I was the Poducer and Talia was the Director and Camera women. Also, I was the lighting technician and together we both edited using final cut to put together and conclude our footage into a music video. Below is the footage to show the different roles we had to make the music video, for example me holding the light and Talia with the tripod. Moreover, in the music video I was acting as the sister to the main actor and Talia was acting as one of the judges at the audition stages. We had one main actor known as Omer, two judges Talia and Bailey and other actors such as audience members;to show their reactions towards the auditions. Lastly, we were able to put all of our footage into a music video format and overall we are happy with how we worked with making the video and using final cut editing software. As you can see in the music video we used different effects such as black and white effects, transitions and paste such as, some scenes are slow and others are faster.
Evaluation on Music Videos:
Daniel and Harrison:
Their music video is very professional, there is good lip syncing to the song. Also, I like the graphics which have been used which gives the music video more of a professional look and I think the bright colours used have enhanced the music video. Overall, their music video is a good music video and you can tell it has been thought through and the camera shots are very accurate.
Ollie and Brandon:
Good effects in the music video, good editing skills and the black and white showed more drama. The quality of the film was very good. However, the storyline was a bit confusing and the tempo of the song was up beat and the music video did not quite match that.
Gabby and Talia:
Our music video would need more planning in place as we had a storyline and realised through production we needed to add more for the story to make sense. Therefore, our planning needs work. However, our affects worked with the emotion of the song such as slow scenes and black and white affects.
Olivia and Morgan:
Their music video had a clear story line, the lip syncing was very clear and easy to see. The lighting and camera shots were very clear and overall the effects used and technical ability was very good.
Overall, from people commenting on our music video the main key point which came up was the lip syncing therefore, in the future we now know how important it is for lip syncing to be on point. Our strengths were, using effects, using different types of paste such as slow scenes, faster scenes and normal scenes. Our ability using final cut was good according to the comments, we showed we know how to use the software and the affects. Our feedback was fair as we agree that our planning was one of the main issues, as we realised through the process of the making of the music video that we needed extra footage to show the storyline clearer.
I have chosen Hello, by Adele as I feel this is a song which tells a story so vividly, for example the narrative is so clear, as the story is showing she is singing to someone far away, an example may be heaven. The lyrics interpret different meanings but they are so powerful and everyone relates to the music in different ways. However, the scenes go from being all calm and then the tension builds majorly. In our music video we want to portray a girl going for an audition and she keeps getting knocked back and then she finally gets a letter saying she has got through, the lyrics will show she is not going to give up even if the singing competition is a long way away. However, our story line links to the lyrics as it shows she won't give up and she will overcome the hurdles. Adele's song has so much emotion in and we want to show this emotion in our music video through the story line and the lyrics. The Hello, music video shows dark moments with Adele being isolated by herself in an old house, when she looks out the window the weather is dull and dark and this symbolises something bad has happened or will happen, known as Pathetic Fallacy. Therefore, Adele is going to sing about a sad time she has been through and she wants her audience to relate to the lyrics in anyway they want to relate to them. However, the dark scenery goes well with the lyrics as her lyrics show themes of isolation, loneliness and dark times. Also, in the music video when she picks up the blanket and dust falls of, of it so quickly it shows that the house is old and no one has entered or touched the house in a very long time, symbolising death. We feel that our story line of not giving up goes well with Adele's lyrics as when she says,' Hello, it's me', this will be portrayed through a letter in our music video showing she is not giving up and she will keep writing letters until she hears back from the singing competition. The lyrics, ' they say time is suppose to heal ya', this shows we will implement this in our music video showing that the girl hopes time will help her get better at singing and she hopes they will accept her in the competition with time. The actor will also portray, the lyrics, 'Hello can you hear me', her letter will show this so clearly as through using a pen and paper to write to the competition she gets frustrated that they may not be hearing her, whilst writing the letter she gets emotional as she feels she is not being heard. Adele's lyrics symbolise she has lost someone and they are now somewhere else for example heaven, through her lyrics she shows that she is sorry and can that person hear her, this highlights she is trying to say sorry to someone who has passed and when she repeats,' Hello its me,' it shows that she wants that person to know it is her speaking to them, in her case singing. Therefore, in our music video we will be using the lyrics by Adele, but with our own idea showing how important this singing competition is to this girl. Whereas, in Adele's music video she won't give up about saying sorry, this shows the girl won't give up on singing and writing to the competition. Therefore, our idea links very well to Adele's Hello as the lyrics symbolise hope which we are going to get across in our music video.
Hello Lyrics:
Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time's supposed to heal ya
But I ain't done much healing
Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet
There's such a difference between us
And a million miles
Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter. It clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself. I'm sorry
I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?
And it's no secret that the both of us
Are running out of time
So hello from the other side (other side)
I must have called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside (outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter. It clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
Hello from the other side (other side)
I must have called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside (outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter. It clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
2:
We will have three actors who will be in our music video.
The actress who is the main character is really enthusiastic and ambitious, but you can tell she has been acting for a while and she is starting to give up because of the reactions and feeling rejected. However, she still tries anyway, as it is her dream to sing. Following many failed auditions she becomes aggressive and angry to the point she stamps around, slams doors and she really takes her anger out. Eventually she receives a letter which says she has got into the production and she is over joyed. Her sister is very supportive and she relies on her sister for moral support, as when she is happy or sad she always counts on her sister. She is seven teen years old, medium height, long hair, medium build. Throughout the music video the artist will be wearing the same clothes so she is easily noticed, however during the auction stage she wears a different set of clothes compared to when she is at home. She will be wearing chilled clothes whilst she is at home but at the auction she may dress smarter such as jeans and a jumper. The actress wears subtle make up and her hair is down. Also, depending on the audition she may wear an accessory for example a hat.
The sister is a supporting character in the music video who helps the actress who is struggling feel safe and secure and positive after a bad audition and having been rejected. The sister is a positive character who you can tell,comforts her sister all the time and the sister is there when she celebrates at the end, showing that she truly cares for her sister. The sister is a year older, she is a tiny bit taller and she stays in the same clothes throughout, as she is revising in her room. During the whole of the music video she is at the house and she supports her sister once her sister gets home.
The producer is the judge in the auditioning room, who always rejects the the actress and then finally after she writes to him he replies saying she has got through. Even though there are many auditions, the judge will be played by the same character, who wears different clothing or accessories to show the different stages of the audition process. Also, the fact she is going through the process with the same judge but she is not getting anywhere proves she has hope and is not giving up. The judge will be in the auditioning room the whole of the music video dressed differently , behind a table with a script and pen in front of him, or a CV that he may be reading. The point of the judge is for him to find the best person for the part but he is very picky and he takes forever to make a decision.
3:
Our style will be in black and white and it will be set in the 21st century, for example mobile phones maybe used in some scenes.
The overall concept of the music video is that there is a young actress, around 17 years. auditions over and over again until she eventually get's a part. in between these audition scenes, there are shots where she is being shown comforted by her sister following the rejections.
Hello is a 5 minute song, We broke the music video down based on this.
1st minute: Is the first audition
2nd minute: Her reaction to her be rejected back at home, she is upset.
3rd minute: the second audition
4th minute: her reaction to another ejection, she is more aggressive and angry that the first rejection
5th minute: letter showing that she got into the production, her exaction is happy.
Research Sources for locations and found footage:
This is what audition rooms look like, I have made a mood bored on the different types of audition rooms to show many different auditions are held. For example, theatre auditions are in a studio or the theatre with many people. Whereas, singing auditions such as the X Factor take place in a hotel bored room and arenas. Below is the mood bored with a range of different rooms to show the difference in audition rooms, also the audition room depends on the type of audition. For example if you are a model and are auditioning for a new fashion brand you will audition in a room with a green screen behind you. Therefore, all audition rooms are different due to the event.
From this footage, I have watched the audits of over 40 famous actors auditioning for a rile within the respective movies and who they did it so that we can reflect on the auditions scenes of our video and make it accurate.
Some of the thing's I noticed were that in the majority of these actors videos, they knew the lines off by heart, and were not constantly looking at the script. They were acting towards the camera with confidence and did not need the aide of the script which is what helped them win some of these famous roles.
