DW: Sample scene 1

From our shoot on the 16th November we managed to get a scene where our main character is sat in an arm chair on a field, and in this scene we wanted to see if duplicating the character in the armchair would work, and to do this we had to keep the camera rolling in one long take and in the same position whiles we moved the armchair in different positions.

Editing:
With the editing for this scene we had to use the blade tool to chop up the long take that we took and then separate the clips that had the armchair in different positions, we then re-timed each clip so that they were all the same length and then layered them over the top of each other by cropping each clip to the point where you could see each clip in the same scene.

The Clip:

Shoot 2: 16th November, graffiti wall, field shot

On the 16th of November we decided that we would shoot during our media lesson at 9.00 Am due to our locations brainstorm we knew the locations we would be shooting at. Because of problems last time due to lack of planning we fully prepared with our storyboard. Therefore, we shot everything we set out to do, which was to get the lip syncing footage from two different locations, these were:

• The Ben rhydding field behind Declans house 
• The graffiti wall

These locations were ideal for some of our lip syncing sequences because we used an abstract backdrop which worked extremely well as the mise en scene of the graffiti on the back wall signifies a 'badboy' role which is what we hope will be our preferred reading from our target audience.

Here is our behind the scenes footage:

In this shoot we used a major prop which was the arm chair, when looking at faithless' previous music videos he seems to be sitting down frequently and we thought it may be a good idea to experiment with a shot like this. In the end we decided we really liked the look of our character lip syncing whilst he is sat in the chair. These are shots we plan to experiment entirely with to get the perfect shot of our character.

We used one shot where we kept the camera in the same position but moved our character in his chair to different parts of the field that our character was in which worked very well as we plan on cropping clips and layering them over one another to get a consistent shot of our character in 5 different positions in one shot.

Also we plan on using a time lapse, for this we filmed the chair in one location as our character sat in many different positions. when speeded up we feel that this will look very effective.

On our next shoot we plan to:

• Use storyboards more frequently
• Be prepared for weather conditions (umbrellas ect.)
• Shoot the narrative aspect of our video
• Have a full call sheet written up in which we can refer to when shooting

CT:2nd SHOOT 16th November

On the 16th of November we decided that we would shoot during our media lesson at 9.00 And due to our locations brainstorm we knew the locations we would be shooting at. Because of problems last time due to lack of planning we fully prepared with our storyboard. Therefore, we shot everything we set out to do, which was to get the lip syncing footage from two different locations, these were:

• The Ben rhydding field behind Declans house 
• The graffiti wall

These locations were ideal for some of our lip syncing sequences because we used an abstract backdrop which worked extremely well as the mise en scene of the graffiti on the back wall signifies a 'badboy' role which is what we hope will be our preferred reading from our target audience.

Here is our behind the scenes footage:

 

In this shoot we used a major prop which was the arm chair, when looking at faithless' previous music videos he seems to be sitting down frequently and we thought it may be a good idea to experiment with a shot like this. In the end we decided we really liked the look of our character lip syncing whilst he is sat in the chair. These are shots we plan to experiment entirely with to get the perfect shot of our character.

We used one shot where we kept the camera in the same position but moved our character in his chair to different parts of the field that our character was in which worked very well as we plan on cropping clips and layering them over one another to get a consistent shot of our character in 5 different positions in one shot.

Also we plan on using a time lapse, for this we filmed the chair in one location as our character sat in many different positions. when speeded up we feel that this will look very effective.

On our next shoot we plan to:

• Use storyboards more frequently
• Be prepared for weather conditions (umbrellas ect.)
• Shoot the narrative aspect of our video
• Have a full call sheet written up in which we can refer to when shooting

Faithless feat. Dido - One Step Too Far

Yet again we see another shot of faithless sat down lip synching the words. This is a common convention of faithless videos and something we have done on our first shoot.

This next point isn't so much a convention of faithless videos but more so with dance videos. This is using nightclub shots in the music videos, like dido in the middle of the dance floor of the nightclub. As it is intended to be played in a nightclub it is like an advertisement to show people what it would be like dancing to.

There is a shot here again of a nightclub scene. This is however behind DJ decks which looks really effective. It shows everyone dancing to the track and goes well with the beat.

Call sheet

Call Sheet TBC from CurtisTiplady

DW: Faithless-Take The Long Way Home

ACT: Faithless

TRACK: Take The Long Way Home

YEAR:  1998

0-47

1.  The framing in this shot is a key element to some of Faithless's video as they frame the artist, Maxi Jazz, at the bottom rather than centre framed , and they have a larger image in the background. 

Long shot 0-43

2. This scene uses juxtaposition well and it's common for Faithless to incorporate juxtaposed ideas in the music videos, it works well here as there's Maxi Jazz sat in an arm chair in the centre of the frame with the moon behind him in the background, and this is juxtaposed as these two elements don't look right together.

Black&White

3. It's also common for his videos to be dark and for his clothing to be dark, in this scene they've applied a black and white tint over the scene to give it this dark effect.

CT: Faithless - Muhammed Ali

There is a lot of footage of Maxi Jazz' performance in this video as he sits in a stand as if he's watching a big match. The shot types vary on the lyrics the shot types are usually MCU, CU, ECU and MS.

2.23

This is other performance footage in the video which links the lyrics in with the visuals which he does quite a lot in his videos i have found. This is something that we should take into consideration in our planning.

2.30

Again there is dance footage included in the video however this isn't all synchronised.