Planning In Practice - Narrative

During the post production stages we as a group created ideas for specific shots we would collate during the filming for our performance and narrative elements, we created an animatic containing detailed explanation of each shot and timings to the beat of the music.

After putting some of our ideas into practice during our first day of recording we learned that we would have to adapt and alter some of our previous ideas to make them possible and more practical in preparation for the editing stages.

• While in Camden we attempted to film the walking lip sync shot but soon learned that our method of recording other lip-syncing shots (using a phone and playing the song out loud) as the traffic and sounds from the high street were too loud in comparison and I couldn't follow the song. To rectify this I managed to hide a single headphone in one of my ears to ensure I could follow the lyrics whilst moving through the high street.

• We planned to record a performance shot whilst on route to Camden on the train, we soon found this to be quite a far fetched idea as we were among the early morning rush and were unable to even take our instruments out of their cases. We rectified this particular shot by adapting our shot so we would perform at  the platform on a bench. Personally i felt this was a nicer overall shot as we had far more space between the three of us, and the overall mise en scene was interesting. The Camden sign above the three of us also added a nice establishing touch.

• The final shot that we struggled with was capturing our river shot in which the three members of the band were supposed to sit with our feet above the river. We discovered that the water was too high, and so we searched for other ways to capture the shot. Eventually we came across a short draw bridge above a waterfall and decided this would look visually appealing and was actually and improvement to our original shot, I and the other members walked across the bridge and sat directly in the middle. The overall result was very pleasing.

Talent Release Forms

This talent release form ensures that we have consent from all people that will be recorded during the filming stages. We will ensure this form is distributed to each individual member of the music video.

Photo-shoot Plan

Track Permission Letter

We decided to send an email to fiction records in an attempt to gain permission to use The Maccabees track "Pelican"

Album Cover

POTENTIAL IDEA FOR BACK

Advert Design

This is a rough design of the sort of Iconic Image we wish to feature on our CD advertisement. This particular image connotes youth and has an indie ambiance to it, this along with the poignant colours of the telephone boxes against a grey background provide an interesting, eye catching image which could potentially draw people to the advertisement. I also tried to convey the idea of roots (the CD name) by showing the bands home city as a representative of the band. We could potentially have each individual band member inside the telephone boxes which would promote the band further, and create overall a successful CD advertisement.

Shooting Schedule

This shooting schedule shows the approximate dates we will attempt to film from, this however could be altered depending on each individuals preferences at a later date, and so we will constantly need to refer to this.

List of Props, Costumes, make-up and equipment

 

Locations

Storyboard Animatic

Permission for filming and locations

team storyboarding

Greenscreen Tutorial

Green screen was created to give the illusion that someone is in a setting that they are actually not in. It allows people filming to be more creative and extravagant when it comes to deciding on locations to film. Personally i think that green screen is useful for capturing short filler shots; but i would never film the majority of narrative or performance elements using green screen, as i have always been able to notice where green screen has been used in past occasions, and i feel it limits the creativity one can have with camera angles, as distance from the green screen will always be a considerable factor.

 In order to create the green screen effect using Final Cut you import the previously recorded video footage with the green screen as the background. You then have to select the small video effects bar at the top left hand corner of the tab and select keys; from here we selected keys and went down to chroma keyer, and select colour smoothing 4:1:1 before dragging this into our video file. You are then presented with a series of colours that you can remove from your frame using this program. We selected all tangents of green and clicked the frame until the majority of green is removed from the frame, and the imported picture shows where the green once was. This will be more successful if the picture selected is of high resolution and large size.

Concepts Idea



Image Annotation

After thoroughly researching the genre, we have learned that bands that belong to the indie rock genre tend to dress quite casually, with a modern twist. This is incredibly useful to us, as we can easily attain these items of clothing and therefore can replicate the Indie image. An extremely common visual element associated with the majority of Indie bands would be skinny/drain pipe jeans, therefore we will definitely include this in the performance elements of our music video. 

While researching Indie fashion we also discovered that denim is a common feature of popular Indie Group's attire. This also conforms to the casual Indie look, as the faded denim gives this "worn/faded" appearance that matches our initial ideas. They are also incredibly affordable, and easy to attain. The other image shows perhaps a more sophisticated look, although it can also enhance the "worn" image. We are considering using a similar item as many ambient Indie Groups feature them and it conveys what we wish to represent.

 

The images below show footwear that we believe helps us as an audience distinguish a band as being part of the Indie Rock genre. This is incredibly practical as I actually possess a pair of Desert boots, and a pair of brown loafers can be easily attained. This combined with the previous elements would suggest to the audience that we are from the Indie genre, and that is obviously what we wish to convey.

The instruments below are typical instruments used by Indie Rock musicians, especially the Fender Telecaster. The implementation of hollow body guitars also adds an elegant look that conforms to the relatively smart attire of the band members. This is again incredibly practical as I own both of these particular models; and will distribute them to the band members during the filming stages. I feel that all of these elements will easily help us achieve the casual/smart Indie appearance we originally aimed to achieve.

Lyrics Annotation

Song Details

The Maccabees - Pelican

 

We have decided to use The Maccabees single Pelican for our music video. Initially we decided we wanted to use a song that had an ambient feel to it, as we want to express the element of youth, and the celebration of youth. This song has an incredibly simple pulse/beat (4/4). This is incredibly convenient as it means we can creatively add whatever we feel is necessary during the editing stages. The fact that the actual music is simple is also convenient to us, as it means that the actors will easily be able to mime the instrumental parts. Overall we just feel that this song ticks all the boxes for the original ambient, alternative indie rock elements we want to represent.

Roles

Initial Ideas

This is a combination of my groups initial ideas towards all aspects of creating our music video. We decided to choose the genre of Indie Rock as we all feel that we are incredibly familiar with indie rock music, and the bands of the genre. We also feel as though perhaps we could represent the genre of Indie Rock best; being as we are all young, and indie rock is about celebrating youth.