Chroma Key

Filming on Green screen
when editing
green screen will be removed and replaced by a background of you choice. it means that you can be in any place you want we can do this by: performing a scene in front of the green screen and changing the background. it is very important that you chose the correct file type in order it to work.
softwares that can be used are:

Sony Vegas pro 9, Adobe Premiere Pro

it is very important that you chose the correct lighting and make sure that their are no shadows that interfere with the filming. the lighting will also be affected by what the background is, this will make the image stand out and will make it easier to understand that your using a green screen. in this you will also be able to use video for example a racing track.  

14/11/11 Filming Rooftop

today we filmed on the root top of sidney stringer academy. we filmed Haris Umair's part and also made him sing the whole, we did this because we wanted to make sure that if the narrative doesn't fit in well we have a backup and also it might make the music video look better and more understandable. in today's filming Kashif was the clipper, I was the director and Munashe was the camera man which gives everyone to use the camera.

Notes for 10/11/11

Today we were filming on the rooftop on the sidney stringer school building, we filmed munashe dancing and we are very impressed with our work.

Schedule

Date	Location	Cast and Crew	Scene	Props	Equipment
3/11/11	Practicing Dance Roten
7/11/11	NO Filming Eid
10/11/11 Thursday	Roof top	Haris Zulfiqar, Haris Umair Munashe, Kashif	Scene 2 Haris / Munashe Performing	Casual / formal clothes	Camera, sound player,
14/11/11 Monday	Roof Top	Haris Zulfiqar, Haris Umair Munashe, Kashif	Haris Umair Performing	Casual Clothes	Camera Sound Player , Microphone stand,
16/11/11 Wednesday	Theatre	Haris Z, Haris Umair, Munashe, Kashif	Scene 1/3 Munashe Performing	Formal Clothes	Camera, Sound Player, Microphone stand, Lighting Prime colours
17/11/11 Thursday	Dark room/ Theatre	Haris Zulfiqar, Haris Umair Munashe, Kashif	Scene 4/5 Kashif Narrative/ Munashe/ Haris	Formal clothes, cloth over his head.	Camera, sound player, Microphone stand Lighting Prime Colours

Feedback for class members

Samantha & Tanya
the music video looks quite exciting and also has a good reason why you chose the song. The music video is a performance.
Questions 
risks assessments- they have looked at the ricks assessment and tried to solve them.
Not a video to put a message across.
 Mariyaan and the duds
funny
make the boy wake up as a girl- (dream)
Related to the music itself
neepa 
not a good start
performance video
whats the main message? someone jealous of you.
haven't got the 10 other people needed.
Not organised.

20/10/11 Outcomes met

Finished story board and started making our presentation to present to the class for feedback.

Equipment need to film

Equipment 
camera 
tripod 
green screen 
theatre 
Lights
bag 
projectors 

Crew List

Haris Zulfiqar- Camera man/ director/ actor (special appearance)
Haris Umair- Actor/ camera man
Kashif Naseer- camera man/ actor
Munashe Mukandi- Actor/ camera man

Todays lesson 20/10/11

Today we are going to finish of the story board and mise-en-scene.

Todays lesson 17/10/11

Today's lesson me and kashif are going to start our story board and haris umair and munashe are going to take pictures of our location and schedule.

Learnt this lesson 13/10/11

In todays lesson i learnt what the narrative of our music video is going to be and also finished crew list, shot list, timeline and also published my mood board on blogger.com.
We also try to take pictures of our location, but couldn't because their was no care taker, to allow us to go on to the school building.
We are planning to do this next lesson.

Shot list/lighting

When we start making our music video we will use a range of camera shots like:

• Close up
• Long Shot 
• Medium Shot
• Medium Close up
• Extreme Long shot 
• Tilt 
• Over the shoulder 

We will also use low and hight key lighting.

Mood Board

Todays lesson 13/10/11

Im am gonna finish of my mood board
test a bit of footage
timeline of song
if we can we will try starting story board.

i made a story board which didn't go so well so i have decided to start again to make sure it can be posted on blogger.

