SHOT IDEAS:

Here are some inspirations that we got from some music videos. We liked these shots as we would be portraying these kind of emotions in our music videos.

We liked this shot of ASAP Rocky as it shows that he has been or is hallucinating. We would have a scene of Sara, (the character who turns from good to bad by making new friends) of being under the influence of taking drugs. However, we would not be showing drugs but using the lights to symbolise the she has been taking drugs.

We liked these shots of Blonde from her music video 'I Loved You More'. We liked these shots as it shows how unhappy and uncomfortable she is being around her friend. We also liked the second shot as it shows the lack of attention she is giving Blonde. These are the kind of shots that we wanted to use for our music video as we would be showing how one of the characters (Bahja) trying to accustom to what her friend (Sara) becomes.

We also liked this shot as it shows her dream verses reality. This is what we want to illustrate in our music video as we want to show how one of the character (Sara) changes. When looking in the mirror, she would be seeing what she had or what she wanted to become but in reality she is far from her dreams.

Research

To create the CD cover I searched the CD Cover size specifications and these were the sizes for real music Cd's, 4.75 inches square. Real printed designs include bleed, the "bleed area" is an extra 1/8" of space for backgrounds to extend beyond the finished size of the CD.

Editing Practice Shots

This is the clip that we filmed at school.  We wanted to add a sky shot to help set the mood in our music video and also show a change.

Today we played around with Final Cut Pro. We sped up the time so that the clouds could move faster and also show the transition from day to night. I also changed the colour of the clip so that it does not look simple or boring. 

This clip is helpful as we can use this same clip for our actual music video and use different colours to express the mood.

angles and effects from Bahja on Vimeo.

This is a also another clip that we played around with on Final Cut Pro. We looked at music videos such as WSTRN- IN2 and used it as an inspiration for our music video. We did not want our video to look exactly like the In2 video so we used other effects. We changed the colour into black and white. However, we came to a conclusion that we did not like this effect.

PRODUCTION/PRACTISE ...

On the 15 November 2015, we started to film our first scene however, we have decided to re-do the scene on the 29th November.

We felt that some of the videos were not focused, but we decided to use the footage to practice our split screen, which worked out well. Also, we decided to use some of the videos for fillers in the video.

Also, we realised that we needed to add a few more shots:

• The two characters walking into the screen- this is because we found it difficult to end the video as it did not make any sense. So therefore we added a different shot at the end of this clip.
• Real text from third character (pov shot)

MALE GAZE - THEORY LESSON

The male gaze is a concept by feminist film critic Laura Mulvey. It refers to the way visual arts are structured around a male viewer. It describes the tendency in visual culture to depict the world and women from a male point of view and in terms of men's attitudes (as mentioned on the video). 

The male gaze theory illustrates how we live in a patriarchal society and that men are more dominant and are seen as more 'active' in comparison to women who are seen as 'passive'.

In our music video we have decided to contradict the male gaze theory. The fact that the male characters outnumber the female characters in modern media text, we have decided that there would be little to no male characters in our music video to empower women. 

The two distinct mode of male gaze is voyeuristic and fetishistic. Mulvey argue that women where given two characters types a sexually active female character and a powerless women.however in our music video the female characters would be portrayed as being very powerful.

In our video we will be aware of how we shoot our female characters. We will not do close-up body shots like this:

Nor this ...

We will have more close-ups of their faces rather than their bodies. 

We will also make sure that the female characters aren't explicit with their costume. 

FILMING SCHEDULE /PLANS OF SHOTS ...

Shots for the 12/11/15

Haggerston school

 Sky Shot

                                                 For time lapse Show emotions of characters 

  Shots for the 15/11/15

First scene where the two villain like characters get text, but audience are unaware from who. Becomes split screen allowing the audience to believe they are meeting each other. Then they meet third character, the the clip reverses. 

Shots for 19/11/15

Filler shots

Props = Newspapers

   Mask 

Various angles, mainly high angle shots 

12/12/15

This is where the two villain characters convince the third character to rob a store. This is for immediate gratification, not thinking about the consequences. This is also where the third character sees she doesn't want part in this rebellious life. 

Characters= Bahja,Sara,Funmi, Fatima

Props= Bat, Knuckle buster,Mask

3/12/15

This is where we are going to do fast shots, of people in white mask and black clothes, to represent youth being seen as a collective. Then they will take off their mask and costume revealing their own styles etc ... showing that youth aren't the same. 

Location= Haggerston Hall & Tunnel in Shoreditch

Characters= Collective of Haggerston students

Props= Mask 

PITCH/CLASS PRESENTATION

THEORIES THAT LINKS TO OUR VIDEO...

These are the following theories that would be featuring or appearing in our music video.


Levi Strass argues that we determine the hero or villain by the opposites. In our music video, there will be a clear distinction between who is bad and who is good.






Richard Dyer's study about representation links heavily to our music video as we demonstrate the different representations of youth. This includes how the media demonises the youth as well as how they are in reality.

 
In our music video, we will be contradicting Mulvey's study about 'male gaze' as there would be limited amount of male characters in our music video as our music video focuses on 3 female friends.

TEASER VIDEO

Here is a feel for what our music video will be like. Showing the negative side of youth. Doing this helped us, as we now know to do more shots, and close-ups. This was team effort and fun to do.

While filming we found it hard as we didn't really plan what exactly what to film. so now we know the importance of scheduling and planning what shots to do. Also we wish we had done shorter shots, as while editing we realised it was really hard to cut the shots up, to hit the beat of the song, so will take this in consideration while filming.

It was really hard filming as having to wait for people to walk past, waiting for cars to drive by, as we were filming on a small road.

The characters enjoyed playing the role, having fun playing around. We didn't make the filming so seriously as we wanted to try it our and just see how it feels to do close-ups and stuff. We feel it went really well.

Enjoy ...