Filming Day

On our first day out filming we filmed establishing shots in different locations like the hilton and the Arndale car park. Here are some images that we took on that day:















Here is Jubil taking some establishing shot over the Arndale carpark roof



















Here is Gasim doing the same.

Permission letter to film at Shisha bar

This is our permission email we send to the shisha bar, which was our location on our fourth day of filming. We did this because it would look professional and we were guaranteed we were able to film within.

Permission letter

In our planning, we discussed potential locations for our music video. All our locations eg. Wit worth park, town centre is all free and accessible at all time to shoot. However one place which was not free to shoot to was our scene at the club during the very high beat of the video. For this we decided to send the email to a local bar (Bar ‘one) asking for permission to shoot at the club. We did this is because it is professional. By doing this it gives us a plan to work around and our shooting days.

Potential locations of the video

All of our analysis on the music videos showed they had an establishing shot at the start for example, Example- Stay Awake music video within the first 15 seconds consisted of various location shots. Because of this we as a team decided to start our music video with a establishing shot. We have listed a few potential locations were we could shoot our opeening scene.

Establishing shot

Hilton Hotel






(Hilton Hotel overview in Manchester, 303 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ)

For our opening scene of the video (establishing shot) one suggestion was to shoot the shot from the top of the Hilton Hotel in Manchester. The reason for this is because this is one of the highest points in Manchester, which is accessible for shooting and shows a good view of Manchester. By doing this it will give us a shot, which would look professional and unique.


Mamchester arndale car park




(Unit, R10-R19 Marsden Way S, Manchester M4 3AT)

Another suggestion was for the establishing shot, to be shot from the top of the Andale car park. The advantage of shooting here would be that it is easy to accessible and also it’s completely free of charge to shoot.


Main locations of the video

Withworth Park

Witworth Park is going to be one of two main locations our video will be filmed. These will the setting for our campfire, which would be our main scene for our video. At the high beat scenes of the video, we have planned to shoot our scene in a nightclub. This is to create a party feeling within the video. The club we have decided to film in club, which is owned by my uncle. We as a team have written an official letter asking him (Martin Malayil) if we have authorization to film on his premises. We have gratefully received a letter back from him telling us we are able to film in the club.

(Witworth park- Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NL)


Manchester town centre

Other location will be the streets of the town center of Manchester to get the shot of crowd. We decided to film the crowded scene on the streets of the town center. We chosen th is location because it would the most convenient for everyone in the group to get there and as it would be free and no permission is needed to film so it would most convenient.

Streets of Manchester at peek times (1pm)

Shisha Bar

Hookahs Shisha bar is another location where we are going to film our video. To be able to do this we have sent out and email to the company asking permission to use the bar to film. We decided on this location because smoking and drinking is what comes to mind of the public when they think about teenagers and young adults. Because our target audience is teenagers and young adults we have decided to shoot one of our scenes in a shisha bar where there is a lot of smoking involved. Also I think it fits into the context and rhythm of the music video.

Wall

We decided to film parts of our music video against the wall. We have looked at many other music videos and saw shooting against a constant background was very common. We decided to film on the wall of our college. We decided because the light was very good at the area and it was easy to get to.

Costumes

Costumes are very important in a music video as it shows the auidence very clearly represent what genre of music it could be. Also it gives the auidence a feel or insight into what type of personality of the artist.

Gasims costumefor the Music video

Emmanuels costume for the Music video

Jubils costume for the Music video

Giuseppe costume for the Music video

Casual clothing such as plain standard hoodies, chino pants and converse reflect the genre of the music we’ll be using in the video. Our costumes are also stereotypical teenager clothes and also apply to the genre of music we have picked. We picked the standard Converses because they are casual trainers not very fancy, and standard hoodies to give off an ‘indie’ look.

Similar musicians such as the dub step, pop singer ‘Example’ wears these kinds of clothing, as well as the extras that are in his videos.







In this picture it shows Example wearing a casual red hoodie and checkered shirt. Also something similar to what we will be wearing.

The picture above shows an extra in Examples video ‘Kick Start’ wearing converse and so this is a reason why we will be wearing similar clothing to go with the genre.

Research into the musical genre of our music video

The term Rhythm and Blues was used as a synonym for Black Rock and Roll in the 1950s. This influence is evident in forms of Rock Music, Country and Western, Gospel music, Jazz and also in Non-Western forms of music.

Just prior and during World War II (1939-1945) changes took place in the US social, industrial and technology sectors causing a widespread change in American demographics where black Americans migrated from the rural South to Midwest, Northeast and West Coast cities to work for higher income.

These changes brought about the creation of new music styles such as the Rhythm and Blues to suit the changing taste of this group of people.

