Final video feedback

In terms of genre, we were told that our music video was fairly typically indie. We'd like to think our influences are somewhat more diverse, but i guess it's true.

Final Videoage!!!

Feedback on our roughage.

We did it. It was solid.


We got some feedback from our class.


In terms of camerawork, a lot of people liked the shots we took, but felt that it would benefit from a larger variety of shots of Neil singing. Apparently the fish eye lens was pretty ace. We agree. We can't really go out and film more shots of Neil singing because we can't get hold of the studio again, which is a shame. We could add more shots from a different location but that would look a bit cheap.
Apparantley the transitions between Christopher and the band were good, but the whole Christopher section was a bit random. I suppose it is a bit random, but we wanted an element of the surreal to it, plus we felt that the song didn't lend itself too wall to a narrative, especially as it is such a short song.

Apparently the pace was good, and the cuts were clean. As a group, we did however decide that certain sections of the video would be improved by some more fast cuts.
We were told that the sped up section of the video was cool. Thanks.
We agreed with many people that the shots of the band need to be made brighter. We are currently increasing the white balance and the saturation in the band shots, this should brighten the tone of the band shots and add far more colour. It does make them look a bit grainy, but it looks quite cool, it gives it a more of a sense of life. According to T2-53, it would give it some 'Pazaz'.

There was very little discussion on the mise-en-scene; but the word on the street is that it was pretty cool (and my shoes are cool). I can dig that baby.

Most people seemed to like the radio intro too; we need to sort the levels of the volume for the distances of different shots to give it the sense that it is proper diagetic sound though.

VIdeo! evaluation.

We filmed our video! It was mostly succesful. We didn't feel the need to bring our shot list and storyboard, as we decided that we would benefit from a more organic and spontaneous feel. They weren't really a necesity anyway; as the shots we wanted to take were all fairly generic band video style shots of pans, close ups on instruments and close ups on the singer. And most of the effects we needed to achieve, we can do in the editing process: we just wanted to get enough footage to have a varied choice from. We shot the song twice at half speed and at full speed three times so that we could rule out any anomalies in the performances. Shamefuly, we could not film in the larger studio, as it was buisy, so we couldn't film the cut-aways of the band on the sofa. If we are lacking footage for the rough cut, we could allways go and film the bits on the sofa in a different location, wearing the same clothes etc...
I was slightly dissapointed with the studio itself as it wasn't exactly the most visualy engaging setting. Looking at the footage, it was also a bit too dark, we can fix this in final cut though by adjusting the levels of colour and saturation, or use it to add to the slightly monochromatic tone of the song.

The Christopher segment of the shoot was limited as we ran out of time with the camera. The dificulty with filming more is that the weather was incredible on the day of the shoot, so adding more shots from a later date could prove to be a continuity problem, as we have recently descended into the drizzly depths of autumn. We could, however do more shots of Christopher inside, such as; running through corridoors, bursting through doors, climbing over furniature etc.


Tom

working on the music video

Overall i think the filming of are music video for Dead 60s - riot radio was successful, we had organised to hire out a recording studio room, in Cambridge called Mullet Boy Studios (New Market Road) we paid for 2 hours use of the studio. We used this time to film our music video inside the studio. After our two hours had ended when went to locations in Cambridge which we were going to film more sequences for the final video.

After the studio our next location was the area outside the Grafton Center, were the character in the video searching for the band seeks them out after hearing of their where abouts on the radio. His search begins on top of a multi story car park, where he is sitting, wearing a high visibility jacket he appears as someone working there, as a caretaker or cleaner.
A series of different types of shots were used to show his were abouts. With long and wide shots to show were he was, and close ups and medium shots to show his surprised expression upon hearing about the band (excited and eager to find them). A series of props were used, such as a radio player and the work-mans jacket to make the video seem more realistic and give more of a story to how the video turned out.

The majority of the studio footage was shot using a semi-fish eye lens, this made the camera angles wider and allowed more to be visible in the shot. For the outdoor sequences we used a normal camera lens, this allowed us to film from a distance for establishing shots and also gave us the opportunity to zoom in for certain sequences.

We made a shot list which was in order of what sequences would be filmed and when. The shot list included what type of shot we would use (i.e long shots, medium close ups) what would be taking places at the shot and the shots location.

We used a selection of different ways of filming, the hand held camera and also still tripod shots to add variety to the cinematography and stylized shaky camera shot.

The shots that worked best were the stylized shaky camera shot because they gave the impression of a lot of hurried movement, the close ups on the microphone emphasised the importance of the vocals.

We don't feel there was anything we could have done differently and are all pleased with the outcome so far, but a bit more time in the studio could have given us the opportunity for more run throes of the band performance, the performances were shot in a series of different speeds and we could have maybe tried some different effects to add variety.


Mitchell and Ramiz

hello my name is mitchell hughes i am from a place called oxmoor, ill like pie chips and peas

More photos proving how ace we are

From the studio segment of the filming. Most of them have little relevance to the film but hey.

