Outside Locations

Before I start to film on Monday I decided to take some photographs of some of the outside locations I am going to use for my music video.

Below is some of the photographs and I will explain why I chose these locations and what I will be filming there. 

The pictures above and below show the location for my final scene, when my female character will jump into the water. This location is perfect for this as there's an opening which can be seen in the top pictures, making it a really good place to film.

Below is one of the places where one of the running/chasing scene will happen. The hedgerows create a good frame for the shot, hopefully creating an effective scene.

Below is some practise filming, experimenting with focus pulls. I really like this effect as it gives an extra texture and layer to the shot. The lightening also creates a very atmospheric feel to the shot. 

Audience Research Response

Before starting to film my music video, I wanted to get an idea of people's general feelings towards music videos- e.g. how often do they watch them, what do they like about them. 

Here's the questionnaire I designed-

All of the people I asked were aged 17-18, which is my target audience.

For the first question-

20% answered NO

20% answered FAVOURITE BAND

40% answered SOMETIMES

20% answered OFTEN

0% answered ALWAYS 

For the second question-

20% answered YES

0% answered NO

80% answered SOMETIMES

For the third question-

10% answered YES

50% answered NO

40% answered SOMETIMES

For the fourth question- 

50% answered NARRATIVE

0% answered PERFORMANCE

50% answered CONCEPT

For the fifth question- 

50% answered- Seeing the band play their music

10% answered- When the video is funny

20% answered- The Story

20% answered- The interpretation of the lyrics into a video

What I learnt from this research is that it's not always important to have a story in a music video, which surprised me as I thought more people would enjoy these videos. 50% for concept and 50% for narrative is good as my music video is going to be mixture of these two, showing I'm creating a video my target audience will hopefully enjoy. 

Shot List

In order to be prepared for filming it's important to get the pre-production stages right. This also saves on time management as you come prepared for filming. 

Below is my original shot list-

SCENE 1

SCENE 2

SCENE 3

SCENE 4

SCENE 5

SCENE 6

Contacting the Artist

In order to be able to do my music video I need to ask for permission first from the artist. My chosen artist is James Blake and I decided to post my request straight to his official Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/jamesblakemusic?fref=ts- I was originally going to contact him through his official website - http://jamesblakemusic.com/- but chose Facebook as I think this is a good direct way to contact the artist. 

Below is the message I sent

Practice

Following on from my Olga Markowska inspiration, I decided to do some test shots using my actual actor for my music video. I found it quite difficult to get the composition right and match different shots to overlay with each other, but in the end I'm really happy with the results.

The video above shows two different shots which I have matched together. One of the shots is slowed down to give the shadow effect. What I don't like is the background and the light switch. In my real music video I will either shoot this outside or in a dark room so you will only see the face. 

 What I like about the video above is the pan upwards onto the face, I think this creates some emotion within the shot. I put a more grey effect on this video instead of the blue in the above video. Again I would like to play around more with effects obtaining a more grungy effect.

My next step is to look at putting these shots into a sequence.

Olga Markowska

I recently found photographer Olga Markowska and have found her photo's to be amazing. I found several very inspiring in terms of composition and colour treament. Having already been looking at have a close-up's of my main characters faces, the photos below show what I want to try and create.

Her use of close-ups combined with grungy colour treatment make these photographs feel very intimate and personal which I really love. These kind of shots fit well I think to the mood I'm trying to create with my storyline and song. I'm going to get some practice shots done soon of faces likes this using Markowska as inspiration. 

Markowska on Flickr -https://www.flickr.com/photos/olganiezvanova/