This is my completed video, after I showed it to an audience. there were only a few minor things to change like the timing of the clips therefore it was very similar to my first draft. Although it turned out differently from my original storyboard it still worked and fitted together well.
Monday, 15 November 2010
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Filming and Changes
Filming
The majority of the filming went well and aside from the rain there were little problems, the only thing that differed from the storyboard were the shot angles and distancing, as there was only so far away from the people I could put the camera in some places, such as in the car. This also made some of them more awkward to film.
Changes
The majority of the filming went well and aside from the rain there were little problems, the only thing that differed from the storyboard were the shot angles and distancing, as there was only so far away from the people I could put the camera in some places, such as in the car. This also made some of them more awkward to film.
Changes
The parts of the video that were shot outside were in the rain. This meant that an umbrella was used the whole way through instead of just the flashback scene.
Some shots were taken out as there was too many and they were too long for the video.
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Production Schedual
All filmed on 14.10.10
Shots to be filmed | Cast | Props | Location |
Couple on sofa, one face, the other. Argument from outside front door. Argument from inside the door. Car pulling up on driveway. Girl standing on hill. Boy comes up behind girl. Couple hugging at the top of the hill. End – same as clip before. Bottom of the hill, arguing. Playground together. Playground apart. In car – traffic lights, arguing. Outside shot of car driving away. Flashback: bus stop, raining, he comes along, she misses her bus, he walks her home. | Car Car Car Umbrella | Front room Front door “ ” Driveway Oakfield park “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Playground “ “ Road – traffic lights Bus stop Pavement |
Shot list
Long shot, featuring girl on hill.
Zooms to medium shot when boy come in.
Reverse angle shot, couple arguing at the bottom of hill.
Medium shots of playground, together on the swings, then apart.
Medium shot of arguing on doorstep. She slams the door. Cuts to each of them sliding down the door to sit on the floor.
Close up of her hand on the door handle.
Close ups of them arguing in the car, then the traffic lights changing to green.
Medium shot of car pulling up on driveway and her getting out slamming the door, he follows.
Medium shot of her at a bus stop, follows them walking away.
Medium shot of them on the sofa together.
Closer shots of each of their faces, understanding.
End shot, medium shot of them on the hill again.
Cast list
Girl – Georgina Weller
Boy – Simeon Grimshaw
Location list
My house
Oakfield Park
Oakfield Park playground
Oakfield Lane traffic lights
Bus stop on Hawley road
Prop list
Umbrella
Car
Friday, 22 October 2010
Storyboard
The storyboard for my music video was inspired by the song itself, I chose to draw it out and then scan it onto the computer so I could make it my own and add the colour afterwards. It helped me a lot to do it this way as I felt I had more control over the images and therefore the production of the music video.
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Video Synopsis
Paramore - We Are Broken
The main story for my music video is about a couple that keep arguing yet work it out in the end. The story line follows the lyrics of the song.
The music video goes through a day with the couple. It starts with the girl at the top of a hill waiting for the sun to rise, she is looking down towards the bottom of the hill to where her and her boyfriend have previously argued, there she sees the scene in front of her. Her boyfriend then comes up behind her and hugs her making her forget about the argument that they had.
The second verse is all about the arguments that they have had, featuring one on her doorstep and one in the car, the latter resolves with him grabbing her arm pulling her into a hug. This then goes into a flashback showing when they first met, it’s a typical movie meeting where she is at a bus stop in the rain and he provides her with an umbrella, she misses the bus so he walks her home. The couple are followed down the road, making it seem like they will have a good relationship.
The third verse is slower than the rest of the song, this is the point at which the couple sit down and talk, they then realise that they are both as ‘broken’ as each other, this then leads to the resolution of their relationship.
The main story for my music video is about a couple that keep arguing yet work it out in the end. The story line follows the lyrics of the song.
The music video goes through a day with the couple. It starts with the girl at the top of a hill waiting for the sun to rise, she is looking down towards the bottom of the hill to where her and her boyfriend have previously argued, there she sees the scene in front of her. Her boyfriend then comes up behind her and hugs her making her forget about the argument that they had.
