After finishing the storyboard I was so excited to begin filming my music video. I was ready to put all of my got up and I’s amazing ideas into this awesome film. I checked out a camera and a tripod in class so that I would be ready to film with my group over the weekend. My original plan was to film on the beach on a nice and relaxing sunny day. Unfortunately, we were unable to film due to the weather. We planned to film on Saturday but it was pouring rain all day. I figured it would be better to wait until the next weekend so that the setting in the background of the film could be as we pictured. I did not want the music video to feel sad and gloomy and portray the wrong emotion to the audience. I was very upset that we were unable to film, but I still made sure I stayed productive. There was no need to waste such valuable time.
Since we could not film, I took this as an opportunity to learn something. I wanted to make sure that when we are able to film that I am prepared because there is no time to waste. The first thing I did to prepare myself was review all of my notes again. I reviewed my notes on editing, filming, and I reviewed all of my definitions on shots, angles, lighting, and costume. All of the components I reviewed are very essential in making a music video, which will help me when I film. The next thing I did was practice using the camera and the tripod. When filming the commercial, I struggled with getting the camera on the tripod. I practiced and watched videos on how to properly use a tripod which allowed me to fully understand the basis of working a tripod. I also watched videos on what all of the buttons on the camera do and filmed some practice shots and angles. Filming practice clips allowed me to expand on my knowledge of this camera and learn how to make all of my shots look so much better.
The last thing I did since we were unable to film was review my exact plan for this music video. I went on a group call with all of the members in my group and we discussed more ways to make our music video better. I discussed with them how to incorporate more camera shots and camera angles into our film to really allow the music video to teach its full potential. I also discussed with my group exactly what we would need and do in each scene. For example, I made a plan of exactly what we would do in each scene. I also made a list of the exact props we would use in each specific scene. With this list I then asked my group to see who had the props and would be able to bring them for filming purposes. I wanted to make sure that everything would be ready for the next available time we had to film. This way no time was wasted and I am still on track for finishing this music video on time without rushing. Taking a day to plan everything out was very important and I am glad I got the chance to do that. This allows me to be so extremely prepared for when we film so that I can make an amazing music video with my group!
Monday, November 25, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
Music Video Storyboard Blog
Firstly, we discussed the camera movements, angles, and shots we would use. We made sure to think of what would make the scene the best to ensure that each scene was as perfect as we had planned it would be. We chose to use high angles, long shots, close ups, two shots, and a point of view shot. The high angle would be used to show that someone has superiority or authority over someone in that scene. When using long shots in our scenes it will show a view of the person full body so that the audience can clearly see the full costume. Close ups will show just the actors face so that the audience can clearly make out what emotion that character is trying to show. The 2-shots will be used to show more than one actor and how they relate to the main message of the song which is meeting someone at a location. Lastly, we will use a point of view shot to show how the other actor will react to what the other actor is doing. For example, we will show how the man reacts in our music video to when the woman expresses her feelings towards him.
Secondly, we discussed costume, lighting, actors, makeup, props, and the setting. The costume throughout our music video will include very casual clothes like how any teenager would dress. The lighting of each scene will depend on what is being expressed in that specific scene. For example, in a scene where the character is heartbroken or is showing a flashback the lighting will be much darker to indicate sadness or a flashback. When the scene is happy or current time the lighting will be lighter and brighter to indicate happiness or current time. Some of the props we will use include sunglasses, hats, and beach equipment such as an umbrella and a surfboard. Lastly, the setting will take place on the beach. The beach makes a perfect setting for what the message in the song we chose portrays. We wanted to do the beach because it makes such a beautiful background and will contribute so much to our music video.
Thirdly, we discussed how we planned to edit all of our footage after we were done filming. We agreed on using cutaways, fade outs, fade ins, and flashbacks. We will use cutaways to show the main actor and then cut to the scene when she sees her significant other with someone else. This is an important scene because it contributes to the main theme and message of the music video. Next, we will use a fade out to end out the music video. It will go from all the actors in the film and face out to a black screen to signify the end of the music video. After this we will use fade in towards the beginning of the film to signify the start of the film. It will fade in from a black screen into the actors in the first scene. Lastly, we will use flashbacks to show the actor in the past thinking about this man that she used to love. This helps the audience have a better understanding of who the main actor has been thinking of in all of the scenes.
