CONSTRUCTION: Stop Motion

 We have started constructing our music video with initially filming the narrative of Jonny walking to football to meet his friends. He used a close up of him kicking up the ball which we think is a visually inviting shot.







However our group is cautious since we don't want our whole video to be completely narrative and would like in incorporate more visually interesting shot which we though could be achieved effectively through stop motion.

Our group started experimenting in class with making a tower of stuff that Jonny would find on his desk. We then experimented with lining up pens on a desk and through stop motion we would have them moving up the desk to Jonny before the exam.

By incorporating more abstract shots it will give our music video more dimensions.

PLANNING: EDITING TECHNIQUES

We studied the film opening of the movie “LES BLEUS DE RAMVILLE” which is renown for its excellence and I was inspired by the variety of shots that were used within the first minute. The visual texture and delight of the opening along with the continually changing camera shots resulted in a strong interest.

In order to make our video just as visually engaging as this particular films opening sequence, our group has decided to take note of the high angle and low angle shots along with the constant extreme close ups which create a montage effect. The slow motion that was used, I think also had a good effect for the viewers.

Our group particularly enjoyed the extreme low angle close ups since this could be incorporated in our music video with having this shot used when Jonny is seen doing kick ups with the football. We hope that this shot has the same positive effect as it did in the film opening. 

PLANNING: TIMELINE

The timeline gives our group guidance since it specifies the specific shots we want to achieve within a time frame. We tried to make it as detailed as possible by making the time frame within seconds. 

FILMING: OPENING SCENE

October 30th our group got together to film the opening scene shot of the trunk being filled with Jonny's belongings.

 We started working with over the shoulder shots of clothing being packed into the trunk. Our group started brainstorming and came up with a new shot idea. We wanted to have Jonny pack pictures of him and his friends in his trunk as a transition from the scene of him and his friends taking pictures. We filmed Jonny taking pictures with his friend on photo booth with all different effects for a shot to add more colour to the shot. We then printed off the pictures and had him pack them in the trunk would we will use as a transition shot from the picture taking scene.

It was useful to all meet up and start actually filming and getting initial shots done, this allows us to get a head start on the editing process of the music video.

Shots Done :
Establishing Shot
Panning Shot
Over the Shoulder Shot 
Point of View Shot

PLANNING: Mood Board

I made this Mood Board using images that I thought would capture our groups overall approach in how we wish to present our music video. The pictures all compliment the Indie/ Alternative genre of the song and can be relatable to the bands target audience. 

PLANNING: Test Footage

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR TEST FOOTAGE

Our group wanted to experiment with camera angles and shots through test footage. It also allows us to get used to the editing routines. For this particular test footage we edited it using imovie. 

PLANNING: Permission to use Track

Nick Fitzgerald is the lead singer of the Band Fij and having one of our group members being his brother makes getting permission to use his song for our music video easy.