16/11/10 ReFilming

On this date we planned to re film, using a simple suspended platform, to counter the shakeness of our last shots. This didn't go so well as the design was simple but not as effective as we had hoped and so we had to improvise. We got a moveable surface that was on wheels, then added other things ontop to add hight when needed. This worked well and we can now edit this set of shots into our introduction.



(This is not part of our final piece, but is still relevant proof of construction)

Story board

These images are our rough story board (which we did deviate from a little) and some shots to see how effective our designed shots would be.

Introduction filming

One of the conventions of dance music is a introduction section before the main music begins to play. Last week my group went out and filmed our introduction, as a rough cut, to see how effective it would and to show us what we need to do to improve it.

Things that went well:
After 15 minutes of planning we managed to get our final shot, where you see the main character walk into the assumed club, and as the door closes the lights switch off to signal that the music is about to start, in one take.

Things that could be improved:
We did not have any means to hold the handi cam steady at low angles, and as the first few shots of our introduction are low angle we had to drag the handi cam along the floor. This lead to some really shaky shots that we will re film using a simple but effective cradle, made of a steady base supported by string, to reduce camera shake. Also we noticed a continuity error so we shall have to re film this too.

Filming

Today we started to film the entrance sequence, as we discovered that conventionally this genre of music has a big introduction. This went well and we feel we have enough shots to get a convincing sequence, there were, to begin with, some difficulties however. we do not had a dolly to place a camera on so the shots tended to be quite shakey, we fixed this by placing the tripod on something that slid across the floor. Once we'd fixed this problem the filming was easy, and the sequence came together nicely.



(This is not part of our final piece, but is relevant proof of construction)

Digipack research

Digipacks are a type of CD packaging made out of card stock or another form of hard card or paper. They can flip open like a book or have three section, with the CD always being in the middle section. Their purpose is to offer more information on the band or artist and/or the album, they tend to include a message from the band, perhaps a lyric book, as well as original band art, and a song list on the back.This type of packaging is atheistically pleasing but can get damaged more easily

Costume for artist

As the artist of the song does not wish to be in the film, we have had to create a persona to compensate. I shall be doing this. We plan to use a costume consisting of a baseball cap, a relaxed t shirt, sunglasses, jeans and some trainers. This should give the image that the artist enjoys going to the club himself, while still looking smart enough to show that he will be doing the music.

Choreographed dance

Last Wednesday (13/10/10) i saw the progress on the choreographed dance sequence. It fits very well, and although progress is slow due to the speed of the song, the quality is good.