Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Multi-Clipping


Here is the example of an multi-clipping that our group made for the music video of Two Wolves where Lawrence was the main star (unsigned artist):


Monday, 28 November 2016

Selection of Technical and Performance Crew (Assistant Director and Producer)

Unsigned Artist - Johnny Hutch (main actor-performance)

In this screenshot at the bottom of the this text that is getting written, it is unsigned artist of Johnny Hutch or he is also known as Johnny Hutchinson where the director (Lawrence) founded him and listened to his one of recent tracks of Two Wolves which he asked for permission to use his track because we are going to be making a music video for him as it is going to create his image for him and his audience in general because they are going to be interested in the visuals more than the music (audio) being heard in the video.


Technical Roles

In terms of the technical roles during the music video, we have given different roles within the group to fill in since we are in a group of four because it has different responsibilities to do the job so the director had to decide to carefully the people to can do the job well rather than stacking behind but he needs to pick us in terms of the experience that we have got as well. 

James White: Director of Photography (Editor)/ Camera Operator

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Email: James.white1075@gmail.com

I have been chosen as the camera operator for this music video because I have creative skills in shooting footage and have done this camera operator work previously which he had worked with Kenny and Ashley when they had worked on the 1 minute short horror film in the previous course of 90-Credit which he had a good praise for the camerawork being seen in the video so he knows to use the camera well. In terms of the responsibilities of this role, he will need to write up an storyboard of what is going to be happening within the different scenes of the music video but also, he is going to be working with the director of Lawrence in terms of the shooting script as well.



Daniel Storey: Producer

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Email: danric25@gmail.com

The way that I found this person is via LinkedIn but the main reason why I was chosen to this role by the director is because I can be well-organized and self-motivated by making sure that the crew are up to date with the work in general like for example: if we are about to shoot on location for the music video then I need to make sure that everyone shows up on time to get started.

As I am the producer of the production company of I-Watch, the skills that is required to do this job is by being well organised and making sure that everyone in our group is working to their best ability as possible so they can meet the deadlines in time. Also I will need to write an risk assessment of the locations that we have chosen to film at because there will be hazards appearing which could end up harming one of our crew although I will need to get permission to film that particular location so we do not get in trouble with the police.


Rosie Hellawell: Assistant Director/Lighting Operator  

Gender: Female

Age:17

Contact Email: rosiemariahellawell@hotmail.co.uk

This person was found using the site of LinkedIn but the reason why she is good for this role because she has experience of working with lighting for other productions such as a short film that she worked with Maya in the previous coursework and how to use the equipment, which we will be hiring from the college for free of cost. Also she knows how to light a set so that it creates the mood of the song by having an steady hand which are holding the handheld lighting packs but during her role of this production team, she will be working with the Director of Photography for the animatic which it will show her creative side of editing each shot that is going to be seen in the video by cutting to the beat of the track which we are using to make an music video for the unsigned artist.


Lawrence Akintayo: Director

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Email: Lakintayo@ymail.com

He has taken the role of being the director because he found an unsigned artist and also has been given permission to use the track from the unsigned artist that we are going to be using to make music video with the track's genre being Electronic. Not only that, he is very imaginative when it comes to storytelling because he wants to show the audience of what is going to be seen in the video as it is his artistic vision so the video is going to be narrative-based story with some performance which it is going to challenge the conventions of an common music video that is seen today.

His responsibility is going to be making sure that he tells the actor (unsigned artist) what to do through the different shots that are going to be filmed at the location and may get seen in the final video and also includes doing an location recce where he wants to film and working with the director of photography/camera operator of James in terms of the Shooting Script.


Sunday, 27 November 2016

Risk Assessment


Permission for Filming

Before our group goes filming the music video and then goes to an editing suite where it will be edited and uploaded onto YouTube which it will promote the unsigned artist's image due to the audience want to see what the visuals looks so they will remember the song in general, we had to contact the filming council for permission to avoid problems with the police so this is my responsibility to do this since I am the producer of making sure that everything is in place which everyone in our group does their job.

