Story board and planning for the final music video

This was our final storyboard that we followed and to look when filming our final shots, for our final video. This story board is different to our story board because this does not include pictures. The reason behind this is because we felt that it became very time consuming, we also found that our ideas changed a lot during our filming of our draft. We also had a rough idea of what we wanted to film, and then we would adapt it slightly on the day. Also, the way that we had planned out music video go, is very flexible as we wanted to just create some funky dance moves on the spot, this would have made the story board very hard to drawl. Also, we knew that our video was going to consist of a lot of fast paced editing and different effects; this would have also been very hard to draw on the story board.  As a result of this we only included the initials of our names on the specific scenes that we would each take part in. For example, J = Jack, JB = Josh, C = Cam, G = George.

 We included different colour boxes in the top left corner of each square; this is our outfit’s key. Each other was a key for the different outfits that we needed to wear. For example, the red box scenes would of been the outfits that we needed to wear on filming day 1 and the blue box for filming day 2 and etc. This made filming very easy and made a positive impact on our work as it helped us to be organised. This also helped us in the editing stage as we were able to trim each red scene and put them in a folder, name red scenes. This sped up the editing as it made it a lot easier, due to the fact that we could just look at the story board and insert the different coloured scenes in the correct spots.

Day 6 filming

Today we went out into Lutterworth to get the car shots filmed. We only managed to get a few clips recorded though as we were running out of time. As a result of this we are going to replace these shots with a blank screen. Filming today didn't go as smoothly as we hope as we get getting interrupted by other traffic and the lighting for the shots kept changing.

Day 5 filming

Today we went out into Lutterworth to continue our filming. The filming today ran really well as we achieved to record all the shots we wanted.

Here are some images of behind the scenes from today's filming.

Day 4 filming

Today we did some more filming for the blue outdoor shots. The filming went went well as we managed to get all the shots done that we planned for. However, we did have some interruptions with traffic and people walking past, but we did expect this as we were filming in the town.

Day 3 filming

Filming today for the third time has been the best so far. We have changed location from the studio to the country park in Lutterworth. These shots included me and the other members of the group dancing around on the bench. We also took some other shots that involved using props such as milk.

Filming at a new location was very fun and allowed us to experiment with our work. But it was the first time we had used a natural lighting and background for our music video. As a result of this, we did have a few difficulties though where the camera wasn't focusing and trouble with the wind. However, we knew we were going to have these issues, so we tried to avoid recording on day where the sun light was bright and only recorded our shots when the wind had died down.

Week 8 9th October - 15th October

Filming day 2

 Today we began filming the red box shots on the story board. These shots were of me and the other members in the group dancing around and doing random acts during the shots. The filming today was very easy as we all knew what to record and the exercise ran very smoothly. This is why having a storyboard is extremely important because it has helped us dramatically with our filming. Today we were able to get a lot of shots done in a short space of time.

Album advert draft

This was my draft for my album cover advert, i chose to do this design because i thought the picture fitted really well with my chosen genre. I liked the idea of using dark colours the background because i have seen some great adverts that have gave me inspiration. However, i will need to change this design for protection reasons, as my model was topless, hens the white box.

Prop ideas

During the planning stage of this project we decided that we wanted to involve props during our video, this is because this will make our video stand out more and look better with more props. This is because we researched into existing media products in this genre and others, and we found that a lot involve props. Therefore, we came to conclusion that we needed this. We wanted to choose props that are very random and wacky which corresponds with our song and genre. Below is a list of props that we have thought about…

Pack of cards

Sunglasses

Guitar

Golf club

Edible food

Mask

Wigs

Chair

Hats

Sports fan cushion finger (if found)

Boxing gloves

Cooking equipment (frying pans etc)

Costumes

Pillows

Drum equipment

Bongo

Tambourine

Dolls

Mario kart steering wheel

Teddy bears etc

Rip stick

Day 1 filming

Today we started our first day of filming for our draft music video. As a group we decided that we should start filming all the studio shots before we do any others. This is because these shots are the easiest and can be done immediately.

The day started with us looking at the storyboard so that we could work out what shots were needed to be filmed. We then got into our chosen outfits and recorded each shot as they come. This activity wasn't new to us as we had already done some filming in the past, but we defiantly learnt new skills on how to set the lighting up so it doesn't look bad on the camera. I found this exercise very fun as the ideas were all our own and bringing it to life feels great.

Week 7 2nd October - 8th October

Rule of thirds

Rule of thirds is used in video and film production. It is used in the way that the frame is divided into into nine imaginary sections, as shown in the image to the right. This is used to create reference points which acts as guide lines for the framing. This helps to conduct a good music videos as it keeps the viewers interest because of the positioning of the character alters throughout the shots. When filming you should try and keep the point of interest at 1/3 or 2/3 of the way across the frame, rather than in the center.

Filming Schedule

OCTOBER

Monday the 9th. Blue shot filming. After school.

Wednesday the 11th. Black shot filming. Lunch time.

Friday the 13th. Red shot filming. Lunch time.

Green shot filming to be confirmed.

Story board key

* = Studio location
+ = Outdoor location

Different coloured boxes in corners of frames = different outfits

Frames with no coloured boxes (outdoor ones at the end of story board) wear blue box outfits.

RED box
Jack - Pink sweater. Sunglasses. Blue jeans. Trainers
Cam - White polo. Blue jeans. Trainers.
George - Black jeans - White tape. Blue Jacket. Trainers.
JB - Stone island top. Blue jeans. Trainers.

BLUE box
Jack - Vest. Trainers. Trunks.
Cam - Mink. Black jeans. Trainers. Sunglasses.
George - Blue jeans. No top. Safari hat. Sunglasses. Trainers.
JB - Sunglasses. Short shorts. Blue jacket. Trainers.

GREEN box
Jack - Pink shirt. Black jeans. Brogues
Cam - White shirt. Blue jeans. Brogues
George - Shirt - white. Black Trousers. Brogues
JB - White shirt. Blue jeans. Brogues

BLACK box
Jack - Sunglasses, Black sweater.

Letters in brackets are initials of who is in the shot.
J = Jack Astill
C = Cam Quinn
G = George Anderton
JB = Josh Ballard

Numbers positioned top left of text below frame = time in the song for which the shot takes place

Risk assessment

1. Situation 

Using a tool such as a sledgehammer to smash a watermelon.

Risk 

The tool makes contact with a person or another object it wasn't intended to hit.

Solution for prevention of risk 

Make sure the area the swing is taking place is clear of people and other unintended targets.

2. Situation 

Shots from within the car when its driving.

Risk 

The driver becomes distracted and loses control of the car.

Solution for prevention of risk 

Ensure the driver keeps up his concentration and no one speaks to him or touches him.

3. Situation 

Milk being poured on George.

Risk 

The wet surface caused by the situation could cause someone on set to slip over and injure themselves.

Solution for prevention of risk 

Make sure everyone on set is aware of the wet surface and is cautious of it.

4. Situation 

Doors being shut when people are entering the car in shot.

Risk 

Someone gets their finger, hand or foot trapped in the door.

Solution for prevention of risk 

Ensure that when filming, everyone opening and closing car doors is being cautious of potentially harming themselves and avoids the hazard.

Photo Shoot pictures

Week 6 25th September - 1st October