The final thing we discussed was the sounds we would use throughout the music video. The first sounds we will use is dialogue. We will use dialogue to show the female and male actor communicating about their current location. Next, we will use diegetic sounds from the sounds of the waves or the wind. These sounds will allow the scene to seem more realistic and natural. After this we will use non-diegetic sounds which include the music we will add in and any sounds effects to add suspense or allow the audience to understand what it going on. Next we will use the score which is the actual song that we will edit in to the background. The score is specific to the song location in album that Khalid released. Lastly, we will use ambient sounds to allow the audience to interpret the hype of that scene. For example, we will increase the beat of the song to show the audience that the scene is more exciting or something is about to happen.
Monday, November 18, 2019
Planning for Music Video
Location: As a group we collectively decided that we would film our music video at the beach near where we live. The beach makes a perfect scenery for the background with the sand and waves crashing in the background. Not only is the scenery beautiful but the waves, wind, and dialogue from people nearby create great diegetic sounds that can be used in the background of our music video. We chose the beach as our location because of how fun and cool the vibe always is. Everyone at the beach is always having fun or enjoying themselves and we wanted our music video to be fun and exciting for us and the audience. The beach always has such an amazing vibe and we wanted to ensure that we included this throughout our music video.
Health and Safety: Our health and safety along with the people around us is so tremendously important. We want to ensure that the environment we are filming in is very safe for everyone. We will be very cautious and will take some protective steps ahead of time to ensure that everything is safe and goes as planned. Firstly, while filming at the beach we will ask any lifeguards or workers on the beach if it is okay and safe to film in a particular location. We would not want to cause any danger to anyone around us, safety is extremely important to us. Secondly, we will also make sure to film on a public beach so that we are not trespassing on anyone’s private property. Finally, if we plan to go in the water for any reason we will have life vests with us and we will alert the life guards because our health and safety is our number one priority.
Props: Props are an essential part of any music video. They allow the scenes to come to life and reach the full potential that they can. Props also allow the audience to better interpret what is going on in that scene that the director wants them to understand. Some props that we will use include any type of beach equipment such as chairs, umbrellas, and surfboards and also sunglasses, hats, sweatshirts, and and cell phones. We will also used some advanced technology along with our camera, such as a drone and a GoPro. These props will allow us to make each and every scene look so realistic and really come to life for ourselves and the audience.
Costumes: Costumes are also very important to a film. They allow the audience to understand who the person is and what they might be feeling in that scene and throughout the music video. Costumes represent who that person is and what the directors of the music video portray that person to be. The costume in our music video is very casual and how a teenager would usually dress. The costume is nothing fancy, it’s very relaxing and chill clothing. The costume represents that persons interests and how they feel.
Health and Safety: Our health and safety along with the people around us is so tremendously important. We want to ensure that the environment we are filming in is very safe for everyone. We will be very cautious and will take some protective steps ahead of time to ensure that everything is safe and goes as planned. Firstly, while filming at the beach we will ask any lifeguards or workers on the beach if it is okay and safe to film in a particular location. We would not want to cause any danger to anyone around us, safety is extremely important to us. Secondly, we will also make sure to film on a public beach so that we are not trespassing on anyone’s private property. Finally, if we plan to go in the water for any reason we will have life vests with us and we will alert the life guards because our health and safety is our number one priority.
Props: Props are an essential part of any music video. They allow the scenes to come to life and reach the full potential that they can. Props also allow the audience to better interpret what is going on in that scene that the director wants them to understand. Some props that we will use include any type of beach equipment such as chairs, umbrellas, and surfboards and also sunglasses, hats, sweatshirts, and and cell phones. We will also used some advanced technology along with our camera, such as a drone and a GoPro. These props will allow us to make each and every scene look so realistic and really come to life for ourselves and the audience.
