My personal journey for this whole project has been pretty good so far. Despite only being halfway completed, I feel like a lot has been done. Everything has been a fairly simple task. Like helping choose the song. I originally wanted to do the Phineas and Ferb theme song but, ultimately agreed on “Walking On Sunshine”. I agreed because, like the theme song, there was a similar happy tone. After that the location for filming was chosen, which was Hagen Park. I agreed to film at Hagen due to its close proximity to the school. It’s proximity made it easier to fit filming in my after school schedule. All that was left was to start shooting the music video.
We arriving at the park I had to quickly change into the clothes I was going to wear in the video. But that’s was delayed due to a malfunction in the wardrobe. I was still able to fix it keeping in mind the limited time we had. When we first started, I had to sit on the bench and wait for Carla to come show us the song. After that, I had to grab her and Nagual’s hand so the choreography could start. Originally, I was messing up on the dance because I was going to fast. I eventually slowed down my pace and we were able to get a few good shots. The choice on shooting dates were really though. It was sunny and a late afternoon so, the camera captured everyone very nicely. This project wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, filming was actually very fun.
As we started to finish up filming, time was the main problem. Due to the park being right by the school I had walk there and back. The after school bus was my only form transportation home that day. I had left the park at 4:43 and the bus usually leaves at 5. But nevertheless, I managed to make it on my bus in time. Today in class, we were going over and importing all the footage that was on the camera and on Carlas phone. There was footage on her phone because, in the middle of filming the camera died. The clips came out really good and I surprisingly didn’t break the fourth wall. The is something I often unconsciously do when filming. Tomorrow at the pier of Fort Lauderdale beach, will be our last day of filming.
Monday 25 November 2019
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Storyboard for music video
1. For the opening scene of the music video, it will be a closeup/extreme closeup of the sun and sky.
2. Then, it will be a tracking shot of me walking down the park with headphones on and my cellphone as apart of my props and costume. Along with this will be my actual clothing of a long black/floral one-piece. The sound will be low at first as I'm listening to it on my phone then high when I remove the headphones.
3. The following scene will be a pan shot of me meeting my friends to tell them of this song I just found.
4. A close up of the phone will be inserted and the song will begin to get louder.
5. For the next scene, me and the two friends will begin dancing in bright lighting, switching from medium shots to long shots to view the singing/dancing down the park.
6. Next, the scene following that will be the "knocking" scene. A split screen in editing will show the male actor knocking on the door with flowers in hand as a prop, and my reaction shot on the other side waiting for his arrival.
7. The next shot will be the "mailbox" scene. My friends and I will be waiting at the mailbox, getting ready with anticipation to open the mail.
8. A close up will show the letter and its contents as another prop.
9. The next shot is another reaction shot, which may turn into an action match to transition to the beach scene that follows.
10. On the next shot for the beach scene, it will be a track shot with a long to medium angle of me and the friends who then will continue dancing on the sand to the chorus of the song.
11. The final scene will look over the pier back into the sunset, zooming into the sun.
Planning music video
Location- The music video "Walking on Sunshine" will be filmed in a couple locations. The first place that the filming will be done at is Hagens Park in Fort Lauderdale. At this park, the opening scene will be presented of walking/dancing and singing along with the song. Then, the filming will be done at Fort Lauderdale Beach. The video will switch from the park to the beach during the song.
Health & Safety- The filming will be done in public and secured places. When the group takes an Uber, we will make sure to stay safe with the driver while on the road. During filming, the area will be checked for any hazardous object or people that could be around. When we're walking around to different locations, we'll make sure the area is safe and that the roads are clear of cars when crossing.
Props- The props include a cellphone which will be in the music video and headphones. These props will act as the source of where the music is coming from. Then, we'll have flowers in one scene for a part of the song. Then, a letter prop will be made for the mailbox scene.
Costumes- The costumes for the music video will be casual and floral. This will include accessories like bracelets, dress-up outfits like dresses, jumpsuits and blouses. The male actor will wear a button up shirt to be casual but clean looking. By doing so, the costume will represent an outdoor theme for the music video.
Health & Safety- The filming will be done in public and secured places. When the group takes an Uber, we will make sure to stay safe with the driver while on the road. During filming, the area will be checked for any hazardous object or people that could be around. When we're walking around to different locations, we'll make sure the area is safe and that the roads are clear of cars when crossing.