Todays lesson 10/10/11

Today we are trying to complete our mood board on photoshop and also we will try to start story board.

29/09/11 Group Discussion/ notes from todays lesson

i learnt the different types of music videos and what makes them different and also wrote about what message they portray through moving images.
we had a group discussion and decided to pic a few songs and chose the best one to dance to, this will make it easier to understand the dance moves and the performance on stage. however finding a song was hard because we couldn't chose a song that already had a music video made professionally, this was because we could copy there ideas which means that we would get less marks and won't be able to be more creative. in our group we have four people:
Haris Zulfiqar
Haris Umair
Kashif
Manashe

Change of plans AGAIN!!!

As some people can't make up their minds we have changed the song back to Beautiful lasers and we are hoping we don't change it AGAIN!!!

Todays lesson Objectives 5/10/11

Today we are planning to:

• find out what our video is going to be like.
• do a risk assessment on the locations chosen
• and if possible start our story board. 

Change of plans 5/10/11

We have change our song from beautiful lasers to Chris brown freeze because it was a better song to dance to all our group members agreed.

Location Theatre/Top of school building Risk assessment

The location we have chose as a group for our music video is the Sidney stringer academy theatre and also the top of their building. We chose these locations because it has a good view over the city centre and the theatre has a lot of affects can will help us with lighting, sound an background it will make it look more realistic.
Risk in the Theatre
There might be some risks in the theatre when were filming, this is because there are a lot of electrical equipment and also we will be filming the first scene in pitch black and there are no glow strips on the floor near the steps to see where we're going. This problem will be resolved if we have basic instructions on how to use the equipment and how to put on the emergency lights on. We will also need to make sure we don't trip over the chairs and the rails. This can be avoided if we stay in the area we are filming only, however if we want a high shot then we might need to work near the chairs but it will be better if only one person works their.
We must make sure that there is no smoking in the location we are working this is because the smoke alarms will go on and also their could be a risk of a fire which will put everyone in school in danger.
The health and safety ricks on stage for our dancer can be that the floor might be slippery according to what shoes he wears.

Risks on top of the school building
The risks that might accrue on top of the building might be that you can fall of the edge of the building. However there is a sign which says no unauthorised person allowed beyond this point. this will keep reminding us that were we can walk around and film that scene. Another risk might be that there is can argument between the group members this will be a risk because they could start fighting and fall of the building. to resolve this problem we will need to sit as a group and say what we're going to be doing before we go on the top of the building.

summary of notes 3/10/11

I have learnt what type of music video we are going to make

the location that it is going to be shot

the characters in the music video

our individual roles in the group

the pre-production elements

when it should completed by.

group meeting notes 3/10/11

Our film is going to be produced as a performance video also a small part of narrative, Munashe and Haris Umair, Haris Zulfiqar and kashif will be part of the dancing and performance of the video and also the narrative.
we have decided to use the theatre for good effects and lighting, we are also going to use the top of sidney stringer academy to show an overview of the city.
the song chosen is Beautiful lasers by Lupe fiasco because it has a good beat with a bit of narrative.
we are planning to start the video with a lot of affects at the beginning of the video we will decided at a different date what else will be happening in the video.

Mise-en-scene of Florence & The Machine- Rabbit Heart--

The mise-en-scene of Florence & the machine rabbit heart is that the clothes and make-up look very pure as all the women are wearing bright white to make them look smart and the men are also wearing smart clothes in variety of colours. The main lady reveals herself by taking a black sparkling cloth over her face which indicates that she coming out of her darkness and poorness into the real world was she can enjoy. was wearing a black cloak and takes it of as she walks forward then it shows her purity the black will indicate her poorness and how her status is changing as her background lightens up as the other two women dance with her and how she changes it shows her tiara closely to show she's someone special as they show a close up of her earrings that is triangle that has a dot in the centre to show the significant of her beliefs. The quality of the clothes looks good so it goes good with the video because it makes it better and more enjoyable to watch. All of the characters seem young which means that they still got life ahead of them. One of the young males is wearing a black blazer with a cream shirt and also a top hat to add a bit more smartness but also a bit of immaturity. The people in the background playing the instruments are wearing black as they have came to a funeral which does happen at the end of the video.

