The cast before departing to our location.
Setting up for the boxing scene
Friday, 21 November 2014
Photos from the shoot day - pt2 evaluation.
Setting up for the boxing scene
Shoot day evaluation
I asked myself some questions about the shoot day and preparation leading up to it .
-What did you do the day before , to set up for your shoot day ?
Personally I had to make quick corrections to props , such as the printed money which I had to cut out and print on both sides , in the end we didn't use the money which ended up being a waste of time . I had to contact each cast member to organize a meeting spot and a departure time from school.
-How did you feel when you woke up on the morning of the shoot day ?
I was excited but anxious , the night before I was worrying about whether we had missed out props or costumes , whether everyone would meet our deadline and if we would work well as a team . in the end I was very pleased with our overall effort.
-How well prepared were you when you arrived for the shoot , what did you have to do before you could start shooting ?
Overall we turned up with our exact cast and more than enough props than we needed to create a homely environment in the woods , I was pleased with the team effort leading up to our shoot. We worked very efficiently to move or props , set up quickly and give out roles to our cast before we could begin shooting , as a team we decided upon costume and outfits on the day which worked well and smoothly . Flora managed to do makeup in a very short time which meant shooting could start very early .
-Describe what the location and set looked like when we began shooting , how well do you feel you manage to create the look of your concept ?
As a team we collected props which would create the feeling that these people had been living and hanging out at this hut in the woods , we scattered old cans , drinks , food packets , cigarettes and personal objects around to create this homely environment . Also setting up chairs , a fire , candles and sheets which added to the effect. Overall our set up was different to how I planned , but it was more efficient and gave us more of an area to shoot , by spreading out the props into different areas where as we originally planned to have a tight and small space.
-How did you divide the roles on shoot day and what role did i play ?
On the day we quickly split our roles up , i coordinated shots and followed the camera men foe the best shots and scenes , Dayo and i both set up props and created the set and i created roles for the actors . Dayo ran the playback and flora did makeup .
-What do you think you personally did well?
I felt that i acted as a leader on the day , a sought of director . I enjoyed the day alot and i put in alot of effort as the idea was originally generated by me , overall the team worked extremely well together and each of our efforts would have been pointless without each other putting in effort.
-What problems did you have on the shoot day , how did you solve them ?
We struggled with time , at the moment it is getting dark at around 4:30 , originally we didnt plan to shoot at night but some shots will include night scenes as the video goes on . We overcame the issue by carefully setting up flood lights which acted as a sought of sunset . The smoke machine and smoke grenades were difficult to time as well , with the wind against us and the long beginning shot we struggled to have the right amount of smoke in our shots , In the end we kept practicing and got a good amount of shots .
-what part of the shoot do you think was most succesful?
The shots of Romany our main character were definatley the best , she was the perfect girl for the role as she was confident and enthusiastic , at the time of those shots we had the perfect lighting and smoke levels .
-Which part of the shoot do wish had gone better?
Sadly we were unable to shoot one of our shots , luckily it was only going to be a small section of the video but we ran out of time and had to leave due to light and the temperature began to drop very low . It was the scene involving a guy wearing a clown masking , painting as Romany danced around the site . It was sad as this shot would have really added to the wild and creepy effect we were going for .
-How well do you think you managed your actors ?
I found that we chose exactly the right cast , they were enthusiastic and perfect for their roles which created a lot less stress on the day , making everything quicker and more realistic . Overall the team managed the well , we got them into roles , their areas and their outfits quickly and efficiently .
-What was the part of the shoot that you enjoyed the most?
I had a great time on the first shot , experimenting with the smoke machine , bombs and the drone with he gopro camera on it , this was a very tactical scene as we had to shoot a very long lasting and complicated shot in a very short time , as we plan to slow this long shot down by half its speed .
-What did you do the day before , to set up for your shoot day ?
