Filming Day One

Today I started to film for my music video. I think it went quite successful despite facing a couple hurdles along the way so I made a vlog about how the day went:

 

What is a digipak?

As one of the ancillary tasks, we have been asked to produce a digipak for our artists album. A digipak is a form of packaging for CDs and DVDs. As opposed to the traditional jewel case, as shown, digipaks are made from 300gsm card with matte or gloss varnish - allowing them to be shatterproof. There are little to no restrictions on the size of a digipak. It can easily be increased from 4 to 6 or 8, which allows more information to be displayed. This is more appealing to artists as it is more information to persuade the customer to buy their album. Digipaks are beneficial because its cardboard and it will not snap. Even the plastic CD holder can be made from cardboard as a pose to plastic. It being made from cardboard means its more sustainable than plastic. But on the other hand, it could rip and if it gets wet, can become soggy.
I think the advantages clearly over weigh the disadvantages as can be resolved by layering a thin plastic film to make it some-what waterproof.

Filming Day Reschedule

Today I scheduled to start shooting my music video but it inconveniently began to snow. The section I planned to film was in the Hilly Fields woods and I can not do the shots with the snow so I decided to reschedule that to next Sunday. To make up for the lost time I decided to start filming the indoor shots and get those finished.

Location 2

My second location is the characters bedroom. The bedroom I will film in is mine. I took all pictures and objects in the mise-en-scene down to leave it quite plain and generic. I didn't want her to have a room that didn't suit her character. The character wouldnt have bright walls and pictures of her friends everywhere so I made sure to remove all that to ensure the mise-en-scene is just right. I wanted the room to reflect how vulnerable and lonesome she is.

Location 1

My first location is Hilly Fields where I plan to shoot the overhead shots of my character lying on the floor and just looking around. This picture shows exactly where I decided to shoot. I shot here because this particular spot had a lot of dry leaves where I could lie without getting dirty. One of my shots is a POV shot of where she is looking around and this spot had the sun shine nicely on it and has the potential to create a really nice shot.

Shooting Schedule

Today in lesson I've been planning my shooting schedule for the days that I want to film.
DAY 1: Sunday 10th December
Location in Hilly Fields Forest.
Floor/Sky shots.
Bring tripod, camera, flip camera and SD card.
No props.
Outfit - Black fishnet top and leather jacket... any trousers (they won't be seen).
Dark makeup.

DAY 2: Monday 11th December
Location in my house.
Bathroom/Mirror shots - cosmetic surgery lines.
Tripod, camera, flip, SD card and charger.
Use eyeliner pencil for surgery lines.
Outfit - Large green top and shorts// messy hair.
Little/too no makeup.

DAY 3: Thursday 21st December
Location in school.
Hallway shots.
Tripod, camera, SD card and charger.
Outfit - Black dress and leather jacket??// braided hair.
Dark makeup.

Location in my house.
Bedroom shots - newspaper collage on wall/lying under the bed.
Tripod, camera, SD card and charger.
Outfit - Baggy black top// messy hair.
Little/to no makeup.

DAY 4: Thursday 11 January
Any other shots/ reshooting shots if necessary

Lip Syncing Practice

In preparation for my music video, I decided to do some research on lip syncing and thus I decided to record myself lip syncing to my chosen song then edit the music on top to really see how difficult it would be.

What I Learned About Storyboarding

I learned quite a bit from storyboarding in AS. We didn't spend that much time storyboarding when doing our film opening so didn't do many shots. We kind of skimmed the surface of shots by generalising chunks of shots into one storyboard box. This meant that when we got to filming. we shot too little and ended up having to go back to shoot two more times before we had sufficient footage. Despite this I think that it was very helpful to organise our thoughts and to see exactly what we wanted to shoot. We were able to see what shots were angled the same so that we could film those together rather then shooting them seperatly and then trying angle the camera the same, so it helped significantly with continuity.

Now I'm storyboarding for A2 and I know to storyboard every single small shot whether it's three seconds long or one second long. I've made sure it is detailed with every camera angle and movement specified to ensure its as professional as possible.

Band Name

The band name is essential for a successful music video so today we spent the lesson thinking of creative ways to come up with a band name that each of us like. First we started by writing an adjective on a piece of paper then folding the paper over and passing it to the next person who then wrote down a noun. We kept doing this for another four/five turns then we turn the paper over and see the names. Even though this was a creative idea and it generated many funny names like 'The Walking Cheetos' and 'The Auspicious Girl', these were not ideas that I thought fit my genre so I went online to a Band Name Generator: https://www.bandnamemaker.com and came up with:
ALBUM TITLE: Pyschotic
BAND NAME: Class of Warfare

Band Name Research

To think of a name for my band, I decided to research some artists in my chosen genre to give me a couple ideas.
1. Halsey
2. Melanie Martinez
3. Marina and the Diamonds
4. Madonna
5. Pet Shop Boys
6. Lady Gaga
7. Empire of the Sun
8. Icona Pop
9. Visage
10. Hurts
From this research, I've discovered that most artist/band names are either their real names, or linked to their song messages. I'm going to take note of this and see what I come up with.