Costumes: Costumes are also very important to a film. They allow the audience to understand who the person is and what they might be feeling in that scene and throughout the music video. Costumes represent who that person is and what the directors of the music video portray that person to be. The costume in our music video is very casual and how a teenager would usually dress. The costume is nothing fancy, it’s very relaxing and chill clothing. The costume represents that persons interests and how they feel.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Research and Conventions for Music Video
My group and I finally finished with our Gatorade commercial project. While the commercial project was very fun, we are tremendously excited to start on the music video project. Music videos have always been such a cool thing to watch whether I was watching them on Disney channel when I was younger or seeing an actual Musical in a theatre. Musicals are so much fun to watch and experience so I’m so excited to be able to film a musical that I will be in along with my friends. I’m also thrilled to shoot this music outside of school. Music videos are a great way to express feelings, moods, and messages that are incorporated throughout the music. Thinking of filming a music video outside of school on our own time seems super cool and exciting.
The day before the class where we would choose our song, my group joined a group call and discussed what song we would want to do. We did this so that we would come to class already prepared and ahead of the game. After lots of thinking and planning on the phone, we choose the song Location by Khalid. This song is such a great song that expresses many moods and feelings that would make a perfect music video. We are so excited to begin filming and planning each of our scenes. The song Location portrays a very calming mood but also displays a very important message at the same time. As a group we have always loved Khalid’s music and music videos. We especially loved this song because of the powerful message that he wants to get across and how much it relates to us and our life experiences.
The genre of the song Location is contemporary R&B. Contemporary R&B combines rhythm, Pop, soul, hip-hop and electronica music. This is evident because of the use of instruments in the song. This includes bass and beats, and lots of keyboard. Khalid normally wears casual comfy clothes and his music videos. He does this so that his audience can relate to his songs and music videos. So instead of him wearing an outrageous bright outfit that no one wears on a regular day, he wears outfits, that any normal person would wear. In a lot of Khalids music videos the lighting is very dim which gives off a relaxing mood. Even if he is outside, they edit the lighting to make it look more dim to give off that relaxing vibe. When it comes to actors Khalid is normally the only person in the music video, and if he isn’t he is alongside a woman. The actors usually go along with the storyline, and play a big role in the message of the video. For make up, Khalid’s face normally is bland and has a little to no products. This is again to give across the relatable message, especially to most male listeners. For props Khalid normally uses regular things that you can see and find in every day life. This includes cars or phones. The props normally add to the storyline as well. And lastly, The setting is always a cool and empty place. He is normally the only person there, and the place is not crowded. And Khalid does this because he wants the audience to see him and his emotion. Khalid normally uses standard camera movements and angles because us he wants his videos to be calm and not exaggerated to again give off that relatable feel. The sounds and editing is also mainly basic and neutral, because he doesn’t want to add exaggeration.
The day before the class where we would choose our song, my group joined a group call and discussed what song we would want to do. We did this so that we would come to class already prepared and ahead of the game. After lots of thinking and planning on the phone, we choose the song Location by Khalid. This song is such a great song that expresses many moods and feelings that would make a perfect music video. We are so excited to begin filming and planning each of our scenes. The song Location portrays a very calming mood but also displays a very important message at the same time. As a group we have always loved Khalid’s music and music videos. We especially loved this song because of the powerful message that he wants to get across and how much it relates to us and our life experiences.
The genre of the song Location is contemporary R&B. Contemporary R&B combines rhythm, Pop, soul, hip-hop and electronica music. This is evident because of the use of instruments in the song. This includes bass and beats, and lots of keyboard. Khalid normally wears casual comfy clothes and his music videos. He does this so that his audience can relate to his songs and music videos. So instead of him wearing an outrageous bright outfit that no one wears on a regular day, he wears outfits, that any normal person would wear. In a lot of Khalids music videos the lighting is very dim which gives off a relaxing mood. Even if he is outside, they edit the lighting to make it look more dim to give off that relaxing vibe. When it comes to actors Khalid is normally the only person in the music video, and if he isn’t he is alongside a woman. The actors usually go along with the storyline, and play a big role in the message of the video. For make up, Khalid’s face normally is bland and has a little to no products. This is again to give across the relatable message, especially to most male listeners. For props Khalid normally uses regular things that you can see and find in every day life. This includes cars or phones. The props normally add to the storyline as well. And lastly, The setting is always a cool and empty place. He is normally the only person there, and the place is not crowded. And Khalid does this because he wants the audience to see him and his emotion. Khalid normally uses standard camera movements and angles because us he wants his videos to be calm and not exaggerated to again give off that relatable feel. The sounds and editing is also mainly basic and neutral, because he doesn’t want to add exaggeration.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Editing Blog for Commercial Project
Today in class I finally began to edit my commercial on Gatorade with my group. It was a very long process and journey, but we finally made it to the editing portion of this commercial. I was very excited to begin editing. I was eager to see how all of our clips would be able to come together to make an amazing commercial. After the frustration of not being able to get the computer to work last class, I was very thrilled to use the laptops provided by the school. The laptop worked much more efficiently than the desktop computers. However, once I loaded pinnacle studios, it took a very long time for all of our clips to export on to pinnacle studios. Once the clips uploaded, they were very blurry and distorted. I knew we would not be able to edit properly if the clips were not appearing on the screen as they would normally look. It’s very difficult to try and edit your clips when you can’t see how they are actually going to look in the end result.