There were three technological developments that took place, namely the invention of electric guitars, the discovery of the German-invented tape recorder which simplified the recording process and the rise of television broadcasting in the late 1940s.

These led to radio owners to sell off their radio stations presuming that it would become obsolete because of the popularity of television. These new radio station owners sought black American musicians and this allowed the sounds of Rhythm and Blues to be aired to the ubran black audience.

More work to be done!!

Storyboard

To get an idea of the music video and what shots to have in it, we created a storyboard of shots that we could have in the music video. These are some images of our storyboard that we created:

By doing this it gave us a beeter understanding of what to film and how to film it. We used this as a guideline for our music video and added our creative thoughts to this.

Story Board

To get an idea of the story board and what happens in the music video we decided to make a story board. This would give us an idea of what we were going to do and what shots we were going to do.
Our 1st story board:

Apologes but the picture could not be rotated.

Shot List

Shot 1- This will be an establishing shot looking down at the city of Manchester. This will be done as a high angle shot and panning will be used to get a variety of scenes. This is done to set the scene and to let the audience ‘get a feel’ with the location. Zooming will be used also.

Shot 2- This will be done by all four members of our group. This shot will be a extreme close up with the shot angle being eye-level. This is so that the actors lips can be seen.

Shot 3- Shot will be a medium close up at eye level. This is so that the face of the actors can be seen as well as the background. A medium close is used so that the audience focuses on the actors and not the background to much.

Shot 4- This will be a low angle shot of the actors sitting on a concrete wall with a church overshadowing the actors.

Shot 5- Over the shoulder will be used as well as a high shot at the club. This is done for the audience to see more of the whole shot

Shot 6- Crabbing shot will be used here. The camera will be on a trolley being pushed, parallel to the actor walking. This will at eye line level.

Shot 7- At the park the camera will be still and the actor will be walking towards the camera getting closer and closer. This will make the shot look like it is zooming in.

Shot 8- Medium close up will be used when the actor is lisping the words. This is to show the emotion and the words clearly. The shot will turn into a medium long shot so that the location and the scenery can be seen by the audience.

Shot 9- Over the shoulder will be used as well as a high shot. This is done for the audience to see more of the whole shot at the club.

Shot 10- This will be done by all four members of our group. This shot will be a extreme close up with the shot angle being eye-level. This is so that the actors lips can be seen.

Shot 11- A low angle shot will be used here as well as he actor being to the left of the shot (rule of thirds). This is so that the audience can get a better view of the background.

Shot 12- Final shot will be took in the studio. Tilt up and down will be used to get the whole image of the actors.

Treatment

Production Treatment

Song Title: Stay Awake – Example

Duration: The music for our video lasts for 3minutes and 25 seconds. This is within the boundaries for the ideal requested length of the music video.

Audience: Our video may contain clips that are not suitable for younger audiences which makes our main target audience teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19. Our video will contain scenes with flashing lights, therefore will be unsuitable for anyone with photo sensitive epilepsy. The song relates to the average student life therefore making the target audience more relevant.

Budget: Our video is going to be a low budget video (Zero budgeting). This means we are going to plan to spend as little as possible however if we do need some funding we shall equally split it between the group.

Recording Days: We decided that the best time for the group to film would be on the weekend and some evenings during the week. This means we will have loads of time to get plenty of filming done. We will have 3 weeks for filming the music video. Once the music video has been shot, we are gong to have 2 weeks to edit the video.

Planning Meeting Idea's

This is our idea’s that we put forward on our planning meeting. We decided to brainstorm ideas onto the computer about the music video. This gave us idea’s on the music videos.

Information about Example

Name: Elliot John Gleave aka Example

Born: 20 June 1982, London

Genre: Hip-Hop

First Single: I Don't Want To

First Album: What We Made

First Big Top 40 No.1: Changed The Way You Kiss Me

Elliot John Gleave, also known as Example was born on June 20^th 1982 in London. Elliot John Gleave the elder of two children attended Ashcroft Technology College. He said the main reason he started rapping was because of the introduction of Hip-Hop through the albums of Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dog.

While at university he started garage Mc’ing to make some money. It was during this period he met Joseph Revell also known as Rusher which we would go on and work with. Example and Revell made there first album together which included Examples first white label vinyl release ‘ a pointless Song’. In 1992 Example won Royal Mail Poet of the Year

Lyrics of 'Stay Awake'

We as a team have decided to choose to so the song 'Stay Awake' by Example as our music to our music video. We choose this was because we have analysed similar songs by the same artist and music videos of songs which have the same genre.

