Filming day 2 - scenes in college

Today I am filming scenes where the artist mimes yet more of the song.
The boy in the video is seen less in the shots because these are more about the artists.

Filming

Today and tomorrow I am filming more scenes in college where the artist mimes to the song but with a microphone on a stand.  I am trying to contact drama and performing arts teachers in order to try and book some props for the video, to try and make it look as professional as possible.
The same setting will be used for the video, but this time with the artist wearing different clothes and different cinematography such as extreme close-ups and mid-shots.

Settings

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Filming

Yesterday I filmed parts of my music video in college.  However, after emailing teachers and trying to book the theatre for the scenes where the artist is miming with the boy, I found out the theatre was fully booked and therefore had to improvise.
I got the two main artists into the green room and used a white background with the main lights off, with just two lights on stands switched on.
This gave a really good effect showing the shadows of the artists and also made the scene look professional.  Therefore, I have decided to change the idea of filming in a dark room to filming in the light room, as I feel it looks more professional and highlights the artists facial expressions and emotions more.

Booking out the theatre

 For filming some scenes, I required to film in a dark room with just one light to highlight the artist well, so I contacted my tutor who is a Dance teacher at college and deals with the theatre most of the time, and asked her if it was possible to film in there over one lunch time:

 

 

Roni directed me to email Andy who also deals with the theatre, and because my main artist also needed to use the theatre to film in for her music video, she emailed Andy to ask. Unfortunately because of the drama and dance rehearsals taking place at college, it wasn't possible for us to use the theatre, so I changed my ideas and then decided to film in the green room which I now feel was a much better idea because it looks a lot more professional.

Timetable for filming

Timetable for when I will be filming parts of my music video.

Friday 23rd November 2012 - Filming short scenes such as when the artist grabs drugs from the table and extreme close-ups of the artist's lips miming short words to the song. 

Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December - Filming scenes at the stables (yard)

Week beginning from 26th November - Filming scenes in the college theatre (dark room).

Props

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Costumes for my music video

Costumes on Prezi

Health And Safety Regulations

Locations

Some of the locations for my music video:

East Park and stables in Woodmansy

 

 

Animatic

Animated version of my storyboard -
Lana Del Rey - National Anthem.

Production Plan

For my advanced portfolio, I have decided to reconstruct Lana Del Rey's song National Anthem.
Analysing the lyrics of the song, it is clear that the main focus is about money, and I have interpreted this into my ideas and planning of what I aim to achieve when creating the video.

Cast:

• Lead Singer (artist) - Abigail Hardy
• Boy who accompanies artist - Joshua Littlefield
• Little girls in 2 scenes - Ginny (aged 10) and Madeline (aged 7) Sweeney (boyfriends sisters).

Setting:
For the setting of my video, I aim to shoot in several different locations.
The main locations include;

• A field (East Park) to shoot the artist by herself, with the boy and also little girls.
• The theatre (College) to shoot the artist and boy slow dancing and singing on her own, also where the artist and boy are seen drinking wine at a table.
• Horse stables (Woodmansy) to shoot the artist riding the horse and sitting on the horse.

Audience Profile

From doing research, I can tell that the main target audience of my music video would be female.  I can tell this by looking at the research I have gathered.
For example, on my polls, out of all of the people that have answered them, only one was male, therefore 99% are of a female audience. 

These images are connected to my genre quite well, as I feel the style of the people relates to the type of music they will listen to, which is indie.



Lana Del Rey - National Anthem Lyrics

These are the lyrics to the song I will be using for my music video:

Money is the anthem
Of success
So before we go out
What's your address?

I'm your national anthem
God, you're so handsome
Take me to the Hamptons
Bugatti Veyron

He loves to romance 'em,
Reckless abandon,
Holdin' me for ransom,
Upper echelon.

He says to "be cool" but,
I don't know how yet.
Wind in my hair,
Hand on the back of my neck.
I said, "Can we party later on?"
He said, "Yes, yes." (Yes.)

Tell me I'm your National Anthem.
(Ooh, yeah, baby, bow down,)
(Making me so wow, wow.)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem.
(Sugar, sugar, how now,)
(Take your body down town.)
Red, white, blue's in the skies,
Summer's in the air and baby,
Heaven's in your eyes.
I'm your National Anthem.

Money is the reason,
We exist.
Everybody knows it,
It's a fact. Kiss, kiss.

I sing the National Anthem,
While I'm standing,
Over your body,
Hold you like a python.

And you can't keep your hands off.
Me, or your pants on.
See what you've done to me?
Give me Chevron.

You said to "be cool" but,
I'm already coolest.
I said to "get real",
Don't you know who you're dealing with?

Um, do you think you'll buy me,
Lots of diamonds? (Yes, I also brought my gun)

Tell me I'm your National Anthem.
(Ooh, yeah, baby, bow down,)
(Making me so wow, wow.)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem.
(Sugar, sugar, how now,)
(Take your body down town.)
Red, white, blue's in the skies,
Summer's in the air and baby,
Heaven's in your eyes.
I'm your National Anthem.

It's a love story for the new age,
For the six page,
Want a quick, sick rampage?

Wining and dining, drinking and driving,
Excessive buying, overdosin', dyin',
On our drugs and our love,
And our dreams and our rage.

Blurring the lines,
Between real and the fake.
Dark and lonely,
I need somebody to hold me.

We will do very well,
I can tell, I can tell,
Keep my safe in his bell,
Tower, hotel.

Money is the anthem,
Of success.
So put on mascara,
And your party dress.

I'm your National Anthem,
Boy, put your hands up,
Give me a standing ovation.

Boy, you have landed,
Babe, in the land of,
Sweetness and danger,
Queen of Saigon.

Tell me I'm your National Anthem.
(Ooh, yeah, baby, bow down,)
(Making me so wow, wow.)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem.
(Sugar, sugar, how now,)
(Take your body down town.)
Red, white, blue's in the skies,
Summer's in the air and baby,
Heaven's in your eyes.
I'm your National Anthem.

Money is the anthem,
God, you're so handsome.
Money is the anthem,
Of success

Money is the anthem,
God, you're so handsome.
Money is the anthem,
Of success

Money is the anthem,
God, you're so handsome.
Money is the anthem,
Of success

Money is the anthem,
God, you're so handsome.
Money is the anthem,
Of success.