Fx Test

After creating my first draft I decided to test some of the effect premier pro offers. I found the luma lighting effect. It increases the contrast and gives the video a grungy dark feel that goes more with the metal conventions rather than the clean sterile look the theatre lights give. I showed before and after to my classmates and others around college to get some feedback and found nearly all agreed with me that the second had a much better look and feel.

First Draft Of Music Video

This is my first attempt at editing together my footage. I had a few problems with this. I found I didnt have enough shots as I ran out of time of the day of filming and that some of my actors where rather static and looked out of place. Instead of going back to get more footage with my current actors I decided it would be best to leave this as a first draft and then change to better actors and start from scratch.

Review of first filming session

This was a quick video blog I made because I didn't have time to sign into blogger and write out what had happened.
Tthe main points where that my cast returned to my original plan, the shooting schedule changed and the equipment had all been transported and organised. 
The reason for the cast change was because the singer got off work early enough to make it meaning until he arrived we had to work on solo shots and close group shots not containing the singer. This started with the shots of the drummer.
The rest of the shoot was fairly successful with only a few mistakes made here and there with the masks being on and off at the wrong point.
What I have filmed I will now edit to see what is left to do before I arrange another day to re-shoot any shots that are needed.

Band Costume

These are the costumes I eventually settled on for each member of my band on the night. These relate to other band outfits I have seen from bands in the same genre.

Idea Development of Gothic CD Cover

These are the two images I took to start the gothic obscene album cover. I wanted to get the effect of skin peeling away from muscle and decided the best way to do this rather than drawing or doing with makeup would be to use the technology available and do it in photoshop. I overlapped the two images and erased parts of the first to show the second underneath as shown below.

It then came to finding the correct effect to create the effect I wanted. I tried oversharpening the image with the smart sharpen tool and I thought the effect was good but decided on the dark brush strokes tool.

Dark brush strokes edited image

Something still didn't look right and I decided it was the under layer I was using. Without any other science manikins I had to search the internet for a more suitable image and came across this.

I went throught a similar process as before first trying the smart sharpen...

Then the Dark Brush strokes. Deciding again the Dark Brush strokes looked better I added the band name and album name on in a font I found on dafont.com to create this final outcome.



CD Cover Research

For metal bands there seems to be two chioces of ways to go with your album cover.

The first is a gothic detailed cover. Theres alot going on and it usuall contains quite graphic images that show gore and horror or represent death. The text on these covers is usually small not covering much of the cover and is usually dramatic and sharp or violent looking representing the genres violent nature and the violence in the music. The picture on the cover I have chosen as my example had colours that have connotations of death. The pale blue showing the skin colour of the corpse in the centre of the picture and the red representing blood and violence. The lower half of the cover is also covered by stright lines running in random directions this gives a shattered effect almost like glass. Again this has conotations of violence.

The second is a quite simplistic look of a gothic novel cover. There seems to be a set coloyur scheme of deep Navy Blue contrasted by a Light Yellow almost Tan colour. This simple cover is often dominated by the bands logo, name or the albums name.

Updated Cast List

Singer           - Adam Blaza   
      Outfit - Black Jeans Green Jacket, Black Shoes
Drummer          - Mark  Hurton 
      Outfit - Black Band Tee, Baggy Jeans
First Guitarist  - Peter Hurton
      Outfit - Jeans, Black Shirt, Beanie Hat
Bassist          - Dale Hurton 
      Outfit - Jeans, Hoodie
Camera 1         - Aaron Hill

Day Before Filming progress update and Cast Change

My Lead Singer Phil Bainton has had to be called into his work to do overtime on the night of my filming meaning he wont be able to get to the set in time to be in the film. This means I will have to re-arrange my cast and bring in another member to make up for his absance. Ontop of this my second camera worker has a doctors appointment meaning I need to find someone who I think is experianced enoght to work the other camera. On a lighter note I have the outfits for the rest of the cast finished and ready the equipment is to arrive at college tonight to be set up tomorrow afternoon as soon as the theater is free. I have the camera equipment booked out and have made sure the rest of my cast all have travel plans to get here as soon as possible to maximise filming time.

Safety Considerations

I have received a set of rules and restrictions given to drama students working in the theatre. Some of these rules will not apply to me on the day as the rules are designed for dancing and acting rather than a film shoot.

Before every lesson you MUST :

·         Be in correct attire, i.e. Loose fitting clothing, it should be easy for you to move in your clothing. No skin should be showing, example low cut tops, bare stomachs or hips.

·         Correct shoes, either jazz shoes or bare feet in the theatre.

·         Tie long hair back, if it gets in your eyes you could lose balance as well as if an exercise involves physical contact hair could be pulled, which is painful.

·         Check your working space, any wires that are not secure, check for anything that could potentially be obstructive, make sure there is nothing slippery on floor or something you could slip or fall over on.

·         Remove ALL jewellery BEFORE start of lesson, if something was to get caught it could be very dangerous for you and/ or another member of the team. 

·         Be aware of personal space, Yours and other peoples.

Also no food or drink should be brought into the theatre at any time.

This table is a risk assessment I have designed to show my actors on set on the day to make sure everyone is as safe as possible.

Hazards	Who is at risk?	Control Measures	Severity of injury	Chances of injury
Large Equipment	Camera operator	Make sure all large equipment is properly balanced or strapped down to reduce the risk of collapse.	Mildly serious	Mid
Obstructions on set	Actors	Make sure everyone is aware of the set layout to avoid trip hazards in the dark.	Mild	High
Falling lights	Everyone	Make sure the lights are all properly strapped to the scaffolding.	Serious	Low

Band Costume

I have put lots of thought into my band dress. I have looked at the style of the band Atreyu as well as various others such as Billy Talent and Theory Of A Deadman.

These outfits are the basis of the outfits for my band.
Singer - Skinny Jeans, Green Jacket, Black Shoes
Drummer - Black Top, Baggy Jeans
Guitarist 1 - Beanie Hat, Black Top, Jeans
Guitarsist 2 - Red Checked Shirt, Skinny Jeans
Bassist - Gray Hoodie, Baggy Jeans

Band Logo Development

I decided to base my band logo on atreyu but will make major changes to make mine better. a band logo appears on most merch and some albums. its a mark that fans of the band will be able to easily recognise and accociate with the band.

First draft

Second Draft

Final Design

Auxillary Text Start

Today I started designing and genrateing ideas for the other parts of my coursework. I have designed my band logo and come up with the band name "Falkor Morla" This is a refrence to the book "The Neverending Story" from which Atreyu got their name. Atreyu is one of the main characters in the book Falkor and Morla are two mythical creatures that help him in the course of the story.

Meeting with Andy Feetom

I have had two meetings with Andy Feetom. He is the Theater Manager and has the set timetable for when the theater is in use. We discussed multiple times when I would be able to film. We both decided that the 6th of December would be the best time so I now have the theater booked from 4PM until 8PM I will try to do as much of my filming on this one day as possible. This is because of the amount of equipment that has to be transported for the video and arrangeing mulitple dates is not possible.

Animatic

Idea Development

Decision on Filming Location
I decided on the theater as it would fit in better with the narrative of the video and would be more practical as the equipment we can get there would make the video look alot more professional. This equipment cannot fesably be transported to a empty car park.

Prop/Equipment List

Prop List
2 Guitars
1 Bass Guitar
1 Drum Kit
2 Microphones
1 Mic Stand
3 Stage Amp
1 Floor Amp
5 Hoodies Black
5 Matching Masks
5 Unique Masks
2 LED Light Panels

Equipment List
2 Cameras
1 Track
1 Wheeled Track
1 Crane
2 Tripods

Cast List

Singer - Phil Bainton
Guitarist 1 - Peter Hurton
Guitarist 2 - Adam Blaza
Drummer - Mark Hurton
Bassist - Dale Hurton
Figure 1 - Kayleigh Walker
Figure 2 - Beth Walker
Figure 3 - Steff Halsey
Figure 4 - Shamain
Figure 5 - Emily Robinson
Camera 1 - Me (Aaron Hill)
Camera 2 - Claire

Idea Development

Decision to include a second guitarist.
I have decided to include a second guitarist for three reasons. 
First of all I think my animatic shows the first guitarist ocupies to many shots and the focus will be drawn to him. The second guitaist will take some of his close ups away meaning the focus will only be drawn to him when he is singing.
Second think it will give more variation to the shots seeing three string instruments rather than the two making the video as a whole seem more active rather than having several shots of the same person in quick succession.
Finally the band Atreyu have two guitarists themselves and so do many other metal bands. Having a second guitarist may make my band look more like a real Metal band.