Personally I had to make quick corrections to props , such as the printed money which I had to cut out and print on both sides , in the end we didn't use the money which ended up being a waste of time . I had to contact each cast member to organize a meeting spot and a departure time from school.
-How did you feel when you woke up on the morning of the shoot day ?
I was excited but anxious , the night before I was worrying about whether we had missed out props or costumes , whether everyone would meet our deadline and if we would work well as a team . in the end I was very pleased with our overall effort.
-How well prepared were you when you arrived for the shoot , what did you have to do before you could start shooting ?
Overall we turned up with our exact cast and more than enough props than we needed to create a homely environment in the woods , I was pleased with the team effort leading up to our shoot. We worked very efficiently to move or props , set up quickly and give out roles to our cast before we could begin shooting , as a team we decided upon costume and outfits on the day which worked well and smoothly . Flora managed to do makeup in a very short time which meant shooting could start very early .
-Describe what the location and set looked like when we began shooting , how well do you feel you manage to create the look of your concept ?
As a team we collected props which would create the feeling that these people had been living and hanging out at this hut in the woods , we scattered old cans , drinks , food packets , cigarettes and personal objects around to create this homely environment . Also setting up chairs , a fire , candles and sheets which added to the effect. Overall our set up was different to how I planned , but it was more efficient and gave us more of an area to shoot , by spreading out the props into different areas where as we originally planned to have a tight and small space.
-How did you divide the roles on shoot day and what role did i play ?
On the day we quickly split our roles up , i coordinated shots and followed the camera men foe the best shots and scenes , Dayo and i both set up props and created the set and i created roles for the actors . Dayo ran the playback and flora did makeup .
-What do you think you personally did well?
I felt that i acted as a leader on the day , a sought of director . I enjoyed the day alot and i put in alot of effort as the idea was originally generated by me , overall the team worked extremely well together and each of our efforts would have been pointless without each other putting in effort.
-What problems did you have on the shoot day , how did you solve them ?
We struggled with time , at the moment it is getting dark at around 4:30 , originally we didnt plan to shoot at night but some shots will include night scenes as the video goes on . We overcame the issue by carefully setting up flood lights which acted as a sought of sunset . The smoke machine and smoke grenades were difficult to time as well , with the wind against us and the long beginning shot we struggled to have the right amount of smoke in our shots , In the end we kept practicing and got a good amount of shots .
-what part of the shoot do you think was most succesful?
The shots of Romany our main character were definatley the best , she was the perfect girl for the role as she was confident and enthusiastic , at the time of those shots we had the perfect lighting and smoke levels .
-Which part of the shoot do wish had gone better?
Sadly we were unable to shoot one of our shots , luckily it was only going to be a small section of the video but we ran out of time and had to leave due to light and the temperature began to drop very low . It was the scene involving a guy wearing a clown masking , painting as Romany danced around the site . It was sad as this shot would have really added to the wild and creepy effect we were going for .
-How well do you think you managed your actors ?
I found that we chose exactly the right cast , they were enthusiastic and perfect for their roles which created a lot less stress on the day , making everything quicker and more realistic . Overall the team managed the well , we got them into roles , their areas and their outfits quickly and efficiently .
-What was the part of the shoot that you enjoyed the most?
I had a great time on the first shot , experimenting with the smoke machine , bombs and the drone with he gopro camera on it , this was a very tactical scene as we had to shoot a very long lasting and complicated shot in a very short time , as we plan to slow this long shot down by half its speed .
Friday, 14 November 2014
Designing the digipak
Above are some examples of the different stages I went through to create the final front cover of the digipak , the second from bottom is the final thing , below are the back cover and the middle page . the far left is an example of the studio photos I took before editing the cover in photoshop.
I tried to involve themes which we will be suing in our video , especially as we have changed the bands image into a more futuristic , aggressive and fashionable image.
This is the quick plan we made for the digipak , after watching a presentation on the idea of using classical art and reproducing these classical paintings into a modern style to be ironic or for a contrasting purpose .
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