Wednesday, 5 January 2011

4.1 - NYVS

http://www.youtube.com/user/nyvs?feature=pyv&ad=6285391694&kw=make%20a%20music%20video&gclid=CIKQ5uDqoqYCFQ4f4QodFxtlZA#p/u/0/sRJ9EcKmQwY


The link above is a video that tells you how to create a music video.

4.1 - Video Preperation

Video Preperation

Establishing-shot -

Medium-shot -

Close-up -

Two-shot - This has two people or animals in it

High-shot - The camera looks down

Low-shot - The camera looks up

Long-shot -

Point of view shot (POV shot) - This is what the person is seeing, rather then we are seeing the character.

Angles of shot -

Aerial shot - Just from the sky

Camera focus -

Tilt shot - Where the camera moves up and down

Master shot - Showing all the actors

Movement shots -

Panning shot - Where the camera is moving around slowly to show the whole area (Side to side)

Crane shot - Moves to pick up the action (Camera put on a crane)

Tracking shot - Camera is put on a moving object to follow e.g. a car or a person.

Size
- Close up
- Big close up
- Long shot

Angle
- Low
- Overhead
- Point of view shot

Movement

4.1 - Advise from an expert

Advise from an expert

- First listen to the song not only once many times. This will give you ideas about how you may want the music video to be. Note down the songs tones, theme, images, colour etc...
- Find out what music video's inspire the artist or the band of the song.
- Put the audience in the performers or the artists shoe's

Types of music video's

- You can have a performance, special effects, telling a story etc...
- For example a rock band will most probably have a performance for the music video

- You can take the audience in a journey
- You need to think about how many characters there will be in the music video
- Not too many characters
- Make sure you choose actors and dancers that can act believably
- Make sure you have the right equipment

Monday, 3 January 2011

4.1.5 - Personal Skills Audit A

4.1.5 Personal skills audit A

Student Book

pp 110–19

You could use this document to make an audit of your personal skills.

What skills will I need to practice or improve when making my record?

- I can’t act, so I may need acting lessons

- I can’t lip sync

- I can’t dance, I may need dancing lessons

- I can’t use a high tech camera, I could get someone to show me how to use a high tech camera

- I need to learn how to make a risk assessment

- I need to no all the health and safety rules when using a camera

- I don’t no how to put animation on when I am editing

- I need to learn how to use more editing software’s

What can I do?

- I can use a basic camera

- I can design a storyboard

- I have communication skills to communicate with the actors

- I can design the costume

- I can recognise the equipment needed

- I can design the set

- I can work well with others

- I know how to make an animation

- I have experience on iMovie. I no how to edit on this software

- I have recorded videos on my mobile phone

- I know how to put images and sound when editing

- I can put special effects on the editing of the video

- I have watched a lot of music videos in different genres and colours

- I have watched the making of some music videos

- I am aware of the history of music videos

- I know the history of record

What skills do I already have in my chosen medium?

What experience have I had of working in this environment?

What experience have I had of working on this subject or theme?



Sunday, 2 January 2011

4.1 - Lokmen Chekki

Lokmen Chekki:

What important experience have you had when getting in to this industry?

- He was a runner at first then became a production assistant.

What is your role in the creative and media industry?

- Lokmen Chekki's role in the Creative and Media industry is a Production Assistant for BBC.

How long have you been industry for?

Lokmen Chekki has been in this industry for 5 years.

4.1 - Trevor Jarvis

Trevor Jarvis:

- How did you get in to animation?
- What is the history of animation?

Lokmen Chekki:

- What is the hardest part of your job?
- What important experience have you had when getting in to this industry?
- What is you role in the creative and media industry?
- How does the work you do vary?

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

4.1 - Primary Research - Photography

Primary research

- Photographer - Yoshito Darmon

- Aesthetic - Quality of the image

The three main aesthetic rules are:

The rule of thirds

- The image is divided into nine equal part by horizontal lines and vertical lines.

The lead room

- Lead room is the space in front, the direction where the person is facing and looking towards.

The headroom

- The headroom is a close up shot of a persons face to show there feelings and emotions.

The white balance

- White balance is a type of camera settings that puts the lighting together. It makes the image lighting more suitable for the place it has been taken.

The complimentary colours are to do with the white balance because if the image is blue then you will need to add some yellow. We know this because of the primary colours.

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

4.1 - Missy Elliot music video review

Missy Elliot "Get ur feak on"

I was looking at this music video of Missy Elliot's song "Get ur freak on". The video starts with some flashing pictures that make the camera sounds which makes it effective because we see other famous people are in the video. They also used some CGI which means Computer generated images. This makes the video more interesting and it looks like they are moving really fast but they are actually pictures which are faded in really fast. We hear a man speaking in another language after the flashing images. he is doing the splits but against two walls. Then we hear the tune of the song and some dancers. We also see fast moving images of the dancers and I think that this works well with the tune because it stops at the beats. When we see Missy Elliot singing she is wearing a denim jacket and others are wearing colours that are the same as the background. This shows the contrast between the background and Missy Elliot's denim jacket. We see Missy Elliot inside the drains and in a dirty place. Missy Eliot has a change of clothes here and is wearing a white body suit with gold patches on the shoulders. We see more dancers dancing differently to before and are dressed in black overalls, glasses and hats. This matches the dark atmosphere and the background. After that we can see Missy Elliot and dancers at the back of her and then she turns her head and throws her spit towards a man. She spits into his mouth and then his face shows how disgusted he is of her. While the dancers are dancing we see a someone hanging from a chandelier and swinging from side to side. In the rest of the video we see dancers and Missy Elliot singing. The mood and beats of the music changes towards the end and there is a blue light shining on Missy Elliot. They show Missy Elliot inside a bright yellow car. This shows the contrast between the gutters and bright colours.


Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Sunday, 7 November 2010

4.1 - Micro - Elements of film

C-L-E-M-S

Camera

- Shorts
- Angles - high/ birds eye view - Low/ worm's eye view
- Movements - Planning

Light

-Low key light - horror films
- Natural (normal) - sun light
- Artificial - stage bulbs

Editing

- Fading out
- Transitions - cross dissolve - now move from one scene to another
- Montage - cuts to random clips - not linked, only link in next scene
- Continuity - clips in sequence, all linked structure

Misenscene (Put in scene)

- make-up/ costume - all you can see

Sound

- Disagetic - put in scene while on scene - audience and actors hear
- non-diagetic - after filming - sound effect - only audience hear

Micro - Camera
Maero - Actual film