Our group went to the C&I Cafe at FAT village. We asked to be able to film inside the cafe but could not film inside because of not having permission. So we went outside and filmed the graffiti. The first shot was the actor walking down the street. We set up the camera and filmed this shot 3 times before going to the next shot. We looked at the different graffiti on the buildings then took pictures of different ones. We walked down the street to where we saw some flowers and took some still shots. Farther down the alley we found some more colorful flowers to get still shots of. Next we set up another walking shot along a wall of graffiti. The actor practiced a casual walk to set the focus for filming.
We then filmed the walk along the graffiti wall. Then we filmed the actor turning the corner and walking away. There wasn’t many people in the area because a lot of the shops were closed. I saw some graffiti of Mario on the wall but it wasn’t appropriate for our video. We took a still shot of a submarine boat on the wall. We needed some film of the railroad tracks for the video. The lighting was off so we couldn’t film it. We were having a hard time finding enough graffiti to film and get still shots in this area. Rain is expected tomorrow so we were trying to get as much as possible while we were here. The plan was to go to WynWood on Sunday for more filming. But we decided weather would be a factor to prevent that.
The group was able to get film on Sunday of a time lapse sunrise and sunset at the beach. The rain held off allowing for filming. We got a lot of good video for our project. We found out that the next week-end there would have been a lot of art vendors at FAT village. I wished it was while we were here. The weather was perfect for Saturday filming. The sun was out and warm. The actor had worn a sweater and was hot. The actor had a change of clothes if needed.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
Storyboard
For our story board, it is more of a guideline then strictly what we are going to do. But, we do have an idea of what we want. We have thought about the aesthetic we are going for, and we are all happily and smoothly moving forward with the project. We plan to get all of the filming done on the weekend, hopefully that is all we will need.
The storyboard starts out with a shot of the sunrise, preferably still on the monopod. We will need to remember where we are when we take this shot, as we plan to make a parallel shot during the daytime for later in the video. There is the same line for both of these shots: “so slowly a sunlit dream pulls me out of sleep.”
The second shot is of blinds, from the inside during the morning. The light breaking through, maybe we can catch some dust particles. The same place for the parallel shot later in the video, only during the day. The reason we are focusing on the blinds is because of the lyric: “feel the morning through the blinds.”
The third shot will be of a flower. We don’t have a specific flower in mind, but we will find a flower in the morning, do some takes and shoot the same flower during the day for later in the video. The lyric for these shots are: “I turn my head to meet/I get to thinking ‘bout your sun-kissed face.” None of us really wanted to finalize what the face the artist is singing about, as we wanted a more abstract feel. We had the idea of a sunflower, and settled on just finding a flower to shoot.
The lyric for the fourth and the last shot is “In this/And a quite place where I can give you all my time.” There was some debating what we should use as symbolism, and we decided that a palm tree would fit, from the beach. We would shoot it twice, in the morning and daytime.
Then we switch it up a little, we want to get graffiti into this video, and this would be when we would put the first one in. For the fifth shot the lyric is “You know I want to be your rock, my love.” If we don’t find a graffiti we like for this we will probably take some takes of a boulder. These shots don’t need to have a parallel later in the song, so this will be during the day.
The sixth shot will be something of a cliche, but we like it for this lyric: “You know I want to be your light.” The shot will be a sort of tilt, where the sun hides behind a persons shoulder for a second, but ultimately silhouettes the person as the sun ends up above their shoulder. We don’t want to have any focus on the face of the person, so it will be of their back. We aren’t sure where we are going to shoot this, but the background won’t matter so much as it being during the morning. This makes the previous shot almost out of place, so we might need to tweak the plan a little, but we will make it work.
The seventh shots lyric is: “In darkness how you find me just in time.” We want to have a cloud pass by, where the shot starts shadowed and ends up in the light, so everything brightening. We know we will probably not have the perfect cloud pass at the perfect time, so we are prepared to edit and add effects. Maybe just changing the brightness? We will work it out when we get there. The thing we will be filming will be a wall, with graffiti. Or it will be the door to the C&I cafe, one of our locations.
The next few boxes on the storyboard(the eighth, ninth and tenth), are all of the same shot. The camera will tilt up, focusing on the foreground first(a coffee cup), then the middle ground(a book) and finally end up focusing on the background(train tracks). This will be done in the C&I cafe. We wanted to have some sort of focal shot in the video and this will be it. The lyrics for this is, “To tell me what I needed to hear, So if you don’t know what you need, You can leave it all to me.”
The next takes will take place outside(daytime) in FatVillage(another location). The actress in this shot(who is carrying a coffee cup) will be calmly walking down the graffitied street. The shot after this will be a shot directed at one of the graffitis from the street. The lyrics for these shots are “Don’t want you worried about a thing, I know you’d do the same for me.” Maybe in the shot directed at the graffiti the actress will be walking through or off screen.
Now, here comes the chorus. The first two lines in the chorus will be of two different graffiti(“‘Cause you’re so lovely, you’re so lovely.”). The next part will be of the coffee cup the actress is carrying. It will be open and we will request the barista to create a heart of froth on top of the drink. There will be two shots of this, one from the side and one from the top(“I can’t help but fall for you my love/when you love me.”)
The next lyric(“It’s so lovely loving you.”) will be of the actress spinning carelessly far away, down the street. We will change the shot to be slow motion to make it seem for weightless.
The next lyric is a simple “uh-oh” that the artist sings. Each part of this will be a different shot of the same graffiti. For example a little closer or from a different angle.
The next line, “So lovely loving you,” will be of the actress spinning again, only the camera will be close enough to be a medium shot. Again, slow motion.
There is another “uh-oh,” and it will be almost the same as the “uh-oh” before it. It will be two different shots of the same plant, like from a different angle, etc.
The chorus ends there. The next lyrics are the same as the first. These will be the parallel shots that are during the day, instead of during sunrise(as explained earlier).
We are super excited to execute our plan and hope we can find everything we need.
The storyboard starts out with a shot of the sunrise, preferably still on the monopod. We will need to remember where we are when we take this shot, as we plan to make a parallel shot during the daytime for later in the video. There is the same line for both of these shots: “so slowly a sunlit dream pulls me out of sleep.”
The second shot is of blinds, from the inside during the morning. The light breaking through, maybe we can catch some dust particles. The same place for the parallel shot later in the video, only during the day. The reason we are focusing on the blinds is because of the lyric: “feel the morning through the blinds.”
The third shot will be of a flower. We don’t have a specific flower in mind, but we will find a flower in the morning, do some takes and shoot the same flower during the day for later in the video. The lyric for these shots are: “I turn my head to meet/I get to thinking ‘bout your sun-kissed face.” None of us really wanted to finalize what the face the artist is singing about, as we wanted a more abstract feel. We had the idea of a sunflower, and settled on just finding a flower to shoot.
The lyric for the fourth and the last shot is “In this/And a quite place where I can give you all my time.” There was some debating what we should use as symbolism, and we decided that a palm tree would fit, from the beach. We would shoot it twice, in the morning and daytime.
Then we switch it up a little, we want to get graffiti into this video, and this would be when we would put the first one in. For the fifth shot the lyric is “You know I want to be your rock, my love.” If we don’t find a graffiti we like for this we will probably take some takes of a boulder. These shots don’t need to have a parallel later in the song, so this will be during the day.
The sixth shot will be something of a cliche, but we like it for this lyric: “You know I want to be your light.” The shot will be a sort of tilt, where the sun hides behind a persons shoulder for a second, but ultimately silhouettes the person as the sun ends up above their shoulder. We don’t want to have any focus on the face of the person, so it will be of their back. We aren’t sure where we are going to shoot this, but the background won’t matter so much as it being during the morning. This makes the previous shot almost out of place, so we might need to tweak the plan a little, but we will make it work.
The seventh shots lyric is: “In darkness how you find me just in time.” We want to have a cloud pass by, where the shot starts shadowed and ends up in the light, so everything brightening. We know we will probably not have the perfect cloud pass at the perfect time, so we are prepared to edit and add effects. Maybe just changing the brightness? We will work it out when we get there. The thing we will be filming will be a wall, with graffiti. Or it will be the door to the C&I cafe, one of our locations.
The next few boxes on the storyboard(the eighth, ninth and tenth), are all of the same shot. The camera will tilt up, focusing on the foreground first(a coffee cup), then the middle ground(a book) and finally end up focusing on the background(train tracks). This will be done in the C&I cafe. We wanted to have some sort of focal shot in the video and this will be it. The lyrics for this is, “To tell me what I needed to hear, So if you don’t know what you need, You can leave it all to me.”
The next takes will take place outside(daytime) in FatVillage(another location). The actress in this shot(who is carrying a coffee cup) will be calmly walking down the graffitied street. The shot after this will be a shot directed at one of the graffitis from the street. The lyrics for these shots are “Don’t want you worried about a thing, I know you’d do the same for me.” Maybe in the shot directed at the graffiti the actress will be walking through or off screen.
Now, here comes the chorus. The first two lines in the chorus will be of two different graffiti(“‘Cause you’re so lovely, you’re so lovely.”). The next part will be of the coffee cup the actress is carrying. It will be open and we will request the barista to create a heart of froth on top of the drink. There will be two shots of this, one from the side and one from the top(“I can’t help but fall for you my love/when you love me.”)
