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Wednesday 25 November 2009
Paramore- Decode Analysis
Paramore-Decode
Decode was the official music video for the film Twilight, as the song was used in the movie. The music video shows shots from the actual film, I am going to analyse Just the music video rather than the film clips. The video is both performance and narrative.
Setting the scene is a forest this is in correlation with the film; a bird’s eye view sets the scene. This then fades into extreme close up of a guitar on a rotating axes, this shows the first part of the performance. Zooms are reverse zooms are used to show all band members, mainly focusing on the main lead singer.
The lead singer is in the middle of the forest and the background is moving behind her. This represents the world moving around her but she is still showing use she is in her own world. A above shot also enforces the opinion of the lead singer being in her own world, because the Ariel shots allows us to see the background with nobody around.
Lots of dolly shots on spinning axes are used this reveals all angles of the characters and band members.
Decode was the official music video for the film Twilight, as the song was used in the movie. The music video shows shots from the actual film, I am going to analyse Just the music video rather than the film clips. The video is both performance and narrative.
Setting the scene is a forest this is in correlation with the film; a bird’s eye view sets the scene. This then fades into extreme close up of a guitar on a rotating axes, this shows the first part of the performance. Zooms are reverse zooms are used to show all band members, mainly focusing on the main lead singer.
The lead singer is in the middle of the forest and the background is moving behind her. This represents the world moving around her but she is still showing use she is in her own world. A above shot also enforces the opinion of the lead singer being in her own world, because the Ariel shots allows us to see the background with nobody around.
Lots of dolly shots on spinning axes are used this reveals all angles of the characters and band members.
Tuesday 24 November 2009
The setting up of the Rose Photo Shoot
I used a Nikon D200 SLR and I also used a tripod and remote.
The background was simply a black piece of material which was pinned to my wall.
To hold the rose in place I used oasis in a jug of water.
I had to make sure that the camera did not move at all, so the photos would not be different. To make sure that the camera did not move and go out of focus I used a remote to take the photos so that even the vibration of the camera did not move the placement.
The background was simply a black piece of material which was pinned to my wall.
To hold the rose in place I used oasis in a jug of water.
I had to make sure that the camera did not move at all, so the photos would not be different. To make sure that the camera did not move and go out of focus I used a remote to take the photos so that even the vibration of the camera did not move the placement.
Step by step to editing photographs of the rose
To follow the theme of our narrative we have decided to put the rose in black and white except the rose head this fitted with the ‘arty’ look that was constant through our video.
For the photos of the rose to look professional, I have decided to edit each photo one by one using Photoshop. This required a lot of patients and hard work.
First I uploaded photo 1 onto a new blank background. I then using the magic wand tool select the outside of the rose and used the erase colour tool, this on a short cut was: Ctrl Shift U. I did this to make it quicker than pressing on the colour settings. This erased the background colour which left me with an off black background.
To make the stork and leafs of the rose in black and white. I had to select the area using the magnetic lasso tool, making sure that I did not select the rose head as this was staying in colour. Then when selected I used the Ctrl Shirt U key to erase the colour this left the rose stork ad leafs grey. I then zoomed into the photograph using the + sign on the keyboard to find any areas that I did not select. I used the magic wand to correct the areas I missed.
This is the before and after of editing the photographs
Before
After
After editing photos 1-131 I imported them into Adobe Premier Elements
For the photos of the rose to look professional, I have decided to edit each photo one by one using Photoshop. This required a lot of patients and hard work.
First I uploaded photo 1 onto a new blank background. I then using the magic wand tool select the outside of the rose and used the erase colour tool, this on a short cut was: Ctrl Shift U. I did this to make it quicker than pressing on the colour settings. This erased the background colour which left me with an off black background.
To make the stork and leafs of the rose in black and white. I had to select the area using the magnetic lasso tool, making sure that I did not select the rose head as this was staying in colour. Then when selected I used the Ctrl Shirt U key to erase the colour this left the rose stork ad leafs grey. I then zoomed into the photograph using the + sign on the keyboard to find any areas that I did not select. I used the magic wand to correct the areas I missed.
This is the before and after of editing the photographs
Before
After
After editing photos 1-131 I imported them into Adobe Premier Elements
Step By Step To Editing Photographs Of The Rose Using Photoshop
To follow the theme of our narrative we have decided to put the rose in black and white except the rose head this fitted with the ‘arty’ look that was constant through our video.
For the photos of the rose to look professional, I have decided to edit each photo one by one using Photoshop. This required a lot of patients and hard work.
First I uploaded photo 1 onto a new blank background. I then using the magic wand tool select the outside of the rose and used the erase colour tool, this on a short cut was: Ctrl Shift U. I did this to make it quicker than pressing on the colour settings. This erased the background colour which left me with an off black background.
To make the stork and leafs of the rose in black and white. I had to select the area using the magnetic lasso tool, making sure that I did not select the rose head as this was staying in colour. Then when selected I used the Ctrl Shirt U key to erase the colour this left the rose stork ad leafs grey. I then zoomed into the photograph using the + sign on the keyboard to find any areas that I did not select. I used the magic wand to correct the areas I missed.
