Music Video: Rough Cut 2

This is our second rough cut for our music video. It has been slightly edited now and it is starting to look like what we hoped it would look like. The editing that has been done is cutting the clips we took to fit the song, the lip syncing has been matched pretty well too in this rough cut. We did however use a transition; the most obvious of was the one that was the into-television transition at 2:12. We are also still planning on re-filming some of the shots. E.g. we are going to film a shot of Amy locking the door so that the window-climbing shot is more justified and the storyline is a lot clearer because with some audience feedback that we got, some of them said that they didn't understand the storyline/narrative.



Connor Nagle

Music Video: Rough Cut 1 Feedback Analysis

We were pleased with the feedback we got for our 1st rough cut as it was nothing short of what we expected. We were very happy with all of the positive feedback that we received. As for the negative feedback we already have an idea of how we are going to rectify the problems that we had brought up.

The first negative point that was brought up was that some of the lip syncing was a bit off. We will fix this by going back and adjusting the timings of the clips so the lip-syncing is in time and we will also be re-filming some out of time shots.

The next thing that was picked up on was that the extreme close up of the mouth lip syncing the words "do it up now" was blurry. We will fit this by re-filming this shot.

Another thing that was picked up on was that some shots repeat. The reason for this is because they're part of a flashback sequence. However we will add some visual effects to distinguish this.

The fourth thing that was brought up was that the people who viewed our music video is that some thought that the TV should actually turn on. We will experiment with this and see how it looks.

The next thing that was pointed out to us was that the camera was shaky in some shots. We will rectify this by re-filming the shots that are shaky.

The sixth thing that was pointed out was that some shots are out of focus. We will rectify this by re-filming the shots that are out of focus.

The next thing that was pointed out was that some shots are too long. We will fix this by filming some additional shots and re-filming the shots that are too long.

 

Another thing that was brought up was that the SRS shot was weird. There is no SRS in our music video but we think this is referring to the point where the man and woman are looking at each other up and down the stairs. We fill sort out this confusion by shortening the sequence where they are moving down the stairs and adding an extra shot of jack reaching the bottom of the stairs and turning around.

The next issue that was pointed out was that the gaps with no footage need to be filled. We know this and we are going to have to re-film this missing footage as it has not transferred across to the editing software.

 

The tenth thing that was brought up was that it is unclear why the man is climbing through the window. We will make this clearer by adding a shot of the woman locking the door.

 

Another thing that was highlighted was that the start it well polished but the quality falls away at the end. We will go back and improve the ending by adding effects, colour corrections, improving the timings and re-filming shaky shots.

Another thing that was pointed out was that some colour corrections are needed. We will fix this by going back and adding these colour collections.

It was also pointed out that it is not complete. The only way this can be fixed is by completing it, so that’s what we will do.

It was also highlighted that we should have used a wider variety of shots. We will be going out to re-film some shots and whilst we are doing this we will film some additional shots.

The repetition could be confusing; this was another thing that was pointed out to us. We will use a collection of effects to try and distinguish different time periods to make the repetition less confusing.

It was also mentioned to us that we should use more, shorter shots in our flashback sequence at the end. We will be going out to re-film some shots and whilst we are doing this we will film some additional shots to go into this sequence allowing the others to become shorter.

Another thing that was brought up was that the chorus was too repetitive. We will be going out to re-film some shots and whilst we are doing this we will film some additional shots in different locations to make this less repetitive. 

We also need to add in our names and candidate numbers at the start. That is something that can be done easily so we shall do that.

The final thing that was mentioned was that some of the tracking/handheld shots are wobbly. We will be going out to re-film these shots to fix the problem.

Reece Field

Extra Research: Best Music Videos of 2013 and Most Viewed Music Videos 2013

YouTube Most Viewed Music Videos (UK - 2013):

1. Psy - Gentleman


2. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball


3. Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop


4. Ylvis - What Does The Fox Say?



From what I have found, these music videos are the most viewed in 2013. Psy - Gentleman is at the top, this isn't surprising after his recent success of Gangnam Style which took the world by storm in 2012.

