Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Final Evaluation - Music Video Task

Teamwork during Pre-Production:
Our group ran into a few problems whilst developing our concept, though they weren’t too bad. We had some trouble making the story make sense in some parts such after the puppets wake up and how we could introduce the film, though we agreed on most things. Some other problems we encountered were understanding each others ideas for some parts of the video, such as Ilona’s idea for fading some shots together and Georgina’s idea for moving the camera into the box. We didn’t have much trouble choosing the song at all, it was quite a short and quick process choosing the song after we had decided on the concept.
I believe our group used the storyboards well to understand each others ideas and to explain what we were picturing. These also helped during the filming process, so that we knew how we wanted the shot to turn out. The shot list was also completed well, we split it into three so each of us had an equal amount to do. The shot list was done thouroughly so we wouldn’t have trouble filming and it was done in a way that we would be organised whilst filming.
Our group worked very well during class. We spent the first week or tow finalising our storyline and making sure we were all happy with it. We spent this time making a short plan of the actions that needed to happen during the music video and we also spent this time choosing our song. We then made our shot lists and did our treatments in the class time. We didn't begin filming as we needed to be off campus to shoot our video. Each group member had a task at all times, whether it was doing their treatment, shot list or storyboards.
Our group focused a lot more in class because we got to choose our groups, so we were much more comfortable and knew how each member worked. We worked together much better than last term, as we got to choose our groups and this helped with the teamwork. To improve our pre-production documents, we spent a lot more time on them in class and tried to do a bit outside of class as well. We also tried to work together a lot more to get it done rather than sitting individually and doing it completely by ourselves. Overall I believe we did improve our pre-production.
Teamwork during Production and Post-Production:
The storyboards weren’t used much during the filming process, as the main reason we completed them was to get each other to understand our ideas. We did use them during the filming if we had forgotten how we wanted it to turn out or if the person filming didn’t completely understand how the shot needed to be done. The shot list was extremely helpful during the filming process. It helped us to know what we had to film and if we had to film anything else for the video. It was a document we could refer to to ensure that everything had been filmed. It also helped us to keep organised in what props/costumes we needed and how we needed to film each scene.
Our group didn’t run into too many organisational issues during the filming process. Though one issue we did encounter was before we even started filming, as we were going to organise to take a camera home during the holidays so that we could film, but we forgot to and therefore had to use a different camera. But luckily the camera had the settings that we needed to film in. Each group member contributed a fair amount and showed up to each filming day and each member remembered their costumes and documents. The main reason we were organised was because we left most of the props and costumes at Ilona’s house so that we wouldn’t forget anything. We also organised the days and made sure everybody could come, though on one of the days both Georgina and I were very late because of traffic but we still managed to get a lot done.
We encountered a few problems whilst editing. One of the major issues we encountered was that the timing was out when we tried to put all of our separate edits together. This took a while to resolve but we ended up getting everything back in time though we did have to add a couple of shots in to make it fit again. We also encountered issues with timing of ending and starting individual edits. I didn’t have trouble knowing where to start, because I had the starting edit and Georgina didn’t have trouble knowing where to end because she had the finishing edit, but because Ilona had the centre edit we had to match up where we would be ending/starting exactly and we had some issues where we crossed into someone else’s edit. But we fixed this easily by figuring out who had edited more. Our group worked extremely well together and I am happy with how it turned out.
Our group finished all of the shots we had planned to do and we also did a few extra. Though we didn’t end up using all the shots, we were happy that we had shot extra because it gave us enough that we were not under the time limit.
Discuss your individual feelings about the Music Video Task:
I am very satisfied with the final result of our music video. It turned out as we all imagined it would and we had a lot of fun completing it. I wouldn’t change any aspects of the concept of our video, though I do wish we had thought some things through a bit more before we started filming. I would have liked to be a bit more consistent with a few things, like Ilona wearing her watch in some scenes and not others and also her wearing shoes in some shots.
If I could start the project again, I would complete the planning a bit earlier and think into a few bits of the concept a bit more. I would also have liked to finishing filming and organise filming dates earlier in the project so that we had a lot more time for editing.
It was much easier planning, filming and managing my time during this project. This was because my group worked much better together this term and we all cooperated well. Also, because of the short time to complete the task, we managed our time much better so that we could get everything done on time. The planning and filming was easier because we had experience from last term and knew what worked and didn’t work. Overall this term we were much more organised.
I believe that my treatment accurately reflected our music video as we had thought the concept through a lot before I started working on the treatment. The concept and the final product are extremely similar and I am very happy about that. Though they are very similar in most ways, there were some small differences from what I had imagined, but other than that everything was very similar to what I had written in the treatment.


Monday, November 4, 2013

Storyboards



These are the storyboards our group did for the harder shots. I did the first one, Ilona did the second and Georgina did the third.

