Choosing A Song

After starting with the song 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' by Jet and having no luck in the process of making this video, we decided that it was for the best that we change our song and start afresh. As a group we came up with many ideas that we could do for our song for our music video. He is a small brainstorm of the ideas we came up with:

We decided that the best idea for the song choice would probably be 'Ignorance' by Paramore. It has sutble yet effective lyrics and as a group I think we can develop the song into a very effective video.

Locations

When choosing locations, we had to ensure the following things:

-It is easily accessible

-It is allowed to be used by us

-Spacious so we have enough room for all of us

Locations we used:

-Ellie's house

-Eynsford Castle

-Sarah's house

-Hextable

-Sutton-at-Hone

Location 1: Ellie's House

Ellie's house will be used mainly for all the scenes in which Elle is getting ready to leave the house. This was the best house to use for this as it was easiest to get to for all of us and there was more than enough room for us to set up lighting and camera without any problems.

Location 2: Sarah's House

Sarah's house is used for the scenes when Ellie confronts Harry (which we will pretend is his own house). Again, we used Sarah's house because it is one of the easiest houses to get to out of all of ours and we liked the idea of Elle having to walk up a long pathway to get to the house.

Location 3: Eynsford Castle



We have decided to use parts of Eynsford castle in our video for the parts that Elle is drinking and smoking. It is usually quite vacant so this will be useful for us when filming our video so we will not be disturbed by any dogwalkers, etc. It is a beautiful location and we wanted to film here as it is very spacious and wanted to show how secluded Elle is when she is at Eynsford Castle.

Location 4: Hextable

We have chosen to start the video on this street by the blank white wall as it is not right on the high street and we will not be in anyones way. As well as showing Elle in Eynsford Castle to represent her lonliness, we want to also show her in public as a contrast to Eynsford castle.

Magazine Advert Research

Magazine Advert Research

The photos that I have found on the internet are artists that have a similar style to our actress, Ellie. The bottom three are more relevant because they are all blonde but the top example of Katy Perry, in my opinion is a fantastic example of a magazine advertisment. The writing that says 'Katy Perry' is consecutive with other adverts of Katy Perry, she always uses the same font to advertise herself. The advert is effective because it shows the CD cover on it, and the picture is consecutive with the photo in the background of the advert.

The picture on the far right is of Kesha, who is what we are basing the character of our female protagonist on. We want to go for a more chaotic look for our character rather than calm and reserved like the other two blonde girls in these pictures. The layout of the middle picture is probably the one I am most likely to base my advertisement on. It is good how her name is displayed big underneath the picture and with smaller writing concerning dates and the name of the new song.

THE SONG

IGNORANCE

BY PARAMORE

If I'm a bad person

You don't like me

Well I guess I'll make my own way

It's a circle

A mean cycle

I can't excite you anymore

Where's your gavel? Your jury?

What's my offence this time?

You're not a judge

But if you're gonna judge me

Well sentance me to another life

Don't wanna hear your sad songs

I dont want to feel your pain

Well I know it's all my fault

But I know we're not the same

(NO!)

We're not the same

(NO!)

Oh, we're not the same

Yeah we're friends we stick together

We write our names in blood

But I guess you can't accept that

The change is good

(HEY!)

It's good

(HEY!)

It's good

Well you treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I'll best be on my way out

You treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I best be on my way out

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

This is the best thing

That could've happened

Any longer and I wouldn't have made it

It's not a war, no

It's not a rapture

I'm just a person but you can't take it

The same tricks that

They once fooled me

They won't get you anywhere

I'm not the same kid

From your memory

Well now I can fend for myself



Don't wanna hear your sad songs

I dont want to feel your pain

Well I know it's all my fault

But I know we're not the same

(NO!)

We're not the same

(NO!)

Oh, we're not the same

Yeah we're friends we stick together

We write our names in blood

But I guess you can't accept that

The change is good

(HEY!)

It's good

(HEY!)

It's good

Well you treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I'll best be on my way out

You treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I best be on my way out

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

Well you treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I'll best be on my way out

You treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I best be on my way out

THE NARRATIVE

Originally, the song represents a break up in a relationship, which is then turned to bitterness and subconciously, ignorance, which is what the song is all about. As it is sung by a woman, we can assume that the man in the relationship has turned into 'Another stranger', for he now ignores her after they have finished their relationship. The song has a bitter tone and as a consumer of it, we understand the anger behind the lyrics and the resentment.

As a group, we decided to twist the lyrics a little. The song is upbeat and rocky and we decided to have a female singer still, just like the original. Our storyline is as follows:

Our protagonist female will wake up in bed after a night of drinking. She has been drinking because she has previously been dumped by her boyfriend for reasons of her being 'crazy'. The boyfriend breaks up with her because he can't deal with her jealousy. After the break up, the boyfriend acts like he doesn't know her, fitting in perfectly with the idea of 'ignorance' and 'another stranger'. The video follows Ellie as she leaves the house having made her make up all okay again. The camera will follow Ellie's journey to Harry (the boyfriends house) and once she get there, there will be another girl at Harry's house, causing Ellie to become angrier and consequently being thrown out of the house at the end of the video. 

Filming!

Photographs

We started by taking photographs of Ellie before we did her make up to make her look as though she had just woken up. The photographs were very successful and we hope to use some of them in our ancillary tasks. Taking photos of each step is a very important process in designing and processing of our products, for we are able to show every aspect of our practical filming and also our making of storyboards and timelines.

We used a variety of angles and places to photograph Ellie, giving ourselves a wider range of photos that could be potential CD covers, posters, etc.

Lights, Camera and... Make up!

The clump of photos below show the process we went through in order to attain a good set of film. We prepared Ellie's make up to the appropriate state (which was waking up, consequently making her make up look smudged). We also set the lights accordingly in order to get the right lighting in the room, making sure our actor's face is not masked in shadow, etc.

Filming

Filming proved to take longer than we expected. This was merely because we did not realise how long it would take to set the lights up, get the shot right, get the set and props right, etc. However, after already filming one set of shots for our initial video idea, we have had some experience already. We found that after starting to film, it became easier to know where the lights should be in order to gain the best outcome in our film. When filming, some shots took longer because we had to get the lighting absolutely correct for the angle and distance we were shooting away from Ellie. Below are the scenes in the bedroom, which will be seen at the beginning of the video.

The bathroom scenes below were probably the hardest scenes to shoot. This was because the spacing in the bathroom was incredibly tight, making it hard to get the right lighting and also making it difficult to film because of the small spacing. We will have to re film a few of these shots in the bathroom because we realised when we played the scenes back that the camerawoman can be seen in the mirror. This is a minor mistake that we can easily rectify by filming again and learning from our mistakes.

Although we were very well equipped with lighting as you can see below in the bedroom scene just before Ellie leaves the room, we did have some problems with the sunlight coming in through the window. We had to cover it with a big white sheet to stop the sunlight from reflecting on the wall as Ellie walks past it. We wanted to follow Ellie down the hallway  with the camera and this was successful, but it took us a few tries to get the right shot, which, evidently is to be expected.

With Ellie leaving the house in the video, we wanted to make it look as though Ellie had gone to the bathroom to sort her make up, put her hair up and put her shoes on. Obviously, we had to take off her smudged makeup and make her hair look a little more tamed than it was when she first woke up. As she leaves the house she also has a coat on, making it evident that she is leaving the house. We have one shot where Ellie walks out the house and comes closer to the camera, looking ahead and consequently walking past the camera, which can be shown in the bottom picture below.

As I said before, the outside scenes were very significant to the story, for Ellie spends half her time in this video outside. We set the camera up on the other side of the road and filmed Ellie for about five minutes sitting on the wall watching cars, people and bikes go past. We wanted it to look as though time was passing, so when it comes to putting this scene in the video, we will speed it up to make it look as though she has been sitting on the wall for a long time. Sitting on the wall, Ellie looks like the type of person who does not care what people think of her, which is the exact characteristics to go for in this character.

Overall, filming went very well, for our first time properly filming our new idea. We have a variety of shots to put into the video, even though we need to refilm a few of them in order to attain a better quality and flawless film!

OUR ACTORS

Protagonist Female

ELLIE BLANCKE

Our chosen main female character is one of our close friends, Ellie Blancke. Ellie helped last year with Sarah's AS Media coursework, so is familiar with camera work and also confident with it. She has the same sort of look/appearance as Kesha, who I had previously decided would be a good model for Ellie to base her character on.

We know that Ellie will be reliable when it comes to filming, taking into consideration the fact that she lives close to all of us. The photo below is a comparison between Ellie and the famous singer Kesha to show the type of style that we want our protagonsit female to look like. We believe Ellie has the exact look that we initially thought of.

The photo above is just an example of our actress in the video. This shot is where some of the filming will be taking place. The carpet and walls are a neutral colour, which is significant as it does not take the focus away from Ellie.

The shot below is a print screen of one of the shots from our video. It shows a troubled young girl on the streets, which is what our music video is based on. We hadn't planned to film her by a road sign but when we saw it, we thought it would be in fitting to film her next to the road sign to blatently show our audience that she is on the street drinking.

 The shot to the left is a picure of Ellie outside the house, where more filming will take place. The clothing she has on are quite outstanding, showing her to be rather rebellious. There is a shot in the video in which Ellie stands against the wall. The photo below shows this.

Protagonist Male

HARRY PAINTER

Timeline

Timeline of events

Having already designed and planned a timeline for our initial idea, I think the practice really helped with this timeline the second time round. The timeline will help us greatly when it comes to filming our music video as it will give us some guidance and something to go by and stick to when filming. We have listened to the song over and over again in order to get each shot perfect with the song and the timing.



Storyboard

Storyboard Planning

To even begin contemplating filming our video, we shall need to create a big storyboard that is in fitting with our timeline. We each took a piece of the timeline to create into a storyboard, making the process of making it much faster and also much mroe efficient. The storyboard shows every aspect of what we expect to happen in our video, from the very beginning to the end. We have also included what sort of shots we would like to use in each frame.

The Storyboard below is our finished product. The frames show how far away we should film our actress and any significant shots of feet, etc.