Creative Arts Evening

Typical Green Screen

TBC

For our schools creative arts evening we have decided to put up a green screen and then create a scene for the public to try out and have a go and to look at what we are doing in class, and for our coursework. Also we feel that we can use some of this footage from the Creative Arts Evening to put into our own viral video if we get some footage which is relevant to our own track such as lip syncing of our song and some actions which could be highly influential to our tracks image

Editing Experiment2: 3D Rendering in After Effects

Here i am trying to learn how to turn a still 2D image into a 3D tracking/panning shot as if we filmed the video.

This is really useful as you can use any image and turn it into a video with a realistic feel of being there.

After watching the tutorial i have learnt that i need to use virtual cameras within the composition. By creating a Grid and camera tracking you can create this realistic effect.

By using curves, null objects and artificial lights we can turn any 3D image into a video. the only down side to this is that it will take around 20 minutes to make a 5-10 sec clip.

I have already used After Effects behind and used 3D cameras and objects within the composition so i will find this roughly straight forward.

We are thinking of implementing this with the old man inputted onto the image dancing, by filming him separate on a green screen.

Storm Queen Look Right Through (MK Remix) Our Track

Artist: Storm Queen (MK Remix)
Track: Look Right Through
Genre: House
Year: 2013
Director: Storm Queen and MK
Music Video:



This is our track of which we are using for the A2 coursework and we are taking some elements of this video into consideration for our own video. This video has many good elements however we feel that our idea can have a good link with the lyrics.

Shoot 2 (Park Scenes)

For our second shoot we went to the park to get some footage for scene 3 where by the character of the old man would be in the park enjoying his day whilst others, Eg the public walked past not taking any notice of him. We have yet to get feed back from the shot sequence which we have shot on this scene and we have just a few steps to edit before it is finished and due feedback

A couple of challenges we faced were the face that when we wanted some shots of public reactions, there were not people about to get some actual footage of this happening, Also another problem we faced was that when we took some footage of the sky and the clouds moving for a time lapse was that we got some shots of people in the camera which we could have done without, so in terms of editing, then we will have to get rid of this.


The Character of the shoot was Georges mate Harry and we feel that he is a good character to have for the shoot due to his head fitting the mask well and him having the old man clothes too so it works best for us that he will be the main character of the old man

This is some footage which we shot on the shoot to highlight some of the aspects which might need changing and worked well for us.

Shoot 1

Our first attempt to shoot the music video was in leeds on 25th Oct of which Me, Ben, Curtis, Harry and Patrick all attended to help shoot. However after getting into leeds and onto Briggate, we set up the cameras and left Paddy to o get changed. Unfortunately whilst Patrick was getting ready he ripped the masked slightly as it would not fit onto his head. This then ruined the day of the shoot as we had no one to be the Old Man Character. Here is an image of Ben preparing to film the shoot.

Sample Story Boards

Here is a sample of story boards me and ben created for shoot 1. These include shot type, whats happening on screen and also what angle and action is happening. 


















Here is another sample of story boards me and ben created for shoot 2. These include shot type, whats happening on screen and also what angle and action is happening. 

Idea 4

20103 Movie of Bad Grandpa

Our music video idea is starting at a care home where an old man wakes up and begins his day and sets off out of the care home with his hopping basket ad goes out into the world without a care on his mind he just wants to do his shopping where by along the way in various different locations such as leeds city centre and Ilkley town also the bus and train journeys to these places during his so called adventures during his adventures the song title look right through will happen as the people around town don't notice him as he has a difficult town experience. The old man towards the end of the music video ends up in a night club which then he comes out of himself and  shows a different side to an old man stereotype by having a mad time in the club whilst pulling out some buster moves also where everyone around him is giving him dirty looks and not really taking a liking to him then after that a time lapse happens where the old man is back at the care home at in the chair he woke up in at the start of the video which makes the viewers think that it was all a dream however a clue from the so called dream will be left on te chair as the old man gets up to start his eventful day.

Sam Peppers Old Man Pranks

Podcast Week 5

This week we went to the film festival and it gave us ideas and we learned things about our genre and next week we are looking at filming and we will have to develop a storyboard and shot lists

Podcast Week 4

This week did research into the genre and the key conventions which was house genre and the next week we are off to the York film festival.