Shot Lists

This is Georgina's shot list:



Production Title: Radioactive
Director: Georgina, Ilona and Charli
Sequence/Scene Name: Three
Sequence Designer: Georgina
Shot No
Length  of Shot
(seconds/beats)
Visuals
(including explanation of action, setting, shot type, angle camera movement, lighting, spec fx , transition)
Corresponding
Music/Lyrics
1
2.02 -2.10
Charli walks towards the camera and then goes out of the shot and Ilona and Georgina follow her
To the new age, welcome to the new age, to the new age, whoa oh oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh
2
2.10 – 2.15
Camera is slightly looking down. Charli runs and then Ilona and Georgina run after her
I’m radioactive, radioactive, whoa oh oh oh oh
3
2.15 – 2.20
Canted shot of Charli running into the distance
Whoa oh oh oh, I’m radioactive, radioative
4
2.20 – 2.27
Slowed down shot – to fit music – of Charli emerging from behind trees
All systems go, sun hasn’t died
5
2.27 – 2.33
Slowed down shot – to fit music – of Charli running across grass – not many plants
CROSS DISSOLVE TO NEXT SHOT
Deep in my bones, straight from inside
6
2.33 – 2.35
Sped up shot – to fit music – of Ilona running across same place
CROSS DISSOLVE TO NEXT SHOT
I’m waking up
7
2.35 – 2.36
Sped up shot – to fit music – of Georgina running across same place
I feel it
8
2.36 – 2.38
Trees at front of the shot, through the gaps can see Charli running
CROSS DISSOLVE TO NEXT SHOT
Am closing up
9
2.38 – 2.41
Same shot of trees, this time Ilona and Georgina can be seen running through the gaps
To make my systems go
10
2.41 – 2.43
Slowed down shot of Charli turning around – shot slowly becomes tinted red
Welcome to the new age
11
2.43 – 2.45
Georgina running towards the camera – shot is tinted red like the last one
To the new age
12
2.45 – 2.48
Slowed down at first when Georgina enters shot. Charli is standing facing away from Georgina. Shot speeds up as Georgina grabs Charli’s shoulder and Charli turns around. Ilona enters after – tinted red
Welcome to the new age, to the new
13
2.48 – 2.52
Charli walks backwards towards wall as Georgina and Ilona walk towards her – tinted red
DIP TO BLACK TO NEXT SHOT
Age, whoa oh oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh, I’m
14
2.52 – 2.54
Ilona shuts garage door as Georgina stands beside her
Radioactive, radio
15
2.54 - 2.57
Ilona and Georgina walk away and look back at the garage
DIP TO WHITE TO NEXT SHOT
Active, whoa oh oh oh oh
16
2.57 – 2.59
Camera slowly moves down ropes – shot tinted blue
Whoa oh oh oh, I’m
17
2.59 – 2.59.22
Close up of Charli looking at floor, face is painted half black and half white – shot tinted blue
Ra
18
2.59.22 – 3.00
Close up of Charli’s left hand tied up with rope – shot tinted blue
Dio
19
3.00 – 3.00.16
Canted shot of both Charli’s hands tied up with rope – shot tinted blue
Ac
20
3.00.16 – 3.00.27
Close up of Charli’s right hand tied up with rope – shot tinted blue
Ti
21
3.00.27 – 3.01
Close up over Charli’s shoulder – shot tinted blue
Ve
22
3.01 – 3.04
Charli suddenly looks up at camera – shot tinted blue
Radioactive





Shot Lists

This is Ilona's shot list:



Production Title: Radioactive
Director:
Sequence/Scene Name: Scene 2
Sequence Designer: Ilona Leaver
Shot No
Length  of Shot
(second)
Visuals
(including explanation of action, setting, shot type, angle camera movement, lighting, spec fx , transition)
Corresponding
Music/Lyrics
1
5
Georgina and Ilona walking out of house
‘Welcome to the new age, to the new age. Welcome to the new age’
2
6
Zoom out to new world
‘To the new age … whoa oh, whoa oh.’
3
3
Ilona walking away from house
‘I’m radioactive, radioactive’
4
7
Ilona walking further away and into forest
‘Whoa oh, whoa oh. I’m radioactive, radioactive’
5
4
Georgina walking past tree (fade into next shot)
‘I raise my flag, done my clothes.’
6
4
(Begins with fade) Ilona walking past the tree
‘It’s a revolution, I suppose’
7
.02
Georgina face (plain white face/eyes closed/close-up)
‘We’re painted’
8
.02
Ilona face (plain black face/eyes closed/close-up)
‘We’re painted’
 
 
Shot 7 and 8 repeat again about 10 ten times flicking through each other until the lyrics ‘…Red to fit right in’
 
9
.1
Georgina face (plain white face with red lines down face/eyes open/close-up)
‘red to fit right in’
10
.1
Ilona face (plain black face with red lines down face/eyes open/close-up)
‘red to fit right in’
 
 
Shot 9 and ten repeat about 10 times flicking through each other until the lyrics ‘Whoa whoa’
 
11
1
Georgina running away and trying to escape
‘whoa whoa’
12
2
Ilona coming out of a bush running away
(music plays)
13
1
Georgina running into bush
‘I’m breaking in’
14
1
Georgina running over a log (fades into Ilona running over the log/they merge shots so the two people are one and the same)
‘shaping up’
15
2
Ilona running over the log (at beginning of shot, it had faded into Ilona running over the log to show the similarity between Ilona and Georgina)
‘shaping up’
16
5
Charli looks into the box/cage that Ilona and Georgina were trapped in and finds that they are no longer there. She then rushes down the steps to find them.
‘then checking out on the prison bus, this is it the apocalypse’
17
4
Charli is running in the bushes to find Ilona and Georgina
‘Apocalypse, whoa whoa. I’m waking up.’
18
3
Charli running through the bushes
‘I feel it in my soul’
19
2
Charli runs then stops to look around
‘enough to make my system glow’
20
1
Charli looks around to see whether they are her but find they are not. She begins to worry and become scared that Ilona and Georgina want revenge.
‘Welcome to the new age’
21
3
Charli runs as she suspects Georgina and Ilona are looking for her as they want revenge.
‘…age. To the new age, welcome to the new age…’
22
3
Ilona runs after Charli as she wants revenge
‘to the new age’
23
4
Geogina runs after Charli as she wants revenge
‘Whoa oh, whoa oh. I’m radioactive, radioactive’