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Final Music Video Analysis

Overall we are extremly pleased with the progress we have made to produce the last and final music video. On a whole we believe that we have done very well. The only thing that we are disapointed with is that since the last time we went to the white studio we borrowed to film we had such a shorter amount of time in using it. We knew that we didn't have as much time as the previous time we went, however as a result of this we knew we had to go in knowing exactly what shots we needed to film in order to finish on time. When we arrived at the location, there was confusion with some other students that assumed they had the studio as well. To overcome this we had to find the teacher that said we could have the studio, eventually this issue got sorted however it set us back by 45 minutes. As a result of this it caused us to miss out 2 lines of the song accidentally as we ran out of time and already was given half an hour more. As a result of this we had to use some of our old clips from previous filming and edit them in to try and fit in.

Final Alfie Music Video

New Alfie Video Draft

Throughout this video there are a few errors in which we plan to try and change to make it correct. Some of these errors are the areas such as halfway through when filming as we had such a short time in the studio we felt rushed and felt like we didn't get a shot that we wanted. When it came to editing our video we realised we had a gap for the lines "Oh little brother please refrain from doing that, I'm trying to help you out so can you stop being a tw*t" as a result of this from previous filming attempts at our white studio location we had to use some old shots. This then therefore meant the lighting was different as we went at different times of the day the other times we went. The only way we thought it would look okay was if we were to change these bits to black and white, which maintained the white background throughout the film. As well as this there is a few errors with order of shots which illustrate the lyrics however are accidently displayed before that line is even sang.

First Draft Of The Remake - Lily Allen "Alfie"

Props

Due to filming in a plain white studio we need to use eye catching and fun props that fit with the narrative. Today we have spoken to the drama department for their ideas and to see if they have any props we could use, but due to the pantomime that is taken place this week we have confirmed to have a look through the props next tuesday. Here are a few ideas of what we could use in our video. We thought by stripping everything back in the video to just the artist and the puppet, it would look effective if we only use one interesting prop. But for it not to look boring we need to add a lot of different types of props as well as different costumes.

Miley Cyrus - 7 Things Analysis

We have chosen to analyse this music video because we wanted to look into the different types of pop and in this case it is rock-pop. One of the characteristics of rock pop artists is usually the artists are playing instruments and putting emphasis into their movements. There is a clear relationship between the lyrics and the visuals as Miley is singing about the 7 things she hates/like and the camera movements adjust quickly showing her emotion and feelings towards them. Looking at this video and seeing that it uses a plain white background has inspired us as it still looks interesting even though their is no setting however since there is a band playing throughout her video it has something there for us to look at other than just her. Therefore when we film in a white studio we need to make sure that we have replacements and something which will keep then audience interested such as big props. Furthermore there are many interesting camera shots that also fit with the lyrics such as low angle shots which have been used to represent Miley as dominant and strong. The other long shots and close up shots have been very creatively done to make the video look interesting and lively. The editing shows reference to the genre of rock-pop seeing that there are a lot of camera quick and sharp movements reflecting the fast pace of the song. The use of this white background makes the different colour in the outfits chosen to be worn stand out as well as making Miley, the star stand outby wearing a muticoloured long waistecoat.

Shot List For New Video

1. Long shots which shows a great deal of background, be it the set, the landscape or the venue. Long shots are essential to establish the scene for the viewer and to put the rest of the music video into context. (full body length, far away distances)
2. Mid shots showing some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject. (half body shots of our artist 'Milly Evans')
3. Close ups which is a certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame. (face close ups to show bold strong facial features and eye makeup, may use prop zooms possibly to add camera movement within our music video)
4. Extreme close ups which gets right in and shows extreme detail. (bright coloured eyes to show a strong feature in the video emphasising 'Milly' her as she is the only artist member)

5. May use low angle where the camera looks up at the subject. Use these shots when you want to make your subject appear larger, imposing, or more important to the viewer. (use when 'Milly' is acting like the boss telling 'Alfie' what to do) 6. May use high angle where the camera looks down on the subject making it appear smaller and less important. High angle shots are often used to make a person appear vulnerable. (putting into our video we would use these when showing 'Alfie' as he is the teenager e.g. that needs to get a job and feel really small and useless as he doesn't have one)

Studio Update

After researching a variety of different places and getting feedback from them weither we are allowed to borrow their studios or not our final outcome has been successful after asking many different places we got a positive reply from Leicester Colleges 'Paul O'Leary' who is their 'Programme Leader FD Photography & Video' he managed to supply us with a date to borrow his studio and we have yet to confirm this date with our artist to check she is able to do this date. If not we will dicuss a time with Paul in order for us to move the dates around, enabling our artist to make it. Below is 2 images of the different studios that are at Leicester College and that we will be using to complete our video.

