1- Pre Production (story boarding/prop list etc)
The first part of the prelim task was to storyboard the music video, for this we needed to note down every element of the video including costume, angle, time of shot etc up to 1 minute 14 secs. For this you needed to be very patient as everything needed to be commented on and written down correctly so the shots, costume, angles etc all looked the same in the prelim as they did in the real one. For the story-boarding, i worked with a friend to make the process easier and faster to finish so we could get started on the prop/costume list, using the information from the story board we made a list of what every person needed to bring in for filming, for example: ties, guitars, shirts etc. so we were all prepared for filming in the next lesson. We also gave Dale the role of being director, so he gave out all the roles of who he wanted people to be in the video, and direct everything from who sat where, to who did what!
2- Production (filming etc)
The production stage was quite easy to get our heads round once we knew what we were doing, we had to be in our costumes before the lesson started so we could go straight in and start filming, the first bits of filming we did was of the teacher, like the extreme close ups of her eyes, and turning off the light switch etc, after that the 3 band members were filmed, the guys operating the camera had to film from the exact same angles as in the actual video so there was alot of moving around and re-positioning of people, we had 2 lessons to shoot both the interior and exterior of the video, we shot the interior obviously inside in the classroom, then the exterior just outside the library in a little courtyard, where the 3 band members and the 'class' had to dance and sing, the exterior took less time to do than the interior as there were less shots of people, and the main focus were the 3 band mates, it took quite a while for the 3 band members to jump and land at the same time though, which took up alot of time! The filming went as planned, we just then had to edit it into a proper music video!
3- Post production (editing footage etc)
I was away for this element of the process but i know the mac's were used to edit the footage, and that it took 2 lessons to do, we had to sync the music with the footage and make sure the shots and angles looked similar to those in the actual video.
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Representation On Social Class and Status
This is a clip from Downton Abbey called 'Angel of the Morning',the name of the clip immediately creates a stereotype about the featured character, classing her as an 'Angel' dipicts the image of her being angelic, innocent, perfect etc. The clip is a montage about a woman called Lady Mary Crawley, you can tell straight away from the establishing shot that she is upper class as she is being dressed, most likely by her personal maid, she is having her corset tied up. When she is being dressed there is a focus on someone who i'm assuming is her mother, before it fades into a long shot of her being dressed. At 34 seconds, there is a close up, and there is a distinct social barrier made, when Lady Crawley is standing infront of the mirror finalising her outfit, there is a girl who could possibly be her sister, standing behind her, focusing on her importance and complimenting her on the way she looks. The name of the programme Downton Abbey, suggests the social class of the people who live in it, and the rooms in which we see Lady Crawley being dressed in are expensively decorated and the furniture we see looks somewhat luxury. In every shot we see of Lady Crawley, she is always nicely dressed, her hair is always perfect and she nearly always looks happy, although, in one particular clip when she is out roaming the Abbey's grounds, we see her look at her surroundings,alsmot doubting and questioning them, which gave me the impression that she isn't happy with her life there, but we also see cips of her laughing, smiling and looking like she is thoroughly enjoying her life of luxury, the last clip we see of her is smiling and sipping champagne, her facial expression connotes happiness and she holds up her champagne glass, saying 'cheers' or acknowledging someone, and clearly thinking 'this is the life!'
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