podcast 25/11/16

This is the podcast that I recorded on my phone whilst filming on the 25th. This was my first shoot and overall it went well and we got all the shots necessary and also I got images for the digipack. However the camera ran out of battery and we were unable to shoot an extra shoot that i would've wanted to film.

Choreographers

Choreographers that apply to my music video-

Martha Graham
-1930's choreographer 
-Known as the godmother of choreography
-She did a famous piece called lamenation which is about sorry and grief and she uses an unusual costume to create  sense of writing and dancing about being in your  own skin. 

Video about Martha Graham

Example 

Above there is an example of Martha herself dancing in a long tight outfit. You re able to see the body parts moving and it is expressive. In my music video there will be the protagonist dancing in a long dress and she will be dancing carrying some long material throughout. From watching this video i can connote that each body movement is important in the dancing of 'Lamenation'.There is focus on the foot and then every movement is harsh and all the body parts that are necessary to move do and those who need to stay still do. There is no movement within the dance that is unnecessary. 
 Just from watching the music video I am able to denote that the costume is meant to be representative of a mother layer of skin and that the protagonist is fighting within their own skin and the dancing is showing the emotions. 

Pina Bausch
-Tends to have dancers in long dresses battling the elements (wind, air, water and rocks etc.).
-German performer and choreographer of modern dance and ballet. 

Example 

Above there is an example of the choreographer Pina Bausch and here the dancer is wearing a long red and black dress. This is meant to represent her battling the fall season. There is also a male protagonist helping her survive. We can denote that the female protagonist is weak and she keeps falling and the man keeps catching her. 

Planning 25/11/16

Toady i will be filming at Fewston reservoir and i will be filming the dancing in the road scene and possibly a photoshoot for my digipack.

There was a slight issue with the initial dates. She cannot film on the 27th of november now so we will have to rearrange some dates to get  all the filming finished. I then sent her a long paragraph about the details of the shoot today and asked her to choreograph some dances to specific times of the songs that i need. 

There was then another issue with dates therefore we we film today i will be recording a podcast and i will state the other dates we have decided to film on. She also stated that she will send me her choreography ideas.

she was giving me ideas about a variety of shots and then this was the planning for before the shoot. 

She then sent me a picture of a blue dress that she has. This goes along with the lyrics of 'blue velvet dress'. An issue with the costume so far is that the dress is not velvet. However because some of the shots will be in the dark it hopefully won't make too much of a difference. 

In this image we are discussing the times of when we are going to film on the Friday (today). We also discussed what would be easier for the protagonist and where to film.  

We have deciding on meeting at Fewston reservoir at 2pm on Friday the 25/11/16. We also discussed the makeup and props. Therefore we decided that as long as we keep one look and a constant makeup look, it would be appropriate.

She was also mentioning a choreographer called Martha Graham and gave me details about her in which i will be progressing into another blog post. She then mentioned another choreographer called Pina Bausch. Bausch relates to my music video and the dance that Anna has created because she uses long dresses and battles against the elements. Today we will be filming outside therefore the protagonist will not only be battling her inner self but also the outdoors. 

Animatic

This is my animatic video in which i downloaded the music and put the shots of the story board to the music in the correct way.

• First I scanned the drawings of the storyboard and put them onto a USB cable.
• Then entered the USB into the MAC and then cropped each picture into six different frames.
• I then put the frames on to final cut and then added the frames to the timings that I would put them at i9n the real music video.
• I also manually entered the cutaway shots in final cut. My music video will involve a lot of cutaway shots to break up the footage to keep the audience interested.  

GoPro Footage

This is some test footage on the GoPro hero4. I entered the footage into final cut and because I had to put a 60p into a 30p project on final cut the footage was initially very bad quality therefore i had to change the automatic speed and apply it to the footage. The helped the footage become a normal speed instead of half the speed that it was initially due to it being above the 30p.

 I then applied some test filters on the footage and tested to see what it would be like. Even though this test footage is in day light and it would be darker when i would be filming. The colour of the filter was too blue therefore i took the black colouring down.

Planning 9/10/16

9/10/16

I called the female who is going to be the protagonist in my music video. We discussed brief dates and we have three days planning for filming. We will be filming on the 20th, 25th and 27th of November so far. 