Finding a Studio

To use this new idea of a plain white studio, like Jessie J's video 'Price Tag' and Miley Cyrus' video '7 Things I Hate About You' we both need to find an appropriate studio that is nearby so that we can easily get there. We have therefore emailed photography studios in Lutterworth/ Rugby and Leicester. So far we have emailed 7 photographers asking to use their studio, 2 have replied saying they are fully booked and too busy up to Christmas so we are now waiting on replies from the 5 others. Using a white studio will completely strip back the video and will make it look more simplistic. As the basic narrative has already been done in a house (Lilly Allen's video) we thought that using a plain background would work well and would emphasise the bright bold colours used and would give it more of a ‘pop’ look.

Location Change Idea

From looking at our new ideas we have came to a conclusion on the basis of a studio giving us access and permission we will use their facilities. The new idea is to film our 'Alfie' song as normal and instead of location shots, setting and what is in the shots being the 'mood' and theme maker, we are now instead going to use a white studio. Below is a video called 'Price Tag' by Jessie J that has inspired us to do this.
 
We think that by doing this it will make us able to use bright colors better in what 'Milly' wears and the props that we decide to use and involve with the video. These will play a big part within the video as the setting/white background will be very boring therefore everything else within the video needs to stand out and get a clear idea through of the pop feel we want to get.

New Ideas For Remaking The Video

From recieving feedback of our music video we have been advised to change a fair few parts of our video such as creating and coming up with a better way to use our 'Alfie' puppet or having different scenes and locations. After having conversations and discussing what ways we are able to do this, we managed to come up with some ideas, these ideas are as followed.

1. We could use a young boy around age 9 which would completly change our idea of the puppet however would still create a good effect which would tie in with the video and the puppet scenes as we wouldnt have used someone older, which could hold the potential of taking the comedy effect away as it wouldn't portrait a realistic sense within the video of a young boy needing a job etc. An example of this which inspired us with this idea is

2. Take off the puppets head and replace it with another real life boys head which would mean that our video would still include the puppet sense, just have another comedy side to it by using another head which could potentially be really good as it would enable us to give the puppet real facial expressions rather than just the same face which it does now. This could also add to our video maintaing a comedy feel. An example of this which has inspired us is this

3. Change the location and use more of a 'doll house' which would emphasise the bright colours and 'plastic' look of everything. This therefore would mean that we still would hold a strong looking video that would stand out the puppet and add a clearer effect of what style our video which is mean't to be 'puppet like' and 'fake'. An example of this idea that has inspired us is this

4. Use the idea of having a puppet set up such as red/black curtains and act out pupet scenes through that during the video to emphasise and develop the idea of using the puppet in the first place to make it clear of the idea and portrait a strong theme throughout the video making it interesting and different.

Filming Progression

When fiming our video we had some difficulties as our location which was my house, we had the cleaner come to the house and we had to hurry up with some of our clips in order to get out of her way this unfortunately happened coninidently on both the days we decided to film. With better organisation we could have re-arranged a day where the cleaner was not there. Aswell as this when we did our first filming session the lightint from outside was a lot darker than the second time we filmed this therefore mean't that in some of the clips the lighting may appear different to other clips.  Also our choice of character became really hard to be able to get Meg (our artist) again to be able to film without her being busy, at college or unable to get to the location. Therefore to overcome this I had to pick her up and bring her back to the location in order to be able to film. With all of these factors combined we had slightly fallen behind with our schedule and missed out some filming of clips meaning we had gaps in our draft which we still need to film. For our final one I think we will refilm certain clips of the video to get our ideal lighting and do the bits we have missed out.