Reflections from Thursday's Shoot

Generally went well.
We were slightly disorganised; not clear what shots needed done, and excactly when and which actors were coming.
We got all the footage we needed.
The weather was a slight problem, the wind caused props to blow away, and due to it being cloudy some of our shots were dark.

Typed by Jasmine

Feed back from BLK

- More movement
- careful framing, not to much background above
- more extreme cu
e.g hips
lips

Typed by Jasmine

Actors coming on Thursday and costumes

Definites

1
Actor: Zoe
Character: Tutu girl
Who's bringing? Zoe
Whos responsible for making sure? Zoe

2
Actor: Jasmine
Character: Tutu girl 2
Who's bringing? Jasmine
Whos responsible for making sure? Jasmine

3
Actor: Paul
Character: Hippy
Who's bringing? Paul
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

4
Actor: Elanor
Character: Mad scientist
Who's bringing? Elanor and Jasmine
Whos responsible for making sure? Jasmine

5
Actor: Shade
Character: Judge
Who's bringing? Shade
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

6
Actor: Ezinne
Character: Hula girl
Who's bringing? Paul and Jasmine
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul and Jasmine

7
Actor: Sezan
Character: Lily Allen girl
Who's bringing? Sezan and Zoe
Whos responsible for making sure? Zoe

8
Actor: Roberts
Character: Rugby player
Who's bringing? Zoe and Paul
Whos responsible for making sure? Zoe and Paul

9
Actor: Chris
Character: Chef
Who's bringing? Chris
Whos responsible for making sure? Zoe

10
Actor: Alex
Character: Hippy
Who's bringing? Paul
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

11
Actor: Cara
Character: Crazy bride
Who's bringing? Cara
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

12
Actor: Friend 1
Character: Hoodie 1
Who's bringing? Friend 1
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

13
Actor: Friend 2
Character: Hoodie 2
Who's bringing? Friend 2
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

14
Actor: Friend 3
Character: Hoodie 3
Who's bringing? Friend 3
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

15
Actor: Friend 4
Character: School uniform
Who's bringing? Friend 4
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

16
Actor: Caroline
Character: Judge
Who's bringing? Caroline
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

17
Actor: Mishael
Character: Judge
Who's bringing? Mishael
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

18
Actor: Becca
Character: Bunny
Who's bringing? Becca and Zoe
Whos responsible for making sure? Jasmine and Zoe

19
Actor: Ellie
Character: Cat
Who's bringing? Ellie
Whos responsible for making sure? Jasmine

Maybes

1
Actor: Steph
Character: Goth
Whos bringing? Steph
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul

2
Actor: Ally
Character: Hula girl
Whos bringing? Paul and Jasmine
Whos responsible for making sure? Paul and Jasmine

3
Actor: Emily P
Character: Cowgirl
Whos bringing? Emily P
Whos responsible for making sure? Zoe

4
Actor: Georgios
Character: Judge
Whos bringing? Georgios
Whos responsible for making sure? Zoe

5
Actor: Liffey
Character: Angel
Whos bringing? Jasmine
Whos responsible for making sure? Jasmine

6
Actor: Emma O
Character: Tennis player
Whos bringing? Zoe and Emma
Whos responsible for making sure? Jasmine and Zoe

7
Actor: Liz
Character: Queen
Whos bringing? Jasmine and Liz
Whos responsible for making sure? Jasmine

Spares:

1
Friend 5

2
Aisling

Typed by Zoe

Refletions from Sunday shot

We used the time efficiently
Actors all turned up, all props and costumes were brought

Typed by Jasmine

Reflection from Saturdays shoot

Slight mix up with actors due to unclear communications, althrough enough turned up.
Judges shots went well
We got a large amount of character footage.

Typed by Jasmine

New Shots

1. More ECU's, for example, of:
- the microphone
- lips singing

2. CU, ECU, MS
- Sezan singing;
"On sait tous où finissent tes refrains
Dis moi où, dis moi où ?
Dans la bouche des crétins."