"Stay Awake"

If we don't
If we don't
If we don't
If we don't
If we don't
If we don't
If we don't
If we don't
If we don't

If we don't kill ourselves we'll be the leaders of a messed-up generation
If we don't kid ourselves will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why
Do we take it too far, take it too far?
Did we chase the rabbit into wonderland?
Lose a hundred grand,
Will they understand
It was all to stay awake for the longest

March on, always after us
Lost troops, half the class of us
You man ain't seen the last of us
Stick around yeah like Elastoplast
Not half mast,
Raise the flag, kick the sand
To let you know that we're coming
And we're nasty men

Don't need sleeping beauty
No, it's what you did to me
Come midnight and daybreak
Yes please go find me a name sake
We got faith, but don't need bibles
Take the michael,
Hear my recital
While I hold the title
Quite vital
We get high on the opposite of Nytol

It was all to stay awake for the longest time
It was long, it was wrong
But it felt so right
See you at the finish line
See you at the finish line
If you got the heart to join us

If we don't kill ourselves we'll be the leaders of a messed-up generation
If we don't kid ourselves will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why
Do we take it too far, take it too far?
Did we chase the rabbit into wonderland?
Lose a hundred grand
Will they understand
It was all to stay awake for the longest

March on, always after us
Lost troops, half the class of us
You might not see the last of us
Stick around yeah like Elastoplast
Not half mast,
Raise the flag, kick the sand
To let them know that we're coming
And we're nasty men

Don't need sleeping beauty
No, it's what you did to me
Come midnight and daybreak
Yes please go find me a name sake
We got faith, but don't need bibles
Take the Michael,
Hear my recital
While I hold the title
Quite vital
We get high on the opposite of Nytol

We just grow, if it's late
Then we'll show, we don't wait
We just grow, if you hate
We don't show, we don't wait
We just grow, if it's late
Then we'll show, we don't wait
We just grow

If we don't...

If we don't kill ourselves we'll be the leaders of a messed-up generation
If we don't kid ourselves will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why
Do we take it too far, take it too far?
Did we chase the rabbit into wonderland?
Lose a hundred grand,
Will they understand
It was all to stay awake for the longest

Example - 'Stay Awake' OFFICIAL VIDEO

Why we choose ‘Example- Stay Awake’ as our music video

We decided to do the song ‘Stay Awake’ because it was a song by the artist which all members of our group listened to and the song was very popular among all of this. Alongside this the song was fast and had a high tempo which we had a lot of ideas for, to do in the video. Also we felt the song had some slow tempo and slow paced sections in the song which build up and build up into a very high paced and high tempo and therefore we like the buildup of the song and the variations of high tempo and low tempo.

Video Analysis: Swedish House Mafia - Miami 2 Ibiza ft. Tinie
Tempah.

The video being analysed is Swedish House Mafia -

Miami 2 Ibiza ft. Tinie Tempah. This is a mixture between narrative and
performance, ‘Tinie Tempah’ who is the main character in the music video, has
some shots in the video of him performing and other shots of a female who seems
to go on a journey, which could reflect the name of the song ‘’Miami 2 Ibiza’’.

Genre of the song:

The genre of the song is of a similar genre to the song we decided to use
for our video. There are very jumpy scenes, and also gives off a party theme
song such as other ‘Example’ videos and songs we decided to analyze. There is a
strong relationship between the lyrics and visuals in the music video, such as
the airports at the start straight away gives us an impression of the character
going on a journey. Also when main character Tinie Tempah is singing, there are
close up shots of the objects he mentions.

Camera use:

The camera use in the video represents what’s going on in the video. Fast
panning shots at the start represents the movement from ‘Miami to Ibiza’, There
are many quick close up shots, shown in the club and the artist Tinie Tempah
when the beat kicks in, that is done is keep in track with the song.

Use of Props & costumes:

First of all Miami & Ibiza are usually holiday resorts & known to
be sunny. Therefore costumes such as shorts, t-shirts for the male characters,
and dresses and bikini’s for the female characters show the audience it’s a
holiday. Other props such as sunglasses are worn by artist Tinie Tempah
reflecting both the song & lyrics.

Lighting:

The lighting in the music video is mainly black and white. Some colours are used only in the club
and on Tinie Tempah when the camera is on him. There is fast pace flashing
lights in the club that reflects the speed that the music is going at. Also
from the start you can almost notice its in the day… But as the music video
goes along it gets darker ending up in a club.

Locations:

The main locations shown in the music video are the clubs and a yacht in Ibiza. The clubs are a main location in the video because the song is a very typical song that people can dance to and quick flashy shots are shown. When the song slows down, it shows the female character swimming in the sea.

