Tuesday 26 February 2013

filming and editing for lady sovereign

we refilmed the lead female role for Lady Sovereign as we felt we needed a range of different locations and shots as our previous shoot was limited, we used a different actress this time as we needed to get our shoot done and we needed to use someone who could film with us at the time, as it turned out our new actress did a very good job fitting the role of Lady Soveriegn. We filmed in similar locations that would fit the 'urban' themes of the song itself.

PICS OF FILMING

We then went and uploaded all of our footage onto final cut and will be editing it soon so we can get closer to completing our music video and meeting the set deadline.

Friday 1 February 2013

Meeting 8

Yesterday whilst overviewing our music video so far we decided the lyrics needed more of a narrative that matched the song rather than just being an artist performance video throughout. The lyrics matched a narrative that would involve someone holding down a nine to five job that they didn't enjoy, we had the idea of using several different jobs (2 or 3) adding the idea of intertextuality to the music video. The first job idea that we had was an office job, this would be easy to complete as all we would need is a suit and a desk with a few different props, we were also keen on using a blank white background throughtout this scene and we knew of a few different locations that we could do this in.

filming and editing main lead footage

We went on two shoots filming the section that the lead singer of 'The Ordinary Boys' covered in the song, we also filmed parts of the chorus so we could cut away from band performance scenes. We filmed in a few different urban locations, such as a park, a bridge and down an alleyway. This would give us a few different options when we went to edit on final cut.

ADD IMAGES OF FILMING

When we went to edit on final cut we were keen to use fast cut editing to match the fast upbeat tempo of the song, but it was still important to keep the video flowing whilst using fast cutting. It was also important to make sure that the video would flow between the lead male and female parts and that there wasn't a big jump in both performance and location between the two.

Here are some photos of us editing our footage: