Storyboard

Here is our storyboard this is just a rough idea of what we were going to do.

Animatic

production meeting

In the production meeting we discussed things such as location and the layout of the story.

Shot List

Shot List
Scene	Shot Number	Description
	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	A medium shot of instruments being prepared Guy 1 rage out of an office, as guy 2 shouts, in close-up. Cut to Guy 1 at home getting moaned at, in long shot Cut back to music room, various angles. Cuts to being moaned at in closer shot. Guy 1’s POV of him walking down the street Back to the band

 A guide to some ideas on what shots we will be trying.

Shooting schedule

Monday, 24 November 2014

shooting schedule

Day	Scene	Location	Equipment	Costumes	Props	Cast +Crew
Saturday 29th Sunday 30th Sunday 30th Monday 1st	Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4	music rooms Office House Music room	Various instruments and camera. Multiple pieces of camera equipment. Camera equipment. Various instruments and Camera equip	Smart casual Officewear Casual wear Smart casual	Instruments. General office content. Empty bottles Instruments	Darren, Grant, Connor and various classmates.(Same throughout)

permission to use music

This is the message we sent to the band. We found the band on unsigned.com and they have not been active seen 2009 so it was very hard to get in contact with the band. All their social networks accounts have been closed and all we had was this email. We sent they an email asking for permission but we have not had any email back. As they haven't got back to us we are assuming they no longer use or monitor that email address. We have decided to still use the song anyway.

Seven days music video lyrics

I don't really want to
I don't really need to
Really would have been to
Cause it still won't please you
Know the path i'm going down
Know the way i want to live
So yo don't have to try in the
Sea of emptiness

Chorus (P1)
You only have one chance in life
So make sure that you get it right
so what you really want to know.

Chorus (P2)
So don't give up.
Don't give in
Don't let all the people in
Make you feel like
you were wrong
You were hooolding on


   This is not about me
This is not about you
Open up your eyes and see
You know what you need to do

Chorus P1
Chorus P2
Chorus P2
Chorus P2

Location sheet

Location Visit Sheet Programme Title: Seven days music video Client: Connor, Darren and Grant Writer: Seven days Producer: Grant Director: Darren Date: 11/11/14

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note We want to film in some built up area to add pace to the scene and also a wide-open spaced area. Access to location via: We will use public transport in order to get to the location(s) that we want the film our video in. Name and number of location contact: As we are filming in a public place there is no need for a location contact.

Health and Safety Issues to note: ●      Always be careful when working on wet ground to avoid slipping. As we are in a public place there will be obstacles that we will need to avoid e.g. lamp posts and cars.

Potential Filming Problems: ●      Members of the public may cause a problem as we will have to avoid getting them in shot, which could be difficult especially in the built up locations that we were planning on filming.

Additional Notes: keep an eye on the weather forecast as we don’t want to risk damaging any camera equipment. Camera, Tripod and a monopod. Potentially a dolly

Band profile

07 seven days is the band we are going to use for music video as it will be easy to lip sync. The song we are going to use is Don't give up and the lyrics are quite easy to lip sync to. The pace of the song slow and will be easy to relate a music video to.

There bio reads Seven Days formed Feb. 2009. Started with a lead singer (Jeff) and guitarist (Jeremy). Sharing song writing ideas, realising that their style and ideas were a match and ideas started flowing. Later added a bass player (Matt) and drummer (Steve). "River of Sorrow"  their first studio cut has been met with great reviews. Seven Days is currently working on a demo album.  Although just getting started they are very excited to see the positive response from fans."

Elton John lip sync

 Evaluation
What we had to do?
First we choose who would be doing what. Afterwards we did the song 5 times so get 5 different camera angles/shots. Then when we had finished filming the music video we went on the computers and edited the music video. We used the ideas of from the Foo Fighters blog about how to edit a music video. We realised that music videos are edited differently from thrillers as they are edited faster and have more edits than a thriller.

What we learned from it? & How it is different from editing a thriller?
We learned how to edit a music video and how it is different from editing a thriller. We learned that in music videos are edited much faster than thrillers as in music videos each shot only lasts for a few seconds whereas in thrillers shots can last longer.  We also learned that music videos take longer to edit as you have to link up the lip sync with the music video.

          
      

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Group Members:                                                                                        Location:

Hazard	Person(s) at Risk	Likelihood of Hazard 1 – Extremely Unlikely 5 – Extremely Likely	Severity of Hazard Outcomes 1 – Very Low Risk 5 – Very High Risk	Risk Level (Likelihood + Severity) 2	Measures to Take to Manage Risk	Risk Managed? Y/N
Train travel	Might trip and fall down the gap when getting on or off train.	2-Unlikely	4- Could cause serious damage.	3	Be careful when negotiating the big step when getting on or off the train.	Y
Weather	Could slip in the rain or snow.	3- possibility	3-Cause and temporary injury	3	Careful when negotiating extreme weather conditions.	Y
Getting ran over	Could get hit by a car when crossing a road	3- possible	4- could cause serious damage	3.5	Always wait with anticipation for the green man and only cross when road is clear.	y
Chocking	Could chocke when eating lunch	2- unlikely	5-Could cause death	3.5	Always chew food thoroughly and check for bones.	y

Treatment

Treatment Group Roles Cinematography: Darren Mis-en-scene: Darren, Grant, Connor Sound: Connor, Grant Editing:Connor, Grant Title: Music video- Seven Days- Don't Give Up Synopsis: When we go out and film, we're going to attempt to film a dramatic/tragic narrative, to fit the mood of the music. We aiming to achieve in filming the feeling of loneliness and despair, thus using amplification within our project to match both music and video. We will make this vision a reality by only featuring one character in the video, this will better illustrate the struggle that the person is going through and will have a greater impact on the audience. At the end of the video the main  character will get through the rough time and see happiness. Key Genre Conventions: Amplification:  By using slow, low action footage, we're matching the slow depressive, but ultimately hopeful feel of the music to be reflected in our video. The chorus it an upbeat part of the song which will help us illustrate the determination the main character. Contradiction: In our video the main theme is sadness however when the chorus comes in the video turns a bit happier.

costumes and props

Costumes and Props

Character Name: Guy 1
Costume: Starting smart and ending untidy (office wear smart)	Props: Bottle (empty) Rope
Character Name: Boss
Costume: Suit	Props: pending
Character Name:  Girl
Costume: Casual clothing	Props: No props.

Media plan

Problems looking for an artist

There are some problems while looking for an artist which include copyright and genre.

Copyright
Copyright is a problem as you cannot use a song without the owner of the song's permission. if someone would use a song and haven't asked the owner to use the song they can get sued a lot of money.

Genres
Genres that we can't use include:
Rap as it would be too hard to lip sync to as it is often too fast. And often it is too explicit.
Country as it will be too hard to get the setting of the song.
Dub step as in most dub step songs there is no music so our group will not be able to lip sync.          

Laura Mulvey theories

Laura Mulvey is a British feminist film  theorist and a professor of of film and media studies at university of London.

Laura  Mulvey's theories included triple gaze and male gaze. The male gaze is a theory that the male is active and the female is passive. In the narrative the male character will often turn his gaze towards female character.

    The triple gaze is a theory that the spectator is made to identify with the male gaze as the camera films from the male perspective. The reason it is called a triple gaze as there are 3 levels of the cinematic gaze Camera, Character, and spectator.

Laura Mulvey theories can be used in music videos. I will use Laura Mulvey's theories in the song shut up and drive by Rihanna.
 
In the music video for this song the camera is fixed on Rihanna body. At various points in the music video it is made to focus on for the male gaze. Here are some examples.

Here you can see the men in the cars watching Rihanna walking away.

Laura Mulvey's theories can also apply to movies as women are also seen in movies as sexual objects. A good example of a film like this is James Bond Die another day.    

This whole scene is seen from the point of view of mans view as when the women get out of the sea she is running and it is all in slow motion. This shows that Mulvey's theories can also be applied to movies as women are seen as sexual objects.

Foo Fighters Pretenders

What we had to do?
What we done to make this animatic is first watch the music video Pretenders by Foo fighters. Then we found out how long each camera shot was and did a rough sketch of the image of the camera shot. After we did a quick sketch of each image we wrote what type of shot it was and thought why they used that particular shot then and what the effect is.

What we learned by doing this?
By doing this we learned that music videos have a lot of different shots and angles in. Also that when the beat picks up so does the camera shots as at the start of the music video we it was slow and the camera shots were longer between 4-10 seconds but when the beat kicked in that was when the camera shots picked up there was a different camera shot every 1-2 seconds. We also found out that at the beginning of the music video it was like they were introducing the band as first was the singer then the guitarists and finally the drummer, then the beat started.

How is it different from filming thriller ?
It is different from filming a thriller as with a thriller when their is tension rising they only use one or a few long shots where as in a music video when the beat kicks in they use loads of really short shots.