Filming- Day Six Plan

In preparation for our last filming day, Steph and myself have created a plan to ensure we film everything that is needed whilst taking on board our feedback. This means we won't encounter the same issue in our draft video where we were missing footage.

Filming Day 6 Plans by Anonymous OnyJTYuF1 on Scribd

Updated Schedule

Schedule:

Tuesday 7th November 2017: Filming for three hours just the artist.

Tuesday 7th-Friday 24th November 2017: Edit our video as much as we can in between filming days and then complete all editing by the 24th.   

Wednesday 8th November 2017: Filming for three hours just the dancers.

Tuesday 14th November 2017: Filming for three hours both artist and dancers.

Draft Music Video

Editing Process

Editing update from Ceri Lewis

Lighting Plan

Lighting Plans from Steph2000

This plan details the lights we will be using while filming. We will be having 2 lights on each side of the stage, within the wings. These lights will be clear white lights that will project no colour however will provide sharp and professional lighting for our video. 

We will also be having two spotlights on the middle bar to project clear and sharp lighting onto our singer. This will also help our artist to stand out and be easier to see and place her within the video. Our final lights are the eight lights which are coloured purple and this will bask the stage in a purple glow, which creates the feel and style we wanted. The colour purple adds interest and individuality to the video while following the indie genre.

Lighting

Lighting Ideas and Planning from Steph2000

Filming Preparation

Myself and Steph have spoke to a lighting expert who is happy to offer advice with our video and we have arranged dates to book the Hall (for the stage) in advance to make sure we can all make it. The lighting was set up on the 09.10.17 (photos shown of this setting up process are shown below) and our first filming date is the 10.10.17. We have ensured that tomorrow our artist and dancer duo have brought the clothes we have asked for that will fit with our genre and stand out to our target audience. As briefly shown in our pitch, our dancers will be wearing a black leotard and our artist (Freya) will be wearing Mom Jeans (clearly fitting the indie genre) with a black top and black shoes and possibly a statement cardigan adopting the style of many indie artists. We will be staying after college till 18:00 to ensure we get as much filming as possible completed and we will update our blogs of how much of the filming process we have completed.

Animatic

Storyboard

Storyboard Progress from Steph2000

Narrative Theorists

Narrative Theorists from Steph2000

Representations in our Music Video

Representation In Our Music Video from Steph2000

Updated Schedule

Schedule:  

Over the past couple of weeks Steph and I have continued working towards our project and in this time have completed tasks and planned tasks to the schedule below:

October: 2017 

2nd October 2017: Arrange meeting to organise learning more about lighting and walk through our storyboard.

3rd October 2017: Meet with lighting technician to explain our ideas and see what is possible.

5th October 2017: Book the hall for filming for the 10th, 24th and 25th for filming.

9th October 2017: Set up and prepare stage and lights ready for filming.

10th October 2017: Begin filming, first film scenes with Freya and then dancers.

11th October-24th October 2017: Edit first day of filming footage.

24th October 2017: Continue filming.

25th October 2017: Continue filming. 

Location

We have chosen to use the school stage as location due to the options this will give us. We will be able to choose and utilize a range of lighting which which will allow us to create a visually interesting video. The stage is also plenty big and spacious enough for our dancers to be able to perform which will help us significantly while filming. We chose to use this as this stage as been used many times for dance shows and will have the resources for our lighting as well as a way to project a stained glass window effect on the back of the stage. The school stage is also very accessible to both Steph and I and also to our dancers and performers that are appearing in our video. As we all attend this school we are able to film after school with ease and we also know we are in a safe and secure environment for filming.

Change Of Location

As presented in our pitch Steph and I were originally considering/basing our idea on using a Church as our primary location for filming. Due to setbacks with this idea, Steph and I have decided to create still a performance video, however changing the setting to on stage with professional lighting. Many aspects of our idea remain the same; we will still be using "Bows" and "Freya Tamsin" as our dancers and artist, still be using the indie song "Take Me To Church" and will be using a church setting theme within the stage setting-we aim to achieve this by lighting techniques.

Our audience feedback was very helpful to us within making this decision, the problems raised especially about lighting in the Church, are all valid points which enabled Steph and I to re-consider our plan. We are also not totally discounting the idea of the Church, who we are currently working with to understand what we can and can not film. The aim now regarding the Church is to look around the Church and possibly take some photos enabling us to gain authentic inspiration for the look we would like to create on stage. Our overall research and planning into the indie genre has allowed us to make this change without having to drastically change our idea. We intend for our video to benefit from this idea as we believe this setting change will allow us to create a more professional looking video. Steph and I are equally as excited and enthusiastic about our new video, as due to our research we feel this will still fit to the indie genre and hopefully look effective.  

Class Feedback

In our pitch, we handed out feedback sheets so our audience members can comment on the things they like and dislike about our idea whilst giving any recommendations of anything they would do differently. 

