our costume plan is...
for men they will wear suits or just trousers and shirts, some with ties and trouser braces.
for women they will wear sparkely dresses with pearl necklaces and earings. they will have there hair either up or curly.
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Friday, 29 January 2010
friday collerage lesson
today we wondered around Coleridge with digital cameras snapping pictures that related to our music video idea... me and Hannah thought we should take pictures of the layout of where our cast will stand. i think the layout looks good and authentic to a jazz club layout. we also took photos of instruments that would be in our set.
i would like to say thank you to Rob, Jahmal, Max, Tom B and Emma for being in our photos and helping us out!
Thursday, 28 January 2010
team production meeting
today we had a production meeting with our group. we where in disagreement with our ideas. after a long discussion we decided to do a Bugsy Malone/jazz style video as we decided as a group that it fits the song best. our ideas where made clear and now everyone understands the idea of the video.
yesterday i told a friend about my music video idea. he like it but he ask one question. "wouldn't it look tacky with just teenagers?"
then i fought that we should go for a Bugsy Malone feel. i think this will be effective as well as it would be easy to cast people in our video as we can use friends.
then i fought that we should go for a Bugsy Malone feel. i think this will be effective as well as it would be easy to cast people in our video as we can use friends.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
feedback
today we pitched for our music video, while we were giving the pitch people were writing feedback for us...
the feedback was generally the same... people liked the idea. also people asked where would we find a jazz club. our reply was we would create a set.
here are other comments made...
- Location might be hard to find.
- Add more detail to what the video will actually be like.
- It may be hard to get a decent car.
- Good Concept.
- Well thought out costumes and make up.
- Sounds like it will be a lot of fun.
- The theme fits the song well.
- Clear idea.
- Dance routine sounds interesting.
- a lot of research has been done.
- Ambitious idea.
- The beginning sounds interesting.
we will use this feedback to improve our idea.
wicked little girls.
when i heard wicked little girls for the first time i immediately fort of big band, Chicago and jazz clubs. this is a live version of wicked little girls by esthero
in my video i hope to create a jazz club feel. like in the chipmunk diamond rings video
in my video i hope to create a jazz club feel. like in the chipmunk diamond rings video
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
mood board
we created this mood board for Number One Enemy by Daisy Dares you, this is because this is our back up song and so i thought i would create a mood board with some of our ideas on it.
wicked little girls.
Wicked Little Girls Lyrics.
Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
You think that I'm a lady? You think that I won't fight?
I'll make your eyes shine like a liliqoi moonlit night whoa oh
You think you're my one and only, only?
Sophisticated Yoni told me:
"You gots to love livin' while you livin' or you won't love life"
I'm the high pimpstress, I'm honeybrown
I'm the baddest bitch to ever hit this town
Cornbread woman, yo ho and a bottle of yum
I'm gonna have a party with my body, do ya wanna come?
Well alright
Cause we're such wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
Hey girls, I'm back again, that vixen nobel and I brought a friend
Bend the rules, headline "bad news", it's the Sisters of Salem, they on the loose
Shakin' her caboose like Dottie, Octopussy like a James Bond hottie
Smokin' like a Cuban, when you're with Mikey Reuban, better know what you're doin'
Or get kicked out right away, gonna hide away
I'd advise you not to play with those
Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
[2x]
Here come those devils, cheeky sneaky rebels
Every day and every night, hot steppin is what we like
Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
Some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
[2x]
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
You think that I'm a lady? You think that I won't fight?
I'll make your eyes shine like a liliqoi moonlit night whoa oh
You think you're my one and only, only?
Sophisticated Yoni told me:
"You gots to love livin' while you livin' or you won't love life"
I'm the high pimpstress, I'm honeybrown
I'm the baddest bitch to ever hit this town
Cornbread woman, yo ho and a bottle of yum
I'm gonna have a party with my body, do ya wanna come?
Well alright
Cause we're such wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
Hey girls, I'm back again, that vixen nobel and I brought a friend
Bend the rules, headline "bad news", it's the Sisters of Salem, they on the loose
Shakin' her caboose like Dottie, Octopussy like a James Bond hottie
Smokin' like a Cuban, when you're with Mikey Reuban, better know what you're doin'
Or get kicked out right away, gonna hide away
I'd advise you not to play with those
Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
[2x]
Here come those devils, cheeky sneaky rebels
Every day and every night, hot steppin is what we like
Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
Some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight
[2x]
treatment
Esthero - “Wicked Little Girls”
I want the look of the video to have a jazzy feel to it, it will have a lot of dance to create interest and keep the viewers hooked. The look will be based on the genre “show girls” but stripped back slightly, so it’s not so full on that it looks tacky. There will be a variety of looks of different people in the video, so everyone looks different and stands out in their own way. The type of dance routine I plan to use is jazz, this is because I believe it fits in well with the theme showgirls. I also would like the video to look slightly like the Moulin rouge and Chicago where its all about glitz and glamour. A lot of this will be done through different lighting and costumes. I will be able to create the look of all people in the video, which will include make up. My idea of the makeup should be big and bold but the main feature should be the eyes, this means fake eyelashes and full on eye shadow.
I want the video to be set in a jazz club with a band playing instruments such as the sax to get a real feel of the scene. If we are not able to find a jazz club to use, we can create the set in college where we can set up a band on stage.
In the video I would like there to be backing singers which could be wearing corsets to fit in with the whole showgirl/ jazz scene, they will be trying to seduce the men in the club through little expression, for an example winking etc. This is to link with the song, as it is about girls playing with boy’s emotions.
The beginning of the video starts simply with the girls getting ready to perform, so this shows them putting on their makeup etc, there will be a close up of the main singer with all her makeup, and lots of mid shots of the girls getting ready. From this scene we will cut it to a man walking in to the jazz club with a few friends, he will be dressed relatively different in which he will be in a suit and the others dressed less smart, so maybe jeans and a shirt. This is to show importance; also it’s to show this is the main boy who’s going to get leered in by the girl’s tricks.
We then will cut from that scene to the stage where you can see the band starting to play there music, there then will be a low shot where the girls start to walk on stage and perform. As you see this shot we will cut back to boys to show their expressions from seeing the girls. Then there’s a close up of one of the girls winking, then zoom out from the wink and the girls start to sing. The camera then follows the girls round the stage as they start to dance and try to make the boys join in with their flirty ways, however the main singer stays on stage. There are a few close ups of faces of the men with their “ happy” expressions on there faces, and some long shots of the girls dancing. There will be a mixture of shots from the back up singers dancing, to the band, to shots of just the main singer, I think the mix up shorts will keep the viewer interested. The end shot will be the girls walking back stage and jumping on to some kind of chair looking and laughing at each other. Then it fades to black.
I want the look of the video to have a jazzy feel to it, it will have a lot of dance to create interest and keep the viewers hooked. The look will be based on the genre “show girls” but stripped back slightly, so it’s not so full on that it looks tacky. There will be a variety of looks of different people in the video, so everyone looks different and stands out in their own way. The type of dance routine I plan to use is jazz, this is because I believe it fits in well with the theme showgirls. I also would like the video to look slightly like the Moulin rouge and Chicago where its all about glitz and glamour. A lot of this will be done through different lighting and costumes. I will be able to create the look of all people in the video, which will include make up. My idea of the makeup should be big and bold but the main feature should be the eyes, this means fake eyelashes and full on eye shadow.
I want the video to be set in a jazz club with a band playing instruments such as the sax to get a real feel of the scene. If we are not able to find a jazz club to use, we can create the set in college where we can set up a band on stage.
In the video I would like there to be backing singers which could be wearing corsets to fit in with the whole showgirl/ jazz scene, they will be trying to seduce the men in the club through little expression, for an example winking etc. This is to link with the song, as it is about girls playing with boy’s emotions.
The beginning of the video starts simply with the girls getting ready to perform, so this shows them putting on their makeup etc, there will be a close up of the main singer with all her makeup, and lots of mid shots of the girls getting ready. From this scene we will cut it to a man walking in to the jazz club with a few friends, he will be dressed relatively different in which he will be in a suit and the others dressed less smart, so maybe jeans and a shirt. This is to show importance; also it’s to show this is the main boy who’s going to get leered in by the girl’s tricks.
We then will cut from that scene to the stage where you can see the band starting to play there music, there then will be a low shot where the girls start to walk on stage and perform. As you see this shot we will cut back to boys to show their expressions from seeing the girls. Then there’s a close up of one of the girls winking, then zoom out from the wink and the girls start to sing. The camera then follows the girls round the stage as they start to dance and try to make the boys join in with their flirty ways, however the main singer stays on stage. There are a few close ups of faces of the men with their “ happy” expressions on there faces, and some long shots of the girls dancing. There will be a mixture of shots from the back up singers dancing, to the band, to shots of just the main singer, I think the mix up shorts will keep the viewer interested. The end shot will be the girls walking back stage and jumping on to some kind of chair looking and laughing at each other. Then it fades to black.
post card
We designed this post card to promote " wicked little girls" soon to come out music video. Our idea was to keep it simple but bold. We created this look through getting an image of the artist " Esthero" then putting a filter on it on Final Cut, this filter made the outline of her just show and took all color out of it. When we put the filter on, we thought it would be a good idea to make her eyes stand out and be the most prominent part of the image. In this case we decided to make them darker than everything else, which in my opinion brings the boldness to the post card.
mood board
This is our mood board we created this lesson. Our mood board is to represent our ideas for the song "wicked Little Girls". At first welistened to the lyrics in the song, and decided the song was about girls playing with boys emotions. This made us think of many things, we decided to look up things like Chicago the musical because of the dances in it, and we believe that if we put a dance in our video we could create a routine like that. We also thought of costumes which we thought would go well with the song, for example we thought that corsets would be a good item to use as it could been seen as a "seductive" outfit. We also got images of feathers, as the song had that hole show girl theme towards it and feathers can be associatedto show girls.
Possible Sound Tracks for our music video.
music list
Music list
These are the songs we have been given to choose from for our music video. Our groups favourites were Wicked Little Girls, I'm not your enemy, 1234 and Everywhere. This is because we all had different ideas for this tracks and as soon as they started to play we felt like they would be easy to lip sync to as we know the songs. The only problem with these songs are that they could be to well know, however i believe we could do a lot with them if we get the chance to use them.
The other songs in the list, we felt that we couldn't really do much with them and a lot of them were quite similar. We felt it would be harder to lip sync the songs as none of us are very familiar with the songs, in which we felt it would be best if we roughly knew the lyrics to the songs so it looks more believable when lip syncing.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
jasmine blackborow's presentation
Today a university student called jasmine Blackborow came to our lesson to talk to us about her music video that won a prize in the BBC blast competition and about her three weeks at the BBC. she made this video for her a level media with three other girls.
after her gap year and celebrating the good news she met the producer. her name is "margo". jasmine described her to be a very important person in the music video industry. jasmine was the director for the music video. she worked for "black dog productions". jasmine was given the song "let's dance to joy division" by the wombats. jasmine created a number of spider diagrams to show her ideas, here is one...
then she had to create something called a treatment. a treatment is a paper version of the music video. it is also used in the pitch for a music video. it consists of every idea that is going to be in the video and it has to be highly detailed. for example she had to find a picture of the exact type of confetti she wanted.
jasmine made storyboards to show what goes where. a spot list to show what happens in each scene and a lyrics time line to show what happens when key lyrics where said.
at the end jasmine gave a few tips on how to create a successful music video:
"Make sure that you motivate your actors and be very specific when telling them what to do."
"Keep location to a minimum and only have 2-3."
"There are no limits to what you can do."
