Final video

something to remind us

must film brittany and waq getting into the car together during tomorrows filming.

also aim to film:
- waq in the town standing still
- some lip syncing
- pub scene.

:)

Feedback from peer analysis of blog

The feedback which we received from our peer assessment of our blog was generally positive. Something that we need to add to our blog is awareness of our target audience and how to make our video suitable for all. We could also include a more detailed shot list.

Some of the positive feedback we received was that our call sheets were professional and looked feasible. Good location information. However, there was confusion over why we had two call sheets so we need to make it clearer that there was two seperate shooting days. Feedback also suggested that everything that was supposed to be included in the blog has been.

Altohugh this was not suggested in our blog feedback, from looking at other blogs we have decided that we should include more pictures of our shooting and some test footage of lip syncing and colour correction.

We achieved high levels of the overall assessment with level 4 overall over all areas.

actors

the boyfriend: Waq Zah

the girlfriend: Christina Rankin

girl 1: Brittany Pearce

girl 2: Hayley Amin

relationship narrative

1) in the park
- having a picnic
- girl being pushed on the swing
- roundabout

2) in the street
- arguing
- crying

3) on the beach
- Make sandcastles
- eat ice cream
- eat fish and chips

4) in the home
- on the phone (laughing)
- having dinner

pitch response

Our pitch was not as successful as we had hoped. However, the class contributed valuable comments which we will use as constructive criticism to alter some of our earlier proposed ideas. We feel that the narrative of our video still resembles the genre of the song. Some of the chnages we may make as a response to our pitch, would be to avoid the use of blood and injuries and change the "car crash" into a less dramatic effect, as we were being over hopeful as to how it would turn out.

Feedback we received:
- plan the exact locations
- check out the past student videos, one particular has used a car
- re-think how we will perform the car accident
- to get permission to film in any locations we may choose
- get appropriate actors

the research will still need to do is to plan the exact locations, find a male actor who is willing to take on the role of the boyfriend and get a definite shot list.

Overall we feel that presenting the pitch has benefited our group and the feedback has been very useful to our group and has helped us to overcome some disagreements.

Student videos

in this student music video there are a lot of similarities with how we want our video to turn out. there is a narrative in their video about a relationship that's breaking up, which is similar to our narrative. they also have used a scene in the park on the roundabout, which again links into our idea of filming in the park.
Another idea we have spoken about for our music video is playing around with colour. we have thought about making the narrative black and white or at least paler than the rest of the video. in this student video they made the narrative black and white.

Real videos that are similar to our idea

rihanna and ne-yo - hate that i love you

shows a break up!

Taio Cruz - She's like a star

Lily Allen - Littlest Things

Shows the couple together but the lyrics suggests that the relationship has ended.

New Pitch

As we faced a problem with our basic original pitch, we had to come up with a new one.
here it is...

The overall narrative of the video is that it is about a relationship that has ended. throughout the video, we will show the couple together having a good time and enjoying themselves, but the man in the relationship standing in the background as if he is watching over the relationship, and singing the song.

the video will start with the man sitting in a car alone, gripping to the wheel but not moving, looking traumatized and expression-less singing the song.


When the lyrics say,

"Your summer dress
A late down pour
and how they caught us on the stairs
That silent song you'd sing to me
keeps singing... "

we will make the video be literal by showing the girl wearing a summer dress singing (miming) to him in the pouring rain on outside stairs. this will show a close relationship between the lyrics and the visuals.
However, we are aware that we can't control the weather, and so if we are lucky enough to have good weather during our filming then we will overcome this by using stairs inside and adding rain outside in the editing process through sound and visual effects. this shows that we have already thought about how to overcome possible problems!

To add to the narrative there will be a slight twist at the end, and that will be that the relationship hasn't just ended, but that the girl has actually died. she died in a car accident, which is why the man was sitting in a car at the beginning.
we got this idea through the lyrics
"Wouldn't I be more than livin' in your wake"
so the ending shot is going to be of him in a crowd of people all wearing black so it shows that he is at her funeral, and maybe add a picture of the girl in the center, just to make it clear.

the video will overall be a mixture of happy times in the relationship and chaos of a car accident, shown through the use of a car and an ambulance and paramedics. they will be cut into eachother so its jumbled up. however the focus will be on the relationship as there are a lot of practical limitations with filming a car accident.

The location of the music video will be in various places outside. it is unlikely that it will all be filmed in cambridge, or one area, as we all live in different places.
we have discussed having one of the shots of the couple happy together being in a park, having a picnic, maybe him pushing her on a swing or general just acting like kids and enjoying being young and together.

For the performers we will use our own group members and also ask our friends to take part in it too, as we only have one boy in our group who is not keen on miming the lyrics (which are originally sung by a male). therefore we will call on our friends for support! But, Cameron is happy to do the miming if we are unable to find anyone else, as a last resort.

We will consider what props to use at a later stage, after completing our storyboard as we will be using props that are natural to the scene.