Music video #2

For the second half of the music video which involves Sara being transported into the woods, would have a mise-en-scene similar to this...

More Filming Ideas

Over the weekend, I have been considering a number of ways to make the filming much more dynamic and interesting. This keeps the audience on their feet, and allows some sort of performance/narrative balance in the music video.

Although I had abandoned the idea earlier of having a fantasy "theme" I think I can probably re-incorporate this idea again into the base lip-syncing I will get Sara to do. I have already informed her to memorize the song again, all I need to do now is get a day for filming planned very soon!

Again, like before, the visuals of this needs to be properly considered. One idea of a visual was to have different coloured ribbons tied to trees as Sara wanders around the woods singing the song. A good location for this could be in QEGS School grounds, where the woods are slightly overgrown.

Lip Syncing

Editing is moving swiftly as the deadline is approaching. However, I did stumble across a minor error, but it can easily be corrected with some extra filming.

Considering the music video follows the journey of the singer, most of my lip syncing is based around her "traveling" in the music video. However, it's easier to create a base clip of Sara, the actress, singing the entire song. This way, it can be a "foundation" for the music video and it would easier to match the music to the song.

This is done using the marker tool, as seen in this picture.

The marker is placed in match with the music on the video clip and the music on the audio clip. For example, the marker is placed on the word "Calendar" and then "Calendar" is found on the audio clip, and then the two are snapped together. This automatically allows the lip-syncing to be matched exactly. 

Re Equipment

Hi Ria, Will have camera and tripod ready for you to collect at 3.15 unless I hear otherwise.
Mrs Excell

Filming Day 1

Yesterday the first third of the music video was created. This went very successfully as I achieved the results I wanted. The filming went well and I got some really good shots of Sara's bedroom and the idea of "isolation" was conveyed well because her room was quite dark. A successful shot that conveyed this was the mid shot of Sara looking through her closed blinds. As Sara cowers away from the bright sunlight, it clearly shows that she is in a state that leaves her with no imagination.

The weather was perfect on that day. There were slight intervals of sunniness, and I got some decent garden shots. As the sun shines, it shows that the singer is slowly getting more inspiration.

The second date of filming will be in the woods, which leads on from Sara entering the her garden shed and entering a mystical and mysterious world, where the "tinsel journey" continues.

The third filming date will be on bonfire night so we can get some firework shots into the music video. This is where the music video will end and it works perfectly as the lyrics are "I need a spark to ignite my pilot light." This is a play on words and directly correlates back to the music video.

There are things that I need to make sure of when I film these parts... continuity:

• Sara's hair, clothes and make-up need to be exactly the same. This includes the bedroom slippers she is wearing when she leaves her house.
• The tinsel needs to be bought also, so the trail can be continued.

Risk Assessment

Music video

 

This is a collage of a few of the features that could be in my music video.