Both the Miley Cyrus videos came next, these also weren't a surprise because of her controversial music videos, she is being portrayed in a completely different way than the way everyone saw her in her roles in Disney programmes. There were a lot of articles and lots of debating about what Miley might do next.

Ylvis was the next in most viewed on YouTube in 2013, as the rest of them this really isn't a surprise. Ylvis is a singer/songwriter that writes and performs peculiar songs for the entertainment of others but they still have a meaning behind them. His song, What does the fox say, was a huge hit in 2013, I think the reason why this song was so popular is because "What does a fox actually say?" and this song was meant to be funny but also factual, that's why it was so popular.


YouTube Most Viewed Music Videos (Global - 2013):

1. Psy - Gentleman



2. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball


3. Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop


4.      Katy Perry – Roar


5. P!nk – Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess



6.      Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines


7.      Rihanna – Stay ft. Mikky Ekko



8.      Naughty Boy – La La La ft. Sam Smith


9.      Selena Gomez – Come & Get It



10. Avicii – Wake Me Up


By Reece and Connor

Music Videos for Inspiration

A music video that we have taken some inspiration from is Time by Chase and Status. This is because it has some really good shots in it, the narrative is very similar to what we are thinking about doing and it is a relatively medium difficulty video yet effective music video. The narrative is about a man and a woman who are having a troublesome relationship, the man keeps beating up the woman but then then they are happy at some points then it goes back to the woman beating the woman again and one of the children reacts and calls the police and the man goes into jail. This music video was made in this way because it is for Refuge for women and children, against domestic violence as shown at the end of the video below (3:42).

This music video from Chase and Status has areas in it that we think we will try to implement into our own music video because they are creative, this song mixes in with what we were thinking and this is one of our main music videos that we are basing our ideas from for our chosen song "Flat Foot Face" by Stan SB as a Drum and Bass artist.



Relates to Todorov - Robbie Williams - She's The One

The reason why I have chosen this music video is because it incorporates all of the stages of TODOROV's theory, there are five stages, these stages are;

1. A state of equilibrium at the outset,
2. A disruption of the equilibrium by some action, 
3. A recognition that there has been a disruption,
4. An attempt to repair the disruption and 
5. A reinstatement of the equilibrium.

At the beginning of the music video there is a state of equilibrium, this is because at the beginning the scenes are calm and happy. Then the disruption happens when the ice skater hurts his leg, Robbie Williams and the girl ice skater then run over to the mans aid - this is where the recognition of the disruption is. After that, Robbie then jumps in to the rescue and skates with the girl skater in the competition  and this is the attempt to repair the disruption that has happened. And finally there is a reinstatement of the equilibrium where they win the skating competition and the hurt skater comes over to celebrate with them.



By Connor Nagle

Music Video: Rough Cut 1

Rough Cut 1

This is our first rough cut for our music video. It is a very basic version of what hope our video to look like. Most of the editing has been simply cutting the clips we took to fit the song and then placing them so that they match up to our storyboard. We did however use some other editing techniques and transition; the most obvious of which would be the into-television transition at 2:12. As This is our first rough cut, some of the clips are not completely in sync with the song, however these are aspect that we are currently rectifying in our post production phase. We are also planning on re-filming some of the shots. For example, we are going to film a shot of Amy locking the door so that the window-climbing shot is more justified (allows it to flow).

 

 

Jack, Connor and Reece

Music Video: Rough Cut 2 Feedback

We have received some more feedback on our music video from target audience members, although this time it is for our rough cut 2, the positives and negatives of rough cut 2 are;

Positives:

• Lip Syncing is really good
• Visuals and music work well
• Good variety of shots
• Nice effects on video
• Good match on action
• Song choice is really good
• Good transitions and cuts
• Performance shots outside are great
• Nice colour effects on argument at the end
• Good zoom at start
• Good OTS

Negatives:

• Can't see eyes of actor in some shots
• Some more effects needed over shots
• Doesn't really look different to rough cut 1
• Camera shaky sometimes
• TV should turn on
• Speed up the flashback at the end
• Some out of focus shots
• Needs to be finished
• Some shots a little too long
• Indoor shots aren't brilliant
• Some shots need to be added in
• Not clear storyline

At the moment the negatives are pretty even with the positives, we hope to correct the negatives and have more positives than negatives on the next rough cut. We aim to get rid off all of the negative comments by our final cut.

