magnificent end product. In addition to that we felt that it would be necessary for all of us to visit the various locations we have in mind to film at. However as it stands we came to conclusion that me and Arman would handle the risk assessment of the locations we desire to shoot at, and that Jason and Zainab would sort out the call sheets along with the actors and location permission forms.

The overall deadline for all of these tasks to be done is next week Thursday 9th October, therefore our plan for this week is that we get most of our frames for our storyboard done in order for us to have a general idea of how the music video would pan out.

Treatment - Feedback

Presenting our treatment pitch to the class was very helpful to us as not only we received feedback but it also helped us as a team to see what we have planned and what bits are missing. Overall the feedback was quiet positive and I think we stated everything quite clearly. 

• However some things that were stated were that the song will have to be changed to a radio edit as the song 'From Time' is quite explicit and may be found offensive to our viewers. 

• Another big issue mentioned by a fellow student was that filming in the evening outside may be problematic and we were questioned on how we would sort this issue out. We mentioned that some shots are only scenery based but were we will be shooting the actors we plan to use provided light by street lamps if not than an attachment LED light or a halogen light will have to be the option, we will test shot to see which will be necessary. 

• Our final issue is that we don't have a final decision on actors for the two main roles which is most important, so we may have to hold an audition with the performing arts department to find suitable actors, they will have to be able to learn quickly, listen well and be reliable. 

Here is the recorded video of the treatment in action:

Analysing Lyrics for Inspo.

http://genius.com/Drake-from-time-lyrics#note-2213408

[Intro: Jhene Aiko]

What's up? Been a minute since we kicked it, you've been caught up
With them bitches, I don't get it, you're a star love
You shouldn't have to deal with that
I'd never make you feel like that, cause...

[Hook: Jhene Aiko]
I love me, I love me enough for the both of us
That's why you trust me, I know you been through more than most of us
So what are you? What are you, what are you so afraid of?
Darling you, you give but you cannot take love

[Verse 1: Drake]
I needed to hear that shit, I hate when you're submissive
Passive aggressive when we're texting, I feel the distance
I look around the peers that surround me, these niggas tripping
I like when money makes a difference but don't make you different
Started realizing a couple places I could take it
I want to get back to when I was that kid in the basement
I want to take it deeper than money, pussy, vacation
And influence a generation that's lacking in patience
I've been dealing with my dad, speaking of lack of patience
Just me and my old man getting back to basics
We've been talking 'bout the future and time that we wasted
When he put that bottle down, girl that nigga's amazing
Well, fuck it, we had a couple Coronas
We might have rolled a white paper, just something to hold us
We even talked about you and our couple of moments
He said we should hash it out like a couple of grown ups
You a flower child, beautiful child, I'm in your zone
Looking like you came from the 70's on your own
My mother is 66 and her favorite line to hit me with is
Who the fuck wants to be 70 and alone?
You don't even know what you want from love anymore
I search for something I'm missing and disappear when I'm bored
But girl, what qualities was I looking for before?
Who you settling for? Who better for you than the boy, huh?

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Drake]
Thinking 'bout Texas, back when Porscha used to work at Treasures
Or further back than that, before I had the Houston leverage
When I got Summer a Michael Kors with my momma's debit
A weak attempt at flexing, I'll never forget it
Cause that night I played her three songs
Then we got to talking 'bout something we disagreed on
Then she start telling me how I'll never be as big as Trey Songz
Boy was she wrong, that was just negative energy for me to feed off
Now it's therapeutic blowing money in the Galleria
Or Beverly Center Macy's where I discovered Bria
Landmarks of the muses that inspired the music
When I could tell it was sincere without tryna prove it
The one that I needed was Courtney from Hooters on Peachtree
I've always been feeling like she was the piece to complete me
Now she engaged to be married, what's the rush on commitment?
Know we were going through some shit, name a couple that isn't
Remember our talk in the parking lot at the Ritz
Girl I felt like we had it all planned out, I guess I fucked up the vision
Learning the true consequences of my selfish decisions
When you find out how I'm living, I just hope I'm forgiven
It seem like you don't want this love anymore
I'm acting out in the open, it's hard for you to ignore
But girl, what qualities was I looking for before?
Who you settling for? Who better for you than the boy, huh?

Treatment - Presentation

Production Schedule - Deadlines

A Mini Music Video Task - Let It Go

We did a small task creating a music video for the well known song from Disney's 'Frozen' movie called 'Let It Go'. We chose the acoustic version below as we prefered the sound of it and had a better idea of a possible music video for it. 

Here is our version:

Creating this short music video gave us a real good feel for the real thing as we learnt what improvements would have made it better.

• For the real thing we would need a larger range of shot types to keep the video interesting and possible let the viewer see more details. As we mostly just filmed in mid-shot the video is quite bland. I should use shout types such as close ups, long shots, side shots etc. next time. 
• I also plan to use a range of settings in our actual video to express the song better and get the right mood, the green screen is a bit too happy for the mood of the song which gave us a sad heartbreak feel. 
• I learnt that if the green screen is going to be used it has to be lighten up quite bight in order to get the full effect. For the real video we plan to avoid the green screen as it can also look quite flat and long shots can't be recorded using the green screen as the floor will show.
• I learnt to use the important features on final cut pro to use for the actual music video such as cutting clips, adjusting sound, applying transitions and adjusting speed of a clip which are all going to be useful for the final product.
• I found that the lip-syncing part of making a music video is the most difficult part to match to the track and what really helped my group was having the song in the background of the clip otherwise it is hard to tell which part is being lip synced. 
• I learnt that for best lip-syncing results is if the song is rehearsed a few times so that the person gets the right expressions or the music video will look off.