ORGANISING SHOTS AND ANGLES FOR THE STAGE PERFORMANCE WITH CELTX

Before I filmed the stage performance I looked at the shots I had decided on in my story board and shot list, and then I decided to plan these shots on a programme called Celtx. This allowed me to have an overhead diagram of everything I needed in the shots, from actors to props and equipment.

  

Above is a shot where the dolly is set up behind Travis (the drummer) and the camera will move constantly along the dolly throughout the song creating energetic and exciting shots.

Here the dolly is set up in front of the stage, where it will pan across the stage focusing on Mark and Tom (the singers)

This is a hand held camera shot which will feel a lot more bumpy and therefore capture a rawness and energy in the shots. Also having a hand held camera allows the camera man to move around more freely.

This tripod is set up in front of of Tom Delonge's Microphone, intending to capture emotion from the face.

The camera is on a jib that will swing smoothly up, down, and around the stage.

The camera is set on a tripod below Travis's drum kit. 

This camera is set on a tripod to the side of Tom. However Mark is also in shot.

GREEN SCREEN

This is a photo I have created from the green screen shot I posted Previously. I was experimenting removing the green screen on Adobe Photoshop, and then replacing it with the art work I have created. This is hopefully what my special features will look like.

FILMING FOR SPECIAL FEATURES

This is a screen print from a shoot we did on December the 19th 2011. With filming almost completed, George the main actor (to the left of the image) and I sat down to discuss the project as a whole. Ranging from the initial idea, to the small details I have tried to include. All for the Special Features aspect of the CD.

We filmed by a green screen, this means that on Adobe After Effects I will be able to delete the green and have George and I sitting in front of various art work created for the project, and parts of the film that we will be discussing. In this shot you can also see the boom mic which we used to record all of the sound.

CD DESIGN ADVANCED

After looking at many different CD's Most of them have small righting on them to cover the rights for the song. On mine I have had to mention that all rights are reserved for 2011 universal and Geffen records and the band blink 182.

COLOUR CORRECTION

When I filmed my footage, I found that lots of the colours and lights were 'too harsh' and they did not look natural within the film. Also The theme of the video is quite dark and sad, and bright colours did not fit in with the idea of the video.

I found out how to 'Colour correct' through online tutorials on the website 'Video Copilot'  I found out that to make the effect to work, you add a grey filter over the footage, you select this by going on video effects. You have to alter the opacity of this filter, and it gives the appearance of toning down the light and colour. I then altered the 'RGB curves' and moved the Red, Greens and Blues until the shots looked more natural.

FILMING

This is a shot from my set, filming for my music video. In that day we shot George the guy in the video going mad in his room. In this I am just setting up for a shot, where we I threw paper in front of the camera as George storms past. 

EDITING THE BACK TRAY

This is the image I have been working on for the image that will be at the back of the CD case. I wanted this image to continue with the black and white theme. However for the back cover I felt it would be better to have a less 3D photo. The simplicity of this image therefore works well. It also made it easier to fit in the bill board with the band picture in.

When I initially saw the picture of the band I was desperate to fit it in somewhere in the art work because it was so full of energy and movement. I initially had the whole back tray black and white, apart from that image, which was in colour. After sorting feedback I was suggested that perhaps making the image look as if it was real, I could make it fit in with the black and white sketch, and this has worked, and looks far better in my opinion.

Above is the original screen shot from the band footage.

Above is the edited image of the band performance that is in-keeping with the rest of the art work.

DESIGNING THE CD

This is a picture of the CD design for Neighbourhoods, the album which 'Up all Night' is the single for. This album was released in September 2011, but contains the same Logo created for Blink 182 back in 2003. The arrows for the Neighbourhoods CD are different to those of the original logo. After Blink 182 reformed an extra arrow was added, representing their sixth studio album. Because 'Up all Night' is the single for this album, I have made sure that the logo has 6 arrows, rather than the original 5.

This is a picture of the original CD design of Blink 182's Untitled album back in 2003, again with the smiley logo. This CD is pink because it represents a more colourful and angst ridden album. By looking at the recent Blink 182 CD's it seems like they use the same logo, but in the style of that particular album.