The next scene shows them playing in a playground, faded with them alone in the same places, without each other, these scenes are darker showing the lack of joy in them.
This is all based around them standing at the top of the hill together, watching the sunrise.The second verse is all about the arguments that they have had, featuring one on her doorstep and one in the car, the latter resolves with him grabbing her arm pulling her into a hug. This then goes into a flashback showing when they first met, it’s a typical movie meeting where she is at a bus stop in the rain and he provides her with an umbrella, she misses the bus so he walks her home. The couple are followed down the road, making it seem like they will have a good relationship.
The third verse is slower than the rest of the song, this is the point at which the couple sit down and talk, they then realise that they are both as ‘broken’ as each other, this then leads to the resolution of their relationship.
The ending of the video is focused on them standing on the top of the hill watching the end of the sun rise.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Questionnaire Results
From these results I have found out that the main age range that answered my questionnaire were between 16 and 20, this is my main target audience and therefore it would be their opinions that most effect the decisions that I make when planning my music video. Most people listen to music everyday yet only after downloading/buying, this means the song I choose would either have to be from a popular band/artist or one that becomes well circulated after its release and as most people do download their music I think I would be better off choosing a song by a popular band. The most popular genres of music that are listened to are rock and pop, these are genres that can overlap as well as be separate, giving me slightly more choice into which genre and song I choose. Although many people access music videos by TV and online they are still mainly concerned by videos that belong to artists that they like, this will make it harder to circulate my video to people that are not too into the band that I choose a song from. The most expected thing to come from a music video is a narrative story line, this is good for the type of video that I want to make, yet half of the people expect there to be speech if the story line is complex, this means that the story line of my song would have to be quite simple or include speech. I would rather make the story line understandable as I would have to find the right points within the song to put the speech and it could make the editing process much more complicated than it could be.
Monday, 18 October 2010
Questionnaires
For part of my research I need audience feedback so I know what direction to go in with my media product. Therefore I made two questionnaires on two different topics, one to find out how people listened to music, purchased music and how important they considered music videos to be and another to find out what my target audience expect from a music video.
Questionnaire 1 : How people listen to and purchase music and how important they consider the music video to be.
Questionnaire 2: What my target audience expect from a music video.
Questionnaire 3: the one posted online
Questionnaire 1 : How people listen to and purchase music and how important they consider the music video to be.
- What age range do you fit into?
- 10-15
- 16-20
- 21-25
- 26-30
- 30+
- everyday
- frequently
- not often
- Radio
- Online (YouTube, MySpace)
- Television (music channels)
- After downloading/buying
- CD’s
- Downloading
- From friends
- Pop
- Rock
- R&B
- Jazz
- Classical
- Rap
- Metal
- Dance
- Folk/country
- Very
- Not very
- Depends on the band/artist
- TV
- Online (YouTube ect.)
- Downloading them
- I don’t watch them
Questionnaire 2: What my target audience expect from a music video.
- What is your preferred music genre? (max of 2)
- Pop
- Rock
- R&B
- Jazz
- Classical
- Rap
- Metal
- Dance
- Folk/country
- Very often
- Not very often
- Only if it’s for a band I like
- Narrative (story line)
- Performance
- To see the artist
- Abstract scenes
- Yes
- No
- Depends on the complicity of the story line
Questionnaire 3: the one posted online
- What age range do you fit into?
- 10-15
- 16-20
- 21-25
- 26-30
- 30+
- everyday
- frequently
- not often
- Radio
- Online (YouTube, MySpace)
- Television (music channels)
- After downloading/buying
- CD’s
- Downloading
- From friends
- Pop
- Rock
- R&B
- Jazz
- Classical
- Rap
- Metal
- Dance
- Folk/country
- Very
- Not very
- Depends on the band/artist
- TV
- Online (YouTube ect.)
- Downloading them
- I don’t watch them
- Very often
- Not very often
- Only if it’s for a band I like
- Narrative (story line)
- Performance
- To see the artist
- Abstract scenes
- Yes
- No
- Depends on the complicity of the story line
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