Possiable Locations

I have thought of two sutible locations for my video;


The first is an empty theater. I think this would fit it well with the theater masks and some of the other elements I plan to include in my video but would not leave much visualy in the background as theater backdrops are typically just black curtains.

The second is an empty multistory carpark. They have connotations of mystery and the rebelious values of my teen audience and would offer more of a visually exciting backdrop than a theater stage.

Graphic Test

This is an idea I had for my music video. It involves useing imported graphics to emphasise movement and action. This was only a minor test but I decided the look wasnt what I hoped it would be and althought I would like to follow this up and work on this effect it wont ever suit the style of music video I wish to create. This also shows the editing skills I have already developed throught my short time useing adobe premier pro.

Idea Development

I have carefully chosen which member of the band should wear each mask to represent their part in the band and their role in the music video.

The Drummer - Anger

hockey is seen as an incredibly violent and angry sport. I chose the this as the dummer's mask as the drums are the most violent instrument in the band as it involves alot of upper body movement and is the only percussion instrument.

Lead Guitarist/Backing Vocals - Split-Part Mask

The half face mask I have given to the lead guitarist/backing vocalist as of his split part in the band.

Bassist - Death/Silence

Through history crows have been known to pick the bodies of fallen soldiers on a battlefield after war. Becuase of this they now have connotations similar to that of a vulture. A creature that stands by the sides silently but is always noticeable. This reflects the bassists part in the band as the bass often fades into the background but is always noticeable as it sets the tempo for the other instruments. I also plan to reinforce this role of death in my video.

Lead Vocals - Open mouth

Characters Representing The Dark - Covered/lack of personality/conformed/"Phantom of the Opera"

I plan to have the five characters representing the dark wearing full Phantom of the opera face masks which I will paint black. The fact they cover their faces means they have a distinct lack of personality meaning the audience will not sympathise with them but rather with the band. They will all wear conforming masks as they are there to represent the companies and artists who produce the music that is considered the normal and currently control the charts and the mainstream. My target audience will relate to this as they try to fight against this norm and see this music as comformatist. The phantom of the opera is about a phantom who tries to control a talented girl called Christine. Christine is trained by the phantom but falls in love Raoul. The phantom sees this as a betrayal and becomes angry with Christine. My video will relate to this as the dark characters will be like the phantom trying to control Christine who would be the music but the music belongs with the band causeing the dark masked characters to lash out.