Another thing i noticed while watching these auditions were that they all had a different physicality, such as standing up/ sitting down or walking around in order to get that role. In the audition scenes we can use this and the actress should actually genuinely act to the best of her ability, so it can show that later on she get's the role even though she may not be looking good at that point.
These actors also took all sorts of risks attempting to receive parts in these movies, such as crying, dressing up, sitting down or moving around. the actress should do this in the video to she that she is trying really hard to get a part but she keeps being rejected. It would be really fortunate, if the actress would share a tear a
But as she is an amateur actress, she may have to still use her script to remember her lines in the music video, which is why the producer keeps rejecting her. Plan: Location Permission Form:
RISK ASSESSMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSESOR:
Gabby Levene, 4 Adams Close Mill Hill.
Location address: 4 Adams Close, Mill Hill, London.
Date of assessment:
24.01.17
Risk description
Risk [1-5]
Severity [1-5]
Prevention of risk
Water
Heights / stairs
Public
Electricity and equipment
Open flames
Transport
1
2
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
2
3
1
Make sure taps are turned of. No kettles left around, and no water left running. To prevent water spillage make sure glasses are left in sink and especially not near equipment.
There are three stair cases going up which are not very steep,but the carpet is easy to slide on, therefore to prevent slipping up/down the stairs do not wear socks.
The house is located in a quiet close where the public can not get through, so the prevention of affecting the public is a tiny percentage.
All equipment will be left on a shelf so no one touches anything and this will prevent any risk to everyone around. Electricity, the sockets will be turned of. To prevent electrocution.
To prevent flames, the hob will be turned of and the gas box will be switched off, also no candles will be lit. Transport, because we are using a house no transport will be needed.
Declaration that location has been assessed for risk and safety precautions have been considered.
Signed:
Location recci
Location for: Gabby’s House Mill Hill.
Potential location: photo and address
Positives and negatives about location
Gabby’s Bedroom:
Positives:
Bright
Medium size
Big window
Negatives:
Backs onto the garden
When it gets dark out, the room can get darker
Spare Room:
Development Gardens:
Positives:
Second Biggest room
Bright
Top floor
Negatives:
Too big
Faces the road
Large window
Positives:
Open space
Pretty
Bright area
Negatives:
For all residents
can be noisy if many people use it
can get muddy easily.
Kitchen:
Positives:
Bright
Big open space
White walls
Backs onto Garden
Negatives:
Dark counter tops
Dark Cupboards
Conclusion: I will use X location because …
To conclude, we will be using either Gabby’s room or the spare room as the bedroom for the actress to be practicing her singing in. The development gardens will be used, when the actress goes out to practice singing by herself. The older sister will either be in one of the rooms or in the kitchen doing work. Therefore, we will be using all the locations to help contribute to our music video having a range of rooms involved. By using one of the bedrooms for the actress then the other bedroom can be for the sister or we can film the sister in the kitchen, this shows that we may either be using two bedrooms or one bedroom and the kitchen.
StoryBoard: This is the story board showing what each shot will consist of.
Shooting Script:
Shot no.
Scene no.
Camera shot /movement
Description of action
1
1
Medium shot
The actress is walking through
the door holding a script and looking down at it, slow motion.
2
1
Wide Shot
The producer is in the room by
himself sitting at the desk.
3
1
Close up shot
The actress looking nervous,
slow motion and a close up.
4
1
Close up shot
Handshake with the producer.
5
1
Medium shot
Medium shot of the actresses
face saying Hello.
6
1
Long shot
Cut to her singing in the
park.
7
1
Medium shot
The producer saying that the
stage is yours to the actress.
8
1
Long shot
Part of the audition, reading
the script and she is trying to act.
9
1
Long shot
Back to singing, in the park
10
1
Wide shot
She is blurred out and he is
on his phone on social media as he is bored.
11
1
Over shoulder shot
Producer on his phone as he is
bored of the audition.
12
1
Medium shot
She stops singing and the
producer claps.
13
2
Long shot
She is singing in the park
14
2
Medium shot
She comes home.
15
2
Long shot
Her sister hugs her.
16
2
Medium shot
Back to singing.
17
2
Long shot
Lying on her bed, refreshing
her emails.
18
2
Close up
A message on her phone saying
she did not get through.
