Evalution of the Shoot Day

We began to get ready the day before we shot the video. We constructed the first set which involved hanging materials from ceiling.The next morning we set up the the cameras and got all of the cast in costume on time and on schedule. The first set took longer than we expected to shoot as the set looked very good and we wanted to capture it from many different angles and try lots of different shots. Because of this we had to rush into making the second set which was Fatima lying on the floor. This scene we shot with a crane and we put water over Fatima. We spent some time shooting it and it went okay, not as well as we had planned. Because of the water we had to spend some time clearing up to get ready for the next set. The rest of the sets we managed to shoot all according to schedule. Some things that caused complications was the scene with all of the flour on the floor as this took some time to clean up, especially to get ready for the last scene. The last scene involved putting down a structure with smoke machines which we put pebbles all over to look like a hot coal runway. This last scene was the most complicated to shoot as we had a tracking shot going around 180 degrees, as well as two of our group members holding the elastic back to constrain Darina. The scene which we had planned to have the silhouettes of two dancing girls did not pan out as we had expected, as the shadows did not cast as well as we had thought, but this was not a big issue as we had plenty of good footage from this scene anyway. In Summary I am pleased with the way that the shoot went, and I am glad with the work that we did. We also did some very good camera work using equipment such as the crane and tracking shot. We were also very good as a team and we worked very well together, and the cast that we had selected also did not let us down.

Shoot Schedule

Animatic and Feedback

After creating our animatic storyboard which was really helpful we managed to get a clearer overview of how the music video is going to look. We managed to rethink some of the sequences as they had a strange visual look and it didn't flow smoothly. I believe that after changing these we are more confident towards our outcome. 

Reserach for the ancillary Tasks Websites & Album Covers

We have researched into various Websites of performers that would be appealing to what our artist's image looks like

 Main features

 Black Minimalistic Websites

Videos 

Links to Instagram Twitter Tumblr Facebook YouTube iCloud News 

 About the Artist 

News

Tours 

Rita Ora

Beyonce 

Album Covers 

We focused on an individual's face to get a stronger connection with the audience at that is also easy to recognise by its style. 

M I A

Angel Haze 

Lady Gaga

Music Video Concept (Treatment)

Research into Target Audience

Research Into institutional Context

Research into Similar Artist





Costumes

We have finally decided on our costumes for our entire cast. Here are the outfits:

Dancers

Darina

Meeting about our Props and Set Designs

We had a meeting for the media team and a set designer. This was to discuss our ideas and the 5 strands we have; to see if they are possible but also if it works out. We presented each of our scenes along with the required props. We discussed lighting and logistics along with what props we have to source and which they already have. This proved to be a more important meeting that I though as I managed to find out the logistic part of it and finding our new ideas what we could do with the scenes. The media guys overall seemed very positive about our music video.

We had to make a very detailed list of what we needed for each scene. This involved from the props; to the colour of the floors and walls. After brainstorming, we emailed the media team with everything we wanted and telling them what we are going to source. 

By doing this list as a group, it made me realize what we actually needed instead of just a vague idea of what we wanted. We now feel more prepared and organized.