Equipment Borrowing

This document portrays all the essential equipment that I needed during my filming. I had to ensure that I wrote specific details on the production and the use of the equipment. Dates were also stated in when I needed the equipment and for how long.

Starting to Shoot Music Video - Production Log #13

Over the half term, I came into school to shoot my studio scenes of the actor, in the Drama studio. It took me roughly around 2 hours to shoot all kind of shots. Before the actor came in, I had set up the equipment such as the lights, diffuser light, camera and tripod for behind the scenes and another camera and tripod to take the footage. I also got the music ready so that when it came to shooting, all I have to do it press play rather than shuffling around and wasting time to find the song on the spot and waiting for it to load. Other equipment I had to set up beforehand was the steadicam, as when it came to shoot with the steadicam, I only had to adjust the camera, once again to save time. Once my actor arrived at the location, I went through my ideas and what I want to achieve, I gave her some ideas and directions on what to do when I’m filming her. The first take was a mid-shot, however it didn’t come out well, firstly because of the lighting; there was too much exposure and the frame was out of frame, however this gave me a heads up to understand what I need to do for the next take. I roughly took around 10-15 clips of my actor performing however all of them are different in terms of shots and angles. I think the studio shoot was very successful, as the outcome of the footage was very impressive. The clips were clear and the lighting adjustments were exact. I was achieving a black background and the singer standing out from it. The main equipment which helped me achieve a clear view of the actor was the diffuser light.

Photographs of Chosen Locations

 

 

 

 



These images are the final locations where I shot my music video. There are many outdoor locations such as Southbank, Tower Bridge and near the london eye where there are really good scenes. I have to use both the tripod and the steadicam to achieve the best footage. These weregood locations in where I capture the visulation of urban. Asmy video is a performance based music video, the Drama Studio  was the essential location to shoot the performance of both the main protagonist and the ballet performer.

 

 

Artist Styling

The powerpoint talks about what certain outfits and make up looks I have planned for my actor and ballet performer.

Filming and Editing Schedule

The blog post shows all the days I’ll plan to film and edit my music video. The dates were matched with the performers availability. I sat down and went through all the possible filming I need to do and when I can plan to edit the footage. This schedule will enable me to stay on track with this project and ensure that everything is consistent.

Location recce

Drafting Process of Ancillary Task (Magazine Album Advert)

 

 

These images are my first drafting of my magazine advert. I used InDesign CS6 to product this layout. As I have used InDesign CS6 previously for my AS coursework, I believe I am more confident in using this software to produce my ancillary tasks. Also I have developed my skills in using InDesign by learning new tasks such as in today's lesson (23rd October) I learnt how to draw a star on InDesign. At first I was struggling to find the star shape and drawing it out, however there is such a simple step to achieve this. You have to hold down the 'rectangle tool' and then click the 'Polygon Tool'. Draw the shape out but hold donw the mouse, press the 'space bar' and then using the Up, Down, Left and Right on the keyboard. If you press 'up' the points on the shape increase, if you press 'down' it will decrease the points. Press the 'left' or 'right' button to make the points shape in or out. To multiply them press the 'space bar' and then press the 'right' button as many times you want to multiply the shape.

 

My first draft took me 5 minutes to produce. It was a quick template which then I typed in the information soon after. In the first draft, I didn't add any text however this was my rough visualisation of how I want my magazine advert to look like.

Later on the day, In my free time I completed it by adding the reviews and adding text. In addition to that I re-arranged the texts and sizes of the text. I also created an alternative layout for this page which was another new skill I learnt instead of copying past from one page to another and having to re-arrange everything which can be time consuming.

 

I like the gradient effect I have used on the text 'Katy B' and 'Little Red' as these have to be outstanding for the reader.

The typography used on the text at the bottom only is on words which need to be standing out. 'Out Now' is capitalised to make it stand out to the reader also in bold and in itallics. Itallics and Bold are used on the name of the song as well.