Location: Canary Wharf

In terms of the location that the director (Lawrence) wanted to use in our music video is Canary Wharf which it is a major business area in East London so I had to research how to get permission from them to film our music video for an unsigned artist of Johnny Hutchinson who made the track of Two Wolves. So I research how to contact the press office of Canary Wharf to ask if we can film there with their permission which I found on this PDF file via the Film London website.


After finding out how to contacting the press office of Canary Wharf, I emailed them about if it is ok that we can film our music video for our unsigned artist at the location on the 27 to 28th November 2016 which it is for our BTEC Media Exended Diploma Coursework where the person who we emailed was Lesley Johnson who is the head of the office and here is the screenshot of the email:



After discussion with Lesley Johnson about filming there as Roopa's group gained permission already from them and asking if we were working with them which we are not at all because we are working with an unsigned artist, he finally said that we can film at Canary Wharf but not during peak times where business people will be around but did us that we are only the group to ask for permission to film there as they do not want to accommodate a lot of people.

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Pre-Production: Team Roles and Responsibility (Producer)

Team roles and responsibility

Within our group of four which are myself, Rosie, Lawrence and James, we have given the different roles by the director to work on while we are making the music video for an unsigned artist which it has different responsibility to fill if we are going to be as a group.

Lawrence A: Director

Lawrence has been handed the role of being the director for this music video since he is the one who came with the idea of making the video for the unsigned artist of Johnny Hutch's Two Wolves so it is promoting his image and the track of Two Wolves at the same time  to the target audience depending on the genre of the song that it is. While working with the per-production and production stages with the producer, camera and the lighting operator during the making this music video of Two Wolves, he is going to be using his artistic vision to visualize of what is going to happen in the video through the visuals so it is able to enhance the artist's image in a way that it will attract an bigger audience for the artist.

Daniel Storey: Producer

I was handed this role of being the producer by the director because he felt that I am more than capable of taking responsibility for the team of making sure that the team can get the pre-production, production and post-production stages before an deadline has to be met to be completed for the music video to be finished and put on YouTube to promote the artist's image and the song itself but not only that I will need to write an risk assessment on both locations that we are going to be using to film our music video because there is could be hazards that could end with one of the crew getting hurt so it is important to take photos of it so we can avoid it when it comes to filming.  

James White: Camera Operator

As for the camera operator of the music video, the director (Lawrence) decided to pick James of doing this role because he has got experience of how to use the camera in terms of changing the framing, focus and composition of different camera shots that are going to be seen in the video to gain the audience's interest in the visuals because they are interested in that rather than the music being heard today but also he will need to work with the director on the shot list of what types of shots are going to be seen in the video. Other things that he needs to do is story-boarding the music video of what is happening in the shots and how long the shots are going to be, shooting script of what is going to be happening with the visuals and the music itself which he is going to be working with the director and doing the animatic of what is going to be seen in the video with the assistant director.

Rosie Hellawell: Lighting Operator/Assistant Director

Finally I am going to be talking about Rosie who is going to be the assistant director during the pre-production stage where she is going to be working with the producer (myself) on the section where we have to talk about the technicial and production crew in terms of who is appearing in the production stage of making the music video and working with the camera operator in terms of the animatic of how each shot is going to look like but it will be drawn on paper. After moving from this and to the production stage of filming the music video, she is going to be acting as the lighting operator since she has experience of lighting a set which she did on a 1 minute short film which it is important for the music video that is going to be made soon as we need to create mood and atmosphere in the visuals.

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Synaesthesia mood-board (Individual)

(ii) Visual Style, (MES - costume, locations, lighting, CAM angles, shot types, focus and composition, VISUAL EFFECTS)


Conclusion

In terms of this mood-board that I have done in terms of the visual style which I created by using the app of Morpholio, it has got the locations that we are going to be filming in which is an empty car park which it has not been used in years and the South Bank in central London where the character is going to be ending up although we will need to get permission from the film council to be able to do this.