Catherine Ward Thomas advanced and foundation production

Saturday, 15 October 2011

Feedback

There are some proficient posts here which illustrate the development of your concept and planning of production This is insightful and creative, for example planing of the set design and reflection upon this.

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First to begin using a wider range of blogging tools - there are lots of well presented images, but use of Flickr or powerpoint will increase the creativity that is shown on your blog. Images on the posts are good, but could be better if you started to use presentational tools

Second the valid, detailed and reflective comments that you make need to be developed further with key media concepts and theoretical ideas; for example, link the planning to star image, or how set design and lighting link to mise en scene and/ or what model's of lighting you are using in relation to your set - key, fill, directional, discuss the untensity and colour and what you are trying to represent about your artist. This will help make a more thorough evaluation of your work.

Friday, 14 October 2011

Shooting list

08:30 AM: Gather cast and crew and talk through day

08:45 AM: Get into Costume/Makeup (Heather)

09:00 AM: Set up camera/tripod e.t.c

09:15 AM: Start shooting close ups of Lead Singer

09:30 AM: Start shooting wide shots of Lead Singer

09:45 AM: Shoot the Zoetrobe (Close Ups/Mid Close Ups/Wide Shots)

11:00 AM: Wide Shots of Dancers on black rostra.

11:15 AM: Mid Shots of Dancers on black rostra.

11:30 AM: Dolly shots of Dancers on black rostra.

11:55 AM: Sillhouettes of Lead singer (poses against white backdrop)

12:15 AM: Breaking jewellary (Lead singer) to be reversed in post

12:30 AM: Coins falling to be reversed in post

12:45 AM: Lunch Break

01:20 PM: Finish Lunch and meet back in studio to get back into costume e.t.c

01:25 PM: Shoot Gramaphone with record on.

01:35 PM: Shoot DJ Decks and scratching.

01:50 PM: Shoot sillouettes (Mulitply slowly in post) against white.

02:15 PM: Ben & Tunde cleaning shoes (Close Up/Mide Shot)

02:30 PM: Roullette wheel spinning (be reversed in Post)

02:45 PM: Chair Crashing to the floor

02:55 PM: Shot of China Plates Falling and Smashing (Plates/mugs/glasses e.t.c)

Thursday, 13 October 2011

OUR SET SKETCHES

We thought that our ZOETROBE would look a little bit like this. we wanted to make it work with the old legends of music.

This is what our band will look like we are still unsure whether it will look good with her within the band scene. However we are going to put her there and then if it doesnt work or look correct on the day as we will be able to hgave an acurate shot.

This is our stage and idea with the sillhouetes.

We have used this drawing to help show that we want a spot light on our main girl.

This is our big main stage area where we want the main area to be used for the majority of the filming.

PROP LIST

Double bass - for the band as it features heavily in the song

Trumpet - for the band as it features heavily in the song

Trombone - for the band as it features heavily in the song

A platform - For the dancers and the band to be used in silhouette to add height and distinction to these

DJ Decks - to show the contrast between old fashioned gramaphones and modern DJ decks and to show how music has changed over the century.

A gramophone – 20’s styled - to show what old music was played on, it also adds a cool shot and contrasts with the modern decks used later on in the video.

Old fashioned microphone – 20’s styles - it matches the style of the song and the era we are trying to portrey

A Zoetrobe (possible) - this adds cool effects and allows us to be more free with the images we use of African American artists from the past instead of having to recreate these images with a cast who won't fit with the intended images.