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SHOOTING SCHEDULE 

Shooting Schedule (+ Prop list) 

(I have altered this post from Alice's POV to mine) 

 Alice concluded a shooting schedule for our group, which lists all the shots our music video needs in the order we film them in. All of the shooting days require the same actors, crew, props, costumes and transport. This is because our music video only involves 2 actors (2 members of our group) and the events within it happen in one day, so the actors are wearing the same costumes for every shooting schedule.

Prop List

• ·      SLR Camera
• ·      Tripod
• ·      Mask

For the final shooting day (Additional):

• ·      Photo Frame
• ·      Photo of the two actors (for the photo frame)
• ·      Glass of water
• ·      Drug (Beroca vitamin sup.)

Despite that our prop list is very short, it means that there is less to remember when it comes to shooting the footage. I like it how our idea for our music video is creative and unique, yet it only displays the use of one prop – the mask – which behold significance in the video.

The last shooting day requires 4 additional props as it is when we are filming the introduction of our music video/narrative. Because the setting of this is based in a house, it is easy to access a photo frame, glass of water and a drug. The picture for the photo frame can be printed off at our school by connecting the mobile to a computer using a USB cable. Therefore, all of our props are essential to create the narrative, yet they are easy to access.

Our group was also planning  to use a GoPro camera to film some hand-held shots, as we thought these would add realism to our music video so the audience can see from the actors’ perspectives.  We experimented with Katy’s tripod but the footage was blurry and lacked good quality. Therefore, we decided not to use a GoPro for our video.

Shooting day 1

Location: Market Place, Norwich

Date : -

Start/end times: -

Transport: I can easily access a bus to Norwich due to frequent bus timetable and a bus pass. Katy and Ben can either get a bus or a lift to the city and Cody can cycle into the centre.

Actors Required: Cody and Katy

Crew required: Ben and Alice

Equipment needed: SLR Camera, Tripod

Costume, Set dressing:  Our actors are required to wear all black. The set does not to be decorated as we are filming the actors walking through and around the Norwich market.

Shot numbers (from storyboards): -

Shooting day 2

Location: The abandoned prison and the top floor of St Andrews car park, both in Norwich

Date : -

Start/end times: -

Transport: Bus, car lifts and cycling (Cody)

Actors Required: Cody and Katy

Crew required: Ben and Alice

Equipment needed: SLR Camera, Tripod

Costume, Set dressing:  Our actors are required to wear all black. The set does not need to be decorated as we are filming in a public area.

Shot numbers (from storyboards): -

Notes (things to remember): This is the time to film shots that have different angles e.g. high angle shot, close up

Shooting day 3

Location: St Andrews car park, Norwich (and the Norwich market to film transition shots)

Date : -

Start/end times: -

Transport:  Bus, car lifts and cycling (Cody)

Actors Required: Cody and Katy

Crew required: Ben and Alice

Equipment needed: SLR Camera, Tripod

Costume, Set dressing:  Our actors are required to wear all black. The set does not need to be decorated as we are filming in a public area.

Shot numbers (from storyboards): -

Notes (things to remember): Consider the possible reflection of the camera being shown on the door (whilst filming the shot of Cody opening the door), and give plenty of time for filming this scene as time will be wasted waiting for people to walk through the camera shots.

 Shooting day 4 

Location: Katy's house, Poringland

Date : November 9^th

Start/end times: 3.30 – 4.00

Transport: Bus, car lifts and cycling (Cody)

Actors Required: Cody and Katy

Crew required: Ben – Alice is not required for this scene as I know how to use her camera and it will take less than 30 minutes to film. Poringland is a long car journey from where Alice lives.

Equipment needed: SLR Camera, Tripod (as well as the additional props)

Costume, Set dressing:  Our actors are required to wear all black. More consideration needs to be taken with the set than the other shooting days because it is inside a bedroom – therefore, it is important that the bedroom suits the character it belongs to.  

Lyrics: br

Locations

How are the conventions of the indie genre evident in Alt-J video for Breezeblocks

Our genre is very loose and can be fitted into either indie, psychedelic or rock. The Alt-J genre is indie but it has a psychedelic and loose narrative feel to it by the lyrics being very abstract just like our song. The video for Tempesst Tidal Wave is very psychedelic and hard to understand just like this video so i feel they link well. "Breezeblocks" is a song by British indie rock band alt-J from their debut studio album An Awesome Wave (2012). The song was released on 18 May 2012 as the album's second single. The song was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury, Thom Green, Murad Merali and produced by Charlie Andrew. It reached the top ten in the UK Indie and US Alternative charts, and was voted into third place in Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2012, behind "Thrift Shop" and "Little Talks". A music video was created to accompany the release of the song. Directed by Ellis Bahl and starring actors Jonathan Dwyer, Jessica DiGiovanni, and Eleanor Pienta, it is the band's first official music video.

The video features a violent fight in an apartment between a male and a female character shown in reverse, beginning with the death of the female character at the hands of the male character, who bludgeons her with a breeze block. As the fight progresses backwards, it is revealed that the female character is the aggressor in the fight, having ambushed the male character, who is falsely imprisoning his wife. The video aired for the first time on YouTube on 23 March 2012. As of June 2016, it has over 100 million views. The video won at the UK Music Video Awards for “Best Alternative Video” on 8 November 2012.

The music video starts out by having it in reversal to distort the audience and make them become engaged by the strange editing. The music video for our song is very psychedelic and makes the audience think about what the narrative could be about and how this links to the song. The way in which the music video always keeps you guessing for the narrative and a sense of mystery to it is what you can find in more modern indie music videos. The music is very abstract and therefore needs a abstract narrative. I will take this into my music video by using a filmic style of music video as i feel that gives you a better meaning to the song and allows you to engage with the song also. Indie music tends to look at subjects that are typically not talked about and be controversial. Breezeblocks narrative has elements of domestic abuse and a man cheating on his wife. This is a convention of the indie genre as it tends to be controversial and i will take this into my music video by having a narrative that will a talking point and raise some issues that need to be raised.  


Mise-en-scene is very important in the indie genre. In more modern indie music the mise-en-scene can tell a story and is key portraying the genre. In breeze blocks they use costume that tells the story at the end of the music video. In the video the man is shown in a close up shot wearing a ring and this allows you to unveil the story of him being married and having an affair.The indie music genre uses subtle hints like this to draw the attention of the viewer and allow the narrative to be worked out as you go through the video. The music video challenges conventions of the indie genre by the editing. The editing is made so the videos is in reverse. This is something that the indie genre doesn't typically have in their videos as editing is not the main focus of the genre.Alt-J is very similar to another indie band Mumford & Sons. They both use abstract lyrics that can be portrayed in many ways and have an abstract narrative which goes with the way in which the lyrics do not seem to make sense unless you read into them. This type of indie music is what relates to my song as my lyrics have the same type of poetry to them and i will have to have a narrative that can explain my lyrics for me.

Applying Goodwins music theory as he states that there is a relationship between the music video and the lyrics and this is shown in this video as when the lyrics have breezeblocks being said the music video has breezeblocks in the visuals. This amplifies the music video to give the video and lyrics a connection. Overall the indie genre is evident in Breezeblocks as it follows certain indie genre conventions such as the abstract lyrics but also challenges by using editing techniques such as reverse editing which isn't generically used in the indie genre.  

     

STORY BOARD: TIDAL WAVE

 SHOT TYPE 1- Shot from behind Katy's shoulder- wide angle, can see cody in bed and glass on table next to bed. 2- close up shot of glass and 'tab' being put into glass, also includes shot from above glass. 3- close up shot of cody's hand taking glass. 4-shows cody drinking from glass, putting it back and then looking at his hands. this is a mid shot. 5- close up of window frame.
CAMERA MOVEMENT 1- Possible zoom in on glass/katy- cut or pan to Cody. 2- static shot. 3- static shot. 4- Pan out to show cody as well as the glass. close up to more of a mid shot. 5- shot zooms to become a close up.
DIALOGUE 1-5  No dialogue.
NON- DIEGETIC SOUND 1-5 the only sound present is the soundtrack.
LIGHTING 1-5 natural lighting. 

SHOT TYPE 1- Mid shot- shows cody's upper body after panning out from square light (close up.) 2- mid shot of both characters. 3- long shot-shows both characters in full and their surroundings. 4- mid shot. 5- zoom in- becomes a close up. 
CAMERA MOVEMENT  1 -starts with pan out. then becomes mid shot (static.) 2 - static. 3- static with several cuts. 4- static mid shot. 5- zoom.
DIALOGUE 1-5  no dialogue - cody says 'What the F***' under his breath.
NON- DIEGETIC SOUND 1-5 the only sound present is the sound track.

LIGHTING- 1-5 The lighting present is mainly natural.

 SHOT TYPE 1- close up to mid shot. 2- long shot - shows mostly background. 3- more of a mid shot. 4- same as shot 2. 5- mid shot 6- mid shot to close up (zoom.)
CAMERA MOVEMENT 1- zoom. 2-static. 3- static 4-static. 5 static. 6- zoom 
DIALOGUE 1-5 no dialogue present.
NON- DIEGETIC SOUND 1-5 the only sound present is the sound track.

LIGHTING- 1-5 The lighting present is mainly natural

SHOT TYPE 1- fairly long shot, changing angles with cuts. 2 same as 1. 3- long shot of door frame. 4- same as shot 2/3. 5- mid shot of door/cody.
CAMERA MOVEMENT 1- tracking shot. 2-5 static shots.
DIALOGUE 1-5 no dialogue present.
NON- DIEGETIC SOUND 1-5 the only sound present is the sound track.

LIGHTING 1-5 The lighting present is mainly natural

SHOT TYPE 1-4- mid shots. taken @ same angle etc. 5-long shot.
CAMERA MOVEMENT 1-4 stationary shots. 5- tracking long/wide shot. 
DIALOGUE 1-5 no dialogue present.
NON- DIEGETIC SOUND 1-5 the only sound present is the sound track.

LIGHTING 1-5 The lighting present is mainly natural

SHOT TYPE 1- long shot 2 mid shot- can see cody's top half of body. 3- long shot 4- mid shot 5- close up of mask. 
CAMERA MOVEMENT  1-5 camera is stationery.
DIALOGUE 1-5 no dialogue present.
NON- DIEGETIC SOUND 1-5 the only sound present is the sound track.

LIGHTING 1-5 The lighting present is mainly natural
(SHOT 6 IS A 'FLASHBACK WHICH USES VARIOUS SHOTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO.)

COSTUMES: TIDAL WAVE

Actors

ACTORS When it came to choosing who we wanted to act in our video, we decided to keep the actors in our group as we thought this would be easier as we knew, as a group, what we wanted to achieve, so instead of having to relay our ideas to other people who may not understand the kind of things we wanted do with our video, we decided to use myself and Cody for the main actors for our video. In a similar sense, we decided not to ask people to be extras for our video as all the locations we are using are city centre locations that are always highly populated with people which works well with the distorting concept of our video. We chose to cast people of our age in the video is essentially about two teenagers, ones who is fixated on the thought of being in love with a certain girl, who may be a figure of his imagination.

MALE CHARACTER Our male character is a seemingly secretive and closed off person. Cody can easily achieve this, with his costume; it’s extremely easy to create the representations we wanted. Cody isn’t a drama student which we thought, for both characters, could cause issues, but we realised our roles are simple enough that it will be easy to create the images we wanted to, regardless of whether we are drama students.

FEMALE CHARACTER I am taking the role of the female character. This is a fairly simple role, and as I'm not a drama student, it is easy for me to carry out. Our female character is a very illusive and, in a sense, mysterious character in that we, as the audience don't know if she actually exists. Although, I’m 17 and Cody is 18, we felt this would fit perfectly with what we were trying to achieve with our portrayal of our characters, as like many teenagers, we are showing them to be extremely closed off and secretive people who are extremely susceptible to ‘love’ even when it doesn’t really exist.

How does the music video 'Left Hand Free' by Alt-J appeal to its target audience?

Band background
Left Hand Free is a song from English indie rock band Alt-J. It is their second single from the bands second album 'This Is All Yours'. The song was released second as it immediately gives a feel of what the bands music is like. Alt-J, are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds, by Gwil Sainsbury, Joe Newman, Thom Green and Gus Unger-Hamilton. The band's debut album 'An Awesome Wave' was released in May 2012 in Europe and September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British Mercury Prize. Gwil Sainsbury amicably departed the band in early 2014. Their second album, This Is All Yours, was released on 22 September 2014 and went straight to UK number one. The band's unusual sound stems from the fact that due to living in student halls, where noise had to be kept to a minimum, they were unable to use bass guitars or bass drums. Left Hand Free with its Southern rock influences, it is typical for an Alt-J song. 

Audience
The audience for Alt-J is very much of the lifestyle of the band themselves. A university student, male or female, who doesn't enjoy any mainstream music or activities. These are things such as listening to chart music or anything that is played on the radio frequently. This is because the audience are people aged between 18-30 who are not your typical young person. They they listen to indie rock and keep away from anything mainstream from fashion trends to places to see your friends. The music they listen to will fall into the indie category and are bands such as Mumford and Sons, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers etc.. The clothes they will wear are from charity shops or unbranded clothing as they would not spend a lot of money on what they wear. They would meet their friends at coffee shops or in unusual places to maintain the anti mainstream persona they portray.