19
2
Close up
Covers her face , facing down
on the bed.
20
2
Medium shot
Sits there crying alone.
21
3
Long shot
Her singing in the park.
22
3
Long shot
New audition, her saying Hello
to the producer and giving him her CV.
23
3
Medium shot
She turns around and walks
back to the stage.
24
3
Long shot
She starts singing
25
3
Long shot
Singing in the park
26
3
Medium shot
Singing on the stage and the
producers hand goes up.
27
3
Close up shot
Mouthing that she can go home
now .
28
3
Close up shot
She is getting angry.
29
4
Medium shot
She comes home and slams the
front door.
30
4
Long shot
Runs up stairs to her room and
slams her bedroom door.
31
4
Long shot
Singing in the park
32
4
Close up
When she punches the wall/
tears down a poster, as she is angry.
33
4
Long shot
Trough’s things on the floor.
34
4
Long shot
Singing in the park again
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Long shot
Long shot
Long shot
Medium shot
Medium Shot
Close up
Medium shot
Medium shot
Close up
Medium shot
Long shot
Medium shot
Sister opens bedroom door.
Sees the sister throughing
books and restrains her from behind.
Singing in the park
Hugging and wiping tears.
Run downstairs and outside.
Strike a match and dropping a
match in slow motion
Singing in the park
Script on fire
Hugging and watching the fire
Goes back inside and sees a
letter through the letter box
Opens letter and cries as she
has got through !
Singing in the park, then fade
out.
Selection of technical and performance crew:
3 Actors
Two Girls - sister and actress
1 Boy - Judge
Lighting person - Gabby
Shade Person - Gabby
Director - Talia
Producer - Gabby and Talia
Camera women - Talia
Tripod
Lighting equipment
Camera, Dixon
Final Cut
Edittors - Gabby and Talia, sound mixing, Audio Visual.
Production Schedule for Music Video:
This is our production schedule for filming within the music video, as you can see we have included dates and times that fall within Week 1 at JCoSS and that do not interrupt our normal lessons or the school's programme. The dates chosen below are all within the same week, starting with Tuesday 7th Feb and ending on Sunday 12th. They include the activity, shots and locations that we are filming down to the hour. We will keep to it to ensure we have a professional and successful music video.
Date
Action
Actors
Location
Tues 7th Feb 2017
Filming “audition “Scenes”
Actress
Producer
School Classroom (SLT)
Wed 8th Feb 2017
Filming “audition” scenes
Actress
Producer
School Classroom (SLT)
Sat 11th Feb 2017
Filming rejection/letter scene
Actress
Sister
Gabby’s House
Sun 12th Feb 2017
Filming rejection/letter scene
Actress
Sister
Gabby’s House
Tues 7th Feb 2017
Timings:
Activity
Shot numbers.
8:15
Arrival on location, briefing on scenes.
8:20
Confirm that rooms are booked/ if not, find new rooms in this time
8:25 – 9:00
Registration in form/ Assembly
9:05
Producer’s take out the pre-booked equipment? Sign in for period 1 study session if needed
9:15
Set Up “Audition Scene”, brief actors on what to do. Rehearse if needed.
9:30
Sign into Media, Shoot “Audition Scenes”
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
10:30
Finish shooting, review over shot scenes and discuss if anymore change are needed.
10:40
Break.
11:55 – 12:30
Continue Shooting “Audition Scenes”
7, 8, 10, 11, 12 (reshoot other shots if needed)
12:40
Return Equipment
12:50
Lunch
2:05
Return to Normal lessons; go home.
Weds 8th Feb 2017
Timings:
Activity
Shot numbers.
8:15
Arrival on location, briefing on scenes.
8:20
Confirm rooms are booked, if not find new rooms in this time.
8:25 – 10:40
Kvutza and JE (NO FILMING)
10:45
Break
10:50
Producer’s take out the pre-booked equipment
10:55
Set Up “Audition Scene”, brief actors on what to do. Rehearse if needed.
11:00
Shoot “Audition Scenes”
22, 23, 24
11:55
Finish shooting, review over footage and discuss if anymore change are needed. Therefore, film also in this time.
26, 27, 28
12:40
Return Equipment
12:50
Lunch
2:05
Return to Normal lessons.