This is the before and after of the editing.
Before
After editing photos 1-131 I imported them into Adobe Premier Elements
For the photos of the rose to look professional, I have decided to edit each photo one by one using Photoshop. This required a lot of patients and hard work.
First I uploaded photo 1 onto a new blank background. I then using the magic wand tool select the outside of the rose and used the erase colour tool, this on a short cut was: Ctrl Shift U. I did this to make it quicker than pressing on the colour settings. This erased the background colour which left me with an off black background.
To make the stork and leafs of the rose in black and white. I had to select the area using the magnetic lasso tool, making sure that I did not select the rose head as this was staying in colour. Then when selected I used the Ctrl Shirt U key to erase the colour this left the rose stork ad leafs grey. I then zoomed into the photograph using the + sign on the keyboard to find any areas that I did not select. I used the magic wand to correct the areas I missed.
This is the before and after of the editing.
Before
After editing photos 1-131 I imported them into Adobe Premier Elements
Diary Entry
The first performance shoot was noticeably unprepared and I feel this showed in the play back of the footage, we decide to reshoot the whole band performance as we found it was not at the standard that the rest of our music video was at.
The reshoot of the Band took place at the lighthouse beach; this was a running theme through the video.
This is my diary entry for that day:
Filming for only two hours of performance shots required me to do a lot of preparation. We, as a group needed to arrange who was bring what and a time that was appropriate , we found that filming early in the morning worked well for all members of our groups due to other commitments on night times. So at 7 am we arranged to meet at the lighthouse in the area, seven was the earliest we could film this was because of the winter season and the late sunrise, the darkness would effect the filming as we were using natural lighting.
We started setting up prompt; we made sure that the lighthouse was visible in the background to create the correct mise-en-scene. By 7.45 we were set up with a full drum kit, guitar, amplifier and microphone. We used mini speakers to play the song so that we could hear the music and play along to the tempo.
After four full songs playbacks including static and mobile shots we each filmed one another to use as band close up to fit with codes and conventions of music videos.
To use our limited time efficiently we also look still images that would be used on our DVD cover.
The narrative in our music video was very important as part of our story line, we had to make sure that the story line was clear to the audience.
Four shoots in total we used as footage, as after editing that footage more ideas of what other things we could do came to mind, so we had to go back to the beach and add more footage. The first shoot was on Cullercoats beach in the caves, previous to shooting there we checked out the location to make sure that it was suitable and what we wanted.
Using a tripod and camcorder was all we needed as natural light was provided. Mise-en-scene was created using white dresses on both of the characters. The only prop used was a piece of parchment.
Shoot two: we decided to add more footage of the two main characters, so again we arranged to meet at the same location and same spot for continuity issues.
The reshoot of the Band took place at the lighthouse beach; this was a running theme through the video.
This is my diary entry for that day:
Filming for only two hours of performance shots required me to do a lot of preparation. We, as a group needed to arrange who was bring what and a time that was appropriate , we found that filming early in the morning worked well for all members of our groups due to other commitments on night times. So at 7 am we arranged to meet at the lighthouse in the area, seven was the earliest we could film this was because of the winter season and the late sunrise, the darkness would effect the filming as we were using natural lighting.
We started setting up prompt; we made sure that the lighthouse was visible in the background to create the correct mise-en-scene. By 7.45 we were set up with a full drum kit, guitar, amplifier and microphone. We used mini speakers to play the song so that we could hear the music and play along to the tempo.
After four full songs playbacks including static and mobile shots we each filmed one another to use as band close up to fit with codes and conventions of music videos.
To use our limited time efficiently we also look still images that would be used on our DVD cover.
The narrative in our music video was very important as part of our story line, we had to make sure that the story line was clear to the audience.
Four shoots in total we used as footage, as after editing that footage more ideas of what other things we could do came to mind, so we had to go back to the beach and add more footage. The first shoot was on Cullercoats beach in the caves, previous to shooting there we checked out the location to make sure that it was suitable and what we wanted.
Using a tripod and camcorder was all we needed as natural light was provided. Mise-en-scene was created using white dresses on both of the characters. The only prop used was a piece of parchment.
Shoot two: we decided to add more footage of the two main characters, so again we arranged to meet at the same location and same spot for continuity issues.
Rose Editing Step By Step Using Premier Elements
Rose step by step with Videos
For the first video I imported the clips into premier elements, clip by clip. I then exported the whole video as one. I opened a new project and imported the movie. To get the rose to open and die quickly I had to speed up the video from 6.00.00 minutes to 00.13.00 seconds. This made the rose look jerky and created the effect I wanted. This is shown below
I then explored the effects on Premier Elements; I found no effects that I could use to make the video look a authentic old film. I then looked further and found a effect on Windows Movie Maker. There were several different effects that I could chose from, including different styles from different Eras.
I found two different effects that I liked, these are shown below:
After lots of discussion with our group we decide to use effect 1 this is because it showed the detail of the rose, where as the older effect look away all the hard work we put in when editing each picture.