The next lyric(“It’s so lovely loving you.”) will be of the actress spinning carelessly far away, down the street. We will change the shot to be slow motion to make it seem for weightless.
The next lyric is a simple “uh-oh” that the artist sings. Each part of this will be a different shot of the same graffiti. For example a little closer or from a different angle.
The next line, “So lovely loving you,” will be of the actress spinning again, only the camera will be close enough to be a medium shot. Again, slow motion.
There is another “uh-oh,” and it will be almost the same as the “uh-oh” before it. It will be two different shots of the same plant, like from a different angle, etc.
The chorus ends there. The next lyrics are the same as the first. These will be the parallel shots that are during the day, instead of during sunrise(as explained earlier).
We are super excited to execute our plan and hope we can find everything we need.
Planning blog
For our music video, we have chosen several locations: the beach, FAT Village, The Alchemist, The Top Hat Deli and Wynwood. Most of these locations are public, we won't have to ask permission before filming there. However, some places within these public spaces, such as the C&I cafe in FAT Village, will require us to ask permission. I am not worried about this, as the cafe is very art friendly. We will have to film at the beach twice, to get shots in the morning and daytime. This might be a problem as there will be more people at the beach during the day, making it harder to get the shot we need. Similarly, timing the shots of the sunrise on the beach might be difficult, as if we end up taking a timelapse we would only get one chance. Moreover, going to Wynwood might not be necessary, as we can get plenty of graffiti shots from other places like The Alchemist. This would simplify our schedule, as the drive to Wynwood is quite long.
Safety is an important aspect of our music video, as there is a lot of traveling involved. Seatbelts, as always, are a must. Sunscreen and hats for sun protection are to be used as we will be filming outside for the majority of the music video. This is especially necessary for filming at the beach later in the day, as nobody wants to get a sunburn. Winter is approaching, and even here it is starting to get cold. Packing a jacket to keep warm is a good precaution in case the tempurature drops. Of course, throughout the entire filming process, we will have adult supervision. They will drive us to each location, and stay with us until we need to leave.
The chosen costumes and props are relatively simple, thankfully. To keep with our established aesthetic, sweaters and jackets will be used. Preferably, they should be autumn themed, in colors of orange and red. A sweater that fits this description has been obtained, so no panic over costumes is necessary. Props might be a different story, however. In the storyboard, there are books and a cup of hot chocolate that are used in some shots. While they are not hard to come by, it's the aesthetic that might be harder to match. Fortunately, the hot chocolate can be easily purchased from one of the locations we’re filming at, so it’s aesthetic will match. A wide variety of books could be used for the shot, so this is really the only problem we could face while filming.
Our teachers offered each group to check out the provided equipment, but we chose not to. This is because we will use our own! We will use our own tripod, camera and SD card. This might be a slight problem as any technical difficulties with the camera’s won't be excused by the teachers. The choice to use our own equipment is a good one, though, as the last time we lost some footage when dumping it on the provided SD card. Lastly, we might get the chance to use a professional editing program that’s not Pinnacle studios, which would be a very interesting experience. One last concern is that our story board might be a bit vague. Most of our shots could easily change, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but this would complicate the editing process. If we end up taking a lot of unplanned shots, we could spend a great deal of time sorting through them when we could be editing.
Safety is an important aspect of our music video, as there is a lot of traveling involved. Seatbelts, as always, are a must. Sunscreen and hats for sun protection are to be used as we will be filming outside for the majority of the music video. This is especially necessary for filming at the beach later in the day, as nobody wants to get a sunburn. Winter is approaching, and even here it is starting to get cold. Packing a jacket to keep warm is a good precaution in case the tempurature drops. Of course, throughout the entire filming process, we will have adult supervision. They will drive us to each location, and stay with us until we need to leave.
The chosen costumes and props are relatively simple, thankfully. To keep with our established aesthetic, sweaters and jackets will be used. Preferably, they should be autumn themed, in colors of orange and red. A sweater that fits this description has been obtained, so no panic over costumes is necessary. Props might be a different story, however. In the storyboard, there are books and a cup of hot chocolate that are used in some shots. While they are not hard to come by, it's the aesthetic that might be harder to match. Fortunately, the hot chocolate can be easily purchased from one of the locations we’re filming at, so it’s aesthetic will match. A wide variety of books could be used for the shot, so this is really the only problem we could face while filming.
Our teachers offered each group to check out the provided equipment, but we chose not to. This is because we will use our own! We will use our own tripod, camera and SD card. This might be a slight problem as any technical difficulties with the camera’s won't be excused by the teachers. The choice to use our own equipment is a good one, though, as the last time we lost some footage when dumping it on the provided SD card. Lastly, we might get the chance to use a professional editing program that’s not Pinnacle studios, which would be a very interesting experience. One last concern is that our story board might be a bit vague. Most of our shots could easily change, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but this would complicate the editing process. If we end up taking a lot of unplanned shots, we could spend a great deal of time sorting through them when we could be editing.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Conventions
Our commerical is over. The new project for a music video will be very fun. Our group is staying the same for the music video. The filming process for the commercial was good. Our original idea was what ended up happening for the commercial. The group started looking for songs to choose last class period and we decided on the song today in class.