"Just go out and enjoy it."
after her gap year and celebrating the good news she met the producer. her name is "margo". jasmine described her to be a very important person in the music video industry. jasmine was the director for the music video. she worked for "black dog productions". jasmine was given the song "let's dance to joy division" by the wombats. jasmine created a number of spider diagrams to show her ideas, here is one...
then she had to create something called a treatment. a treatment is a paper version of the music video. it is also used in the pitch for a music video. it consists of every idea that is going to be in the video and it has to be highly detailed. for example she had to find a picture of the exact type of confetti she wanted.
jasmine made storyboards to show what goes where. a spot list to show what happens in each scene and a lyrics time line to show what happens when key lyrics where said.
at the end jasmine gave a few tips on how to create a successful music video:
"Make sure that you motivate your actors and be very specific when telling them what to do."
"Keep location to a minimum and only have 2-3."
"There are no limits to what you can do."
"Just go out and enjoy it."
Monday, 18 January 2010
personal statement
technical skills:
i feel i am good at editing in final cut and using photoshop. i worked at Cambridge news for work experience using photoshop to create adverts.
special powers:
my special power is that i can act and i am willing to do so for any group that needs actors. i gained these skills from acting school which i used to go to. i have featured in films and T.V programs such as eastenders, Troy, kerching, silent witness, and many more. i was a lead role in a education film called "great fun", this proves i am willing and able to take a lead role. i also may be able to gain access to a very big house. if needed
creativity:
i think i am a very creative person. i have always loved to draw and perform. again i will be willing to perform in any ones music video.
Organisation skills:
i feel i am quite organised, i arrive to college and work on time and football training and matches. i was organised with my "Risk" blog and i hope i will continue this with my music video blog.
music animation video
here is my music animation video. i created different coloured circles and shapes in photoshop. i then saved them and tranfured them to final cut. in final cut i created the video by matching the coloured dots to the beat of the music. i like my video as it lookes like a disco light display.
ancillary practice task.
here is my poster i created in lesson for a band called Amsterdam. the poster and cd case have a desert/beach theme. i chose this as i feel that the fans of the band could get lost in there music like the man in the desert. it looks peaceful like certain tracks on the album. the poster is based on the cd cover.
this is the cd case i created for amsterdam. i like the front cover the most. the favourite part of my case is how the words amsterdam and arm in arms are divided by the horison
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Tuesday morning task: previous student videos.
Best band performance is... Rock boys.
the lip-synch in this music video was the best out of all of the others, and the band performance was very good.
Best male vocal is... The Remedy
this got the prize only because the other video fit into this category we couldn't see there face in the hole video
Best female vocal is ...
Most awful video is ...
the reson for this is that it did knot have anything to do with the song thy literally went off and did there own thing .
the lip-synch in this music video was the best out of all of the others, and the band performance was very good.
Best male vocal is... The Remedy
this got the prize only because the other video fit into this category we couldn't see there face in the hole video
Best female vocal is ...
Most awful video is ...
the reson for this is that it did knot have anything to do with the song thy literally went off and did there own thing .
Friday, 8 January 2010
homework 1
Robbie by Robbie and louie from cmdiploma on Vimeo.
here is mine and robs edited vertion of let me entertain you. the task was to created footage to the song so we can practice our lip synching skills. i think me and rob edited well together and i hope to work with rob again soon
Task 1:
here is the first music video me and Jahmal made. i think the video looks really good. the video matches the pace of the music well and to the beat. we both contributed to what clips should go where and we were pleased with our music video and our teamwork.
here is mine and Jahmal's lip-synch video. i am pleased with the lip synch as the video works and it looks like she is singing the words.
Robbie by Robbie and louie from cmdiploma on Vimeo.
today we created a music video,
Task 2:
the music video i have chosen is 'warrior's dance' by the prodigy. i really like this music video, the things i like the most are the camera shot and the performance. its really cleaver how the paper men transform from a cigarette packet. i also like the performance in the video, where the three paper men go into the bar and start a raging party, start a fire and then casually walk away as i there job has been done. the camera shots are interesting capturing action and emotions from the characters.
Sunday, 3 January 2010
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