Synopsis
The main idea of what are music video will look like is a running sequence that is made up of real life filming of the actors running and a computer generated video from which we are going to use running sequences that are in it, so it allows the two videos to flow into each other.
The length of our music video is going to be around 3 minutes and 30 seconds and this is how long our music that we have prepared is. The video starts with George in the college atrium Mike (his friend) then runs over to him and tells him that they are going to miss their bus if they don’t hurry up so they run to the bus station but just as they get there the bus that they wanted to get is pulling out of the bus station and so they miss their bus. The next part of the music video shows Mike reminding George that they could catch the train if they get to the train station on time – George agrees with him and they then start running to the train station so that they can catch the train. The next part of the video is a mixture of Mike and George running and clips from the Assassins Creed video that we are using. The places that they run through include the streets in Ipswich, Christchurch Park, The river bridge outside the train station and Ipswich town centre. The last part of the video is the sequence when Mike and George then arrive at the train station, but unfortunately they have missed their train which means that they have no way of getting home.
Treatment
The costumes, cinematography, location and prop’s are the areas of Mise-En-Scene that we are using for our music video. The use of costumes in our music video only consists of 2 grey hoodies, 2 pairs of shoes and 2 pairs of jeans which are being worn by the cast members in our music video and are the only costumes that we need. The locations that we are filming in are ones that we have picked that we feel suit our style of music video and these include Ipswich train station, Ipswich Bus station, Princes Street Bridge - which is located in front of the train station, Christchurch Park in Ipswich and Suffolk New College - inside and outside. We feel that these locations are good because they suit the video and the music which is what we wanted to achieve. The uses of cinematography that we are using in our music video include the size of the shots that we are using. The main shots that we are using in our video are; long shots, wide shots, MCU’s and close – ups. We chose these shots because we feel that they are the kinds of shots that suit this style of music video as they are varied and add more to the visuals of the music video. Another use of cinematography that we are going to use is a variety of camera movement because we think that the shots will look a lot more interesting if some of the shots are filmed with different camera movements and possibly different camera angles.
In our music video we are using non-diegetic sound which means that it is sound that from sources outside of the action of our music video. The source that we are using to add our music from is a computer program called Garage Band. The reason is because we have already created the music for our music video because it makes it easier to film just the video with no background sound.
The type of editing that we are going to use to edit our music video is called continuity editing which means that the action in our film is constantly flowing and has no disruption between shots that stops the flow of the music video. The program that we are going to use to edit the music video is called Final Cut Pro which is a program that allows you to edit video clips and so this program will be useful as it can do the job we need it to do.
Our target audience is aged between 16-24, we feel that this is our target audience because this is the kind of music that would appeal to them and we feel that they will enjoy it because it is upbeat and the music flows really well. We also feel that the images that we are using to create our music video suite the age group of 16-24 because all of the images that we have shot fit in well with the music and the computer game footage is what this age group enjoy watching and so we feel that they will like it because all of the elements flow together well.
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Evaluation
My responsibilities during the making of this project included helping to complete the post-production paperwork, being in charge of the camera controls and making sure that the shots that we were filming were correct and helping to edit the rough and final copy of our music video. My main job in our production was to operate the video camera and to make sure that the shots were correct and this was a fairly difficult job to do as I had to make sure that none of the shots were shot out of continuity and that they were the right shots for the video. During the production I also had to help with the pre-production paperwork which was hard a first but after we got most of it out of the way we were able to complete it all which was the same when we were editing. I feel that my contribution during the making of this project was good because I helped in most of the areas of the post production including the paperwork and I also helped during the making of the music video by helping to find suitable locations and making sure that the shots were the right ones. But as well as the good parts of my contributions I feel that I could have been more involved with the editing of the video because I feel that I could have added more to the editing if I had contributed more to the editing.
I feel that I have picked up some new skills and knowledge during the making of this production including I now have a better knowledge of how to make camera shots look more interesting by changing the sizes of the shots, and experimenting with some shots to see if they looked like ones that we could use in our video. And I have also found that there is a lot of paperwork needed to be completed to produce this kind of production and that if some parts aren’t completed then your entire project can be ruined and my knowledge of this now means that I understand what is needed to complete this production.
The technical qualities of our finished video were really good and the images fitted really well when we combined them with the music that we had created which also fitted well with the rest of the technical things that we had produced, the editing of our music video was also good and it made the images fit better with the music than it did to start with. I we were going to do this project again I think that I would make sure that the camerawork was better because if we could change it then I think it would make the video would look a lot better than it does at the moment.
I think that our use of Mise-En-Scene was effective because I think that we had picked good locations for our video shots and that they fitted in well with the costumes and the props that we had picked to use because they were suited to the style and genre of our music video. I feel that our use of Cinematography was good during the making of this production was good because we made sure that the shot sizes were correct and that they looked good at the end of the filming, I also think that we did use the ability to move the camera during shots to an effective level because the shots all looked varied and they also flowed into each other well.