3:00
If available, use this to review footage and continue shooting scenes.
3:50
Return Equipment
4:00
Go Home
Sat 11th Feb
Timings:
Activity
Shot numbers.
9:00
Arrive on location – Gabby’s House
(Cast and Crew)
9:30
Use this time to buy anymore items needed for the shoot / Rehearsal and briefing
10:30
Shoot Rejection #1 Shots
14, 15, 16, 17,
12:00
Lunch
1:30
Shoot Rejection #1 Shots
18, 19, 20,
2:15
Review Footage, check changes/ break and rehearsal
2:45
Shoot Rejection #2 Shots
29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36
4:00
Review footage, check changes
4:30
Shoot more Rejection (1 and 2) Shots (if needed)
5:00
Go Home
Sun 12th Feb
Timings:
Activity
1:30
Arrive on location - Gabby’s House
(Cast and Crew)
2:00
Shoot Letter Scene
38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45
3:00
Review footage, check changes
3:30
Break
4:00
Shoot any more footage needed (letter or rejections scenes)
1 - 46
4:30
Record the scenes involving singing in the park.
6, 9, 13, 16, 21, 25, 31, 34, 37, 46
5:45
Review final footage, discus editing.
6:15
Pack up, go home.
Team Roles and Responsibilities:
Talia will be the director of the production. Her responsibilities are to and have been to write up the production schedule, the location recce in JCoSS, drew up the story board and labeled each shot of it. She also wrote up the risk assessment for the audition scenes that we will be shooting in school and got permission from Mrs Eyre's (head of BTEC) to film there throughout January to Feb. As well as contributing to the research she was responsible for talking about audition process and how we can bring that into our music video. While filming, she will be responsible for directing and making sure that everything goes to plan as we have drawn up here.
Gabby will be the producer of the music video and will make sure everything runs accordingly, I have had the responsibility of helping with the storyboard, the shot by shot script, team roles and responsibilities and the location reccce, risk assessment and the permission to film; I did the risk assesment for my house and got permission from my parents to film. I will be having a role of editing and making sure we edit to the best of our ability. I will be responsible for the equipment whilst filming and making sure everything is safe.
We will both be responsible for finding actors, producing and editing the whole music video.
Clearances:
As you can see we have permission to film in both locations, which are Gabby's house and JCoSS respectively. All music heard in the video belong's to Adele and her label, Universal Music Group as in no way our own work. In regards to the video, any characters involved are in no reference to anyone in particular, living or dead and are completely fictitious as well as the storyline of the music video.
Permission to film for school: Risk assessment: Location recce:
RISK ASSESSMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSESOR:
Talia Wolf, 35 Deansway, Edgware HA8 9NQ
Location address:
JCoSS,
Castlewood Road
New Barnet
EN4 9GE
Date of assessment:
26/01/17
Risk description
Risk [1-5]
Severity [1-5]
Prevention of risk
Water
Heights / stairs
Public
Electricity and equipment
Open flames
Transport
1
2
3
2
1
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
We do not plan to use water in our music video, however in the SLT there are taps around. We will switch these off and make sure that they are not dripping regularly. We will also not drink water around the equipment and keep bottles away from there.
There are 2 main staircases in the school that we might have to navigate around. We plan to only use the staircases when they are empty and not between periods where other students may be occupying them. We will also walk slowly up and down the stairs and avoiding running with the equipment.
The public in this case are the children and staff attending this school. To avoid disruption, we will not use the staircases between periods and will make sure that lessons are not interrupted by our filming. By only filming quite scenes. Shouting will not be a factor within our video.
All equipment used will be under our supervision the entire time. We will only be using sockets if completely necessary and we will do routine checks on both the wires and sockets to make sure that they are working properly. Wire ill also remain on the floor and will not be stretched or strengthened.
There will be no open flames or ga taps associated with this production. In the SLT, there are gas taps but we will make sure that they are switched off and away from the cameras. If an fires do occur, we will follow the school procedure of Fore and exit the building quickly and in a calm manner.
Transport to and from the school can be done via car, train and bus or walking. If there is no space in the car park, park at the back on the school. Any other issues that occur the security team will be able to help.
