Planning

Storyboard

- Manisha (Editing) 
- Palwasha, Manisha & Harpreet (illustrations)
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Tasks set on: july,4th 2013 at 11.11am
Work due on: July, 10th 2013- 7:30pm

Palwasha- Research into the artist: Alex Day
Manisha- Looking into similar genre of the music video of the band summer war, and analysing them
Harpreet- Researching into the media conventions for music videos and  The Summer War. Our target for this week:

09/09/13

• confirm a song for our music video - all of us  
• change of song, from the summer war to alex day - Palwasha 
• conventions of the song choice - Palwasha 
• analysing original song and comparing it to ours - Harpreet 
• the genre of the music video - Manisha 
• research on editing for song type - Harpreet 
• inspired music videos from popular artists - Manisha 
• artists research - Manisha 
• Stepping away from the conventions of the song genre - Palwasha 
• talk about filming technique ideas, and music video style (narrative & performance) - Palwasha 

23/09/13

Palwasha- Shot list,take some photos of location, finishing presentation. (DONE)

Harpreet-Editing research,actors profile,photoshoot,locations
Manisha- Camera research,equipment
All- Testing out lighting and hazards.

26/09/2013
Palwasha - New mood board and test shoot.

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Permission!

I have messaged the band "The Summer War" to gain their permission to be able to use their song for our music video, and soon later..

Fortunately, we gained permission to use their song for our music video!

-Palwasha Ayubi

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Presentation


-Palwasha Ayubi 
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Equipment

This is the list of the things we will need during our production for the music video. These will help to create a certain feel to our music video.

• Camera
• Phone camera for behind the scenes and other useful key moments. 
• Tripod- to ensure we get some still shots
• 2 sugar glass bottles for smashing the bottle part, for health & safety reasons we want to use sugar glass bottles.
• Lighting (colored lighting, if we can get this) 
• Fake Blood (only if we will be using the concept of the bleeding hand) 
• Make-up - red lipstick and black eye make up
• Neo-light sticks to create a party atmosphere. 

-Palwasha & Manisha
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Shot List

This is the shot list I have prepared for our production, but we may improvise on the spot and add more kinds of shots.

Location	Shot Description	Framing
Bedroom	Girl sitting on her bed	Wide shot (WS)
Bedroom	The girl’s hands are reaching out for her phone and headphones.	Close- up (CU)
Bedroom	She puts on her headphones and starts listening to the song, and she picks up a photo	Medium close up (MC)
Bedroom	The girl is holding a picture of her & her friend on a night out.	Close-up
Bedroom 2	Her and her friend are preparing for a night out, putting make-up on having fun etc.	Mid shot  (MS)
Hallway	A reunion, girls meet up to go out	WS, MS & over the shoulder shots
Richmond Bridge	All the girls are walking whilst laughing, drinking and enjoying themselves.	Long shot, medium close up and hand held shots (for intimacy so the audience feel apart of it)
Richmond Bridge	Girls start arguing, and pushing each other around	Extreme-close ups and close ups and handheld shots (for audience to feel apart of the tension)
Richmond Bridge	Cars driving past casually, to set an atmosphere of a normal day. (fast forward effect)	Long shot
Quiet place	Girl smashes glass bottle on the ground out of anger	Low angle & MS
Brentford Lock	The two friends reunite in the same place coincidentally.	The 180 degree rule, low angle, wide shot and extreme close up
Richmond Bridge	A hand is dripping blood, injured from the bottle glass.	Close-up (this image will show faintly at some parts to connotate danger)

For the last shot, we are still unaware if it will be in the music video but we are going to attempt to see how it will look. 

We believe that the chosen shots are appropriate for our music video because it suitable for the genre  type (alternative rock) but we are also trying to use a number of different shots as the song pace is fast so it's a way to keep up with it. As a majority of the shots are close ups etc. this gives it an intimate feel but also makes the facial expressions expressive and clear and this is important because it is a purely narrative based video. 

-Palwasha 

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Bedroom Location

As part of our music video will be shot in doors, in a bedroom. We have decided to use my bedroom for these scenes. Where the main actress will be alone looking at the old photos and listening to the song, and when the girls are getting prepared for the night out. I have took two photos of my room, one at day time and one in the evening. This is to see how it will look during the actual production. 

#Daytime

This is during day time, where the girl will be lonely whist reminiscing about the photos. I want to ensure that there will be a glimpse of gloomy darkness to reflect her feelings. So we will need to use lighting effectively.

#Nighttime

Looking at this photo, I think the lighting is perfect for when the girls are getting ready. Because the bright lighting conveys happiness and fun , then again it reflects their mood. But the lighting is also good because the girls make-up will be clearly shown, which will be quite heavy.

This location will be used for all the bedroom scenes. As she will be looking at a photo of her and her friend in the same bedroom getting ready. 

-Palwasha

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Outdoor locations-Kew bridge

  This is the location we have decided for the girl's night out scene. The girls will be walking on the bridge with bottles and glow sticks in their hands. Although the road is busy with cars, there are not many people walking around, therefore we would be able to film peacefully without creating a scene or getting in anyones way.

This is the source of lighting that will be used in this shot/location. As we will be filming in the evening, when its getting dark. The street lights will be bright which would give our music video a fun atmosphere. 

We can use different angles to shoot one scene, We can film the whole bridge whilst we can see the girls walking around it. This is a wide range and the audience would be able to see the bridge in one frame. 

The lighting doesn't exactly look amazing in these pictures, however when we're going to be filming for our production. It would be much darker,therefore the streets will look much more busier. 

-Harpreet Madan

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 Production  schedule 

Wednesday 9th           5:00pm                     Kew Bridge                  Girl's night out scene
Wednesday 9th           6:00pm                     Palwasha's house          Getting ready scene
Friday 11th                 4:00pm                     Palwasha's House         Bedroom scene
Saturday 12th             1:00pm                      Brent lock                    Ending scene
Saturday 5th               3:00pm                      Locations                    Test shoots 

-Harpreet Madan