Our Moving Storyboard

Now we have finished drawing out our storyboard, we decided to take photographs of our drawings and put it together with the music to get a taste of how our clips will look when on film. As the pictures are still the video seems very slow paced and will definitely be more interesting when filmed. Despite this some shots were still too long and we decided as a group that they need to be cut up to stop the video from becoming dull and repetitive.







Here are the photographs of our storyboard before editing;

Molly's Gallery

Last weekend Molly's friend presented his photographs in a gallery called The Rag Factory off of Brick Lane (20th-21st November) and I came and visited to support her work. We decided to take the flip to documentate the visit and to also help us practice editing.
Here is our video of the day;

Questionnaire

1. How old are you?
14 or under [ ] 15-16 [ ] 17-20 [ ] 21-25 [ ] 25-30 [ ] 30+ [ ]

2. Are you male or female?
Male [ ] Female [ ]

3. How do you usually watch music videos?
TV [ ] Internet [ ] Download [ ] Other [ ]

4. What is your favourite genre?
Rock [ ] Pop [ ] Alternative [ ] Jazz [ ] RnB [ ] Heavy metal [ ] Classical [ ] Other [ ]

5. How often do you watch music videos?
Never [ ] Everyday [ ] Every week [ ] Every few weeks [ ] Rarely [ ]

6. Do you prefer funny or serious music videos?
Funny [ ] Serious [ ]

7. Do you prefer music videos that are reaistic or non realistic?
Realistic [ ] Non realistic [ ]

8. What are your expectations of rock music videos?

9. How do you interpret the lyrics "She's such a charmer"?

10. What music channel would you expect to see a Kings of Leon music video on?

11. What colours do you think represent the rock genre? and why?

Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is used when composing film, art or photography. The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two horizontal lines and two vertical lines. It also states that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines. Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject would.

Here shows a use of the rule of thirds on film. The shot is more interesting as it looks like the man is looking on at something rather than if he was in the middle of the shot.

Twitter..

After reading Pete Fraser's recent blog he suggested following some people on the social networking site Twitter. As a media student I do pay attention to my own twitter account and have decided that following some of Pete Fraser's suggestions can only benefit me and my group.

I have decided to follow Julian McDougall (@JulianMcDougall) as he wrote the OCR textbook for media studies and tends to tweet useful links for A2 students.

Andrew Goodwin's Music Video Theory

These points are taken from Andrew Goodwin writing in 'Dancing in the Distraction Factory' (Routledge 1992)
1. Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics. (Stage performance should be used for my video as it is of a rock genre)
2. There can be some kind of relationship between lyrics and visuals.
3. There should be a relationship between music and visuals
4. The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motif which recur across their work.
5. There is frequently reference to notion of looking (Use of voyeurism)
6. Often intertextual reference is used.

Tips from Miss Poulten

In lesson our teacher, Miss Poulten showed us a short PowerPoint with some tips for our videos on it. These were the given tips;

Lip Syncing
- Know your lyrics (One mistake could ruin the entire look of the video).
- Pronunciation (Words need to be clear to the viewer).
- Mouth what it sounds like.
- Only lip sync the lead singers words not the backup as it can ruin continuity.
- Play the song whilst miming.

When we practised lip syncing we also found it easiest to actually sing the song as that way you mouth the words clearly and do not need to think about what you are doing. As long as you know the words to the song, our tip should work.

Lyrics
- Lyrics tends to establish a general mood, feeling or sense of subject matter, rather than offering coherent meaning.
- Key lines may play a part in the associated visuals but rarely will a music video simply wholly illustrate the lyrics. Remember mise-en-scene.

Music
- Take note of the tempo and pay attention to this during editing.
- Repeat with the beat.

Genre
- Some music videos do transcend genre while others can be categorised.
- Some music channels focus on genre, pay attention to this and think of what channels your video will be played on.
- Show genre conventions through; Mise-en-scene, narrative themes, performance, camera & editing style

Camerawork
- Take note of your camera movement, angles and shot distance.
- Camera movements may accompany the movement of the performers or be used to create a dynamic feel or disorientate.
- Close ups of the singer usually dominate.

Editing
- Usually fast paced, pay attention to the pace of your song.