Green Screen Practise

In Friday's lesson, we had a bit of fun with the green screen - using an underwater clip from YouTube. We then put Lana in front of the green screen and made her lip sync to Taylor Swift. Using this effect proved to be very successful, although Lana's hair seemed to have affected the quality of some parts (as it contains bleach). We will definitely be using this technique on our real music video, which we were considering to create t-shirts or clothing out of, where we can insert sections of filming or even still images. 

Later on in the week, Joely and Andrea had a bit of fun experimenting with a variation of different backgrounds fitting with the lyrics of the song:

Preliminary Exercise

My group and myself finally filmed our prelim, we learnt that featuring in a music video - whether you were the main or backing singers - you HAD to be enthusiastic! Luckily enough, we had brilliant lighting that evening just as the sun was setting and we were able to have access to the convertible car and house we planned to film in.  
The beginning of our prelim was a very make-shift, as we created all the weekly pieces of paper and simply used cello tape to flip from day to day. Despite storyboarding, we didn't play much attention on the waking up in the bed scene (hence the black screen) - this has definitely taught us to storyboard clearly for the real thing! Other than that, we filmed chronologically and Joely filmed the long shots of us in the car, whilst taking close ups of Lana as the main singer. Lip syncing proved to be easy for Lana, as everything was in time with the music. The only thing we have to ensure we don't have difficulty with is the adding and deleting of clips, which can instantly change the sync of both the lip syncing and music.

Colourful Paint/Flour Idea

One of the very first ideas we had was to use some form of substance (paint or flour) inside balloons, then using the effect of them exploding in our music video. This was later seen in Example's video, which came our soon after we thought of this! It is a brilliant thing to do and something you don't seen often, hopefully we will be able to recreate this and insert it into our own.

Useful Advice

FINAL A2 GRADE
- Ask friends or approach local bands and get permission to use their material
- Approach unsigned bands on ‘My Space’ etc and get permission to use their material
- Collaborate with music department/students in your centre on the project
- Create your own music or sound track
- OR…Use a music track by a well-known artist, but email the record label asking permission: be aware of the dangers of using a well known artist à your videos are more likely to mimic existing videos and not challenge conventions

One of our ideas within our group was to have an animal/inhuman aspect - perhaps, inspired by using animal painted faces or even costumes. Eliza Doolittle's Mr Medicine is a video we happened to come across and we especially loved the part where these mysterious people in costumes join her whilst singing in a lonely, dark street. This is particularly effective, as we could play on this theme in a small section of our video.

Prelim Storyboarding

The first page of our storyboard (Joely's beautiful drawings!) including the page seven turners then the bed, living room and bus stop shots

The majority of these shots are based in the car, mainly close ups of Rebecca and medium shots of her friends

This last page of the storyboard are mainly medium shots 

INITIAL IDEAS

After coming across this video, we noticed the fast forward/rewind part at point 0.45
Really like this effect, as it would go really well with our song choice in particular beats in the song.



Skatepark idea
The whole 'London' town idea with all different kinds of people skating around, having fun.


Images on tshirt, this idea is extremely similar to the one in the official Justice video, which is why we may not use it. Although we have purchased some plain green screen to perhaps, make some pieces of clothing to experiment with.

Preliminary Exercise Song Choice

We have been asked to create a preliminary video, copying a section of a real music video - my group and myself chose the very annoying (highly repetitive) song: Rebecca Black - Friday. It will be set exactly like the video, with the use of a convertable car for the majority of the shots. Lana will play the role of Rebecca, whilst we will use some of our friends to sit in the car. We have also created a storyboard, which will be uploaded in my next post. 

Song Choice

Together myself and my group have come up with a range of initial ideas connected to our final A2 music video. The song choice we have decided to do is Justice - D.A.N.C.E, it is very entertaining - containing both animation and real-life shots. One thing that particularly interested me was the contrast of the black and white shot, juxtaposed with the coloured writing or animation - drawing the younger generation into this entire disco/futuristic era.
Lyrics of the song:


Do the D.A.N.C.E.
1, 2, 3, 4, fight
Stick to the B.E.A.T.
Get ready to ignite
You are such a P.Y.T.
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A.B.C.
That's how you make it right


Do the D.A.N.C.E.
1, 2, 3, 4, fight
Stick to the B.E.A.T.
Get ready to ignite
You are such a P.Y.T.
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A.B.C.
That's how you make it right


Do the D.A.N.C.E.
1, 2, 3, 4, fight
Stick to the B.E.A.T.
Get ready to ignite
You are such a P.Y.T.
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A.B.C.
That's how you make it right


Do the D.A.N.C.E.
Stick to the B.E.A.T.
Just easy as A.B.C.
Do the DANCE


Do the DANCE
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE
You're always there for music and me
Do the DANCE
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE
You're always there for music and me


Do the DANCE
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE
You're always there for music and me


Take me through the radio
Does it all around
Except for one amp stereo
And the speed of sound


Do the DANCE (do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE (do the dance)
You're always there for music and me


Do the DANCE (do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE (do the dance)
You're always there for music and me


Under the spotlights
Neither black nor white
It doesn't matter
Do the DANCE (do the dance)


As strong as you might
Working day and night
Whatever happens
Do the DANCE (do the dance)


The way you move is a mystery
You're always there for music and me


Do the DANCE (do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE (do the dance)
You're always there for music and me


Do the DANCE (do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE (do the dance)
You're always there for music and me


Do the DANCE (do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery
Do the DANCE (do the dance)
You're always there for music and me


Do the DANCE (do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery