Shooting My Animation

To shoot my animation shots I decided to use a still camera as I thought this would be the easiest to create the effect I want. I tried several tehniques including placing the alphabet magnets on a sheet of white paper and simply using a fridge for my bakground. I found the fridge worked better as it was easier to sort the lighting. However I did struggle with the camera as I found it hard to create non-blurry pictures. Below are some examples:

On white paper background:

 On white fridge background:

Although the colours are better on the fridge versions, I think I will re shoot them as they are very blurry so would perhaps be able to create clearer images using a different camera.

Costumes

After studying several music videos within my chosen genre, I found that abstract styles were present in most cases. For my music video I plan to reflect these conventions and the clothing worn by the actors within my piece must also reflect this. I have chosen several outfits that I feel fit the conventions of my Indie-pop music video. Below are examples of the types of outfits I will use within my video:

Mens:

Womens

Risk Assesment

Health and Safety

After designing my storyboard and choosing where to shoot my video, I had to consider health and safety regulations. As my filming took place in only one location against a blank background and did not consist of any potentially dangerous activities, my health and safety considerations were fairly minimum. I first checked for any hazards in the area I was working in. as it was indoors I only had to move a few wires and a chair to ensure the space was clear and there was nothing to trip over. The risk of harm whilst filming, I found, was low and I did not face any problems when I did film as the only possible hazard was the tripod and I was careful to keep it out of the way as much as possible and ensured I was careful when moving around it. As there were no changes to equipment I did not have to revise my risk assessment and continued to film in a safe environment.

Filming Schedule

I have created the following filming schedule to help me plan when and where I will film. I have split my filming into two main sections; my animation and all other filming. My animation will be filmed with a still camera and will involve still images being taken in a sequence. All other filming will be done on a video camera in various locations. I have also listed the props I will need to get to ensure that my filming looks authentic and follows the conventions outlined previuosly for the indie genre.

Animation: Done on still camera.

            Props: Alphabet letters

                        Sheep picture

                        Clock image

                        Watch Picture

                        Globe Image

                        Eye Picture

                        Brain Picture

                        Maid Picture

                        “thing” Picture

                        “4” Image

                        Arrow Picture

            Started:

            Completed:

Other Filming: Done on video camera

            Props: Cardboard “U”

                        Cardboard “A”

                        Cardboard heart

                        Dressing Table            

                        Mirror

                        Smart/casual Mens Shirt and trousers

                        Womens dress

                        Clutch Bag

                        Keyboard

                        Fur coat

                        Decoration for “party” backdrop

            Inside, against cream backdrop:

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                        Street scenes. Frames: 8

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Dressing Room scenes. Frames: 5

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Storyboard

I have now completed my storyboard, I will use this to plan my filming schedule and what props I will need to attain.

Music Video Ideas

Poll Results

I created a poll to find out the preferences of my target audience; after I had a reasonable amount of responses I added up the results and will now analyse what my target audience want to see in my video. I asked 5 males and 5 females to ensure that there was no gender bias within my results and all of the people I asked were within my target audience age of 16-19.  This ensures that all data collected is valid and will have a significant view on the opinions of my target audience.

What is the most important part of a music video?

For this question, the majority answer was Narrative fits with lyrics. This has been useful in providing me with an insight into the style of video my target audience will want to see. I will now make sure that when creating my storyboard I will have a narrative that runs parallel with the meaning of the lyrics.

What types of music do you prefer?

The most popular responses for this question were Performance and Abstract. I will therefore try and create a music video that is quite edgy and, whilst keeping elements of performance, also has another element to it, for example animation.

I will now go on to create my storyboard. I will first brainstorm initial ideas based on the points raised in my poll then use these to create a storyboard within the Indie-pop genre that has both elements of performance and animation.