Props- The props include a cellphone which will be in the music video and headphones. These props will act as the source of where the music is coming from. Then, we'll have flowers in one scene for a part of the song. Then, a letter prop will be made for the mailbox scene.
Costumes- The costumes for the music video will be casual and floral. This will include accessories like bracelets, dress-up outfits like dresses, jumpsuits and blouses. The male actor will wear a button up shirt to be casual but clean looking. By doing so, the costume will represent an outdoor theme for the music video.
Schedule:
Monday-11/18/19
On this day, there was no Media studies class. Planning will begin the following day.
Tuesday-11/19/19
First, the class got together to discuss the blogging process for the day. My group and I did more research for our music video as well. We discussed the first couple scenes that will be shot and the location. We also implemented a few dances to go along with the music video. We discussed dates of filming. Even more so, we discussed the props and who would bring them in on the day of filming. Most importantly, I made a phone call with Hagen Park to confirm the location was appropriate to film at. Lastly, I began the storyboard for each part of the song that will be recorded.
Wednesday-11/20/19
Finish up the storyboard and practice the choreography with the group. Secure the filming locations and make sure the weather permits for filming. Get props ready: letter and flowers. Make sure costumes are ready.
Thursday-11/21/19
Thursday-11/21/19
This day is set for filming at Hagens Park ONLY. All shots for specific scenes will be at this park until it's time for filming at the beach. More practice on dancing will be done as well before filming. Many shots will be taken as well to ensure the best takes.
Friday-11/22/19
All footage will be reviewed and checked for any choppiness in case re-shooting is needed.
Saturday-11/23/19
No filming or editing was done for the music video on this day.
Sunday-11/24/19
No filming or editing was done for the music video on this day.
Monday-11/25/19
Filming at Lauderdale by the sea beach will be done on this day. Many shots will be taken to ensure the best shots were taken. Editing will be done on the park scenes. Dumping of footage will be done.
Tuesday-11/26/19
Review the shots taken at the beach and make sure they don't look choppy.
Wednesday-11/27/19
No school- no filming or editing will be done.
Thursday-11/28/19
No school- no filming or editing will be done.
Friday-11/29/19
Thanksgiving-no school-no filming or editing.
Saturday-11/30/19
No filming or editing.
Sunday-12/1/19
No filming/editing.
Monday-12/2/19
Editing for the beach scenes will be done. Discussions will be made if any scenes need to be shot again. The song will be converted to mp3 to be ready to import to the Pinnacle Studios for editing.
Tuesday-12/3/19
Review the video for any choppiness and potential re filming on this day.
Wednesday-12/4/19
Render the video to get ready to export. Do last minute editing for the music video (if needed).
Thursday-12/5/19
No filming or editing.
Friday-12/6/19
Make sure the music video is exported and finished complete
Friday 15 November 2019
Music video blog
We just officially finished editing and turning in our commercials. Overall, it was very fun experience getting to film. But now it’s time to move onto another project, making a music video. The main difference between the projects will be the time duration. Where the music video can go up to a minute while, the commercial was just 30 seconds. All we had left to do was find a song to use. We ended up finding a song that worked really well with our intended setting.
The song we're doing is called Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. This song is in the Pop-rock genre and was recorded in 1983. We chose this song because since my group members and I live in Florida, it seems fitting with the weather. We liked the up-beat tempo and the cool-sounding nature of the song. At first, we debated on doing a Taylor Swift song and we also debated on doing a rock-n-roll song by Joan Jett. Once we agreed on the song, we decided who was going to be the actors and who was going to be the director. Now, we can start more research and ideas on where and how we're going to film this music video.
The conventions for this music video starts off with the genre. Since this is Pop-rock, then the sound can always be heard to have up-beat, high tempo-themed music. This can include drums and electric guitars. The camera angles typically include close ups of artists faces. They can also include long shots of dancing/partying scenes. In the editing process, tints and filters are used to boost colors. Transitions are also included to switch from singer to instrument and back and forward. Sometimes they photo-shop artists to look "perfect".
For Mis-en-scene:
Costumes: The costumes are usually bright-colored with fun designs. A microphone can also be apart of the costume, along with fashion accessories.
Lights: The lights are bright and meant to showcase the actors appearance or the instruments.
Acting: The acting is very light and meant to be fun/ adventurous. The actors can be seen jumping around or dancing.
Makeup: The makeup can usually be very drawn out. The actors/singers can wear a lot of makeup that can bring to light a specific feature on them whether it be the lips or eyes.