Sub Focus (MK Remix) - Turn it Around

Track: Turn it Around

Artist: Sub Focus (MK Remix)

Year: 2013

Genre: House

Director: 

Music Video:

1) The first point or convention would be the way the song or video follows a single person through a type of journey or a path which they go down to seek something, this is the narrative theory to a music video and we are looking to do suh thing for our own video so I feel that this is a good example to look at when taking into consideration what types of things to put into our own video

2) Another point is the use of the words linking into what is shown on the screen at that moment for example in this music video when the lyrics turn it around are sung then the main character on screen does actually turn around and this can also be of very much use to our music video too due to us having this in our ideas

3) And the final point on this music video that I have highlighted I the way in which a night club is used when the beat drops and the music changes which we also were thinking to do in our own music video due to this factor being a really common convention in house music videos

JK- You and I

Track: You and I

Artist: JK

Year:  1994

Genre: House

Director: Unknown

Music Video:

1) This video shows a concept or theory which was created by Laura Mulvey which was the Male Gaze theory where by it was said that the female body was objectified where by it was turned into an object just to attract a male audience for example in this video we see te main singer in it wearing a very revieling item of clothing and this is to attract a male audience.

2) Another convention seen in this video is the way the fast pace editing and the flashing cutting transitions inter cut with one another as this is a very effective way of changing the camera shot and the various different angles used to create a sense of realism and verisimilitude

3) The final point of this music video is the way the setting throughout the whole of the video stays the same and this is a way of subjecting the viewers to one setting and doesn't reviel too much about the song but it makes the character more of a main thing rather than the settin unless it is tied into the song title or lyrics

Eurogroove- Move your body

Track: Move your Body

Artist: Eurogroove

Year: Unknown

Genre: House

Director: Unknown

Music Video:

1) This music video works well with the way it uses the slow motion effect where by for some or most of the dancing scenes you are watching the performance however the slow motion effect has been added to add more emphasis onto the movement and body compositions during the dancing scenes

2) Secondly the way the music video is edited is so that at the parts of the song where the music and tempo of the song are fast and very sort of energetic then the editing of it is fast and very jumpy, compared to when it is slow and there are long drawn out shots and this is quite effective and we would be looking to send something like this in our production of music video

3) The final point of this music video is at the start of it you see the setting as a train station which is a bit of an obscure setting to start a music video of this genre in which is why it makes the video unique where by it grabs the viewers attention straight away which means that people will want to watch it til the end and we feel that we should do a similar thing in our production.

Lana Del Yay ft. Cedric Gervais (MK Remix) - SummerTime Sadness

Track: Summertime Sadness
Artist: Lana Del Yay ft. Cedric Gervais (MK Remix)
Year: 2013
Genre: House
Director:
Music Video:



The three main points and conventions which I have seen in this video that is a common factor in the music videos from the house genre are as followed.

1) The video has a range of different coloured lighting effects used throughout the entire video which enhances the verisimilitude of the production also it encourages the genre and the music to fit with the moving images in the background.

2) Also this visor has a wide range of performance and concept theories towards it where by not all of the video is performed based but when it is it works well with the lip syncing of the main character in this video and also when this isn't happening it shows a good way of adapting the video to make it more eye catching to the viewers

3) And finally this video includes many references to the words and lyrics which are being sung or said on screen which I feel has a a massive effect on how the readers and viewers see the video and it determines what the viewers preferred reading is and how it stands with them.

Green Screen Trial

Typical Green Screen

We did some basic shooting of the old man character with a green screen back ground so that we can use various editing techniques to achieve higher marks for the use of different editing styles. These are various pictures and the video of how we went about producing the green screen effected scene.

Idea 3

Our idea is to have a old man who lives at a care home, where the old man wakes up and begins his day and sets off out of the care home with his hopping basket ad goes out into the world without a care on his mind he just wants to do his shopping where by along the way in various different locations such as leeds city centre and Ilkley town also the bus and train journeys to these places during his so called adventures during his adventures the song title look right through will happen as the people around town don't notice him as he has a difficult town experience.. The old man towards the end of the music video ends up in a night club which then he comes out of himself and  shows a different side to an old man stereotype by having a mad time in the club whilst pulling out some buster moves also where everyone around him is giving him dirty looks and not really taking a liking to him. Our main influences from this are Old man Pranks by Sam Pepper and Bad Grandpa which is a new released movie in 2013 also we have decided to not take ideas from the film UP as it has no real relevance to our idea anymore.