I feel that our ideas did come across well in the finished piece because in the final production of our music video I feel that we did use the aspect of cinematography, research and genre to our advantage whilst the filming of our music video because we managed to include all of these in our video and we were able to use them to a good effect in the final editing. I think that I we were to do this project again then we would improve upon some of the aspects of our video including the camerawork which we could have improved on by including some more shots other than the cast just running, the style of the shots that we used and the locations that we used. And I feel that I we changed these aspects of our video then we would have a very good video.
The feedback that we gathered from the audience that we screened our video to was mostly saying that the video was good in some areas such as the way that we had panned certain shots, the way that we used a good variety of shots and the connection between the video game footage and the footage that we had shot. One of the ways that we were told that we could use to improve our video included using a variety of some shots such as not using so many of the shots of the cast running through the college grounds.
Things that went right on this project for us include the way that we created and filmed the production and also the way that we managed to not only get the work done that we needed but we also had fun whilst doing it. One thing that went wrong on this project for us was when we realised that two of our shots needed to be changed and so we had to re-shoot them before editing them onto our final cut.
Overall I feel that our production went really well and that our group worked really well as a team, and I think that if we were to do this project again then we would improve upon some of the aspects of our video such as the use of some of the locations that we picked because we could have then had some more different shots. And I think overall that we did produce a good music video in the end.
And here is our finished music video:
Evaluation
My responsibilities during the making of this project included helping to complete the post-production paperwork, being in charge of the camera controls and making sure that the shots that we were filming were correct and helping to edit the rough and final copy of our music video. My main job in our production was to operate the video camera and to make sure that the shots were correct and this was a fairly difficult job to do as I had to make sure that none of the shots were shot out of continuity and that they were the right shots for the video. During the production I also had to help with the pre-production paperwork which was hard a first but after we got most of it out of the way we were able to complete it all which was the same when we were editing. I feel that my contribution during the making of this project was good because I helped in most of the areas of the post production including the paperwork and I also helped during the making of the music video by helping to find suitable locations and making sure that the shots were the right ones. But as well as the good parts of my contributions I feel that I could have been more involved with the editing of the video because I feel that I could have added more to the editing if I had contributed more to the editing.
I feel that I have picked up some new skills and knowledge during the making of this production including I now have a better knowledge of how to make camera shots look more interesting by changing the sizes of the shots, and experimenting with some shots to see if they looked like ones that we could use in our video. And I have also found that there is a lot of paperwork needed to be completed to produce this kind of production and that if some parts aren’t completed then your entire project can be ruined and my knowledge of this now means that I understand what is needed to complete this production.
The technical qualities of our finished video were really good and the images fitted really well when we combined them with the music that we had created which also fitted well with the rest of the technical things that we had produced, the editing of our music video was also good and it made the images fit better with the music than it did to start with. I we were going to do this project again I think that I would make sure that the camerawork was better because if we could change it then I think it would make the video would look a lot better than it does at the moment.
I think that our use of Mise-En-Scene was effective because I think that we had picked good locations for our video shots and that they fitted in well with the costumes and the props that we had picked to use because they were suited to the style and genre of our music video. I feel that our use of Cinematography was good during the making of this production was good because we made sure that the shot sizes were correct and that they looked good at the end of the filming, I also think that we did use the ability to move the camera during shots to an effective level because the shots all looked varied and they also flowed into each other well.
I feel that our ideas did come across well in the finished piece because in the final production of our music video I feel that we did use the aspect of cinematography, research and genre to our advantage whilst the filming of our music video because we managed to include all of these in our video and we were able to use them to a good effect in the final editing. I think that I we were to do this project again then we would improve upon some of the aspects of our video including the camerawork which we could have improved on by including some more shots other than the cast just running, the style of the shots that we used and the locations that we used. And I feel that I we changed these aspects of our video then we would have a very good video.
The feedback that we gathered from the audience that we screened our video to was mostly saying that the video was good in some areas such as the way that we had panned certain shots, the way that we used a good variety of shots and the connection between the video game footage and the footage that we had shot. One of the ways that we were told that we could use to improve our video included using a variety of some shots such as not using so many of the shots of the cast running through the college grounds.
Things that went right on this project for us include the way that we created and filmed the production and also the way that we managed to not only get the work done that we needed but we also had fun whilst doing it. One thing that went wrong on this project for us was when we realised that two of our shots needed to be changed and so we had to re-shoot them before editing them onto our final cut.
Overall I feel that our production went really well and that our group worked really well as a team, and I think that if we were to do this project again then we would improve upon some of the aspects of our video such as the use of some of the locations that we picked because we could have then had some more different shots. And I think overall that we did produce a good music video in the end.
And here is our finished music video:
