SHOOTING THE VIDEO
Today we plucked up the courage to all finally organise a filming session all together in the studio after collegeand we started filming all of the single shots for everyones verses in the song.
we manged to get alot of footage and we have a load of different shots and angles to look at we wanted to get the look of the saturdays being them selves on set and add in a few outake style shots so the audience can see the saturdays almost off camera and off stage and off guard so its much more relateable!
we did playful shots where we waved and came up and kissed the camera and we made sure that in some of the shots the lights on set where visable to get the natural saturdays being very relatable feel.
We spent around an hour and a half filming experimenting with different shots and getting everyone to do different dance moves and looks to the camera. we have a wide variety of shots to choose from when we do the final edit for the video!
I really enjoyed filming and i think the video is going to have a very proffesional feel to it and will be a really realistic and fun interpretation of the song!
Monday, 8 November 2010
Friday, 8 October 2010
PROMOTIONAL PICTURE
This is a 'promotional picture' for our company which will be featured in the CD booklet that we make later on in the project.
I used the program 'Adobe Photoshop' to edit the picture and make it black and white with the red accents as this is the main colour of our logo. I also added our logo (the two R's) to the corner of the picture so it is distinguished as our company's picture!
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
INFLUENCES
INSPIRATION
The song we have chosen for our music video is 'work' by 'the saturdays' we chose this song after we had researched some other genres and artists and found that we liked this one the best. We wanted to do a girl band so that all of us could be involved in the video and all put our own spin on it and all have our own ideas and use them!
We chose the genre 'pop' because we thought that we would be able to convey pop in a video and we like the music as well. We looked at a variety of girl bands that we could think of, including; girls aloud, the spice girls, sugababes and all saints. We watched and analysed a range of their music videos but decided that 'the Saturdays' was more appealing for what we were going for, as they are of a similar age group to us, so it would be easier for us to appeal with our target audience.
We all agreed that we wanted a dance routine to fit in with the conventions of a pop genre and we all knew that this would be an easy song to choreograph a dance routine to.
GIRLS ALOUD
GIRLS ALOUD 'BIOLOGY'
This video is made to appear it is set in the same place but rotates through each scene so there is a sudden change in set and costume etc. It uses a lot of close ups of each of the girls faces to show their expressions and long shots to show the dance routine they are performing. It also again uses long shots to show their outfits, they have three costume changes throughout the video to fit with each of the three set changes that pans across, so you see it happen. The costumes also fit in with there sexy girly image but are each very different. Firstly they are dressed in black party dresses with a bit of sparkle on them, then there is a complete contrast as they change into old fashioned pink party dresses and then finally they wear all black with red, tight dresses. Each of these costumes are very different but add interest and variety to the video. There are a lot of editing effects used in this music video as certain parts of the girls dancing toward the camera are speeded up, the girls are also blurred and then made to appear in the set. They then change back through each outfit with a blurred effect again. It also cuts back to previous rooms where they are set and pans through each room very fast which is effective as it gives the idea of them being in more than one place at the same time and makes the video more appealing. It also has the girls stood in one spot and in the background does a pan of each of the rooms which is very effective and adds interest.
This video is made to appear it is set in the same place but rotates through each scene so there is a sudden change in set and costume etc. It uses a lot of close ups of each of the girls faces to show their expressions and long shots to show the dance routine they are performing. It also again uses long shots to show their outfits, they have three costume changes throughout the video to fit with each of the three set changes that pans across, so you see it happen. The costumes also fit in with there sexy girly image but are each very different. Firstly they are dressed in black party dresses with a bit of sparkle on them, then there is a complete contrast as they change into old fashioned pink party dresses and then finally they wear all black with red, tight dresses. Each of these costumes are very different but add interest and variety to the video. There are a lot of editing effects used in this music video as certain parts of the girls dancing toward the camera are speeded up, the girls are also blurred and then made to appear in the set. They then change back through each outfit with a blurred effect again. It also cuts back to previous rooms where they are set and pans through each room very fast which is effective as it gives the idea of them being in more than one place at the same time and makes the video more appealing. It also has the girls stood in one spot and in the background does a pan of each of the rooms which is very effective and adds interest.
SUGARBABES
SUGARBABES 'ROUND ROUND'
The whole of this music video is set in the same place, so this doesn't give the video a lot of variety so is less interesting to watch but would be a more simple video to film. This video firstly contains an establishing shot to show where this video is taking place and to set the scene. It also uses a high angle pan to show the band dancing as they sing and then a mid shot tilt down. Which is effective as it adds interest and variety. There is also a lot of long shots of the girls dancing used to how there whole body and get there costume in the shot, in this video they are maintaining their sexy image by wearing very revealing clothes and in all black to appeal to a wider audience which i usually young girls and women aged 14-28 and they are also appealing to men with this image but not as much with their music. The video involves close ups of televisions with the girls singing and dancing on them, this again adds more interest to the video. There are pan mid shots used of the band and mid shots of people dancing around the sides as well in a cage, this helps fit with the lyrics of the song and make the video look more enjoyable. This video uses the effect of the girls spinning around, and has objects flying around them to give the effect, this makes the video fit the idea of the song and makes it look more appealing.
The whole of this music video is set in the same place, so this doesn't give the video a lot of variety so is less interesting to watch but would be a more simple video to film. This video firstly contains an establishing shot to show where this video is taking place and to set the scene. It also uses a high angle pan to show the band dancing as they sing and then a mid shot tilt down. Which is effective as it adds interest and variety. There is also a lot of long shots of the girls dancing used to how there whole body and get there costume in the shot, in this video they are maintaining their sexy image by wearing very revealing clothes and in all black to appeal to a wider audience which i usually young girls and women aged 14-28 and they are also appealing to men with this image but not as much with their music. The video involves close ups of televisions with the girls singing and dancing on them, this again adds more interest to the video. There are pan mid shots used of the band and mid shots of people dancing around the sides as well in a cage, this helps fit with the lyrics of the song and make the video look more enjoyable. This video uses the effect of the girls spinning around, and has objects flying around them to give the effect, this makes the video fit the idea of the song and makes it look more appealing.
PIXIE LOTT
PIXIE LOTT 'TURN IT UP'
This music video contains a dance routine throughout, with mainly long shots used to show the whole body of Pixie and the dancers, and make the dance routine clear. It also helps to show the costume used in this scene of the video which involves pixie wearing her trademark shorts to help fit in with the image she wants to put across of being sexy by showing off her legs but in a subtle way and also keeping up with the fashion to appeal to her target audience which is mainly young girls age 5-20 as Pixie is also in this age group. This scene also involves a lot of mid shots of pixie Lott for her to connect more with the camera whilst dancing and also mid shots of the dancers foot work and detailing on the costumes which is very simple yet effective. The dance routine scene is set on a roof of a building which makes the dance look a lot more interesting. It also does a pan of the dancers which looks very effective as you are able to see clearly what is happening. This video also contains a narrative story to fit with the song lyrics and has performance cuts put in to make the video more interesting to watch. Another scene of performance shots is when Pixie is walking down the road , Pixie dancing alone on the roof and sat in the car whilst its raining. These contain a lot of close ups to show emotion, long shots and mid shots to show pixie dancing and still capture the emotion in her face. There are also extreme close ups used throughout the video of hands and props such as the phone, this is effective as it gives the audience are better idea of whats going on in the scene and gives these objects and idea of importance at the point of the video.
This music video contains a dance routine throughout, with mainly long shots used to show the whole body of Pixie and the dancers, and make the dance routine clear. It also helps to show the costume used in this scene of the video which involves pixie wearing her trademark shorts to help fit in with the image she wants to put across of being sexy by showing off her legs but in a subtle way and also keeping up with the fashion to appeal to her target audience which is mainly young girls age 5-20 as Pixie is also in this age group. This scene also involves a lot of mid shots of pixie Lott for her to connect more with the camera whilst dancing and also mid shots of the dancers foot work and detailing on the costumes which is very simple yet effective. The dance routine scene is set on a roof of a building which makes the dance look a lot more interesting. It also does a pan of the dancers which looks very effective as you are able to see clearly what is happening. This video also contains a narrative story to fit with the song lyrics and has performance cuts put in to make the video more interesting to watch. Another scene of performance shots is when Pixie is walking down the road , Pixie dancing alone on the roof and sat in the car whilst its raining. These contain a lot of close ups to show emotion, long shots and mid shots to show pixie dancing and still capture the emotion in her face. There are also extreme close ups used throughout the video of hands and props such as the phone, this is effective as it gives the audience are better idea of whats going on in the scene and gives these objects and idea of importance at the point of the video.
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