Because The theme of my artwork is a black and white sketch theme I have decided to bring this theme to the Logo on the CD design. This is therefore in-keeping with the theme that has been created by having the Logo on all the Cd's

DESIGNING THE BOOKLET FOR MY PRODUCT

ORGANISING SHOOTS

After I had filmed the band performance I realised I had to spend most of my filming on the story part of the video. Because I have many different actors and crew needed on different days and in different locations I decided to create call sheets to organise who was needed when.

AvA making the video for 'Anxiety'

The band 'Angels & Airwaves' with Tom Delonge from Blink 182, have released a video for the making of their music vid 'Anxiety'. In this they talk about playing the song twice as fast, with the band performing twice as fast. When this is put in to real time, the footage has an amazing slow motion effect. This gave me the idea to add some slow motion to my band performance in my own music video.

FILMING

On Wednesday the 12th of October, I filmed the stage performance part of my video. With help of others I spent an hour and a half transforming the stage to my set.

insert images of stage setup

I wanted a 'raw' look and feel for the stage. In the test I liked having the lighting rig in camera, rather than hiding them from the stage. I also decided I didn't want to hide the 'on stage smoke machine' as I felt the clutter on the stage made it feel more atmospheric. Along with these, I placed guitar and bass amplifiers on the stage, and I plugged the guitar in to these.

Once we were all in costume, and everyone was ready to shoot, we did a sound check with the drummer. We altered the volumes of the music so that we could here the music without the drums drowning out all of the noise. To help this I placed speakers on the stage, playing the song loudly, and next to me.

I taught 2 students how to work the hand help smoke and wind machines, and instructed them at which points of the song I wanted smoke and wind on the stage.

My friend is highly knowledgeable on the lighting rig we had in front of the stage. I took my treatment to him, and  we talked through the story, and I told him how I wanted the lights to work.

Finally we were ready to shoot, and we were filming for about 4 hours, and this has left me with lots of stock footage to put towards my music video.

BLINK 182 ON GOOGLE+

This is Tom and Mark from blink 182, doing a live interview, that can be streamed on to anyone's computer. They have used Google+ to stream the interview, but have advertised the video via there Facebook.

SOCIAL MEDIA (MODLIFE)

This is Tom Delonge using Modlife to talk to fans via a webcam chat. At the time it would have been live, and  you can write Tom messages, that he will read and answer. This is how he keeps in contact with his fans.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND BAND MEMBERS

All 3 members of 'Blink 182' are keen users of social media and make an effort to contact there fans.

I use a site called 'Tumblr' which is a blogging site in which I follow Mark Hoppus, the bassist for blink. On Marks blog you can ask him questions, which he is keen to answer.

This is a screen print of when I spoke to Mark:

I asked him why Tom (the guitarist) kept wearing a Beanie, and Mark replied, 'No idea. he's a goth pizza chef?' So via Tumblr I have had direct contact with the band.

I also follow the band on Facebook, and get notifications of any new information on my facebook news feed.

Tom Delonge, the guitarist for blink 182, is also in the band 'Angels and Airwaves' For this he created a website called Modlife. Paying £7 a month for an account, Modlife offers the opportunity to talk to the band on a live webcam, and VIP tickets to meet the band at concerts. You can also customise your own Modlife page, and talk to other users who are fans of the band. It is almost like a social media site for all Angels and Airwaves fans. Tom also works on his own pieces of art work and posts them to members of the site.

Mark Hoppus is also a keen member of 'Google+' where he is able to stream live videos to anyone, and allow anyone to talk to him.

DIGIPACK

This is the album artwork for Neighbourhoods, the album in which 'Up all Night' is from:

Below is the artwork that was released  with the single 'Up all Night'

The theme for the album is about everyone from different neighbourhoods and places, all coming together. 

When I try and create my art work, I could try and bring this feeling of together with the theme of the song, which is struggling and pulling through the hard times in life.

FILMING ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER THE 12th

1. I have booked the theatre from 1PM on Wednesday October the 12th.

2. I have booked actors for the afternoon. (Drummer, Bassist, and myself as the guitarist.)

3. I have spoken to my technical man in depth about the video and what I want to achieve.

4. I will be filming half of the video, but have spoken to my camera man about the other half.

5. I have ordered smoke and wind machines from 'Neil Corbould SFX' and I will pick them up from 'Loncross Studio on Tuesday the 11th.