Positives:
- Church location
-Two different locations
-Inspiration
-Stained glass windows
-Good outfit and location ideas
-Cover idea
-Locations
-Female artist
-Clear idea on what to do
-Adapted for girl singer
-Good inspiration
-Dancer costumes staying the same
-Location would be effective and interesting X2
-The Dancers
-Mise en scene
-Environment will match the song X2

Negatives:
-Might not have much dancing space
-Lighting in the church and outside
-Check the church is clean and in good condition
-Might not get permission to use the locations you want
-Church lighting
-Lighting jump
-Could be seen as disrespectful so be cautious
-Lighting may be difficult
-Lighting around churches could be hard
-Lighting issues X4
-Ideas may be overused
-Get permission

Recommendations:
-Make sure you have lighting for the church
-Setting back up option
-Be aware of lighting
-Use bright lighting within Church X2
-Try another less typical location

As our audience were 17-18 years old with a mix of both genders it means they fit our target audience (16-24 year olds) which shows their feedback means we can adapt our video idea to appeal to them more. Myself and Steph decided to have a recommations part on the feedback sheet as it means we can actively get our target audience involved to improve our video which ultimately will make the video appeal to them more. We are looking at the Church idea and are considering changing it due to the lighting element which would be difficult to control and our video would not look very professional if the lighting levels change throughout the video. Although we have spoken to a local Church and they are happy to have a meeting with us we aren't sure if the song will be appropriate. We're starting to consider other alternatives and we will update our idea if it changes.

Feedback Survey Sheet

Take Me to Church Survey by Anonymous HINHDPuR on Scribd

Myself and Steph decided to hand out a feedback sheet to our class during our pitch meaning we can then evaluate this feedback and take on board any recommendations our target audience may have.

Class Pitch

Music Video Pitch from Steph2000

Schedule

Myself and Steph have created a schedule (as shown below) to ensure we meet the deadlines of the coursework whilst staying organised so our music video is as well developed and professional as possible. 

Schedule:

September 2017

 15^th September 2017: Presented pitch to class to gain both verbal and written feedback from the class.

17^th September 2017: Contact the Church to understand how much we may or may not be able to film there.

19^th September 2017: Had a change of plan and decided to now film using access to the stage and lighting. Contact a lighting expert to begin to understand what we may be able to use/do with the lighting.

20^th September 2017: Create a picture inspiration of lighting and detail what effects we would like to us if possible, this inspiration has also been posted on our blogs. Learnt that the effects we would like to create with the lighting are all possible and begin to plan for this.

21^st September 2017: Planned to meet to get a tour of the stage and lighting for the 22^nd. Begin storyboarding.   

22^nd September 2017: Shown and taught the basics of the lighting, to have an understanding of what is possible, what different effects look like and a tour of the stage.

25^th September 2017: Begin risk assessment.  

27^th September 2017: Film with basic shots only the dancers within the dance studio, to allow us to fully understand the dance and aid with our storyboarding. Take photos of stage location during this.

October 2017

1^st October 2017: Arrange another meeting to look at the lights and develop our knowledge further.

2^nd October 2017-6^th October 2017: Have meeting about lights and stage.

9^th October 2017 Onwards: Film the music video

Twitter Feed

Link to our singer's Twitter account (Freya Tamsin)

Link to our dancer's Twitter account (Bows)

Myself and Stephanie (Steph) decided to create Twitter pages for our singer (Freya Tamsin) as well as for our dance duo (Bows) who we are featuring in the music video. We have decided to create a page for both our singer and dancers as we believe although the singer will be one of the main focuses of the video however we feel the dancers play an equally important role. By creating these twitter pages, it will make our artist and dancers seem more realistic as well as gaining an understanding of what traditional artists will say on social media apps in order to be recognised by their target audience. As our target audience if 16-24 year olds (both genders) this is the main age group that generally use social media apps therefore it is vitally important artists use this free advertisement platform to get their music heard by their target audience.

For Freya Tamsin's profile (our singer) we have used a photo of her for the icon photo and a concert scene for the header clearly conveying to her target audience she is a performing artist. Myself and Steph have used a slightly more scenic photo for her icon picture which may be more recognised by the audience that she is an indie artist. For her bio, we have said "Other than singing, I don't really know what I'm doing" which will convey the typical sense of humour that may appeal to her target audience as well as making the artist seem more 'relatable'. We have stated her location as 'Liverpool' matching with her biography presenting Freya Tamsin as a consistent artist.

For Bow's profile (our dancers) we have used a silhouette photo of two people jumping mid pose expressing the idea of union between the dancers and for the header we have used a photo of a pair of ballet shoes clearly conveying the fact this duo are dancers. Our bio for them says "dance, dance, dance pretty much sums us up very well" which adds a more informal and friendly approach which should appeal to our target audience. We have set their location as Manchester/London as this is where we have said they met Freya in her biography so this allows us to develop our artist and dancers as much as possible through this continuality.

Myself and Steph will be updating these Twitter pages throughout our Coursework meaning we can link the artist and dancers to the process (such as when we start filming) following the typical connections of an artist adopting a similar style of speech to how

25 Word Pitch

Take Me To Church
Scenesters
New Casuals
Indie
16-24
Males
Females
Dancers
Sofia Karlburg
Visual
Stained Glass
Performance&Narrative
Dramatic
Bows
Illustrative
Choreographed
Freya Tamsin