Colour to black and white experiment

Our music video includes the idea of switching or keeping to a black and white theme. We decided to do this as black and white usually looks professional and also conveys the alternative rock style. The forest also complements the black and white filter as there are many shadows and highlights between the trees and sky which creates an atmospheric contrasting feeling.

Planning for the week ahead

Filming dates
-Friday
-Saturday
-Sunday

Filming times
Friday and Saturday short filler filming before 14:00 due to lighting
-Sunday: 10:00-15:00

What to film?
Lip syncing (mostly)
some filler shots

Where?
Forest location

What to bring?
New props
- balloons
- flag
- waterproof clothing and footwear in case of filming in river.

Shot and Lyrics list

Nature Inspiration

This music video is extremely inspirational and creates the atmospheric beauty we wish to incorporate in our music video. Not just the shots but the lighting is very important, however we wish to create a black and white feel during the larger part of our music video. A range of shots and a vast amount of editing is needed to keep the viewer intrigued and to  maintain an exciting music video.
Having analysed the music video I think the shot which includes a fast forward styled zoom should be incorporated into our music video due to the editing technique we can show off whilst also conveying the lyrics 'Maybe I should kill myself'. These lyrics match this shot technique in my opinion as the zoom brings an intense motion which then fixes on the face of the actor in order to represent the emotion of these powerful lyrics. Other shots such as the general singing shots we hope to relate and achieve, meaning close-up shots, wide angle and mid-shots, as these are conventions that are always used in music videos.

Storyboard

Location research images

As we searched for the right location, the photographs show our journey from starting in quite a pedestrian park to then finding an extremely atmospheric forest surrounding, the forest location appeals to us and complements the song as they both convey mysterious depth. This location also allows us to film aspects such as trees, logs and the river in order to create certain effects which will work well in our music video. One being using trees and logs to carve our song and band name in, we could also use the river for a mirror effect or ripples.

Animatic Evaluation

Having experimented with our song and storyboard images we only gave a brief perception of our video and the style of scenery that will be viewed in the video. The animatic vividly shows what kind of shots will appear during certain points of time in the  music video. The on beat editing isn't  complete and we want to have a change in shot on every beat during the final and rough cut, this technique will help the music and visuals complement each other. The angles on the animatic weren't justified as we just wanted to give a certain sense of how our visuals and the music would relate, however we will use multiple and many camera angles during the rough and final cut.