Friday 20 March 2015

Final Music Video



This is the final cut of our music video, 'Battlefield' by Isabel Beau

Tuesday 17 March 2015

Final editing

On Monday morning after Aaron had finished the majority of the editing with the new artist Jess and the new shots over weekend which was his role within the group, him and Hayley both had free periods to finish the remaining of the editing. They both decided to change the theme of the video slightly by having it all in black and white as it looked better to fit with the emotional feel the video and to keep the focus on the performances. In addition at the very end of the video, a final ending was decided this is were there are combined clips of the ballet dancer(Grace) and Isabel Beau (Jess) to show that the young girl is Isabel Beau and she is reflecting back on her past through the song. The last image the viewer is left with is the ballet sitting down with only a spot light on her and her face black.

Saturday 14 March 2015

Shoot in Drama - New Artist

We stayed behind after school for the final shoot with are brand new artist, Jess.The plan we had for the shoot was very clear and we all knew what we wanted the outcome to be so working as a team we was able to work efficiently and practically with the short time frame we had left. The location for the reshoot had not changed we still used the drama hall but a smaller one for this shoot but the black walls and lighting we still used. 

This time from the shoot we had various angles that we had set up to film her performance much more than previously and more costumes which matched the Pop genre conventions more.Jess was a great performer and took the role straight away which was a relief for us all, she was actually singing along to the song that was being played in the background so it looked already more realistic and I think boosted the performance because of the real emotion she was showing. Another prop we added in more this time was the use of the fan to create a more dramatic feel and to show her beauty. The footage we got for the start of the song was close ups and mid shots of her singing in a white dress, to connote vulnerability and purity. In the middle of the chrous of the song she wore a red dress, to connote love which relates to the song very much so.Where as towards the ended of the sing were the emotions and aggressive energy is in the song she wore a navy dress to show strength and dark emotions the artist is releasing.

With all the footage we got at the last shoot I believe are music video will be the best it can be.

Friday 13 March 2015

Feedback on Draft Music Video

 In Wednesday's lesson we had a feedback session on the most recent draft of the music video. After we had played the music video to the class and both of our teachers they filled out feedback sheets on what they thought of our video. The verbal feedback we also received was critical but was constructive for us to make changes to the video before it was to late. From all of this we made another big decision which got the most negative feedback which was our artist's performance so yet again we decided to re cast are artist.

Thursday 12 March 2015

3rd New Artist

With the latest decision made to yet again change our artist which is not ideal being so close to the deadline. We have now re cast jess and a drama and music student to be our new artist because we know she can perform and sing very well which will create more energy in her performance and the facial expressions we need. The shoot for Jess is tomorrow because of this short notice we are still going to use the drama hall as are setting for her performance.

Monday 9 March 2015

Alex Danson Shoot

In Friday's lesson we planned for Laxmi and Hayley to go to Danson park and to film some footage of Alex miming the last half of the song, this is when the build of emotions is released in the song. Meanwhile me and Aaron stayed behind in the Mac Room and did some editing of the dance footage we have previously shot.


The equipment they took with them to shoot was: a camera and the crane. Laxmi and Hayley used the crane to get more high angle shots of her performance to show her freedom she has and passion, in contrast some low angle shots were taken with the camera to show her power and confidence. The majority of the performance was field in the park with the trees walking down a muddy track, this was to represent of form or a battlefield relating to the lyrics.

Friday 6 March 2015

Ballet New Shoot

After school today me, Laxmi, Hayley and Aaron stayed behind to reshoot the ballet scenes for the music video, which were going again to be performed by Grace. Previously in the week we had booked out the drama studio that we required, so we could get the best footage. Aaron filmed some of the footage in a circular motion with Grace dancing around him in a circle and him following her with the camera on a steadicam. By doing this it would give us a more clear movement of Grace's whole body when she was dancing than just certain parts of her, however we also did on getting some head shots of her when she was dancing because we lacked of these when editing for m the first shoot.

In addition we need to get the opening footage for the music video, which had already planned would be grace dancing, however we was not sure what it would specifically be. We all decided on her doing specific ballet moves to the beat of the instrumental before the singing begun, so that when the song began it would a wide shot of her in her ballet outfit.

Thursday 5 March 2015

Next Shoot Plan

After discussions within the group of what are music video needs, we have planned to shoot again with Grace of the ballet dancing. This is due to some of the original ballet footage being out of focus and not having her all in the frame. We plan to re shoot this ballet dancing in the second biggest drama studio with lights set up, also there will be more than camera and we plan to use the steadicam. Another point made clear to us was at the ending of the video, to try and make a more significant ending connecting the narrative and the artist together.

Tuesday 3 March 2015

Narrative Reshoot

After school me and Aaron went to my house again and re shot the some parts of the narrative of my sister playing the young Isabel Beau of her outside waiting for her parents and the reaction of her parents arguing in her room. The shots we got worked well for what we wanted of the many angles we got for her to be cut into the music video and her reaction was more emotional and sad. One of the highlights of her performance was of her crying ifront of us to be able to get this shot for her reaction to all the arguing.