Risk Assessment

This is a document to show proof on the risk assessment I have undertaken. I listed out all the potential risks and hazards, details of what could happen, ways to minimise the risk and last of all who would be responsible with this risk.

Storyboard and Magazine Advert - Production Log #12

Production Log #12 from Geeta Gohil on Vimeo.

Shot List

Planning Tasks - Production Log #11

In the Monday's single lesson (13th October), I completed a easy task which took me nearly the full lesson. I chose to do a task which hasn't been mentioned. This task has been beneficial towards my planning of the music video. First of all, when it comes to create the storyboard, the breakdown of the song can help me in knowing which part I can easily match footage to the chorus/verse/bridge. Another benefit of this task is to know the timings of the chorus and verses.

In the double lesson on the 16th October, I started working on my shot list. I have gradually started to plan out my music video.
The shot list has been the hardest planning task for me because I have to be very specific with which type of shot it is, when it will be featured, the length of the shot and details of the shot. The process itself is very long. I have a clear visual idea of what my music video will be like.

My organisational skills has been improving by ensuring that I clearly plan out the lessons as well plan out what I need to do in my free time. After completing all research tasks which had to be carried out. My time management in the beginning wasn't good as well becuase I didn't which tasks to carry or I spent too much time on one task to make it look good, however after being told that each task has a priority it made me understand that certain tasks only need half an hour to complete or more than a lesson to work on to get it to a '4'.
At the end of completing all my research taks I am more organsied and have good time managment when it came to start my planning tasks.

Breakdown of Chosen Song

I decided to breakdown the song into different parts. I listened to the song and wrote down the timing of when the music changes or the verse goes into the chorus or a bridge is entered into the song.
This task will help me plan which part of the song will have the performance and which part will have the narrative footage. This is a task which is not compulsory to do however i thought it would be ideal to do something like this because when it comes to editing, i know roughly on where I want each shot/scene to be and match it up.

Equipment List

This document portrays all the equipment which I require to shoot my music video. The equipment which I have listed out will be used in both studio shoot and outdoor shoot.

Improving Research Tasks - Production log #10

6th October /9th October

I started to refine few tasks in order for them to reach the proiority.

There were few research tasks which had more proirity over few. I ensure that they reached the top marks. In my blogpost I made sure that I spoke about the purpose of doing this task and how it will help in when it comes to planning.
This week has been more about improving all the tasks for the research rather than jumping straight into the planning.
For homework, I will be aiming to do a storyboard to start off the planning. I also need to search for potentail actors and performers for my music video.

Throughout the past 5 weeks, my organisation skills have improved. I have been planning out each week of tasks which need to be completed during my lessons and for homework.
In addition, my time management skills has been put to the test. Each week I have aimed to complete tasks before starting the next tasks of the next week.

Contact With Artist

This is an email I send to Rinse Recording Label (Katy B's Record Label) to request a permission to use her song 'Crying for no Reason' for my music video coursework.

In this email, I have explained the read why I will be using the song and reassured them that no copyright infringement is intended. 

Proposal and Contact with Artist- Production Log #9

29th September - 2nd October
Now that I have finished all my research tasks, I am going to be focusing on the planning tasks while I plan out my music video.
The first task to start of the planning phase of my coursework was the proposal. The proposal indicates my final idea of what I want my music to be. There were many sections which I had to fill out. They include: Brief, what is my aim for this coursework, description of my intentions, target audience and similar products. This proposal will give a rough indication to others on what my work will look like however I had a second look at the proposal and improved it by adding more specific detail on what I want to achieve at the end of the project, with specific lists of equipment . This shows that I have thought through on this project and what my aim is.
In my free time, I emailed Rinse Record Label in requesting to have permission in using the song ‘Crying For No Reason’ by Katy B. I ensured that I briefly told them who I am, what I do and what my sole purpose is in using the song.