Props: Props can include all the instruments used which can be in the background or physically held. Most times the prop is the microphone that's always on them, which can also be apart of costumes.
Setting: The setting typically switches from outside to inside. This can be the beach/park/skate park to the inside of a concert on a stage.
The song we're doing is called Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. This song is in the Pop-rock genre and was recorded in 1983. We chose this song because since my group members and I live in Florida, it seems fitting with the weather. We liked the up-beat tempo and the cool-sounding nature of the song. At first, we debated on doing a Taylor Swift song and we also debated on doing a rock-n-roll song by Joan Jett. Once we agreed on the song, we decided who was going to be the actors and who was going to be the director. Now, we can start more research and ideas on where and how we're going to film this music video.
The conventions for this music video starts off with the genre. Since this is Pop-rock, then the sound can always be heard to have up-beat, high tempo-themed music. This can include drums and electric guitars. The camera angles typically include close ups of artists faces. They can also include long shots of dancing/partying scenes. In the editing process, tints and filters are used to boost colors. Transitions are also included to switch from singer to instrument and back and forward. Sometimes they photo-shop artists to look "perfect".
For Mis-en-scene:
Costumes: The costumes are usually bright-colored with fun designs. A microphone can also be apart of the costume, along with fashion accessories.
Lights: The lights are bright and meant to showcase the actors appearance or the instruments.
Acting: The acting is very light and meant to be fun/ adventurous. The actors can be seen jumping around or dancing.
Makeup: The makeup can usually be very drawn out. The actors/singers can wear a lot of makeup that can bring to light a specific feature on them whether it be the lips or eyes.
Props: Props can include all the instruments used which can be in the background or physically held. Most times the prop is the microphone that's always on them, which can also be apart of costumes.
Setting: The setting typically switches from outside to inside. This can be the beach/park/skate park to the inside of a concert on a stage.
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Editing Blog pt.2
This blog is mainly about how my group continued our editing process. Last time I posted, I talked about how we didn't have the computers to edit, but it was different this time. Although the traditional computers weren't working, we were still given laptops to work on. The last stages of this whole editing process was fairly easy. The reason I say that is because, the only thing we really had to edit was the part where Steven was catching the ball. This scene was taken from the point of view shot. The reason we had to edit that was, it looked like he was just standing there waiting. The whole beginning of the scene itself was bit stretched out. In fact, when you counted it, it was 3 seconds before he actually caught the ball. All we had to do was just clip a few seconds off.
Even though we had officially cleaned up all the other scenes, there was one thing we had to still decide on. That was, which voice over clip should we use. There were two clips that were taken during the filming process. One clip was of me saying, "Made to move". The other clip was, "Nike, Just do it". We ultimately decided to stick with "Made to move" clip. When editing we put that in the beginning after the title slate. The title slate was another thing we to fix. It's original color blended in a bit too much with the grass scene. So, we had to work on finding a lighter color with better contrast, like white.
When the whole edit process was starting to come to an end, we decided to watch to review the commercial. We watched commercial a good three times. I admired many things, like how the voice over and background were at the same tone. Meaning, one didn't overpower the other, it was all leveled out. After that, all that was left was to export it. To export it, we had to click on MPEG 4 and best quality. After that, we went to Ms. Katz so, she could tell us where to export it to. Overall, everything came out pretty good. Especially, the whole time duration of the commercial. We ended up with exactly 25.77 seconds.
Even though we had officially cleaned up all the other scenes, there was one thing we had to still decide on. That was, which voice over clip should we use. There were two clips that were taken during the filming process. One clip was of me saying, "Made to move". The other clip was, "Nike, Just do it". We ultimately decided to stick with "Made to move" clip. When editing we put that in the beginning after the title slate. The title slate was another thing we to fix. It's original color blended in a bit too much with the grass scene. So, we had to work on finding a lighter color with better contrast, like white.
When the whole edit process was starting to come to an end, we decided to watch to review the commercial. We watched commercial a good three times. I admired many things, like how the voice over and background were at the same tone. Meaning, one didn't overpower the other, it was all leveled out. After that, all that was left was to export it. To export it, we had to click on MPEG 4 and best quality. After that, we went to Ms. Katz so, she could tell us where to export it to. Overall, everything came out pretty good. Especially, the whole time duration of the commercial. We ended up with exactly 25.77 seconds.
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