This is a summary of the video. There's a lot of ideas that I have but haven't actually come to put it on paper. So there will be lots of different story boards soon to look at.
Will post soon.
_Story Board_
Monday, 17 December 2012
Update On Filming
On Saturday 15th December, I had a family get together. With this event happening, I had asked for their help for filming and they all agreed to participate. I had gathered my equipment to be ready as soon as they arrived, but unfortunately it become very dark very quickly, meaning that I had to re-schedule my filming.
This isn't a problem for me as there are lots of other various shots that only involve one character or even props, so this can be easily shot my myself. I'm currently using two locations, my garden and the park.
Using my garden can be quite helpful as we have a back light to help through dark filming, this can help gain a glow in a certain area of the camera if I need it and also help create shadows.
Below is a photo of recent filming outside in my garden. In this shot, gymnastics is involved strongly. By using my gymnastic skills, I can take advantage of making positions and / or movements enhanced to fit in with the song by creating an creepy, eerie effect.
In other scenes, like my lip-syncing, I've used a close up to present the character, words and make up clearly. I will be re-filming the lip-syncing again as now I understand what it appears like on full screen, I can improve the look of the make up and positioning.
This isn't a problem for me as there are lots of other various shots that only involve one character or even props, so this can be easily shot my myself. I'm currently using two locations, my garden and the park.
Using my garden can be quite helpful as we have a back light to help through dark filming, this can help gain a glow in a certain area of the camera if I need it and also help create shadows.
Below is a photo of recent filming outside in my garden. In this shot, gymnastics is involved strongly. By using my gymnastic skills, I can take advantage of making positions and / or movements enhanced to fit in with the song by creating an creepy, eerie effect.
In other scenes, like my lip-syncing, I've used a close up to present the character, words and make up clearly. I will be re-filming the lip-syncing again as now I understand what it appears like on full screen, I can improve the look of the make up and positioning.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
New Narrative
My music video will have a similar concept of the video 'Alice' but I will use my own touch and techniques alongside props to make it my own.
I plan to use most of the camera angles to mix up my video as much as possible, these will include establishing shot and close-ups, but also I will use panning, hand held cam and 180 degree shots.
In one of the macro elements, sound, I will be including both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. This will make my video more realistic by showing the characters emotions i.e through a scream and/or quote, this will also emphasis the story visually and will amplify the lyrics showing more meaning and realism.
The narrative of my video is about a girl waking up in one of her dreams, not expecting that it would be a nightmare. The characters aim is to wake up but she will be distracted by strange characters offering strange foods and leading her into darker routes which when really, she desperately needs to get out and find a light, warm escape back into reality.
I will be including some of my friends to film this, so I have lots of different characters dressed and acting to make the video interesting. I am going to be using make up; dark and bold make up to create a surreal yet realistic effect to her dream world and video. I will paint my friends faces white, almost giving them a ghostly look, then I will line their eyes with different shapes and patterns with black shadows and eye liners.
In costume, I am using minimal colour to make the characters display slim and spindly almost like smoke. The use of black clothing which includes, leggings, t-shirts and jumpers will act as slippery, sly dream characters with the ability to disappear into the scenery giving a eerie feeling to the video.but this will also be effective when I include the sport of gymnastics. I myself am a gymnast, so I will be included on acting in the video either with a character or individually.
I plan to use most of the camera angles to mix up my video as much as possible, these will include establishing shot and close-ups, but also I will use panning, hand held cam and 180 degree shots.
In one of the macro elements, sound, I will be including both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. This will make my video more realistic by showing the characters emotions i.e through a scream and/or quote, this will also emphasis the story visually and will amplify the lyrics showing more meaning and realism.
The narrative of my video is about a girl waking up in one of her dreams, not expecting that it would be a nightmare. The characters aim is to wake up but she will be distracted by strange characters offering strange foods and leading her into darker routes which when really, she desperately needs to get out and find a light, warm escape back into reality.
I will be including some of my friends to film this, so I have lots of different characters dressed and acting to make the video interesting. I am going to be using make up; dark and bold make up to create a surreal yet realistic effect to her dream world and video. I will paint my friends faces white, almost giving them a ghostly look, then I will line their eyes with different shapes and patterns with black shadows and eye liners.
In costume, I am using minimal colour to make the characters display slim and spindly almost like smoke. The use of black clothing which includes, leggings, t-shirts and jumpers will act as slippery, sly dream characters with the ability to disappear into the scenery giving a eerie feeling to the video.but this will also be effective when I include the sport of gymnastics. I myself am a gymnast, so I will be included on acting in the video either with a character or individually.
Alice In Wonderland Mise-En-Scene
Costume
Black;
Leggings
Tights
Tee shirt
Jumper
Vest top
Long sleeved shirt
Leg warmers
Pumps
Converse
Boots
Make-up
White face paint
Red, Pink, Black lipstick
Black eyeliner, shadow and mascara.
Red, Pink, Black lipstick
Black eyeliner, shadow and mascara.
Camera Angles /Movement
Close up
Mid shot
Long shot
Establishing shot
Panning
Zooms in & out
Handheld cam
180 degree
Editing
Fades
Distorted effect
Black & white & coloured / filtered
Shakiness
Grainy / Old film
Black corners
Straight cut
Lighting
Natural - afternoon, evening
Location
Park
Garden
Garden
Sound
Non-diegetic
Diegetic
Props
Tea-cup & saucer
Cake / cupcake
Sugar
Tophat
Bowls of sweets
Signs i.e 'Exit' / 'Home'
Group Change
Today I decided that I wanted to change from working in a group to working independently, with this change, I already have ideas of what I'd like to do and what I'd like to aim for.
The theme of the song is based on the film Alice In Wonderland, which already tells the viewer that the video will be full of strange objects and events. The song itself is quite dark and twisted with the narrative being a dream world and trying to escape the madness.
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