Todays Lesson

In todays lesson i carried on editing my video together, i've added a few more extra little bits into the video and left gaps for the other clips to go in different costume and backgrounds etc. Here is a screenshot of what i have done today...

Next lesson i plan to upload my other footage from the dancing shoot and the other costume, i will then capture the parts i need and try and edit some of them bits onto the video.
I also just need to get a clip a shot of a trumpet end, which i need to do asap. So i will try and get that orginised soon as possible.

MUZU

On MUZU.com it says that this http://www.muzu.tv/gb/beyonce/beyonce-i-was-here-music-video/1211248/ is the official music video for End Of Time which has only just come out on there. However, when i listened to it its the live version and not the actual track that i am doing, luckily. And its not a proper video its shots of her concerts where shes singing that song.
The dancing in this is what i pictured it to be like on the beat of the music, which is how she would normally do it. She also wears very glitsy glam costumes and she sings it as a happy version.

Putting my Video Together

I have now for a couple of lessons started putting my music video together, i have done the first little bit i just need to get my shot of the trumpet so i can put it all together, so i've now got the first verse done. I am happy with what i have done so far and its getting me excited to get it all done! i am not editing any of the shots yet with effects i am going to wait till the end.

Filming Dance Scenes

On Monday afternoon i set up the two boards in the drama studio, i put Nathalie into Costume and make-up aswell as the two dancers and then taught them the routine, i had to tell them how i wanted them, to exaggerate the moves like Beyoncé would do. Here are some of the pictures i took..

DURING THE FILMING

Yesterday's Shoot!

In the end, we went too Roos and filmed yesterday as the weather made a sudden change and it was too good to risk doing it on Tuesday. I filmed a range of different shots, non of these included singing though as i don't want any singing scenes in that location. I just want it too look strong. Here are some of the pictures below, some more that i could probably include in my digipack. Once i have finished my video editing i will figure out my digi-pack. I want to focus on the biggest chunk first.

Persponed

Today i was supposed to be shooting the begging of my video, the weather today is too cloudy and dull to film and i have used the camera in my garden to see what it looks like and it doesn't look very good.
I am now filming this on Tuesday afternoon as the forecast is due to have sunny intvervals which is perfect, even if the weather is different to this i am still going to film on that day to get it done. Also there is a memorial going on in Roos today so its a good job we didn't go and film.
I am filming tomorrow 5th period and after school; the dancers! I am excited to do this tomorrow, all i have to do is get a couple of girls off timetable.

DATES

Hopefully me and Nathalie are going to the Location outdoors on Sunday to film the other bits of her walking, for the introduction! Thats if the weather goes to plan, this is the forcast for this weekend

It says that for sunday it will be white cloud which would be perfect for filming so hopefully if it stays that way we should be making our way too Roos Church on Sunday to film the intro and the ending. It will be cold either way so we will have to be sure to take warm clothing for Nathalie cause her costume is quite short and shows a lot of skin.

I am then planning on filming the dancers on MONDAY 14TH NOVEMBER, i am checking tomorrow when the Drama Studio is free for that day and hopefully will be using it after school (after the grease rehearsals). After that i just need to film the outside of a trumpet and then film the stage scenes, i should have all my footage by the end of next week and then i am going to get the editing done asap. Not just in Media lessons but in my frees, as i want to spend time on working my Digipack and Website to be good grades. But for now i will start to edit in the footage i have.

FINALLY finished my invidual bits of filming!

So filming today went REAALLY well, i am very happy with ALL the shots i got as i took so many different ones as i forgot my storyboard. However, i believe taking all of these different: high angle, low angle, mid-shots, close-ups are going to benefit me as i have explored a bit more with my shots.

Here is the set up i made in the drama studio, i just used one whiteboard because i just needed her on a white background with her looking at the camera in different angles. I had to get the camera in just the right place as sometimes it kept slipping and you could see were the board stopped. But still made sure that Nathalie had enough space to move around and keep everything in the same shots.

Now this is when i set the lights up which you can see in the top right hand corner ^^ As you can see the whiteboard looks so much better and brighter and the camera quality was so much better, alot clearer with better lighting. Before them lights the board looked a manky grey-ish colour but the light brought out a nicer better light allowing me to start my filming.

These are some pictures I took before and during filming, i took these pictures as one of them could be a potential picture for my digipack cover, i like the lighting on these pictures, they really bring out the gold sparkles on her eyes and it looks a really nice quality. I will take more pictures when i film the other sections of my video and will eventually choose one or a couple to work with and decide.
I also chose this costume choice as its a very simple fashionable top, that makes it look classy especially with the earrings pink sparkles. The black hot pants and court shoes brought the sexy element into the video like a normal Beyonce video. Overall i was very happy with my first costume choice. It looked really good on camera they way it flowed.