Shake ya' rudebox!

We went filming! Fun ensued...

What did we say! rooftops are wicked (ignore any previous posts saying otherwise). We most certainly are hip to the groove.

Here are some piccy pics of the Christopher segment of the shoot.

NICK WEARS CLOGS

Roofs are passe

We are not going to use the roof, no matter how bitchin' it would be. The skylight to the roof, through which we would be taking all our stuff cannot fit a bass drum through. Bum Nuggets.


Instead, we are going to film in a studio. There are some obvious changes that we'll need to make, the band are now going to be performing in the studio. Christopher will no longer be searching for the rooftop, he will be running to the studio. This also works with the radio element, cos it looks like it's filmed in a radio studio. This also gives more room for maneuver with cool studio shots. We could use a fish eye lens. That would be cool.
To give the studio we would be playing in the look of a large radio station, we will film christopher running up to a larger, more impressive building, then cut to him running into the empty mulletboy studio; the outside of which looks rubbish.

http://www.mulletboyproductions.com/

We are cool cats

Yea yea. We are such a flock of knobheads. This looks a bit rubbish, but we needed to do test footage. The jilted effect looks quite cool, but we will need to keep the camera on the tripod, as speeding the footage up pronounces the shaking of the camera.

Last year were good, but we are kingly.

This is quite a nice video. The use of cuts and layering is used very well, especialy with the guy in the background. This also shows the importance of propperly lip-syncing, and how a video can be let down quite easily. It's very easy to not give an emotive enough performance and find that the visuals don't match very well with the audio.
The sterile background and good use of depth and shadow help to add to the minimal tone of the song.

The use of close ups on the instruments were also very effective.


The matching haircuts were a nice touch.

The Engineers

For a music video we need a band... ah! and we have one! They are called 'The engineers'
myspace.com/theengineersband

Not quite the Dead 60s but good enough.

This is OUR hardcore animi-atic (animatic)

BOSH!!!




cop that (nick wears clogs)

The Dead 60s 'Riot Radio' lyrics!!!

Airwaves beam from the light on the tower
Get my kicks from your eleventh hour
Won't you gimme some more
Riot on the radio
Burning up say my mind's on fire
A talk talk speaker on the end of the wire
You know it cancelled it out
Riot on the radio
You know it's turning me on
Riot on the radio

Yaow ow ow aow

Airwaves beam from the light on the tower
Get my kicks from your eleventh hour
Won't you gimme some more
Riot on the radio

You know it's turning me on
Riot on the radio
Riot, Riot!
Won't you gimme some more!
Riot, Riot!

The Dead 60s

Looks like we're using the Dead 60s now. Yes.


They're hip happenin' and know where it's at. We must have them.

'Riot radio' is an agressive, angular and high paced Dub Punk tune. It's wicked.



Very inner-city, very Brittish and very northern. Tony Wilson would be proud. Fab.

Our Sequence!!

We have a very good idea of stucture for our sequence! No dought our ideas will evolve to be more complex and effective as we move further towards the shoot but this is a rough idea of what we are intending to do.

our video will have a short sequence at the start, maybe about 15 seconds long, introducing our character (who will be known as Christopher) who is trying to find the band! christopher will be tall, dark and handsome. he will also be in dark clothing as if he was a bangin top spy in a previous existance and hasnt really moved on yet. he will appear on top of the grafton carpark. we will take lots of shots with him holding up binoculars and close-ups of his eyes making it appear quite novelty! then we intend to take 3 shots of our roof top from different distances! one far away, another one closer and then one from the actual roof top. we intend to edit these shots together to make it appear the camera is rushing towards the band!
then throughout the sequence there will be fast cuts between christopher and the band, until the end where christopher will see the band on the roof and he will run up the stairs, climb through a vent onto the roof and the band will be have disappeared/capput/vamous../ gone!!

it will evolve into a creature of the day and we belive that this super suits the band and the song and will become a very effective music video for the masses.

BISH!!!

The Foxes, Pitchtastic

'Love Killer' by 'The Foxes' is a fast paced, tightly produced, high energy raucus indie track, for this reason we feel that it suits a fast paced editing style. We plan on using a variety of close ups of individual instruments, and the singer and long shots from a low angle, which will compliment our location.


The foxes are a british band, bearing a visual and musical style in keeping with the garage revival; matching suits, harmonies and heavy 60's influences, much like othe popular bands like 'The Hives' or 'The White Stripes' that is popular with indie kids.

Pitch it to me baby!

The video will start with the band on the roof, looking all cool and that. Throughout the video there is going to be an underlying narrative of a character trying to find the band. This will have a slight element of python-esque comic relief to it, using physical comedy heavily, cut together with close ups on his eyes used very expressivley.
The character will be chasing around various far fetched areas of cambridge, and will finaly end on the roof, but the band will be gone. For visual effect, we will slow the song to about half speed, film it mimed at that, and then speed it up in the edit to give it a cool jittered jangley effect.

