8 Mar 2011

Closing post.

Everything has been posted onto my blog.
Research and planning runs from June 2010 until January 2011.
Print work is in December 2010.
The final video is in February 2011.
The evaluation is in March 2011.
This blog is now complete and is ready for assessment. 

14 Jan 2011

This weekend's shoot.

We have booked the video camera for this weekend so we can do some filming.
We are planning to do all the close ups of Autumn singing, and the shots of the guitar being strummed as well as the 'spontaneous' shots. 
We've checked the weather forecast and it's looking positive so hopefully we'll be able to get a lot done!

8 Jan 2011

Research and Planning: Story board.

I have constructed a storyboard to go along with my song on Adobe Premier Pro so I can get a bit of an idea what it may turn out like. From doing this, I have found that it is very important to plan exactly what shots I need. If it doesn't all go the way I want it to however, I can always tweak it slightly to fit what we will have filmed.

Hopefully, this short story board will be a lot of use to us.

4 Jan 2011

Research and planning: Time plan.

In order to take advantage of the time we have filming, we need to use as much of it as we can before the filming deadline. To achieve this I have come up with a time plan that we are going to try to keep to, as long as factors such as weather and lack of video equipment don't get in the way.
To do this, we are going to use the calendar feature on Microsoft Outlook, as I can link everyone in our group to it, so we can all view it.

1 Jan 2011

Research and planning: Shot listing.

Here is a detailed list of the shots we are going to use in the video, along with the timings in chronological order.
  1. Close up shot of the guitar; focused on the main body of the guitar and Autumn's hand strumming the strings along to the track. (0.00 - 0.07)
  2. Cut to close up of Autumn's face [out of focus background] lip syncing (0.07-0.09)
  3. Cut back to guitar body close up and strum (0.09-0.10)
  4. Cut to high angle shot of Autumn lying down playing guitar and lip syncing (0.11-0.12)
  5. Fade out to close up of Autumn's face [out of focus background] lip syncing (0.13-0.17)
  6. Long shot of Autumn stood [in wooded area] lip syncing; hands in pockets looking straight at the camera (0.18-0.23)
  7. Long shot of Autumn from behind walking up a path/lane/empty road (0.24-0.26)
  8. Same as above, but Autumn gets further up the path/lane/empty road each time (0.24-0.26)
  9. Same as above, now seeing Autumn at the end of the road (0.24-0.26)
  10. Camera pans around from side profile to a front mid close up of Autumn [hands in pockets, road behind out of focus, facial expression indifferent] lip syncing (0.26-0.28)
  11. Mid close up of Autumn, [on the left, wooded background out of focus] Lip syncing "in the same" (0.28-0.29)
  12. Mid close up of Autumn, [in the middle, wooded background out of focus] Lip syncing "old" (0.29)   
  13. Mid close up of Autumn, [on the right, wooded background out of focus] Lip syncing "fashion" (0.29-0.30)
  14. 'spontaneous' mid close up shot of Autumn laughing/smiling (0.30-0.32)
  15. Mid close up side profile of Autumn smoking/blowing out smoke (0.33)
  16. 'spontaneous' shot of Autumn (0.33-0.35)
  17. Long shot/mid close up of Autumn playing guitar and lip syncing [use rule of thirds] (0.36-0.39) 
  18. Long shot canted angle of Autumn playing guitar from side profile (slightly panning around to front profile?) (0.39)
  19. Hand held camera, high angle of Autumn's lower legs/feet walking along with camera following (0.39-0.40)
  20. Cut to close up of guitar body being strummed (0.40-0.42)
  21. Cut to close up of Autumn's face, lip syncing [facial expression slightly 'fed up'] (0.42-0.45)