6. I have two people who will be handling the smoke and wind on the shoot, and I will show them what to do on our practice shoot, on Friday the 6th.

7. I have the costume ready for the bassist and guitarist sorted, including props (instruments ect)

8. I am going to buy and make the costume for the drummer over the weekend.

9. I am going to buy black nail varnish and fake lip rings over the weekend.

ADOBE PREMIER PRO

Previously I have been using Adobe Premier  Elements. However now I own Adobe Premier Pro, and to get used to this I decided to create a slide show with it.

In this slide show I have used clips of blink 182 songs, and created a slide show of blink 182 images.


I wrote captions about the band and their history on Microsoft Word and screen printed these captions, and layered them over the top of the images to create my video.

Band history and research

Mood in stage performance

A large part of my video will consist of the stage performance of the band playing. I decided to use the stage at my school because of availability and I will have use of a lighting rig. 

The lighting is very important. I will have a lighting rig set up by the side of the stage performance to create more intense light and shadow. 

I will also have lighting in front of the stage that will change colour, and will do this at different speeds. The verses and chorus are more mellow, and sad, therefore I would like to use more blue lighting. However the riff of the song and the introduction are a lot more angry, and therefore I will use red, harsh lighting.

Many shows end with confetti flying around the audience and stage, so I like the idea of having red, or white confetti being blown on to the stage at the very end of the song to add more energy to the crescendo of the song.

I also wish to have smoke on the stage, this will catch the lights, and add more atmosphere to the shots.

Blink 182 making video

Here is blink 182 making a video with David LaChapelle in 2003. I thought it would be interesting to look how the band themselves have gone about the process of making the video. Here they talk about the concept and ideas behind the shoot. This video contains a lot of energy that I would like to bring in to my own work.

Video Tutorial for music video

I looked at this tutorial because it gave a small insight in to how to construct a good music video. From this I was able to learn how you should film each individual band member on there own, and then film the whole band, this way you end up with a lot of stock footage to work from.

Action shots

http://revision3.com/filmriot/fight

I watched this video which focuses on how to create a fight scene for a film. Although I am not having a massive fight sequence, I felt it would help if I researched how to create a fight sequence. This is because in my video, the girl loses her temper with her boyfriend at a party, and I want her to be violent to a certain extent because at that point in time she gains all of the power in the sequence, and leaves the boyfriend lower in power, for most of the video. Also because this is a music video and not a film, I have to show her getting angry without dialogue, so I want to emphasise her anger in her actions.

From this I picked up that a shaky camera will unease the audience, therefore emphasising the unease of the shot. I also learnt how to de construct  someone being thrown on the floor in to separate shots to create a realistic effect. Finally the video explained how to get the right camera angle to might pushes and punches look genuine, rather than fake.

Costume

TRAVIS BARKER - DRUMS

Travis Barker is covered in tattoos and this will be difficult. He also has a Mohawk hairstyle, so to cover this up I will have my actor wear a hat, as Travis often wears hats.

I could easily re create the top Travis is wearing above, this solves part of the tattoo issue.

Travis uses his custom zildjian drum sticks.

Costume

MARK HOPPUS - BASS GUITAR / VOCALS

Mark almost always wears shorts. However he wears darker tops than Tom.

'Atticus clothing' Is Marks clothing line. The name is taken from 'Atticus Finch', a character from the novel 'To Kill a mockingbird'. He very often wears Atticus tops on stage.

Mark uses more variety of guitars than Tom, however he sticks to the make 'Fender'.

Costume

TOM DELONGE - GUITAR/ VOCALS

Tom is wearing a white shirt and black jeans. This is typical for him. He sometimes wears shorts, however because 'Up all night' is a darker song, I will have him in the dark Jeans.

Tom owns 'Macbeth footwear' his vegan shoe company. 

Tom uses his Custom 'Gibson ES 333'

Permission from the band.

I have asked Mark Hoppus, the bass guitarist for Blink 182, if I could use 'Up all night' for my video. I have asked him through the blogging site Tumblr.