Narrative Shoot

the narrative shoot seemed to go quite - but we we stopped form filming in many of our locations, but we did grab at least 1 shot in every location. i was really pleased with the look of our antagonists and everyone kept going right through the day.

Storyboard

we have been working on our story board which consists of post-it notes of each individual shot. we then placed these on a timeline (0:00 - 3:30, length of music track). we did this after our location reccie so we knew exactly what we wanted each narrative shot to look like. to this we added shot ideas for our performance shoot and interweaved it with the narrative at appropriate moments. this will really help us when filming as we can use it to show us and our actors the framing/type of shot that we want to achieve.

performance shots: image, distance and description

narrative shots: label, image, description

organising Narrrative shoot

here is our shooting schedule, shot list for our narrative shoot.

We used facebook to organise meetings for the people envoloved to tell them where to go when and what to do. our test location reccie was very helpful here as we could show our actors exactly what shot we wanted to achieve very clearly and effectively

Planning the Narrative shoot

we are aiming to shoot the narrative half of the video during half term for this we had to finalise a look for our antagonists, we got our general idea of  head to toe in white from brainstorming ideas. once this was decided, we were able to get the antis costumes (white trousers, T shirt, white braces, black boots and gloves) and practice our face paint ideas

heres our mind map of potential ideas

we referenced both these charatcers in clockwork orange combined with similar face paint to the joker in black night

heres a picture of us mapping out where each antagonist will enter the video

We did a lyric breakdown to help us with this and what should happen at each line of the song

reflections on reading

WHAT IVE LEARNT
-classic memorable album covers have been stand out and different
-their mai aim is to sell the music (and artist) sothereforeneeds to contain some conventions such as artists name,album song and often an image of the artist
-genreis veryimortant when selling the album
-it needs to enticethe audience by being shocking or have iconic images
-soemthing linked to the artist is often used such a sa reacurring logo or colour scheme throughtoutthe markting campaign


TIPS
-selective about info on frontcover
-think about denotation forms and conventions when desgining the cover
-look at ALOT of videos
-exchange contact details
-avoid shots of people just walking around
-shoot plenty of material
-Plan everything - storyboard props etc
-check for silly mistakes such as recording without the tape etc
-bring CD player to mime to
-use effects sparingly
-shoot performance  all the way through
-get feedback throughout process - from peers and others
-dont make excuses
-relate to real examples
-include ots of technical language


WEBSITE
-lots of links to other instittions like myspace,youtub,faceboko
- easy navigation through menus etc
-direct interactivity with audience through blogs etc
-links to other artworkand different elements of the marketing campaign  - video tours etc

Reflections on Reading Posts

Assesment
         RESEARCH AND PLANNING - level 4
-research similar products (anaylisising music videos - theory)
-research potential target audience (consumtion habits, likes, dislikes, core, secondary - audience profile)
-brilliant organistation (proven by shotlogs, scripts, storyboards etc)
-good time management (shown by above and by regualr meetings and bloggings
-care in presentation (pictures, colour, video, clips, sound - interesting and visual)
-use of IT and digital skills (lots of mised media on blog)
-communication (regular blogs to communicate with group and expressing how its all going)

        PRODUCTION - level 4
using skills below in an effective but creative way
-a steady shot
-framing
-variety of distances
-filming appropriate/relevant footage
-MES
-editing to create meaning
use of sound and image

Each group member needs to contribute to the group project - use labels to identify individual work on group blog

Evaluation
Key Points
-forms and conventions
-synergy between video - album cover and website
-audience feedback
-use of new media technologies
          PLUS
-ability to communicate
-use of digital technolgies (within the evaluation itself)

excellent understanding of all these sectors = Level 4 answer

Paperwork
all paper work needed is linked to the blog for pre - pro and post production

Blogging
       GROUP
-regular blogs
-ongoing evidence of tasks and skills shown including continuing research
-show progress, change and development of ideas
-title posts and give appropriate name labels
-lots of communication
-links to claire, dom, wanda and music video blog
-links to final and acillary products
-clear to edit and browse posts (correct labelling)
-group style of blog and group photo

     INDIVIDUAL
-regular posts
-ongoing individual research
-summaries of contributuion to project and its development
-reflections
-communication between teachers (and group - though most of this will be through group blog)
-links to group blog plus cliare, wanda, doms and music video blog
-labbeling-  research planning evaluation
-links to external websites (eg latymer tube)
-easy to edit and browse
-individual style

Plagarism
make sure all work throughout the project is your own - do not lift material from proffessional sources or from other students or any other people

feedback from presentation

i was pleased with how our presentation went as its seemed to flow quite well and we included most of the important information recuired.

we also managed to do quite alot of work on developing and expanding our blog and securing our ideas

the feedabck we were given seems quite constructive so i hope we can use it to further improve and develop our idea

Development on antagonists

http://www.zimbio.com/Painting/articles/149/Face+Painted+Art+Amazing+fish+face