I began to think that there must be another way to see our clips and edit them properly. I remembered that in the last class I had uploaded all of the clips to my google drive account. This was such an essential thing to do because I could now edit my clips using iMovie. I was able to see and use all of our clips through the google drive app that I previously downloaded on my phone. I explained to my group how we could edit the clips on our phones using an app called iMovie. They agreed that this would be a good idea so we got approval from our teachers and began to edit our clips. The app iMovie is an app where you can edit your videos and create a film. This app functions very similarly to pinnacle studios. Using this app will be so much better because I won’t have to wait for the computer to turn on. I will also be able to edit my footage from anywhere including at home, which will allow me to have more time to perfect my commercial.
Now let’s get into what I actually did when I edited my commercial with my group. Firstly, I had to save all of our footage on to my camera roll from google drive. This would allow me to export our clips on to iMovie where they would be edited. Next, with the help of my group I decided which clips would not be essential for our commercial. We deleted the unnecessary clips from my phone, but made sure they were saved on google drive incase we needed them for any reason. After this, I exported the clips that we wanted to use on to iMovie. As soon as all the clips uploaded I got straight to working on editing the footage. Firstly, I edited in the screen from black to white for the intro and last scene of the commercial. Then I cut out parts of the clips that were not needed in order to meet the thirty second requirement of the commercial. I also added in any transitions between clips such as fading or dissolving into the next scene. After this I put all the final touches on to the scenes to make sure they look perfect for the final version of the commercial. This included adding the Gatorade logo and our theme music in the background. This wraps up everything I did with my group on the commercial project throughout the editing process!
I began to think that there must be another way to see our clips and edit them properly. I remembered that in the last class I had uploaded all of the clips to my google drive account. This was such an essential thing to do because I could now edit my clips using iMovie. I was able to see and use all of our clips through the google drive app that I previously downloaded on my phone. I explained to my group how we could edit the clips on our phones using an app called iMovie. They agreed that this would be a good idea so we got approval from our teachers and began to edit our clips. The app iMovie is an app where you can edit your videos and create a film. This app functions very similarly to pinnacle studios. Using this app will be so much better because I won’t have to wait for the computer to turn on. I will also be able to edit my footage from anywhere including at home, which will allow me to have more time to perfect my commercial.
Now let’s get into what I actually did when I edited my commercial with my group. Firstly, I had to save all of our footage on to my camera roll from google drive. This would allow me to export our clips on to iMovie where they would be edited. Next, with the help of my group I decided which clips would not be essential for our commercial. We deleted the unnecessary clips from my phone, but made sure they were saved on google drive incase we needed them for any reason. After this, I exported the clips that we wanted to use on to iMovie. As soon as all the clips uploaded I got straight to working on editing the footage. Firstly, I edited in the screen from black to white for the intro and last scene of the commercial. Then I cut out parts of the clips that were not needed in order to meet the thirty second requirement of the commercial. I also added in any transitions between clips such as fading or dissolving into the next scene. After this I put all the final touches on to the scenes to make sure they look perfect for the final version of the commercial. This included adding the Gatorade logo and our theme music in the background. This wraps up everything I did with my group on the commercial project throughout the editing process!
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