Filming Day 7

Filming Day 7

The final day of filming, we shot the parts for the guitar solo in our song at a location called "Blue Bell Hill". We videoed another version of the break up and both with close ups and long shots. We then took a pan shot of the view point on blue hill to try and try the isolation of the character. The shots of the guitar solo include an extreme close up and mid shots with the hill view in the background. This is why in our earlier research we looked for a big isolated location in which we have somewhere to reflect the emotions of the character and the same location in which he gets dumped seems so fitting to unleash the most creative part of the song the "Guitar Solo"!

Sam on the hill

Poster idea

 Poster drawing ideas

We got the idea for the poster from a band
called a-ha and there music video take on me
we liked the idea of a drawn silhouette which also matches the fresh hold effect we used in our music video. 

Filming Day 6

Filming Day 6

We shot the scenes at my house, starting with shots in my living room both a point of view and a free hand shot of me. The first shot was a over the shoulder shot looking down on my phone. The second shot was of me living the room then going down the stairs. The third was of me on a point of view shot walking down the stairs of which you can see a silhouette of Ella who's plays my characters girlfriend through the blurry glass door. We then have a shot of me and Ella meeting on a street in which she breaks up with me then she walks away of which we have a point of view shot where I hold the camera and watch her walk away. in both of these instances we changed clothes for continuity reasons. This was because she was meant to have come back on a different day not at the same time. The only issue then was the weather as it was dark when she dumped me and came back but that doesn't matter to much as we where both wearing different clothes.

Plan of filming

General overview 

For perfect timing we are going to film all of the instruments separately all the way through that way we can chop and change and then select the shots that we want. We will also have the song playing in the back ground so that our timings will be perfect. In some cases we will wear headphones because of how loud drum kits can be and how they can put us off time.

Props

Props

We have a full array of musical equipment from

• Guitar
• Drums
• Bass
• Microphones
• Amps
• Jack Leads 
• Xlr Leads 
• Pianos

We kept the same clothes for each shot that was the following shot for continuity reasons

• Jeans 
• Shirt
• Hoodies
• Jumpers 
• Shoes

We had some recording equipment being used

• We had Mixing desk
• Cubase running in the background
• We also used monitors on which cubase ran on.

Advert/Album Examples

Advert/Album Examples

These are examples of both posters and album covers. They themselves really tell a story of the band and what the album might include.

• The Album cover at the top shows a deathly looking figure standing over some one who looks as if there having a nightmare this goes hand in hand with the name of the album "Nightmare". The wing evil figure is consistent with the band Avenged Seven folds usual art work. This is consistent with the metal genre where this sits.

• The Poster at the bottom another one by avenged seven fold shows the words on the page incarnate the album is called buried alive and there is literally someone digging out of what looks like there own grave. The dark winged figure is still present on the tomb stone. This all sits in with the conventions of metal.

Final Idea

Final Idea

Our Final after roughly following our story board is My character and his girl friend break up. However he is still in love with and he drives that into writing a song "Sweet Child O Mine". This involves lots of different shots of me writing the song and then of course getting the band together to record the single! in the end Ella my Characters ex girl friend possible re appears though it's hard to tell as the shot of our music video is just a blurred silhouette through and blurry glass door.

Advertisement Research

David Bowie

         

This is the same album cover over two different albums all he did was cover over his face and in the top had corner of the next day cross of the album title. which I think is very clever because obviously he looks allot older now then want he did then so by doing this he is portraying classic Bowie. Both of these Album covers where used as poster to. despite the fact that the "The Next Day" didn't have much advertising it was till there. it didn't have much because really it didn't need it it's David Bowie!

Filming Day 5

Filming Day 5

We filmed today with most of the band together the singer couldn't make it so we've had angle the shots that when we do film with him it will still look as though he's there we are all wearing the same clothes from before to which is plainly for continuity reasons otherwise it wouldn't make sense. We did the band shots as it's part of the classic rock convention possibly feature live band sections for your music video. We also wanted to create different shots to work with more then just close ups and mid shots. So we went with a walking free hand camera where everything the band did was up to them as long as they played the right notes/beats and where in time.

Unedited shot of the drums

Filming Day 4

Filming Day 4

This was my turn in which there was a close up of me doing the the lead guitar part for the song and for the rhythm section of the song we did the same thing at both a close up and a mid shot of me playing the guitar. We also added an extreme close up the intro of the song and is it's quite a distinct part of the peace. doing this I had the same backing track as we were going to use for the editing playing in the background I did this to make sure everything was on time and on the beat.

Filming Day 3

Filming Day 3

The shots filmed on day three where for the the story arc of our music video in which our main character me is writing a song about a girl that he loves. therefore this doesn't have to be in time as it is part of the story of our music video. we filmed the shot with me playing the guitar but whilst sitting at the front of a grande piano to really make it look like I was composing a song. I then would take brief moments to pause and then and then write down what I supposedly written.

Filming Day 2

Filming Day 2

Day two was very similar in terms of filming to day one, only we put two together in the same room but at different angles. They were still filmed separately but each ran the song the whole way through. so that way like the vocals we could cut the recording where we wanted. Luke (Drums) and Joe (Bass guitar) they # were glad to be a part of the filming. mean while in the other room at this point was me on the guitar sitting in the same possession that I was in for my solo filming other wise it would of been a continuity error. We planned on having the singer there two on this day but he couldn't make it so made do with just the musician part of the band. We had the same version of the song playing in the back ground that we are going to use for our editing. This way everything would be in time and the editing process will be easier as everything will already be on the beat.

Luke playing away as the song plays in the background making sure it's in time

Joe concentrating on the notes as he plays his bass making sure there in time

Luke and Joe playing the song in tandem making sure it's in time



Filming Shots

Filming Evidence Shoots

These are photos of one of our filming days for which we used a music practice/recording
room. for this section we filmed the close up of the guitar part being shot. Every part was filmed more then once for the individual bands we did this process for all of the shots as because we wanted to find the best angles. So as you can see here for the pictures on the right it's to different angles which where both then put into our music. These consisted of a close up and a mid shot we worked like this for all of the filming the individual and the band shots.

Filming day 1

Filming day 1

We got close up shots of Nathan, the singer, in the vocal booth. We filmed him miming through the whole song so that we aren't limited to what shots we can use and we can chop and change with what vocal shots  we like. We also filmed a mid shot of him miming so we can get two different angles when we go to edit the tape. We had the same version of the song that we plan on using for our editing playing in the back ground that way the timings where spot on. Also the editing process will be allot faster and everything is already on the beat.

Chosen Location

Chosen Location: Blue Bell Hill

The location that we have chosen is called blue bell hill it is exactly what we are looking for in terms of scenic views and open space. It really gives the feeling of isolation just the character and his thoughts.

The Music

The Music 

The Instrumentalists who took part in our filming are actually musicians who learnt the song by notation.
Example of guitar notation for the intro of the song.

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Part 2 - only play this 1 time
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Part 3 - played just before the words come in.--11----11-13-14-13-11-14-------------------------------------------14-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            ---------------------------------------------------------------            
Intro - guitar 2 part--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3------------------------------------------------------3-3h4-6---6-4-3----4-2p1---2p1--------4----4p3---4p3---------4------------------6-------2-----2-4--4----4-----4-----4------------------------------------------------------------------
Part 2 - chords - strum how you think it fits.
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Album Art/Advertisement Comparison

Magazine poster advert for Recovery

Album art for Recovery

We can see in these two images that the artwork is near enough the exact same, however there are differences to the image, the poster has more contrast and is much darker, and also had text in the lower right corner replacing the parental advisory label.