The make-up of the min lady is very white and shining to show her happiness as she is being revealed to her new life however in some parts of the clip it shows a bit of sadness with the make-up as they use a dull colour for the eye shadow. The make up done on the male at the end shows their sadness and as if they had tires coming out of there eyes.

The location used for this video is park as it is surrounded my nature with green grass and trees this is good for this video because it’s like there having a picnic or a last supper. The colour green will also indicate the peace as you can see other animals like birds around you. It also helps because birds will sing in a park and being in a park sing and dancing show the openness of the world and the freedom. The riveris a good way to end the video because it is a significant of peace the same as the green grass and trees. The sound of the water is good when they put the main lady in t at the end.

The lighting used for this video is most high key especially when they show a close up of the main lady however at the starting of the video it’s a bit dull and colour less before she is revealing herself from the black but after it brightens up and a lot of high key lighting is then used. The lighting is coming from one side to show as it was nearly sunset as it reflects of the lake and shows as if something like an angle is coming near to it.  The lighting fades away at the end as she's in the middle of the lake and the lights only on her and the rest is dull.

The props used in this video are instruments played by men standing right at the back of the main characters wearing black. There are also a tiara and hats been worn by the main characters for affect that there special. They had a similar prop used for the food, they had chicken, pig, and fruit and also drinks. A coffin was used for the end of the video when she bee’s drifting away in the river. These props played an important part in the video because it shows why they were in the park in the first place. 

The body language of the characters didn’t seem to me that it was very well put together it was quite difficult in some parts to really understand what she’s doing and where she is. The characters seemed to me as they were confused and didn’t really understand their role in the video.  However ther face expression did show there feelings and emotions well when they were happy at the beginning and when they were sad at the end of the video.

Nickelback-save me, sour, she aint you the three types of music videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JQiEs32SqQ 
This music video is a narrative based video this is because it attempt to tell a story through moving images and will fit very well with the song they also include a bit of performance to make it look as it real is a music video and not just a short film. this is type of music video it will be like a short will and will use a lot of different camera shots and angles. The point of these videos are to portray a message that life's to short and people die anytime and we need to save them. the camera shots used for this video are pan, close up, long shot, mid-shot, extreme long shot ect.

this video is about a man seeing the time of how long a person will live after he was saved by a random person. he be's confused for a few moments and then realises that he can help save someones life after seeing an old woman die in the Abilene he pays more attention. then after he saves a woman life by moving her away from her car before something fell on top of her. at the end she has the power to see how long someone is gonna live and will need to try to help someone.

sour
this is a concept music video which means that it is style of music video that is based around a single concept or idea. These types of videos are not very common any more because of the economies changing demands. this video based around what people do in front of a webcam and do there own type of dance or random things. concept videos will use a lot of different types of editing techniques to make the film look well put together. 

this video is about people communicating through webcam and make them seem like as there so close to each other. this is a well edited film and is very enjoyable to watch.


she aint you 
this is a performance video which means that the song is based around a dance mostly this will sometimes have a narrative as well but mostly performance. this is a good video with a good dance performance which makes it entertaining and fun to watch. 

Weapon Of Choice- Fatboy Slim

The meaning of the Fatboy Slim is that to him his voice is his new weapon and he’s telling people not to be afraid of what he is doing. However its doesn’t have a storyline.

The video was not a dancing video it was more type of a scene forma film it was a filmic video. It was well made and had a lot of entertainment as some parts were not real. The video is very enjoyable to watch and makes you feel like you would also get up and start jumping around it give a lot of motivation to dance. It also makes you feel very energetic. The video clip hasn’t got a lot of emotions it just makes you feel happy and the actual song think about what his choice real is and what he thinks of it.

