CONSTRUCTING NOUGHTS & CROSSES

Today we got together our noughts and crosses cut outs and coloured card to shoot the scene to go into our music video. We made a high angle shot with strong lighting looking down onto the cards. With primary colours these strongly link into our current themes of the video such as our playful element. and also our digipack. We got band member to place down the noughts and crosses and then edited it to speed the shot up so it adds a quick fire effect along with playful themes. We also experimented with reversing the shot so that it adds to the fast paced music and verse.

NOUGHTS & CROSSES IDEA

In todays lesson we had the idea of using the same coloured cards as the chorus but using them on the floor to play a game of noughts and crosses in the video. This will fit our theme of bright intense colours and playfulness throughout the video. We cut out card in the shape of O's and X's and then made the board on the floor to practise the shot and how it will go. We want to have a high angle shot to really emphasise the game being played with the band members included in the shot also. This shot can then be put into the video during a non-band performance scene and most likely a verse.

BAND PERFORMANCE SHOOTING

In todays lesson we spent an hour filming most of the band performance shots. We set up the drum kit and amps and mic on the stage. We made the lighting very intense to focus on the band playing. We then took shots of the whole band synced to music played through the speakers. We then edited in the shots on iMovie to add into the band performance scenes of our music video.

YUDU PRESENTATION

Here i have been experimenting with new technologies to present my work. Here is a new software online called Yudu where you upload word documents and it transfers them into magazine presentations where you can flick through the pages online following the link below. I focused on more pictures in the magazine so it is more visually intersting.

Click Here To see my Yudu presentation

CHORUS SHOOTING

In todays lesson we started filming our chorus of the song. The lyrics go 'lets take our precious time about it' with a short space in-between them. We had the idea of having each band member saying a word each with a different colour background for them. With the colours of the background we made them more bright and vibrant. Each person is edited in iMovie to match the lip syncing of the words. It is a good effect for a main part of the song with bright colours that make it stand out.

MUSIC RESEARCH TWEET

Here is a tweet showing how i have read about British bands similar to the Maccabees that they have been turned into brands on the times.co.uk. It says how their image can become more important than their actually work and songs.

DIGIPACK EXPERIMENTATION

Here i have experimented with a digipack look inspired by the Maccabees. there is a mid shotof the band members all wearing similar shirt and ties and on photoshop i have added.

a hyperbolic pattern in the background with strong and futuristic, vibrant colours. This adds to the image in the foreground i have removed the heads of some band members making it more surreal and interesting.