Connor Nagle

Final Props

This is a list of our final props and the reasons why we chose these:

Glass Vase (No Flowers)

We decided to use a glass vase from a charity shop instead of lamp. There are  multiple reasons for this:
We figured that the vase would be much easier to break than the lamp. This would therefore help the filming process run smoother.
The lamp would have been more expensive and possibly out of our planned budget.


Crème Sofa

We decided to use the crème sofa as we believed that the colour worked well to make it seem like part of the location; we though that a darker coloured sofa would not fit well and make the video seem unplanned.

Television

As the television was a relatively large part of our storyline, it was essential to have this in the same room as the sofa. Therefore, we used a flat screen Sony television as it was easily manoeuvrable so it allowed us to place it at the right point in the room to match our storyboard. It was also useful as it was not too large, making the framing slightly easier for us.

Remote Control                     

This was couple with the television and served only as a purpose for promoting the mise in our music video.

Music Video: Rough Cut 1 Feedback

We have received some feedback on our music video from target audience members, the positives and negatives of rough cut 1 are;

Positives:

• OTS shots are good
• Majority of lip syncing is well done
• The lighting is good
• The cuts are well timed
• Framing is good
• Good range of shots
• Interesting shots
• Good locations
• Clear storyline
• Transitions are really good
• Flows nicely
• Storyline links to the lyrics
• Like that couple in video are wearing similar clothes
• Appropriate shots for genre
• Fits generic conventions
• Pacing of shots work well

Negatives:

• Some lip syncing is a bit off
• ECU of mouth is blurry
• Some shots repeat
• TV should turn on
• Camera is shaky on some shots
• Some shots are slightly out of focus
• Some shots are too long
• SRS looks weird
• Gaps with no footage need to be filled
• Unclear why actor is climbing through window
• Well polished and falls away at the end
• Some colour corrections are needed
• Not complete
• Wider variety of shots could be used
• Repetition could be confusing
• Shorter and more shots in flashback
• Chorus is too repetitive
• Add in names and candidate at start
• Tracking/handheld shots are wobbly

At the moment there are more negatives than positives, we hope to correct the negatives and have more positives than negatives on the next rough cut. We aim to get rid off all of the negative comments by our final cut.

 Connor Nagle

Location Scouting

In our locations scouting we need to get a few locations scouted to make sure we have a variety of locations that we can possibly use.

Connor Nagle Location Scout:

The first location that we thought about is a house in Chelmsford, this house is in a little village which we thought would be quite a good setting for our music video.

Front door from inside (this door would be used when man is exiting the house)

Window next to door inside (this window would be used for the man to enter through)

Banister (this is for when the man and woman are walking downstairs)



Stairs looking upwards (this is where the woman is looking down the stairs at the man)



Stairs looking downwards (this is where the man is looking up the stairs at the woman)

Landing (this is where the man and woman would walk through when having an argument)

Bedroom (this would be used where the man and woman have a little fight and man slams door)

Sofa (this would be used when the man is sitting down watching the TV)

Television (this is what would be used as the TV)

Window from outside near front door (this is an outside shot of where the man would enter through)

Outside of front door (this is an outside shot of where the man would exit from)

Driveway (one way) (this is a shot from the driveway towards the road where the man would walk)

Driveway (other way) (this is another shot of the driveway where the man would walk back in from)

Hallway (one way) (this is where the man would walk out to the door and exit the house)

Hallway (other way) (this is next to the window that the man would enter through and walk down)

Jack Fanchette Location Scout

Hallway (man walks past the woman and drops coat)

Stairs (man and woman stare angrily at each other)

Top of the stairs (arguing when the vase breaks)

Top of stairs (different angle)

Bedroom (where the argument starts)

Lounge (man turns on television/argument is resolved

Possible hall (man walking past woman and dropping his coat)

Possible window to climb through

Another possible window to climb through

Outside (walking and lip syncing shots)

Outside (walking and lip syncing shots)


 

Connor Nagle and Jack Fanchette