Text Storyboard

1#          
0:00-0:02       
Slow riseing shot to show masked figures   
That was perfect!
2#         
0:02-0:04      
Slow rise of director.                                                                  
The Next Big Thing! Guitar feedback
3# 
0:04-0:05  
Whisper to co-director     
Who is that?
4# 
0:05-0:10  
Slow Drag Of ciggerette- close up on bottom  of face- out of focus character
5# 
0:10-0:11  
Second face      
Ready?
6# 
0:11-0:13  
Extream low shot-stamp out cigerrette and walking away
7# 
0:13-0:14  
Masked Figure Watching
8# 
0:14-0:19  
Establishing shots     
0:00-0:05 of song
9# 
0:19-0:22  
Close up of bass guitar     
0:00-0:08 of song
10# 
0:22-0:24  
Guitar Close up      
0:08-0:10 of song
11# 
0:24-0:25  
Outward zoom, skip edit     
0:10-0:11 of song
12# 
0:25-0:25.5  
Singer shout      
0:11-0:11.5 of song
13# 
0:25.5-0:27  
Bassist over shoulder shot    
0:11.5-0:13 of song
14# 
0:27-0:28  
Close up of palm muting     
0:13-0:14 of song
15# 
0:28-0:29  
Rotate shot of band from right side   
0:14-0:15 of song
16# 
0:29-0:30  
Close up Guitar Playing     
0:15-0:16 of song
17# 
0:30-0:31.5  
Drummer front left     
0:16-0:17.5 of song
18# 
0:31.5-0:33  
Singer Headbanging from right    
0:17.5-0:19 of song
19# 
0:33-0:36  
Figure Watching      
0:19-0:22 of song
20# 
0:36-0:37  
Front on shot of Singer     
0:22-0:23 of song
21# 
0:37-0:38  
Side on shot of Singer     
0:23-0:24 of song
22# 
0:38-0:39  
Drummer front high right    
0:24-0:25 of song
23# 
0:39-0:40  
Close up Guitar playing     
0:25-0:26 of song
24# 
0:40-0:41  
Guitarist headbanging     
0:26-0:27 of song
25# 
0:41-0:44  
Front on shot of Singer     
0:27-0:30 of song
26# 
0:44-0:45.5  
Bassist shout from left     
0:30-0:31.5 of song
27# 
0:45.5-0:47  
Guitarist shout from right    
0:31.5-0:33 of song
28# 
0:47-0:48  
Front on shot of Singer     
0:33-0:34 of song
29# 
0:48-0:49  
Low right side shot of Singer    
0:34-0:35 of song
30# 
0:49-0:50  
Guitarist Headbanging     
0:35-0:36 of song
31# 
0:50-0:51  
Bassist Headbanging     
0:36-0:37 of song
32# 
0:51-0:52  
Singer on knees      
0:37-0:38 of song
33# 
0:52-0:53  
Guitarist Headbanging     
0:38-0:39 of song
34# 
0:53-0:54.5  
Cut to low shot      
0:39-0:39.5 of song
35# 
0:54.5-0:55  
Singer with back to Guitarist    
0:39.5-0:41 of song
36# 
0:55-0:58  
Drummer front left/sudden zoom    
0:41-0:44 of song
37# 
0:58-1:00  
Pan around guitarist singing    
0:44-0:46 of song
38# 
1:00-1:00.5  
Down guitar neck     
0:46-0:46.5 of song
39# 
1:00.5-1:01  
Guitarist front on     
0:46.5-0:47 of song
40# 
1:01-1:02  
Guitarist low right     
0:47-0:48 of song
41# 
1:02-1:03  
High angle of Guitarist singing    
0:48-0:49 of song
42# 
1:03-1:06  
Pan across front of band    
0:49-0:52 of song
43# 
1:06-1:06.5  
Low left of singer     
0:52-0:52.5 of song
44# 
1:06.5-1:07.5  
Shot of singer walking back    
0:52.5-0:53.5 of song
45# 
1:07.5-1:09  
Pick slide from down neck    
0:53.5-0:55 of song
46# 
1:09-1:10  
Drummer high right shot     
0:55-0:56 of song 
47# 
1:10-1:11  
Bassist Front on     
0:56-0:57 of song
48# 
1:11-1:12.5  
Guitarist singing from right    
0:57-0:58.5 of song
49# 
1:12.5-1:14  
Guitarist singing from left    
0:58.5-1:00 of song
50# 
1:14-1:15  
Bass Player bridge angle    
1:00-1:01 of song
51# 
1:15-1:17  
Drummer mid left     
1:01-1:03 of song
52# 
1:17-1:18  
Singer up close      
1:03-1:04 of song
53# 
1:18-1:20  
Guitarist from right     
1:04-1:06 of song
54# 
1:20-1:22  
Guitar finger close up     
1:06-1:08 of song
55# 
1:22-1:23 
Figure watching      
1:08-1:09 of song
56# 
1:23-1:25  
Outward zoom of other figures    
1:09-1:11 of song
57# 
1:25-1:28  
Slow pan of band stood head down from right  
1:11-1:14 of song
58# 
1:28-1:31  
Slow pan of band stood head down from left  
1:14-1:17 of song
59# 
1:31-1:32.5  
Slow pan across singers face    
1:17-1:18.5 of song
60# 
1:32.5-1:34  