The song that was chosen is Sunkissed by Khai Dreams. The genre of this song is pop. Although it doesn’t sound like pop the song is the pop genre. We chose this song because of the sound of the music. Our other choices for music were Grow by The Oh Hellos and Ultimately by Khai Dreams. Khai Dreams is an Indie Pop artist. We also chose this song because it was agreed by everyone in the group to do this song.
The last project we did as a group was the converse commercial. The commercial was good and turned out very well. The only problems we had were with the editing. The computers wouldn’t work and use the editing software. Eventually we used IMovie and finished the project. Then we emailed it to the teacher. The shots we used for the last project were a pan, tilt, 2 shots, and close up. The edits we used were jump cuts and fade outs.
We plan to use a lot more editing and shots in the next project. The music videos actors have already been thought about with our group members. The Costumes have not been decided yet. The lightning will hopefully be good. The music video must be 1:15 long. The music video will have a story board of at least 15 slides. After we do the storyboard we must film and edit our music video. The CCR this time will be a PowerPoint. The video had to be done in MP4 format.
The song that was chosen is Sunkissed by Khai Dreams. The genre of this song is pop. Although it doesn’t sound like pop the song is the pop genre. We chose this song because of the sound of the music. Our other choices for music were Grow by The Oh Hellos and Ultimately by Khai Dreams. Khai Dreams is an Indie Pop artist. We also chose this song because it was agreed by everyone in the group to do this song.
The last project we did as a group was the converse commercial. The commercial was good and turned out very well. The only problems we had were with the editing. The computers wouldn’t work and use the editing software. Eventually we used IMovie and finished the project. Then we emailed it to the teacher. The shots we used for the last project were a pan, tilt, 2 shots, and close up. The edits we used were jump cuts and fade outs.
We plan to use a lot more editing and shots in the next project. The music videos actors have already been thought about with our group members. The Costumes have not been decided yet. The lightning will hopefully be good. The music video must be 1:15 long. The music video will have a story board of at least 15 slides. After we do the storyboard we must film and edit our music video. The CCR this time will be a PowerPoint. The video had to be done in MP4 format.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Editing blog
In class today I worked on editing with my group. After the first day of editing the computers wouldn’t turn on. After a few classes we got laptops to work on the editing of the commercial. Then our laptop didn’t open the editing software. So my group decided to work on a phone with IMovie. The first scene to edit was our actor walking down the hallway so editing that wasn’t important. We decreased the volume for the scene. The second scene was our actor walking down the stairs. Again we just decreased the volume but also cut a few seconds off to cut to the next scene smoother. The next scene was our actor walking down the stairs and me walking out and our actor saying “hey wait up”.
I selected the best “hey wait up” from all of them and put it with the best shot of the ones we took. Then my group edited the next section. It took a long time finding the correct music to use. As a lot of the options we found could not be used with IMovie. Since IMovie doesn’t allow copyrighted music. We finally selected a song from IMovies song selection area. And then added that to the background of our commercial. I was the person to judge the commercial and see if anything needed to be added or changed from the final commercial. The song that was chosen was Sun Room by Drift Mob Orchestra.
During the editing process there were a lot of hiccups. Such as the computers not working the first day, and the laptop not working. Even after the long wait we were able to do our commercial. I hope our commercial is good and gets a good grade. I had fun doing this project. My teacher said our next group project is about a music video. I am already thinking of songs to do. It will be a lot of fun doing the music video. I hope I can do more with the music video, compared to not doing much with the first project. And I hope the laptops work too.
I selected the best “hey wait up” from all of them and put it with the best shot of the ones we took. Then my group edited the next section. It took a long time finding the correct music to use. As a lot of the options we found could not be used with IMovie. Since IMovie doesn’t allow copyrighted music. We finally selected a song from IMovies song selection area. And then added that to the background of our commercial. I was the person to judge the commercial and see if anything needed to be added or changed from the final commercial. The song that was chosen was Sun Room by Drift Mob Orchestra.
During the editing process there were a lot of hiccups. Such as the computers not working the first day, and the laptop not working. Even after the long wait we were able to do our commercial. I hope our commercial is good and gets a good grade. I had fun doing this project. My teacher said our next group project is about a music video. I am already thinking of songs to do. It will be a lot of fun doing the music video. I hope I can do more with the music video, compared to not doing much with the first project. And I hope the laptops work too.
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