Video Analysis: Calvin Harris Feat. Kelis - Bounce feat. Kelis

Video Analysis: Calvin Harris Feat. Kelis - Bounce feat. Kelis

The video being analysed is Calvin Harris Feat. Kelis - Bounce feat. Kelis This is a mixture between narrative and performance, the white man who is the main character in the music video, is shown throughout the whole video there are some shots in the video of him acting nothing to do with the video, and other shots of a female called ‘Kelis’ who is shown to be doing a performance at the end.

Genre of the song:

The genre of the song is of a similar genre to the song we decided to use for our video. There are very jumpy scenes (when it kicks in) and also gives off a party theme song such as other ‘Example’ videos and songs we decided to analyze. There is not much link between the video and the lyrics although the song is called ‘’bounce’’ and the main character bounces a tennis ball there and then.

Camera use:

Throughout the whole video the camera follows around this skinny white male who has a minor argument at the start with a female who he gets over it quite quickly and meets some of his friends, because its following one character throughout there are many close ups and medium shots. Same as when ‘Kelis’ the singer in the song is performing there are many close up’s and long shots to show them both in the scene.

Use of props & costumes:

The name of the song is ‘bounce’ therefore the tennis ball being bounced is a prop they used to signify this. The headphones around his neck he wears he listens to music through are a prop, also sunglasses, white trainers & chains are props all of the main character’s friends wear as a ‘style’.

Location:

The main locations used in the video are the main character’s house where he changes his clothes at. The city centre where he roams around with his friends, and at the end when he is at the clubs dancing. Also Kelis is shown performing with some cast around her in an abandoned area.

Lighting:

At the start it seems like the morning… the sun is shining he’s wearing his sunglasses etc… Then it gets darker as the video continues to play and ends up in the club with his friends. When Kelis is performing its dark outside, with some lighting shining on her face showing her expressions.

Artist and name of the song

The song we are analyzing is called: ‘Don’t Go’ by Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra

Genre

The genre of this song is R&B, with rapping in the verses and singing in the chorus. There is lots of performance which is a common feature of R&B videos. It is a little unusual for R&B as it is talking about a serious relationship.

Location/ Scenes

Location of the video by Wretch 32 ft Josh Kumara ‘Don’t Go’ is mainly located in a modern, well-developed city with the use of buildings and water throughout the music video. At the start of the music video we see Wretch 32 for the first time against a white wall wearing all black looking down. This could represent the title of the title of the album ‘Black& White’

The next shot of Wretch 32 is when he is sitting down on stairs which are also black and white. The colour black and white can be seen throughout the video. We can see the stairs are wide and tall and Wretch 32 is sitting down by himself. This shows us that even though there is this whole place he is the only one and feels lonely and single.

Another scene we see of wretch32 at the start of the video is him walking through a crowded street of people alone. The camera is focused on him (Shallow depth of film) to show us his loneliness. Loneliness is the first thought that comes to mind when the camera shows Josh Kumra for the first time. He is walking away from the camera. This could represent the ever growing distance from him and his girlfriend. Also the fact he is alone on a bridge reiterates the fact of loneness.

Costumes

Wretch 32 in his video ‘Don’t go’ he wears all black in the complete video. He wears a black shirt over a smart black long coat. He also wears black jeans and black trainers throughout the video. Wretch 32 wearing black in the video could represent sadness and so by him wearing black could represent he’s loosing someone very close to him e.g. Girlfriend. Also the fact he is wearing black fits in with the feel of the whole song of sadness.

Josh Kumra

Josh Kumra wears a casual black open jacket over a plain white T-shirt. I think the fact he’s wearing a plain white t-shirt is to show he is feeling alone and empty without the person he is asking to ‘Don’t go”. Josh Kumra in the video is also wearing a necklace. As the audience this makes us think the relevance of the necklace. I think as the necklace is rather feminine and the necklace was one of the person who h is asking to ‘Don’t Go’ e.g. girlfriends. He has worn this in memory of his girlfriend and to make the audience feel the love between them.

Editing

As this is quite a slow moving and emotional song the editing is relatively slow and simple. The shots are regularly cut from one another in time with the music and there are lots of slow pans. Editing goes from showing both artists lip-syncing to shots of different people and Wretch 32 wandering down a crowded street.

Graphics

This video contains some interesting graphics. Black writing written on a white wall saying ‘Life is…’ appears a few times. This relates back to the title of his album ‘Black and White’. He is trying to tell us that life is black and white.

An image of a woman sitting in front of black wings drawn on a white wall appears a number of times. This could represent her being innocent and angelic or it could represent her flying away as the song is about his girlfriend leaving.

The umbrella could be a symbol how he sees the world as being gloomy since his girlfriend left .

Special effects (Sfx)

Effects used to shot ripples in water from different angles and positions and ripples used as an effect to show reflections of people in the water

Wretch 32 ft Josh Kumra - Don't Go OUT NOW! (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (ALBUM OUT ...