Screen Shots from final music video on youtube

Shooting Schedule

When:
we will have the camera from 3rd - 5th October during this time we will shoot all our real life footage, our actor is avalable thoughout this period and Lauren is able to do alot of the filming with us on the friday night and the rest of the group will complete the remainder on the saturday.

Where:
We will film at Caitlin house and surrounding area including local streets. We will be shooting in these limited areas to reinforce the songs feeling of detachment from society.

What:
Primarily focused in a bedroom, as its a perfect example of the feelings of isolation within the song.

Backup plans:
We have a back up location of daisy's house, which doesn't have everything we wanted but close enough if necessary.

lip syncing practice

This is our lip syncing practice, we could not use our actor in this due to camera constraints, however we know our actor can mime well, and we have sufficiently practiced our editing so I'm confident we will still be able to make our video to the best of our ability.

Test animation footage

This is our tester animation. In our opinion it was successful, and it allowed us to learn new skills.

• Animation on top
• Footage on bottom
• Effects - Video Filters
• Key - Colour Key
• Select colour using the Pipet
• View - Final
• Tolerance 38
• Edge thin -13
• Edge feather 4
  

A-Ha Take on me music video

We have just found this music video by A-Ha which shows real life and animation which collides and is an inspiration to our video as we wish to have those two things together.

Animatic feedback

• We have looked at another animatic (The Gorillaz) which we have already posted on our blog. We found that it had 27 shots in the first minute compared to our 10 so we have descided to re-vamp our animatic and we feel this will make our music video a lot better and give us a real idea of our shots needed and what we will be creating.
• Loren and Gabby are adding more shots into the animatic which we will post up shortly.
  

Timeline

0.00-0.09 Instrumental

0.10-0.37 1st verse
Bang, and now I would like to test my neon lights
Aeroplanes have lifted the sun from the sky
here we want to begin with the artist drawing on a sheet of paper, these pictures will run though the video. it will then zoom in to the picture to symbolise that the video is going to be within her art book.

Through net curtains and bay windows, your heroine names
Your crack cocaine’s insane, why did you play that game, big boy at all.
here we will begin our footage of the window and slowly pan towards the actor who is just lying on his bed obviously doing nothing, (we will come back to this image at the end of the video to close it.)

0.38-1.02 Chorus
So come on, my son, use your head,
it’s this neighbourhood
Aaaaaaaaaaaa
It’s the neighbourhood
here our actor will be looking from his window onto a bleak street, with weird images appearing such as a lock-ness body seeping in and out of the tarmac road. we will edit the location to emphasize the bleakness with the saturation effect.

1.03-1.17 2nd verse
ou moisturise me with your rain
here it will being to rain (drawn)

The favours and time I invest in you,
not time enough, when time falls through alone.
here we would have a weird image of a clock. such as, one with no hands or the hands moving faster than they should.

1.18-1.21 Interlude

1.22-1.35 3rd verse
you’re reading books on how to live your life,
When you know damn well you will survive.
here we think it would be effective to have the lyrics appear on the blank pages of a book he has just picked up, he will throw the book over his shoulder and we will see a clip of the book landing face face down with the title of the book being 'survive'.

1.36-1.57 Chorus
Aaaaaaaaaaaa
here well have these lyrics come out of his mouth.

1.58-2.06 4th Verse
I know you are coming up my stairs,
here we will have the actor leave from his bedroom and walk along the corridor and reach the top of the stairs. here he will see a variety of anamated things which will cause himto escape back to his bedroom (eg an octopus arm curling round the banister)
following this Bring it on… he will close the door and stare facing the door with a baseball bat with the lyric's slogan on it.

2.07-2.20 Instrumental

2.21-2.54 5th Verse
It’s a few years on, and I’m still inside
here we'll portray as though time has gone by (by darkinging and relighting the saturation of the room in editing (night and day effect etc)) and he will still be sitting in his chair. still holding the bat but drooping slightly.

I’m petrified of the news headline
he is looking over his shoulder looking at a cartoon news paper with something animated on his desk.

2.55-3.12 Chorus
3.13-3.43 Chorus
So come on, my son, use your head, it’s this neighbourhood
Aaaaaaaaaaaa
It’s the neighbourhood
Awoohoo awoohooo awoohoo
here for the closing scene we'll have him looking from the window once more with animated images and 'awoohooo' roughly schetched onto the scenery. he will walk away from the window and go back to lying on his bed just staring at the cieling. slowly the whole image will fade away to white, and cleverly cut so you won't realise the difference to the white of the paper, it will zoom out from the page, revealing the artist blowing rubber dust from the sheet having rubbed out the images, symolising the end of this creation.

Costume Ideas

These are a few ideas of what the character may wear, in the video. This is because it reflects the personality of the character and shares similarities of other Kid Harpoon music videos. The scraggy jeans reflects his 'torn up life' and the t-shirt represents his 'longing and despiration' which is also visualized through the lyrics.

Pitch2

Actor(s):

We have chosen a main character for our music video, he is one of Lorens friends. He will be playing the role of Kid Harpoon and after asking many friends he was the most willing person to help out. He was also the best at miming.

Location:

We have selected a location called Bottisham where Caitlin lives, and we are going to film our video around her house and village. It looks the part as it is the most appropriate place and ticks all the boxes (mentioned earlier).

Costumes:

For this we have decided upon contemporary clothing that is scruffy everyday wear. He is going to be a contrast between his dull lifeless costume and the bold colours in the space surrounding him.

Adverts/Film Sequences

1. BECKS BEER ADVERT. This combines animation with real life footage, including an animated and real person. This would be useful as we are considering drawing a companion for our character.

2. NISSAN CAR ADVERT. This inspired us to create an illusion, so our character thinks the image is real, despite it's not. This is relevant as our character is on drugs.

3. BP GARAGE ADVERT. We chose this advert because of the strong contrast between the bold and vibrant colours to the dull grey and blacks. This will be used to contrast the outside world with the character.

4. ULTRAVIOLET TITLE SEQUENCE. We chose this film sequence as it shows non moving imagery, manipulating by camera shots and angles, used to create an effect and to appeal more to the audience.

5. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN TITLE SEQUENCE. We chose this film opening due to the fact of the writing and how it links with the characters movement with in the clip. This is good for us because we wish to use words with our character.