Being as we are all a bunch of cool cats, the costuming should be no problem, we will shamlessley exploit indie fashion and it will fit perfectly with feel of the song!

Bosh!

Rooftops kick arse

Making Of Nojahoda Video

the editing and special effects used in nojahoda are well suited to the music and this video explains how they made the video and promblems they exoerienced along the way!!!!!!!!!!! YERRR!!!!!!!!!

Location!

Just like we promised! we have a location, a roof! (and it's wicked)  As always, test shots:

It's safe, easy to get to and we have permission to use it.

Test photos.

To try and get the right aesthetic style for the video, we took a couple of test shots. We thought that quite a modernist, surrealist look to the video would give it a bit of an edge.  

Performance based videos!!!

This is The Foo Fighters video for 'monkey wrench'! this is a bangin example of a performance based video which gives us plenty of examples of how to use camera work, costumes, editing and colour throughout the video. another thing this video does is provide us with a visual narrative which tells a story! we are not looking to try and tell a story in our video but we are looking to use cut aways throughout our video that appear to make sense... but when u ask someone 'what happened?' they will go 'urm not really sure if im honest... But i reallllly enjoyed it!!!' cut aways will make the video hold our audience, give us more material/footage. this makes fast cuts possible and due to the high tempo of the song we think this is very important! overall cut aways will make our video more VISUALLY AESTHETIC!

Visual style

To create the proper effect we would need, we would have to record the band playing the song at about half speed and then speed it up.


As well as this we would need a substantial amount of cutaways. We are planning on using various close ups on individual instruments in this to give a sense of intimacy with the band that mirrors the close sound of the song.

Test!

Test shots are cool. Here's one we made earlier.

I just moved really slowly, then we sped it up a bit. It's amazingly simple to do, and gives quite a cool jittery effect too.

Time!

We decided that not only would it be mega cool to play with speeds in our video, but it would also look pretty bitchin'.

A nice example of this can be seen in 'intergalactic by the beastie boys.

This music video was an inspiration for are music video because it uses the technique of playing with speeds very effecively without making it look like it was badly produced. This is an effect we are going to use in our music video but feel if not done properly then that could bring down the performance of the video.

Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever

A very nice example of speed manipulation, this however will have been achieved by adjusting the shutter speed.

Our Band! The Engineers!

The Engineers are a local band and are by far the BEST performance based band in THE WORLD! (execpt barbie and the plastics but they were unavailable on a thursday which would be inconvenient!... which is a shame).
the stage presence of The Engineers combined with our perfect minds focused on the subject of a perfect music video will achieve outstanding results. with our highly practised camera and editing skills we should prosecute our ideas with accuracy!

'Lover Killer' Lyrics!

if i told u that we were personally given them buuy the singer... THAT WOULD BE A LIE!!! so dont belive us... or... any other group (50) that they did!!! a source is a source ay!!!

"You come and see me when you’re all lost at sea,
I’d like to help you, but I’ve got to be free because,
I’ve got to get away from your heart.

You think you’re special like your old mums best china,
Yes, you’re hand painted and you think there’s no-one finer.
Oh, come, and take me away, to your heart.

I am your oxymoron doting lover killer,
‘Cos I’ve got to get away from your heart.
I’ve got to get away from you!
I’ve got to get away from your heart.

What will you do when there is no more superficial?
When men don’t stare at you and they don’t stop and whistle?
Oh, God, oh take me away, from your heart.

I am your oxymoron messed up lover killer.
And I’ve got to get away from your heart.
I’ve got to get away from you!
I’ve got to get away from your heart.

Help me to see I’m coming down, help me to see…."

The Foxes... BABY!!!!

The Foxes - Your Fire
Uploaded by pragmaticproductions

This is a video of the foxes playing 'your fire' live!!!!
this shows us exactly what kind of band they are, their appearance/style and also how they perform on stage which is important because we are doing a performance based video. having an idea of what the band are link would help us decide on the attitudes and overall performance of our band we will be using!

Music Videos are wicked

Golima!


We have specifically decided to pitch for a song with a high tempo, this leaves us oppourtunities to create a wicked mad video with fast cutting, manipulation of speeds, clever camera work and editing.

We are going to pitch for 'Love Killer - The Foxes' and as a backup 'on sussex downs - large love'.

As we learned from our jazztastic thriller, the location of the shoot is integral to the mood and tone of the film. For this reason we would prefer to shoot in a large location with a slightly urban feel such as a warehouse or a rooftop. This would also give the video the feel of geurilla gigging as it would be a performance based video.

We feel we can execute this well beond the capabilities of anyone else because we are wizzards.

Lots of love; Neil, Ramiz and Tom. I hope all is well,

p.s. Remember to feed the cat while i'm away.

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