After the call i sent her a link to my blog so that she was able to read through it and get a better idea of my ideas and we were on the same page. I also asked her to choreograph some dance moves to the song and told her what the song was about and explained that my idea was contemporary dance in different locations. 

Now that she has read through my bog she will now know what she is wearing and she is going to send me some picots of dresses that she has available. 

Previous Garbage Videos

'I think I'm paranoid' is in black and white and all throughout, there is performance. The lead singer (Shirley Manson) is the only person we can denote in the music video. There is a long shot and we can denote her whole body and the mode of address is her looking directly at the camera whilst singing.
 There is also some extreme close shots of her mouth singing the song  - lip syncing the lyrics. We can denote that she is wearing the dark lipstick and that the song is clearly a dark music video. The lyrics state 'ring me, tame me you can never change me' and 'bend me break me anyway you need me'  this comes before the initial quote, from this order we can connote that as the song is progressing we can tell that she is getting more and more fed up of the  controlling relationship. From this we can connote that the song is potentially about a relationship that is controlling and initially she is going with the flow and saying that 'i think I'm paranoid, manipulated' .
 There are also close shots of other body parts such as her legs and her dancing around. The location is a plain white background which is very simple and attracts attention to the female protagonist in the music video. 'I fall down just to give you a thrill', here we can easily connote that in the beginning of the relationship she was willing told o anything to please the other person in the relationship. Even through they were pushing her down she was infatuated by them and it was conditional love.

Again in this music video there is the female protagonist in the front and she is singing the lyrics. Therefore performing again, like in the previous video. Where as in this music video she is with the rest of the band and they are also in what looks to be a plain room; however in this music video there is writing on the wall stating 'Stupid Girl' and things such as 'bitch'. The audience can connote from the lyrics and the writing on the walls that there is girl that is a fake and she is constantly lying and destroying the relationship. From initially watching the music video i can connote that there is some narrative enigma about who the song is about because she is singing the song; however she is singing about a stupid girl who is a compulsive liar and is trying to please people. The audience are unsure if she is singing about herself or another female. That either she or another member of the band has been in a relationship with. However looking further into it, The Clash (band) were involved in composing the song song with Shirley Mason and the other members of the band. However looking into the music video, the song was actually written before Shirley Mason joined the group. The rough edit was written by Vig. Vig took a loop from the first 3 seconds of the song 'Train in vain' by the clash for inspiration. the song was about various people that he band new. They could've called it 'Stupid Boy' but they Shirley stated in an 1999 interview ((Wikipedia)) that it would be tedious to have another girl dinging about another foolish boy.

Mis-en-scene

Throughout the music video i will need minimal props and costume. I will using the surrounding locations to their potential. 

Make-up: Dark eye makeup, black and blue eyeshadow and dark purple lipstick throughout

Costume: Blue dress, leggings and a long sleeved top underneath the dress so that she is comfortable and warm. she will also be wearing black dance shoes.

Location One 

Fewston Reservoir -

I will be filming at Fewston reservoir and it will be in the middle of a quiet off road that has overhead trees. The over head trees give the shot a darker feel due to the shadows. I will be using the car lights that we will have to drive in to get to the location as lighting for the scene. This will give the impression of the silhouette. the protagonist will also be wearing a blur dress due to the lyrics mentioning a blue velvet dress. However due to the weather conditions she will also be wearing leggings and a top underneath because i don't want her to freeze to death. Also because she will be dancing it is better that she in comfortable. 

Location Two

Ilkley moor (cow and calf rocks) -

Here I will be filming in the back circle of the cow and calf rocks.

I will be filming stop start motion hear of her dancing. Due to the lighting being rather dark because of the surrounding rock i will be going here at around 12pm on the day. The audience will be able to denote the protagonist. In this section of the music video the female protagonist will be shaking her head and showing that she is slowly loosing her mind. Here she will be wearing the same clothes and her make will be the same also. 

Location Three

High Rhoyds abandoned building mention -

Here she will be dancing in the centre. I will also be walking around and getting tracking shots of her exploring the building. 

Call sheet

Story Board

These are the story boards for my music video. There are a few more shots that this however they will occur in the moment.