Draft 2 of my Music Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBjr7KXbGU

I have experimented with various techniques on the editimg suite in this draft.
I have 1 more clip to film of the girl jumping into the lake and walking onto the jeti which is in the process of being filmed this week.

I have found it reasonably hard to order the video because there are so many different scenes. I think that my storyboard will differ tremendously to the final outcome of the Music Video.
However I am becoming more and more pleased with the outcome and enjoying experimenting with the clips using blur effects and mirroring some images, this encorporates the dream like idea into the video.

1st Edit : Underwater filming

 

 



 

Filming Part 4 - The beach Scene

Location: Hornsea/Mappleton Beach 

 

 COSTUME

During my AS Textiles Course I had created a sea themed dress for my final piece, I thought that this would be useful for the beach scene.

Because the beach scene represents a dreamlike place and the girl is in the dream at this point, I want the actress to look different and surreal.

Hair: I would like the actresses hair to be long, tangled and plaited almost like a mermaid.

Makeup: I will use the feather lashes on the actress and I have also thought about painting scales on her face as previously illustrated on the mise-en-scene post. I will use a lot of foundation as a base before the makeup to cover any blemishes on the skin and make the actresses face flawless to create a more surreal aspect. I would like the makeup to look  extremely dramatic especially the eyes.
The makeup will reinforce to the audience that the girl is in a dream.

I will also use some body makeup ( gold body glitter) to make the actresss look even more surreal.

Filming Part 3 - Theatre piece

 

Location: Green Room (College)

 

 

 

 

 

Lyrics:

'The arms of the Ocean are carrying me''

 

My idea for filming some of the video in the green room was influenced from a photographer/artist illustrated above that worked by taking different photos and putting them together. I would like to encorporate this idea into my music video by recreating the image above but using my own photographs and projecting it in the theatre or in the green room at college. The performer will be stood in front of the image miming the lyrics to a part of the song.

I will need to film this in a free at college or after college. I have begun thinking about costume and makeup in this part of the music video.

 

 

The actress will be stood on a table wearing floaty material maybe representing waves, and singing the vocals to this part of the song. I would like the mateial to look floaty so i have thought about using a hairdryer to make the piece more realistic like the wind is blowing.

 

 

 

I took this image through a plane window so that the clouds and ocean are visible at the same time.

I think this is a strong image and I like how it looks so magical.

 

I have tried to recreate the image of the hands and the ocean so that I can project the image onto a screen behind the actress.

 

 

 

I used Photoshop to cut out the background of the hands and layer it ontop of the image of the sky and ocean.

FINAL IMAGE USED ON PROJECTOR:

 

I realised that the green room was actually the wrong location and decdided that the theatre would create a much stronger performance.

Props

 

Podium for artist to stand on.

High fashion clothing.- disco pants and crop top.

Red Lipstick.

Yellow Lighting in theatre.

Music device so that Jodie could listen to song whilst singing it to get lyrics correct.

 

 



Filming Part 2 - Underwater

For this shoot I wanted to create a 'dreamy' , abstract , surreal collection of shots that I would be able to put together to create an underwater film that would look as if the girl is swimming around underwater for a sufficient period of time. I wanted to capture Jodie from different angles and viewpoints. Also different parts of her body for example, close up of feet so that the video would seem even more abstract.

PROPS

Fake roses/flowers.

Swimming Pool.

Underwater Camera.

Floaty Material to wrap around model.

White leotard for model to wear.

Large fake eyelashes- dramatic Makeup.

 

 

Location: Swimming Pool

This image really represents how I would like the general image of the scene to look. I like how dreamy this image is and the floaty material around the model look really effective.

 

Costume

 

I decided to put the actress in a leotard for the underwater shoot with floaty material wrapped around as I thought that this would look good underwater because it would create slow movements.

 

 

 

MAKEUP

 

 

I wanted the model to have really dramatic bright coloured makeup for the underwater shoot. I knew that the makeup may come off underwater so I tried to layer it on as much as possible.

 

After filming I wanted to do a lot with the editing suite, for example, layer clips over the top of each other and blur some shots. I had used the gaussian blur tool and really liked this. I also really wanted to capture a lot of the flowers and bring out the rich colours of the flowers dramatically in the video.

Filming Part 1 - WAVES

Location: Hornsea/ Mappleton beach

Intentions:

I would like the idea of waves to be a theme/motif throughout the video. It is an idea that will be repeated as the song pattern changes.

I am initially filming waves to fit in with my montage piece at the opening of the song. I intend to capture wide open shots of the scenery at Mappleton beach using the cliffs and rocks, I also intend to capture a lot of the waves. I will be filming at 9.00 am on Sunday 25th November. As this is peak time for the waves to be at their strongest also not as many people will be on the bach to interrupt the filming process.

Unfortunately the actress is not available to take part in the filming on this day so I will return to capture the beach with the actress on a later date.

After I am happy with the pieces of filming I have captured I will edit them so that they can be played backwards and in slow motion. I think this will look effective in the video.

Health and Safety (& Hazards)

Shoot Plan (Times & Dates)

Underwater - 23rd November 2012
After College at Jodie's Swimming Pool
Approximately 6.pm- 9pm.


Theatre - 24th November 2012
Lunch Time and 4th period at college in the theatre.
Approximately 12.40-2.30p.m.

 Bath Shoot - 5th-7th January 2013
My House. After College.
Approximately 7-9p.m. For 3 nights.


Marina - 2nd January 2013
Approximately 10.am- 1.am.


Welton Waters - 10th March 2013
Approximately 5.pm- 8.pm. (After College)

Animatic

Storyboard