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Excellent post - could be developed further by an analysis of CD digipaks aand conventions and for you to discuss how this applies to you concept.  Well presented work

Finalized CASTING

We have now finalized our casting decision. The girl we wanted to cast originally, Jess, unfortunately had to drop out as did our second choice, Emma. So I decided to fill in last minute!

The boyfriend we have cast in the video is Walter. Out of all the boys we thought of casting, we decided Walter and I looked best together.

Walter

Brainstorm on Digipak Design

 Portishead has a very film noir style which I like and think we could incorporate for our digipak cover. Although we are thinking of using a police report design on our CD, I still think a black and white film noir style might help bring the heavy, dark nature of the song across. It could be appealing for audiences that like this genre of music.

Layout Design

Evaluating our Storyboard

We have now finished our storyboard and completed our animatic! 

It wasn't an easy task though and it took us a while to research styles and the look/feel of our shot choices. 

Storyboarding in the process, Honey and myself. 

Storyboarding involves a much more directory approach.
Click the link below to watch a presentation I created on storyboarding.

http://www.slideshare.net/SophiaKoup/storyboarding-9719328

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You address the planning of your pop music video well - through the use of the animatic and set design, this is through and detailed and supported with a couple of highly proficient video diary entries.  You do need to be mpore consistent with the design of your blog - at times the text is really difficult to read  Do maintain links with real media practie and keep on bloggin please.

Casting

We have been researching looks and styles that we would like to incorportate for our star and actors. Honey and I went on a hunt down for some people to cast, and here are our conclusions...

The girlfriend

This is the girl we think we would like to use for our music video to play the lead singer. Jess has the edgy look we like, yet she still looks quite innocent with her soft expression.

The various casted boyfriends 

 

We really liked Jess and Walter together. However we thought they looked too alike, too much as if they were related, so we decided we should not match them up together.

 



         
 

Honey thought that Taymour would be cast well as the boyfriend. I disagreed because I thought he was too skinny and didn't look threatening enough...he's a bit...posh?

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I like Merlin's look. I think he is also very photogenic - and that's pretty important for filming.  



Storyboard Animatic



Lighting and Set Design FEEDBACK

Dan didn't think the use of candles would be a good source of natural light in our video. 

Reasons we shall not use candles.

• They give a warm, glowing light. We want to create a cold atmosphere. 
• They won't give out much light for the video cam to pick up anyway. 

Again referring back to Massive Attack's 'Risingson'. Having the lighting something like this with the window.

Here is our set design pitch layout. You can click on the picture to enlarge the image.

Further below you can see our shot ideas, along with the colour scheme added for lighting FX etc.

The chair with the window that brings in 'City' life light. The blue and green colours represent the mouldy,  cold mise en scene of the flat.

Design of bathroom. Downward shot enhancing how
vulnerable the star feels. Again the green colour represents the grotty mouldy look we want.

Run down bedroom layout design with window behind curtains. Shot makes any action clear and seen. General view of the room.

Basic bathroom design layout sketch. This angle allows a general view of the action happening in this room.

Lighting Design

We would like to use:

•  blue and green lighting for our music video. 

We are particularly influenced by the Massive Attack video 'Risingson' and the colour scheme that is used in their video.I have chosen shots here which represent the blue and green lighting ideas we would like to have.

Similarly with trip hop artists other than PJ Harvey, notice how Massive Attack have the whole grotty flat idea too. Especially notice the shadows and low key lighting that is used on the men. 

In the memory flashback shots where our star remembers her abusive boyfriend, I think using similar lighting will really help convey the 'monster' boyfriend lurking in the shadows. 

We will be talking to our lighting and set designer, Dan, tomorrow for feedback. We will be presenting a pitch to him. Additionally we are going to use some natural light in our video from burning candles to help create a dark, eerie atmosphere. 

Letter of confirmation

Props and Costume List for Music Video

Props

Towel - When actress comes out of bath.

Mirror - Above sink in bathroom, shot when she looks at herself in mirror.

Cards- Falling cards represent the girlfriend 'gambling' for her life if she stays with abusive boyfriend.

Water Tank - Cards fall into a glass water tank, we are able to get different shots of the cards in water from different angles.

Chair and table - She sits alone in an empty space living room. 

Bed - For bedroom shots. 

   

Costume

I was inspired by Madonna's 'Like A Virgin' for the costume design of our female. 

Silk white nightdress dress

• Helps create the innocent look we want the star to have. 

• Male watchers will find sex appeal to the star as the costume is made from silk material, thought to be appealing for males. 

Red lipstick

• The star is in love, hence the red lipstick. However we find she has also killed her boyfriend - blood reference.

• Red lipstick, yet again, another common attraction for males.

Ruffled hair

• Our actress actually has short, pixie like hair, so this picture represents the style I would like her hair to be like. It is slightly messy - representing her 'messed up' life. 

Editing Storyboard Process

Watch the video clip to see us editing our storyboards - and other random...things..