Slow pan across guitarists face oposite direction 
1:18.5-1:20 of song
61# 
1:34-1:36  
Guitarist bends      
1:20-1:22 of song
62# 
1:36-1:39  
Wide shot faceing band/ figures moving in  
1:22-1:25 of song
63# 
1:39-1:43  
Behind band/ figures moving in    
1:25-1:29 of song
64# 
1:43-1:44  
Singers face      
1:29-1:30 of song
65# 
1:44-1:45.5  
Band shot from right shouting    
1:30-1:31.5 of song
66# 
1:45.5-1:47  
Left band shot closer     
1:31.5-1.33 of song
67# 
1:47-1:48  
Guitarist walks up to mic    
1:33-1:34 of song
68# 
1:48-1:48.5  
Guitarist at mic from left    
1:34-1:35 of song
69# 
1:48.5-1:49  
Bass from front      
1:35-1:36 of song
70# 
1:49-1:50  
Drummer Mid Left     
1:36-1:37 of song
71# 
1:50-1:51  
Pan of guitar singing from front   
1:37-1:38 of song
72# 
1:51-1:52  
Close up of guitar     
1:38-1:39 of song
73# 
1:52-1:54  
Continued pan      
1:39-1:40 of song
74# 
1:54-1:55  
Close up of fingers on guitar neck   
1:40-1:41 of song
75# 
1:55-1:56.5  
Singer next to figure     
1:41-1:42.5 of song
76# 
1:56.5-1:58  
Singer from over figures shoulder   
1:42.5-1:44 of song
77# 
1:58-1:59  
Bassist high angle     
1:44-1:45 of song
78# 
1:59-2:00  
Bass shot down neck     
1:45-1:46 of song
79# 
2:00-2:02  
Drummer high shot     
1:47-1:48 of song
80# 
2:02-2:04  
Low left shot of guitarist singing   
1:48-1:50 of song
81# 
2:04-2:05  
Close up of guitar     
1:50-1:51 of song
82#  
2:05-2:06  
Shot of guitarist singing from right   
1:51-1:52 of song
83# 
2:06-2:09  
Singer low left angle     
1:52-1:55 of song
84# 
2:09-2:12  
High right of band     
1:55-1:58 of song
85# 
2:12-2:15  
Slow motion band moving to lower instruments  
1:58-2:01 of song
86# 
2:15-2:16  
Singer in figures face     
2:01-2:02 of song
87# 
2:16-2:19  
Slow motion from other side of band   
2:02-2:05 of song
88# 
2:19-2:20  
Singer from front     
2:05-2:06 of song
89# 
2:20-2:21.5  
Bassist moving in singing    
2:06-2:07.5 of song
90# 
2:21.5-2:23  
Guitarist moving in singing    
2:07.5-2:09 of song
91# 
2:23-2:24.5  
From right line up singing hands on shoulders  
2:09-2:10.5 of song
92# 
2:24.5-2:26  
From left line up singing    
2:10.5-2:12 of song
93# 
2:26-2:28  
Low shot from behind band pushed to knees  
2:12-2:14 of song
94# 
2:28-2:30  
Shot of singer from above behind   
2:14-2:16 of song
95# 
2:30-2:34  
Shot of singer knife to throat    
2:16-2:20 of song
96# 
2:34-2:39  
Slow mo of mask falling to floor   
2:20-2:25 of song
97# 
2:39-2:42  
Slow mo in air sudden landing    
2:25-2:28 of song
98# 
2:42-2:44  
Guitarist singing Mask off    
2:28-2:30 of song
99# 
2:44-2:46  
Bassist Mask off     
2:30-2:32 of song
100# 
2:46-2:47  
Drummer Mask off     
2:32-2:33 of song
101# 
2:47-2:48  
Singer Mask off      
2:33-2:34 of song
102# 
2:48-2:50  
Guitarist pick slide     
2:34-2:36 of song
103# 
2:50-2:53  
Upward moving shot tilt down of singer/guitarist 
2:36-2:39 of song
104# 
2:53-2:54  
Shot of singer and guitarist pan   
2:39-2:40 of song
105# 
2:54-2:56  
Drummer high right     
2:40-2:42 of song
106# 
2:56-2:58  
Guitarist contined pan     
2:42-2:44 of song
107# 
2:58-2:59  
Close up of guitar     
2:44-2:45 of song
108# 
2:59-3:00  
Shot of bassist from left    
2:45-2:46 of song
109# 
3:00-3:05  
Shot of guitarist singer mic swing in background 
2:46-2:51 of song
110# 
3:05-3:06  
Drummer Front left     
2:51-2:52 of song
111# 
3:06-3:07  
Close up of Guitar     
2:52-2:53 of song
112# 
3:07-3:08  
Shot of Guitarist     
2:53-2:54 of song
113# 
3:08-3:09.5  
Shot of bass slide     
2:54-2:55.5 of song
114# 
3:09.5-3:12  
Shot of singer in front of band    
2:55.5-2:58 of song
115# 
3:12-3:15  
Shot of singer in front of band closer   
2:58-3:01 of song
116# 
3:15-3:18  
Shot of singer looking down ver closer   
3:01-3:04 of song
117# 
3:18-3:22  
Shot of singer removing figures mask   
3:04-3:08 of song
118# 
3:22-3:30  
Band walking away mask on floor/eyes open  
3:08-3:16 of song