The connection between the video and the song is not very strong because I don’t think that the video is suitable for the song when he’s talking about a weapon of his choice this video should be a with a general song. The video for this song should be located in a place weapons are used but also in a place where decisions have to be made.

There were a range of shots used in this video such as long shot, close up, pan tilt ect. and they were used in such a cleaver way. For example: when the character was flying around the place it used different shots to show where he is moving from. A lot of low and high shots were also used when he was flying across the room to show that he is high near the roof. The camera

This video was located in a lobby in a luxury hotel this is indicated by the marble flooring and the trees around the place.

The clothes worn by the main character is a brown suit with a white shirt, red tie and black shoes which gives and impression that he is not a worker but a businessman. The make up done on the character shows that is just woke up and is it sleepy.

The lighting of the video was not very bright and it indicated that it was night with the low key lighting. However in the lobby they do have a lot of lights on but it don’t show it as bright as it should be in a lobby.

The characters movements where as if he suddenly was in the mood of dancing and the video was very well put together and made a good flow which also made it better to watch.

Timeline

13 seconds 
There's only two ways out of here
You wait too late you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out of here
One's through the door 
The other's through me

[Verse 1]
45 seconds
Sometimes livin in a world like this
It's pretty hard not to go insane
Not pretty if you don't comply
Pretty easy if you don't complain
51 seconds 

Stand there like you don't feel pain
No tears in the face of defeat
Pretend to the end that you don't fear change
Don't admit that your faith is weak
Don't say that you feel like dyin

Life's hard and it feels like diamonds
Goin home's just far too gone much too late to even feel like tryin
1.02

Can't understand what I'm sayin? 
Can't figure out what I'm implying?
If you feel you don't wanna be alive, 
You feel just how I am
1.13

I'm on the dark side and you can't come find him
Hell when it's light all around you yeah
When it's dark all inside him
1.20

No winners when it's me against me 
One of us aint gone survive
My heart been broke for a while
Yours been the one keepin me alive
1.26
There's only two ways out of here
You wait too late you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out of here
One's through the door 
The other's through me
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/lupe-fiasco-beautiful-lasers-lyrics.html ]
[Verse 2]
1.57This world's such a fucked up place
My mind such a fucked up shape
Everything down here sucks
Maybe what's up there is great
2.05

We all gotta go one day 
I just wanna cut to the chase
I wanna stop these nightmares
I just wanna touch your face
2.13

All you see is all my feats
All I see is all my flaws
All I hear is all my demons, 
Even through your applause
2.20

All you see is all my flights
All I see is all my falls
All you see is all my rights
All I see is all my wrongs
2.27

Door keep tellin me to fight
Gun on the table tellin me to come on, 
Tellin me to put him inside my hand, 
Then put him up right next to my dome
2.34

Door keep tellin me to find a reason, 
Anything to keep me from squeezin, 
Simplest things, yeah you really like summer, 
You really like music, you really like readin
2.42

Love, I can't win if it's me against me
One of us ain't gone survive
My heart been broke for a while yours been the one keepin me alive
Yours been the one keepin me alive
Yours been the one keepin me alive! 
2.52
There's only two ways out of here
You wait too late you'll be trapped here forever
There's only two ways out of here
One's through the door 

The other's through me 
The other's through me
The other's through me
The other's through me
The other's through me

The parts in Blue will be danced and sang by Munashe in the theatre.

The rest of the parts will be sang by Haris Umair on top of the school building however for this there will also be a narrative.

The parts in Red will have the narrative done to it.

We found love anaylise how it has been edited

Rihanna
This video is edited in a discontinuous order which means that it isn't placed with a beginning, middle and end. its all over the place, this is good so it keeps attention of their audience because in today society it is hard for people to keep concentration. the way the music video has been edited is that know shots are longer then 2 seconds. they have a lot if random shots which means that they use a similar shot which has the same location but in a different part of the music video. 

as shown on the screen shot this same location appears a few seconds latter again with a different scene in between.  this help the audience keep concentration.

continuity will be used in this video because they keep changing. this video is also using random shot for example piles.  these shot screens above are random and shots which the characters are not involved in.