Research Into Shots

As our music video has a specific theme and is not just random we will not be using all of these angles and shots, however I will be using a diverse range of these shots to effectively present our music video.

I will be using BCU shot sizes to highlight the actress emotions and I will also be using double shots for the bedroom but blurring out the second person so you can not fully see the features.

MID CLOSE UP SHOT:

CLOSE UP WITH NECKLACE FULL VISIBLE:

SLIGHT HIGH ANGLE:

MID CLOSE UP:

MID LOW ANGLE SHOT:

MID CLOSE UP LOW ANGLE SHOT:

SLIGHT HIGH ANGLE ZOOMED IN:

LOW ANGLE:



Research Into Costume

Below are a collection of pictures that present a similar way I would like my actress to be presented.

These pictures are celbrities in rough clothing, however they still have an appeal to them.

This appeal is added through the good make up and how neat their hair is. In addition the colours compliment wach other to show some sort of coordination. I will not be doing this

 

From the research above I will be using the idea of ripped tights in my makeing of the video a this will help me present my character correctly.

Music Video Choice

The song A Team is by a singer/song writer Ed Sheeran. It was released as a Digital Download in the UK on 12 June 2011, serving as lead single from his debut album. The track debuted at number three onthe UK chart singles chart with sales of

57,607 copies.

 

The song was sung by Sheeran, following a last minute performance at an event for the homeless. The A Team's success is one of the reasons we chose the song as the music video is heartfelt and can targte a variety of audiences but mainly teenagers.

 

Below is a collection of some of the lyrics from the song that highlight the storyline, and various themes throughout the song, such as DEPRESSION, SADNESS, LONLINESS ect.

 

How I Prepared My Actress

These are a collection of pictures we took to show how we prepared our characters. As our video is all about perceptions we chose change the appearance of our actress to show that she is homeless. We decided to do this by ripping her jacket so that it looks worn out and making her wear ripped tights and a short skirt.

This picture presents how we ripped the jacket to ensure that our actress looked homeless and rugged

WORKING AS A TEAM 

 

Below are pictures of how I prepared my actress. I applied mascara, white face paint and eyeliner to display how lifeless, worn out and rugged my actress was.

 This scene is of the actress taking in the scenery and trying to enjoy nature despite the horrible thigns she has to endure later on in the day.

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Editing of Bath Scene

DROWNING SCENE

This video presents my groups attempts at the suicide scene in our video where the actress kills herself due to deep depression.

I like this video however there are a few adjustments that need to be made when we return to re shoot this scene. For example the actresses hands are still holding on to the handles - making it impossible for her to fully act out her suicide.

Another criticism would be that the actress whole head would need to be inside the water especially her nose. We will therefore need to increase the amount of water in the bath tub and ensure that hopelessness is expressed in the actresses face.

Close Ups of Stages of Suicide Scene

These collection of images show a few stages of the suicide scene our actress had perform. I decided to use close up shots as I wanted to display deep emotion. There are a few things I aim to change when filming this scene again; the variety of shots, ensuring the actress does not hold on to the banister and making sure the bath tub is filled with more water so that her nose is fully underneath the water.

An unedited version of the drowning scene.

Working Within A Team

Designating Roles Within The Group 

 WORKING AS A TEAM

 

This video is my edited version of my group deciding what specific roles we would undertake within the group. We looked at our individual strengths and assigned the roles accordingly. We also discussed how although we would have specific roles we would also need to connect and take part in each aspect. As a group we decided that my strengths are photography and filming as the group entrust me to deliver high quality and diverse shots for the music video.

 

This is a very important role as it determines the success of the video. However I do not feel challenged as I am familiar and knowledgeable in this aspect of media.

 

Applying Make Up

 

This scene shows me filming our actress in the bathroom before she gets ready to be go out and seek comfort in the arms of anyone willing to give her money for drugs. She is applying lipstick and make up carefully and I plan on editing this to slow the parts where she is applying make up and mascara. I plan in doing this to show how she puts effort into her looks however she still looks unattractive.

Editing Film 2

 

 

This scene presents our actress (Niamh) upset about the fact that she had to sleep with a man for money. She turns from the man in a depressed state as she is ashamed of what she has done. This scene leads to her suicide as it is one of the lowest points in her life and she feels she cannot continue this way any longer.