DURING THE FILMING

Because I know Nathalie is confident and she dances i knew she wouldn't and shouldn't be shy infront of the camera, my intructions to Nathalie was to simply say the words/lyrics like you mean them, dance around, have fun and smile! We already talked about what Beyoncé would do in her typical videos therefore she had that in mind as a little inspiration, she adapted well to the changes of angles of the camera and worked well with any other intructions i asked her too do, she also had a few ideas which we filmed and will fit in with my video! I got all of her 'solo' bits filmed today, now its just getting the dance sections filmed and the outdoor/location settings (roos church and school hall) which i am planning to do next week. For now i am editing all of these bits so i can fill in the missing gaps with the other unfilmed footage.

 

During the filming we added another piece of set, the other board, we did this so i could get a side-angle shot and other shots of her being able to use both of these boards with her arms etc.

OVERALL

overall i believe filming today went really well, we started filming at half past 2 and didn't leave till half past 5, I really enjoyed being incontrol and knowing and getting excatly what i want it too look like and i believe i achieved that today. I am now excited and ready to start editing this footage and can't wait to do some more.

DRAMAS

My lead girl told me a couple of days ago that she has an exam on this day, i presumed it was in the morning but this morning i found out that its in the afternoon, which means i could of been filming with her this morning and now im going to have shorter time to film with her this afternoon its no ones fault, just a little hiccup! HOPEFULLY i will get it all sorted and most of her individual clips done today. I am not sure about filming tomorrow now as the dramastudio is booked for the full day so its going to have to be night after school this next week. I really just want to get it done now asap.

I am fully prepared to film these clips with her today, i have all of my costumes, make-up, curlers, accessories so hopefully from now on it should run smoothly.

Waiting..

As i am ready to film tomorrow i don't have anything else to plan apart from finding out when the drama studio is free tomorrow afternoon. So for now i am going to start drafting my digi-pack just for todays lesson.

Hair and Make-Up

This is how i'm going to put their hair, purely because i think it will suit the dance and they will all look the same. I also think it looks classy as their hair isn't going to be hanging across their face when they are dancing, I know the girls normally don't like their hair off their face so i really had to think of a way that they could still be a little bit comfortable dancing as i don't want them to feel silly as they won't perform to their full ability.


Their eyes are going to be like the above (as much as i can do that) apart from im going to add a bit more sparkle onto Nathalies eyes so they stand out that little bit more. As you can see i am picturing the dancers to look like the ones in the Single Ladies video, as i really think that they look classy in that video and its the same thing im looking for within mine so im going to get as much inspiration as possible from this.

Costumes

I need to now find out when the drama studio is FREE and get my girls off timetable at some point in the afternoon on Thursday. I'm teaching the routine at somepoint in the morning however one of my girls has the dentist in the morning and won't be there so she is coming for around dinner time and we will need to teach her it as quick as possible. The girls are bringing along with them a black boobtube and some hotpants as this is what i imagine them in for this dance routine, i think im going to leave them in bare feet and just have Nathalie the lead in heels. Any other accessories that the two dancers may need i will bring as i want them too look simular. Nathalie is going to wear the same yet she is going to have a blazer over hers, a black and gold one. And im going to see if she can dance in some black high heeled court shoes.

Complecations

John emailed me back about the usage of the hall saying that the hall is booked from the 7th till the 16th for exams!! I asked him if i could have the hall after school on thursday instead and now i have to go see him about this. However i dont think i'm going to use the hall that day now considering how well i get on in the drama studio i may just use that after school instead and see how i get on in there. I will have too use the hall at some point and i really want to get it done asap. But after i have a lot of the footage i'll start piecing it together with the editing and leave bits out where i want it to be different locations and on the stage in the hall.

Dates

I have now orginised dates for when i am going to FILM my music video as i really really want to do it asap now, im raring to go! i just need some last minute accessories.
I am filiming just my main lead on Wednesday 9th November - whenever she can do it during the day really, i need to ask some of her teachers if i can have her off timetable and see if the drama studio is free. I am also using the dance studio after school for this.
I am filming my dancing sections on Thursday 10th November once again having to ask maybe a few teachers if i can get two girls off timetable and need to know when i can use the drama studio, i am also using the hall after school for filming.

I will be filming my locations shots on a day over that weekend, probably the sunday where i will be traveling to some type of woodlands and the beach.