3. CU, ECU
- Paul;
"I said!"

4. CU on female singers hip moving

5. CU arch round female singer

6. 'chick''chick' bit - Tutu A hits Tutu Fairy b. MCU/CU

7. Long shots from differnt angles on all the action

Written by Zoe

Reshoot List

1. MS of female singer walking towards microphone
Problem: Wrong angle, different to shot after = lack of continuity
Solution: Use of lower angle to show more of sky and make it the same as the shot of the male singer walking towards the microphone

2. MCU male singer singing "I play the bass"
Problem: Shot autoexposes as the singers head moves, changing the light throughout
Solution: Have the singer stay in the same place throughout the shot

3. Character A pushing singers heads apart
Problem: Singers aren't singing the right line before she pushes their heads apart
Solution: Singers to sing "I play the rhodes" instead of "I play the piano"

4. Female singer singing "Who's gonna sing?" on the phone
Problem: Too dark, strange angle, not looking at camera
Solution: Take straight on in a lighter area

5. Female singer shouting angrily on the phone.
Problem: Bad angle, needs to be tightly framed. Too dark.
Solution: reframe, check lightining

6. Female singing "who's gonna sing" to the male singer
Problem: female actor smiles at end, odd framing
Solution: tighter framing

Written by Zoe and Jasmine

The Band

Right, I think the best way to decide the band name is how we decided our song..

..through a series of voting and elimination!

So, everyone come up with 5 possible names for the band and we can get started.

Jasmine
1) Gateau Du Fromage (Cheescake)
2) le merchant lapin
3) arbre jaune citron
4) Le Abre
5) Clickability

Zoe
1) Gateau Du Chocolat (Chocolate Cake)
2) Rose Gateau (Pink Cake)
3) Createur Enfants (Creative Children)
4) Le Mieux Fous (The Best Madmen)
5) Forêt Noire Gateau (Black Forest Gateau)

Paul
1) Mutant Mediatiques
2) Chanteurs de Merde
3) The Bien
4) Sacre Blue
5) Nurf

Final Treatment

Location: Grovelands Park

Actors: Paul, Zoe, Jasmine, Gemma, Ben, Chloe, Ellie, Sezan, Mishael, Caroline

Song starts - 0.00 mins

• Music Video begins with a zip opening in front of the camera to reveal a person playing the drums. Close-ups on eyes, hands, feet, drums, cymbal.
• Cut to wide shot of the drummer and the microphone, with the guitarist walking in from the right, playing.
• Guitarist stops walking and continues to play, close ups of hand strumming, face, arc around guitarist.
• Cut to female singer walking towards the camera as it tracks backwards to the microphone.
• Cut to male singer walking towards the camera as it tracks backwards to the microphone.
• Cut to long shot of the singers stopping at the microphone, band members in the background. Female singer holds the microphone stand and they both pose.
• Cut to extreme close-up of the judges eyes, and track across.

1st Verse - 0.18 mins

• Cut to female singer lipsynching, extreme close-ups of lips, hands, eyes, faces.
• Cuts throughout to guitarist, drummer and singers. Close-ups, over-the-shoulder shots, tracking shots (drummer, singer) , track-pan (guitarist), half-arc (singer).
• Cut to judge drinking water, underneath glass, LA.

1st Chorus - 0.28 mins

• Cut to male singer - I play the bass
• Cut to female singer - Tu joues du la basse
• Cut to floor shot of feet running past the camera - I play the piano
• Cut to close-up of female singer singing to male singer - Who's gonna sing?
• Cut to male singer - I play the synth
• Cut to torso's/heads running- Tu joues du synthé
• Cut to male singer - I play the rhodes
• Cut to close-up of female and male singer singing to camera - Who's gonna sing?
• Cut to judges - I play the bass
• Cut to female singer - Aussi du bongos
• Cut to characters POV running towards back of band/heads running - I play the piano
• Cut to female and male singer singing to camera, characters running towards them in the background - Who's gonna sing?
• Cut to male singer - I play the synth
• Cut to female singer with characters in the background coming towards her (closer than before) - Un peu de banjo
• Cut to female and male singer by the microphone about to sing when their heads are pushed apart by character A - Who's gonna sing?

2nd Verse - 0.48 mins

• Cut to judges flipping over a page on their clipboard in unison
• Cut to character A pushing female singer to the floor, close-ups on hands, and then grabbing the mike and start singing.
• Cut to character B pulling male singer by the tie, close-ups on grabbing tie.
• Cut to close-up of character A singing to camera, Pan down to the floor to see singer getting up and brush herself off
• Cut to drummer getting pushed off the drums by character C, who then picks up the sticks and continues playing.
• Cut to guitarist having his guitar taken off of him by character D, who then continues playing.
• Cut to close-up of judge ticking a box.

2nd Chorus - 1.07 mins

• Cut to character A singing, LS. (C drums, D guitar) - I play the bass
• Cut to female singer taking out mobile and dialing - tu joues des congas
• Cut to character B singing, LS. (A drums, C guitar) - I play the piano
• Cut to character C singing, LS. (D drums, B guitar) - who's gonna sing ?
• Cut to character D singing, LS. (B drums, A guitar) - I play the synth
• Cut to female singer shouting on the phone. - un peu de sitar
• Cut to character C singing, CU. - I play the rhodes
• Cut to character A singing, CU. - who's gonna sing ?
• Cut to character B singing, CU. - I play the bass, de l'harmonica
• Cut to character D singing, MS. - I play the piano
• Cut to female singer singing angrily on the phone. - who's gonna sing ?
• Cut to floor shot of lots of feet running towards camera. - I play the synth
• Cut to judges drinking water in unison. - aussi du saxo, I play the rhodes
• Cut to characters A, B, C and D singing. - who's gonna sing ?

3rd Verse - 1.27 mins

• Cut to MS of group of characters running from right to left (down inverforth path)
• Cut to group of characters coming round the corner (from inverforth)
• Cut to characters A and B singing the verse, CU
• Cut to group of characters running away from camera, downhill towards the lake, LS
• Cut to CU of group of characters faces running from left to right, lake in the background
• Cut to characters A and B singing the verse, CU
• Cut to LS of group of characters running downhill into the woods
• Cut to LS of group of characters running towards the camera through the woods (camera on bridge)
• Cut to LS of group of characters running away from camera (camera on bridge)
• Cut to CU of characters A and B singing, track back to character E throwing a punch at character A, character F pulling character B's hair (slow-mo starts)

Bridge - 1.47 mins

• Cut to CU of character E throwing a punch (slow-mo)
• Cut to CU of character F pulling hair (slow-mo)
• Cut to LS of character G running with the frying-pan towards camera (slow-mo)
• Cut to MS of character H running with a flask of 'acid' to the right (slow-mo)
• Cut to CU of character I grabbing character J and headbutting them (slow-mo)
• Cut to MS of character K on character L's back, hitting them/pulling hair (slow-mo)
• Cut to LS of character M charging through, shoulder-barging people (slow-mo)
• Cut to CU of character N slapping character O (slow-mo)
• Cut to LS of characters P, Q and R running towards camera (slow-mo)
• Cut to CU of character S turning to camera (slow-mo)
• Cut to MS of a character holding the number one - Une!
• Cut to MS of another character holding the number two - Deux!
• Cut to MS of another character holding the number three - Trois!
• Cut to MS of another character holding the number four - Quatre!

3rd Chorus - 2.06 mins

• Cut to CU of E punching A - I play the bass
• Cut to CU of F pulling B's hair - tu joues de la basse
• Cut to CU of G hitting a character with the frying pan - I play the piano
• Cut to WS of 3 characters singing (perhaps with fighting crowd in the back) - Who's gonna sing?
• Cut to CU track back of H running and throwing her flask of acid on a character - I play the synth
• Cut to WS of I headbutting and fighting with J - tu joues du synthé
• Cut to MS of K on L's back pulling/hitting them - I play the rhodes
• Cut to WS of 6 characters singing (perhaps with fighting crowd in the back) - Who's gonna sing?
• Cut to MS track back of M shoulder-barging people - I play the bass
• Cut to CU of N slapping O and fighting - Aussi des bongos
• Cut to CU of P, Q, R running towards S and circling him - I play the piano
• Cut to WS of 12 characters singing (perhaps with fighting crowd in the back) - Who's gonna sing?
• Cut to CU of S adopting a kung-fu pose and fighting P, Q and R (fast-mo) - I play the synth
• Cut to CU of judges sitting when characters come and spray them with silly string - un peu de banjo, I play the rhodes
• Cut to WS of whole group turning to camera and singing - Who's gonna sing?

Weird bit at the end - 2.26 mins

• WS of group fighting
• CU/ECU of individual fights
• ECU/CU of dancing/individual movements
• WS, track CU of judges leaving
• Everyone at the microphone singing - Who's gonna sing?
• Character T walking in rapping/beatboxing (weird noises)
• CU Character A smiling at camera and starts to punch
• CU Character T getting punched and falling to the floor
• ECU of Character T's head falling to the ground, and shot zips back up - (Final weird noise)
• WS of every character falling to the ground - (Final weird noise)

Song ends - 3.03 mins

Composed by the whole group, Typed by Paul

Shooting schedule

Date: Tuesday 11th
Time: 12:30-4:30
(Test Shoot)
Location: Grovelands
Actors: Sezan, Nina, Alex, Paul, Jasmine, Zoe, Ezinne
Props: Chairs
Technical kit: Tripod, Camera
Notes:

Date: Sunday 16th
Time: 2:00-6:00
(Test Shoot)
Location: Grovelands
Actors: George, Alex, Roberts, Chris, Paul, Jasmine, Zoe
Props: Chairs, Tables, Microphone, Costumes
Technical kit: Tripod, Camera
Notes:

Date: Saturday 21st
Time: 11:00 - 6:00
Location: Grovelands
Actors:
Props: Chairs, Tables, Guitar, Drums, Costumes, Table Cloth, Microphone
Technical kit: Tripod, Camera
Notes:

Date: Sunday 22nd
Time: 2:00 - 6:00
Location: Grovelands
Actors:
Props: Chairs, Tables, Guitar, Drums, Costumes, Table Cloth, Microphone
Technical kit: Tripod, Camera
Notes:

Date: Thursday 28th
Time: 12:00-6:00
Location Grovelands
Actors: Geogios, Emily, Alex, Emma, Elanor, Ezinne,
Props: Table, Table sheet, Name signs, Water, Glasses, Glasses,
Technical kit: Tripod, Camera
Notes:

Date Sunday 31st
Time: 1-6
Location: Grovelands
Actors: Paul, Jasmine, Zoe,
Props: Microphone, costumes
Technical kit: Tripod, Camera
Notes:

Typed by Jasmine

Test Shoot Day 1

Information for the Test Shoot

Meeting arrangments

Meeting at 2:00pm at Pauls house to arrange costumes.
Meeting actors at 2:30 at Grovelands park

Props List:
- Microphone w/Stand: School/Zoe
- Electric Guitar: Emily/Danny
- Drum Kit w/Stool and Sticks: Paul
- 3 Chairs: Cafe
- Table: Cafe
- Makeup/Facepaint: Zoe/Jasmine
- Glasses: Jasmine/Paul
- Speakers: Zoe
- iPod: Paul
- Lyrics Sheet

Costumes:
- Bride: Paul
- Tutu/Fairy Dress and Wings: Zoe and Jasmine/Beaty
- Pirate Costume: Zoe/Priyanca
- LAG: Sezan/Paul
- Cat: Ellie
- Leopard: Beaty/Emily/Kirsty
- Footballer: Jasmine
- Tenniser: Zoe/Jasmine/Paul
- Runner: Zoe
- Hawaiin: Jasmine/Zoe
- Cowgirl: Emily P/Ally
- Goth: Paul/Jasmine
- Mobster: Paul
- Chav: Zoe/Jasmine/Paul
- Mime Artist: Zoe/Jasmine/Paul
- Skeleton: Jasmine/Andrew R
- Bunny: Zoe/Jasmine/Emily
- Judges: Zoe/Jasmine/Emily