Praticising Makeup

 

During our free periods, we decided to practise and become more familiar with the specific look our actress would display, with the help of makeup, so that we would not spend too much time unsure how to present her. We decided to make our actress look as pale as possible (as if most of her youth and life has been taken away / sucked out of her).

 

We also wanted to highlight her emotions through her eyes so we circled her eyes a dark pencil eyeliner and smudged it around so it didn't look too neat.   

 

Looking back at this practise shoot, the shots taken present how the make up was ineffective because the eyeliner was not heavy enough and therefore did not capture the deep emotion in the actresses eyes.

 

 

Research Into Types of Shots

CLOSE UP SHOTS:

The first shot above is my imitation of the tap shot to hint to the audience the intentions of the actress. This shot will be shown and cut to a memory of the actress, then more water will be shown and the scene will be split up and cut through the various stages of the suicide.
For example when she turns on the tap, CUT, when she sits on the side of the bath, CUT, when she steps one foot in the bath, CUT, when she sits in the bath, CUT.. ect.

 The first shot shows similarites with my picture however the lighting on the shot of Rhianna is more effective as it presents a hopeless atmosphere.

My group intends to adopt this feature by either dying the water a dark colour using food colouring or putting a dark towel in the water before filming this particular shot to darken the water and create a more effective tone

These two shots are different but similar as the Pink 'Perfect' video has the girl without tights on ready to commit suicide whereas our actress wore tights.

I still feel that she should wear tights when we reshoot this scene, however the tights can be ripped with holes and the lighting will be less bright to create a more ominous tone.



This shot was inspired from our general research which is shown on the right-hand-side. We however, didn't aim to achieve the same effect shown (in terms of colour) in our research because it juxtaposed with the black and white lighting or colour that we were going for throughout our music video. I think this shot is very effective and is the type of effect we were aiming to achieve.

Here is my groups attempt to capture a similar shot to our research which is on the right. After shooting this ourselves, I realised that it did not have the same effect as our research in terms of the colouring which makes it a lot dingy. In order to achieve this effect I believe we will have to use some type of colour-like food colouring and simply place it in the water so the water looks more dingy.

This is another shot that we adopted following our research- it however has not been converted into black and white. I feel it was a a successful shot otherwise.

I feel in terms of our research this shot is the most successful shot my group and I were able to carry out. We certainly achieved the same effect as our research in term of colour, I just feel that I protagonist needs to look less pretty and more filthy and ugly in order for the shot to correlate with the character and be more effective.

How I Prepared My Actress' Makeup

This is a collection of the make up preparation that we did for the bathroom scene. We wanted to show that she had been crying and been rather emotional after being intimate with a man for money.




These picture presents a member of my group applying more make up underneath the actresses eyes after she apllied dark eyeshadow and mascara.
















This picture shows the result of applying dark eyeshadow to our characters eyes. We wanted to make it appear as if she had been crying aand in deep regret leaving her hopeless and consequently leading her to commit suicide. I think this picture portrays that however when we redo this scene I will be applying a heavier amount above and below her eyes to ensure the shade of black is highlighted once the black and white filter has been placed on the film.



These pictures are where we reapplied the make up after our actress had been in the water a few times. As the water had washed off some of the make up we needed to ensure that continuity was met and that it was the actresses first attempt to commit suicide.

How I Controlled Lighting

Plan Of Niamh's Bathroom

Working As A Team

These are a collection of the preparation that took place in our first attempt with the adjusting the lighting in our bathroom scene.

This is the window of the bathroom before we put the towels over to decrease the amount of light that entered. we also closed the window as we needed to make sure our actress was not to cold as this would disrupt her performance.

However I have realised that on the next shoot with the bathroom scene we will either need to do it on a day where it is not so bright or later in the day/ evening as the difference after the towels were put on the windows was not as significant as intended. In addition if as a group we choose to shoot during the day we will need black big towels to cover a wider circumference and to absorb as much light as possible.



Lighting for Ancillary

Research Into Shots

These are a few images of the shots I took to present snippests of what will be included in our video. We have seen similar shots in other music videos with the same themes as our musica video such as pain and depression

 

 

Planning

These four images are of our preperation before the bath scene of our music video. As the bathroom appeared rather inviting we had to remove certain items to create a dingy effect to remove any aspect of hope for the individual.

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