Figure 1

This is the band in figure 1 and as you can see they are dressed more individually than the mainstream population of their age group. They wear smarter shoes, baggy jeans and a more casual style. They are also stood outside a small quirky shop that relates to them as it is off the mainstream and a place where only they would go. Two of the band are wearing glasses which relates to them not caring about what is generically 'cool' as they wear what they think is 'cool' to them. They are altogether going for a indie/nerdy look of a university student.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows an Alt-J fan who is dressed the same as the band. He is wearing the glasses, jeans, shirt and smart shoes. This is the target audience for Alt-J. The guy will live near or in a city and lead the students lifestyle. However the constructed audience is this guy who looks like a indie intellectual young man but sometimes the actual audience can vary and people who are into other indie bands or like art/ alternative types of indie music will listen to Alt-J but they do not usually attract many people outside the target audience. 



How the music video appeals to their target audience

In Left Hand Free it consists of young people getting alcohol and going to do summer activities. The way in which at the beginning there is a shot of a girl buying alcohol at a store immediately attracts the target audience as students can relate to the situation. The band have used the audience being able to relate to the video at the beginning to catch their attention and make them feel comfortable with it, this is reinforced by the costume as it is very much what a typical girl of that age would wear and the location is a very recognisable place. This has been used to allow the connection to be made with the music video. The male audience has been addressed as the camera is focusing on the girl with a shallow focus as the Alt-J fan base is mainly male they have used this to grab the males attention as another way to get them engaged to the video.

The video then shifts into what the target audience would aspire to do. For instance in the picture to the left the guy is in a river with his friends using a rope swing and this will target their audience as young adults are the main focus and doing activities like this in the summer is what Alt-J's audience would want to do. It captures them by the use of location, the location is very mysterious and this intrigue their audience by allow them to escape into a video which has their ideal summer day. The video then goes to them having a barbecue by the river and this leads on to the idea of the ideal summer day which is perfect for the age range of their audience.    

How are different groups represented: Robin Thicke - 'Blurred lines'

Blurred lines is by pop singer Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams. It is the lead single from Robin Thickes album, 'Album of the same name'. It was in the charts in over 30 countries and has over 450 million views on Youtube. It was directed by Diane Martel and came into a lot of controversy when the video has indications of rape and lyrics like 'i know you want it' indicating that all women want him and that he has total power over them.

The video represents women as inferior and promotes an unhealthy attitude towards sex. In the explicit version of the video it starts with Robin Thicke laying on a mattress with a naked girl next to him. The mise-en-scene shows how the women is shown as an object and not as a person. Robin Thicke is wearing a suit and this connotes ideas of wealth and power however the women is naked and this shows her and being powerless and that she isn't in charge of the situation at all because he is just using her as an object for his own pleasure.

Figure 1

The lyrics make women seem like objects as well and that they have no power over men. The lyrics of 'I know you want it' show a sort of rape mentality in the music. These lyrics represent women as sex drived and the only thing they want from men is sex, but also that men can control women by sex. These lyrics got the song into a lot of controversy as the issue of consent for sex was raised by the media as they were not happy with the fact that the song promotes sex even if the woman has not had a say in the situation. An article from The Guardian from 2013 'Blurred line, the most controversial song odf the decade' stated "It promotes a very worrying attitude towards sex and consent," explained Kirsty Haigh, EUSA's vice-president of services. "This is about ensuring that everyone is fully aware that you need enthusiastic consent before sex. The song says: 'You know you want it.' Well, you can't know they want it unless they tell you they want it." The song and music video blew up in the media and the use of representing women in a derogatory way meant that the song had a lot of backlash. The use of the lyrics linking with the music video uses Laura Mulvey's theory of 'Male Gaze.' This is where a media text is created in a way that reflects the viewing pleasures of a hetero-sexual male. This is evident in the sense that these women are wearing a costume that is very provocative to please the singer and to also please the viewer too.

Figure 2

The representation of women being powerless is often a convention of pop music videos, figure 2 shows how the women are represented. The use of the men in suits and women in underwear shows the power imbalance and how the men are in complete control. This is an example of the 'male gaze' in the composition as the girls are on the rule of thirds and this makes   

Figure 3

them in the perfect position for the viewer to only look at them. The male gaze is a convention of pop music videos as it is mainstream music that emphasises the power imbalance between man and women. This is also shown even in artists who are women. The women are used in the male gaze to allow the producers to sell the song and them. For example Rihanna is overly sexualised to allow her to sell records to both genders. Men want her and women want to be her. The pop genre represents women as being the lesser sex as it allows them to sell records to both genders. This is shown in figure 3 as the men are just looking at the women which will encourage the audience too as well. The men will be satisfied and the women will want to be her as she is getting a lot of attention.

This links to Andrew Goodwins theory of music videos as he states that music videos often have frequent references to the notion of looking and the voyeuristic treatment of the female body. The visuals often link to the lyrics and this is the case in Blurred Lines and the use of the women looking into the camera, this is used in a seductive way to further represent women as being overly sexualised and powerless.