This is the final edit:
At the end of our music video we decide to do a rewind of all that happens in the video, we then rewound the rose footage to Finnish the music video off. I did this by selecting the time stretch key and reversed the speed, from forwards to backwards. This rewound the whole opening of the rose. So the rose died and came to life.
For the first video I imported the clips into premier elements, clip by clip. I then exported the whole video as one. I opened a new project and imported the movie. To get the rose to open and die quickly I had to speed up the video from 6.00.00 minutes to 00.13.00 seconds. This made the rose look jerky and created the effect I wanted. This is shown below
I then explored the effects on Premier Elements; I found no effects that I could use to make the video look a authentic old film. I then looked further and found a effect on Windows Movie Maker. There were several different effects that I could chose from, including different styles from different Eras.
I found two different effects that I liked, these are shown below:
After lots of discussion with our group we decide to use effect 1 this is because it showed the detail of the rose, where as the older effect look away all the hard work we put in when editing each picture.
This is the final edit:
At the end of our music video we decide to do a rewind of all that happens in the video, we then rewound the rose footage to Finnish the music video off. I did this by selecting the time stretch key and reversed the speed, from forwards to backwards. This rewound the whole opening of the rose. So the rose died and came to life.
Powerpoint Presentation
This is our pitch
Powerpoint[1]
We have decided that we will all take part in our video, the characters that we are playing are as follows:
Christie Flynn – Singer-character 1
Brooke Hopkin - Drums
Sarah Vyse- Bass guitar/character 2
we have decide to not use any other people not in our group due to the availability of other students, we thought that this problem could cause problems, so we are going to be the characters
Powerpoint[1]
We have decided that we will all take part in our video, the characters that we are playing are as follows:
Christie Flynn – Singer-character 1
Brooke Hopkin - Drums
Sarah Vyse- Bass guitar/character 2
we have decide to not use any other people not in our group due to the availability of other students, we thought that this problem could cause problems, so we are going to be the characters
Animatic
I have composed an animatic this will be used as a guide line for when we shoot the actual music video, we will be able to look and see the events running order.
Rough Cut Paramore Conspiracy Music Video
This is a rough cut of our music video, we will be making many changes to this video in the final cut. For legal and copyright reasons we have deleted all audio. In the final video audio will be present for the Examiners copy.
All Members of my class evaulated my music video
Introduction
I have been rating other members of my class’s music video, I have been given a sheet with questions like what is good about this music video? What constructive criticism would you give to this music video? Out of five how would you rate this video? This allow me to day what is good and what is not so good.
I have found using the class assessment very useful, as I have underlined what needs to be changed in my music video. I already knew that many aspects of my video needed adjustments, the feedback from the class gave me other ideas and reinforced mine. I got feedback from other groups including teacher and this is what they thought.
I found that all of the groups said that black and white affect “creates a arty feel” I also thought that it was a good technique and it was very effective. However, I have came to realise, due to the analysis feedback, that in particular parts the contrast is to high and it makes the characters dresses blend into her skin as a group we will have to edit the brightness of the shot so that it is clearer to the audience.
They also commented on the contrast between narrative and performance was different because the performance was set in colour. To resolve this problem we may need to put the band in black and white or edit the brightness, contrast and shadowing.
The unclear story line was also noted as many students and teachers commented on not understanding the storyline, this will be edited meaning a reshoot of some parts, this will be done so the story line is made clearer to the audience.
Overall I found that the peer assessments was very useful as it got other opinions on our video, which has now lead me to change things that I did not think were necessarily bad. As a whole we got a 2/3 which is not bad for the first ruff cut, as a group we will be aiming for a 3 /4 for our final video.
All Members of my class evaulated my music video
Introduction
I have been rating other members of my class’s music video, I have been given a sheet with questions like what is good about this music video? What constructive criticism would you give to this music video? Out of five how would you rate this video? This allow me to day what is good and what is not so good.
I have found using the class assessment very useful, as I have underlined what needs to be changed in my music video. I already knew that many aspects of my video needed adjustments, the feedback from the class gave me other ideas and reinforced mine. I got feedback from other groups including teacher and this is what they thought.
I found that all of the groups said that black and white affect “creates a arty feel” I also thought that it was a good technique and it was very effective. However, I have came to realise, due to the analysis feedback, that in particular parts the contrast is to high and it makes the characters dresses blend into her skin as a group we will have to edit the brightness of the shot so that it is clearer to the audience.
They also commented on the contrast between narrative and performance was different because the performance was set in colour. To resolve this problem we may need to put the band in black and white or edit the brightness, contrast and shadowing.
The unclear story line was also noted as many students and teachers commented on not understanding the storyline, this will be edited meaning a reshoot of some parts, this will be done so the story line is made clearer to the audience.
Overall I found that the peer assessments was very useful as it got other opinions on our video, which has now lead me to change things that I did not think were necessarily bad. As a whole we got a 2/3 which is not bad for the first ruff cut, as a group we will be aiming for a 3 /4 for our final video.
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