First three proposals

My music video proposals 

1)My first proposal is Saturday Night by McFly. I would have at least two performers for the singing parts, and quite a few extra, to create the “party feel”. 

Normally in music videos you would have the band performing on stage, however I thought I would have them performing over a live broadcast, via webcam.

When thinking of costumes, I thought the band could go for the smart but casual look while performing, and when at the party everyone could wear, a similar but different style to the band.

 Some scenes at the party would be filmed in swimwear and others in full clothes.

There would be a variety of locations used, such as; a house for, party and pool scenes, a single room that looks like a studio and perhaps a car.

I could use multiply camera angles/shots & movements such as; canted angle, tilt, and following shot.

And editing I thought of was a split screen, in place of/ or as well as a shot-reverse shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW-TXyw2ZLA

 2) My second proposal is Girls just wanna have fun by Cyndi Lauper. I would have one maybe two singers to take the main singing role.

I would use varied locations; a hall by a telephone, reaction shot in a second and third house on the telephone, a street walking home, a room full of people (mainly girls) having a party/sleepover, and in the main doorway of a house.

For some narrative Ideas I thought the girls could be playing the game ‘Just Dance’, either a party or sleepover.

I thought about using the editing technique of a split screen, where it talks about using the phone.

I could different camera angles/shots and movements such as; two-shot, hand-held, and perhaps a focus pull.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhdTpeegBZk

3)My third proposal is Barbie Girl by Aqua. I would have to main singers, male and female, and a few extra people.

I would use a variety of camera shots/angles and movements such as; passing shot, subjective camera, pan and two-shot.

I would using a few locations such as; in a car (driving along & stationary), in a bedroom (getting ready), and at a party.

The main female could have different coloured hair in separate scenes, or multi-coloured.

Narrative ideas consist of; driving along in a car, getting ready for a night out, and a conversation over the phone. The line of ‘You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink’ The main male could be holding a doll dressed in rock ‘n’ roll clothes and pink hair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A

Remake of Bad Touch Video

Evaluation

Now that I have finished editing, I have realised the things that could have been improved, went well and should not be done in the future.

Filming

Team work went fairly well due to the fact that we took turns in using the camera and incouraged each other when needed. However we did laugh to much in most of the beginning shots, therefore the entire filming sequence to longer than expected.

When using the camera we found that it was harder, than first thought. To be able to keep a steady shot, you need a steady arm or a tri-pod should be considered.

Before we even stared to film, we had to plan, which was not done with a considerabe amount of thought. Even though we made a small story board, we should have made a short list of what we needed and what had to be done. There was also not enough rehersal time, therefore when planning my actuall music video, I need to allow enought time before filming for rehersals. Designing a story board and creating a shorting is important when creating any sort of video, so that everyone knows where they need to be and what they are supposed to be doing.

The way that we organised and prepared the props and costumes could have been better, as it was sorted out right at the last minute, therefore I know for future reference that these need to be prepared durring the planning stage, as this will save possible filming time.

One main thing I have learnt while filming is that any person singing in the shot needs to be in sync with the music and lyrics.

Editing

While editing I have learnt that you need to be patience as it takes a long time to get the shots you need organised and the lip sync right with the music. If you dont have this patence editing can become very fustrating.

I have also learnt to keep saving different versions as I went along. As I was editing the video the program we where using kept shutting down therefore more time was taken up with re-opening the program.

From editing I have learnt new and different skills, involving speed control; slowing it down, speeding it up, but also reversing the entire shot so that every action was reversed. Other skills included; moving different clips around, importing new files, exporting and compressing the finished product. I also learnt how to transform a clip which ranged from; horizonally flipping the clip, cropping the clip then re-sizing it so it fits the screen.

One thing I made sure I kept doing was saving after doing any sorting of change or new edit, so I did not loose any work. As well as this I saved different versions so that if I did loose anywork, that a slightly earlier version had just slightly less work than the one lost.

Both Editing and Filming

Learning to Lip Sync was important not only for filming but for editing as well. I found that when I was saying the lyrics, I was not actually in time with the music. Most of I was either too fast or too slow, a couple of times it was okay, but there was one or two lines where i mucked the lyrics up, not realising at the time that it would take real effect on the editing. Even though there was a few messed up lines, these could mainly be corrected in editing but either slowing the clip down or speeding it up. This helped with the words but then the actions where out of proportion. However nearly all of them I kept the same, otherwise the actions looked ridiclously fast or slow, in proportion to the music.

We also found that we could have been better equiped with planning every little detail, due to the fact that we did not actually know what we were doing and when. If we had of know what actions and lyrics went were then I feel the filming could have been much smoother, therefore I now know for future refence to make sure I as the camera man but also the people I will have acting know what they are doing so that, when it comes to actually filming, no-ones too embaressed to perform in public.

My music video Proposal

The song I have chosen to make a music video for is ‘Saturday Night’ by McFly. Which the lyrics, tell the story which should be told.

One of my main ideas is to have the performers in front of a webcam performing. Filming from many different angles. Such as high angle, canted angle and perhaps and arc shot. I would also film a few fans watching this performance on their home computers, using an over the shoulder shot so show the performance on screen. To get this performance from many different angles, I would have to film it many times using one angle at a time possibly with a projection on a wall behind them, then during the editing process I will then be able to fit these into the video.

When filming the narrative side of the song, I was thinking of using a couple of cars, one of which I would use for the performers to drive along in while I am in the other car with the camera using a following shot of them driving. Another scene I thought I could do with the cars is, while the performer’s car is stationary I thought I would film a load of people getting in, during the line ‘...then I’ll come and pick you up...’

I have also thought about filming the performers in colour and the extras in black and white for some of the scene, perhaps during the lyrics, ‘...get a little talk from my dad...’

I also thought that I could do a bit of tracking in the editing stage where I take a shot of the performers and zoom out and its on the computer screen. 

Most of my influence have come from videos McFly have already made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h76uVRSJ5bc , and other videos of the same genre, such as Busted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPdqO7odBYM&feature=related  and Jonas Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCXiczrRUSg.

I have sent McFly a message to ask if I can use this song, the only way I could find, via Twitter.