Actors
Girls
Zoe
Jasmine
Nina M
Beaty
Sezan
Emily P
Emily R
Steph
Alice
Hannah
Shade
Ellie
Alex E
Ally
Rebecca HB
Michaela

Boys
Paul
Leo
Andrew R
Alex T
Georgios
Chris
Danny

Casting
Female Singer - Jasmine
Male Singer - Paul
Drummer - Zoe
Guitarist - George/Danny
Bride - Nina M
Tutu/Fairy People - Zoe and Jasmine
Pirate - Steph
LAG - Sezan
Cat - Ellie
Leopard - Beaty
Footballer - Alex
Tenniser - Danny
Runner - Alice
Hawaiin - Ally
Cowgirl - Emily P
Goth - Shade
Mobster - Alex E
Chav - Hannah
Mime Artist - Chris
Skeleton - Andrew R
Bunny - Emily R

Responsibilities (for the test shoot)
Jasmine - Bring costumes and table, checking the tripod
Zoe - Bring costumes, Checking the camera
Paul - Take home camera, tripod, folder and microphone, checking whiteboard and pen

Typed by Jasmine, Zoe and Paul

Band identity

Band Identity

Hotmail: superphenomene@hotmail.co.uk

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/superphenomene

Target Audience

Core Market:
Young people (14-24), both genders. They like more independent music rather than mainstream, and enjoy being individualistic. They will be quirky and out there sort of people.
Secondary Audience:
As the song is in French it may attract audience more widely, people from all around Europe.

Tastes and attitudes and other media are they likely to consume:
The core audience is likely to go to raves, where individualism is expressed. They like quite unusual things, interesting and unusual arts.

What function does this kind of music serve?
The music is fun and upbeat.

Typed by Jasmine

Media Music Video

Letter to actors

Media Music Video
We are doing a Media A2 coursework project, which involves making a music video. We think you would be perfect for one of the roles and we would be very grateful if you would consent to starring in our video. Our Video will be very fun and new rave and there will be much costume usage such as Pirate, Clown, Bunnies, Toga, Footballer, Tennis Player, Runner, Lily Allen girl, Goth, Mobster, Hawaiian Chick, Judges, Leopard, chav, Crazy Bride, Cowboy, Paddling pool person, mime artist and cat.
You will need to be available
16th Sunday 3pm onwards – Not essential (Test Shoot)
Either 22nd and 23rd or 29th and 30th – Please let us know which dates would be the most convenient for you. The Shoots are all day, if you can’t make it for the whole time we will still use you for the time you are there.
27th Thursday (Inset Day)
P.S if anyone has a clown costume to lend that would be fab.
Thank you!
Jasminé, Zoe and Paul
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Please fill in the times on the line for all the dates you can do
September 16th _________________________
September 22nd _________________________
September 23rd _________________________
September 29th _________________________
September 30th _________________________
September 27th _________________________
Do you have a character preference? ______________________________

Composed By Jasmine and Zoe

Weird scenes

Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent

I was thinking about the inclusion of the fighting between characters suggested by Jasmine, pushing people out of the way and stuff and thought that the video above was a good example of out of the ordinary characters having a fight.

The video also uses slow-mo and lip-synching at certain points, as well as fast cuts and short shots. This is coupled with quite a lot of action for what's actually a slow, steady song. So I just thought I'd put it up as something we could take inspiration from. Plus, those are some wicked clowns.

Paul

Found something

I've found some mp3 editing software (Wavepad) and am going to experiment with the song a bit over the weekend and see what I come up with. I'll post the results later on.

Paul

edit: First Attempt - 115% speed