Narrative Structure of my Music Video

This is the basic narrative and structure of my music video, it explains the possible reasons why certain things were placed where they were. The overall structure is explained as being uneven in the fact that the scenes are dotted around the entire video to keep the audience informed that it's very surreal and that the female is seen in all the locations throughout the length of the song.

Production Post 21 - Feedback

This week I have been trying to gather back some feedback for my Music Video which I have shown a few people. I will upload all the feedback as one when I gather some more from my targeted audience. I have also been continuing to design my digipak and edit my magazine advert. I am also hoping to finish a couple of my evaluation questions before we break up for Christmas so this will relieve the stress of waiting until everyone else is at the same stage as me. I feel this will allow me to develop my evaluations to the best they can be and will also familiarise me with everything I will need to include in the exam. Over the weekend I hope to update my blog with all the necessary posts needed for the completion of my Music video.

Production Post 20 - Final/Draft Video

Today, I managed to render out my final music video. As I filmed my last bit of footage, I just had to fill in the remaining gaps in my Preimere project. I created a draft which I chose to adapt into my final submission. There were some parts which I wasn't happy with so altered them slightly before uploading the video to Vimeo. I am now able to focus and finish my Ancillary tasks of the Magazine Advert and Digipak. I did create one version for the Magazine advert but I feel now that it doesn't fit in with the overall look and theme of my music video so I am going to create a separate one which is more related. I will most likely use the one I have already created as a magazine advert for a separate single on the album which could be more related to the song.

Final Music Video

FINAL VIDEO DONE from amy wichelow on Vimeo.

Garden Scene Time Lapse

Again, I filmed me filming some of the footage for the scene garden scene with the lights and sparklers. I used the lights effectively in order to maximise the video quality. I also played around with the ISO to make sure the lighting and image brightness was perfect.

Drama Studio Filming - "Male Dancer" Scene

Here is a short bit of footage of me filming Mollie for the male dancer scene. As you can see, I have arranged the light in such an effect it looks as if Mollie is in a pitch black room but the quality of the footage is outstanding.

Preparing the Model

I put together another time lapse of me doing mollies hair and make up for the second shoot in the drama studio. This time Mollie will be dressed in a suit and acting as the "male dancer" I did a basic, natural look apart from the eyes which I made exceptionally dark and dragged the eye shadow all the way to the sides of the head where it met the hairline. This made it dark and mysterious. Her hair I put in a high bun, using a hair donut. I then hair-sprayed it all into place.

Setting up the Garden

Here is a sped up version of Clare and I setting up my nans garden for the filming of my last scene. We stretched 2 washing lines across the garden but once we had set it up we decided that it looked better with the lights on the actual washing line in another location. We put tea lights in jam jars and used string to tie them to the washing line. Also, we got dangling Christmas lights and attached them to the washing line also to make it look very bright and full of light.

Production Post 19 - Props

In the past couple of lessons I have been planning this evenings filming session. I am hoping to film my final scene and have been working out how much time I have left on my video and also all the props I will need for the filming. I worked through my premiere file and added up all the blank parts which amounted to about a minute which is perfect as I have done 2 scenes already which have taken up 2 minutes. I then wrote a list of everything I will need to take to my nan's house where I will be filming this scene. The list is shown below. Hopefully tonight's footage is successful and I will upload a few time lapses of the evening.
- Chinese Lanterns
- Icicle Lights
- Red Head Lights
- 2 Cameras
- Tripod
- Dress
- Sparklers
- Extension Lead
- Tea Lights
- Jam Jars

Call Sheet - Filming

This is the call sheet I created for the various days I filmed my music video and an outline of who I needed with me, what equipment and props were required and a rough description of what I was hoping to get out of filming and a vague description of what was happening in the scene.

Production Post 18 - Dance Scene Practice

Today I filmed Clare in the school hall. I wanted to practice the types of shots I was going to use with Mollie when I film the dance scene. Obviously I was in the wrong location and the lighting was incorrect but I was able to film little shots of Clare which I thought would look effective. I used the steady cam to make it look smooth and to flow better. I put together the footage I took into a short video and slowed some bits down to make them stand out more.

Dancing Scene

  In the dancing scene I have decided to go for a different idea slightly and steer away from just having Mollie dancing in a studio but having her in a big, glamourous dress dancing alone a dance which is made for two. I will then film it again exactly but with Mollie dressed in a black blazer, white shirt and tie with black trousers. Her hair will be scraped back into a bun and her face stripped to minimal makeup. This will highlight the role reversal that she will be performing and show how she doesnt need a partner to perform this dance. I will film this scene in the drama studio at school and light it so that it will be pitch black in the background.

Location Release

Here are the scans of the 3 documents I had the owner of these locations to sign to allow me to use the space and film my Music Video. There are two different gardens used and a drama studio which was used for two different scenes.

Model Release

Here is the release form I had to get my model to sign. I had Clare Hanington model for my magazine advert and digipak so I just required her signature in order to gain her consent to use her photos for my work.

Actor Release

This form I had my main protagonist, Mollie Knights, to complete to give her consent for me to use the footage of her in my music video and allow videos to be posted on this blog and used for eductational purposes.