Editing

We have been practising on how to put someones face on to an orange to make it look like the orange is singing. We have been looking it up on youtube videos on to how to do it and this is one of the videos in which we found on how to put someones face on to the orange.

The band sequence

Digi Pack

Digipack is a patented style of compact disc packaging, it can also be used for DVDs and is a registered trademark of AGI Media. Digipacks are a gate fold paperboard with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside.

Here is a picture of how we want our digipack to look like on the front cover but with our superhero on the front.



For our digipack we would like to have the picture of our superhero on the front and we would like to give it a comic book appeal and make it bright so that it stands out and below is a rough idea of how we would like the digipack to look like around the superhero.



This will allow the effect of a comic book effect to our digipack and brightens the digipack to attract people towards it.

Change in ideas

We went out to film, but before we started filming we spoke about our ideas for the film. We decided to change our ideas for different parts of the music video as some of it was time consuming and would be hard to complete it in time. We are going to have someone in a lab coat doing a science experiment taking down notes of different formulas. We will then show shots of it going into a comic book sort of video with scenes being shown in image and then different shots being acted out from the comic book. We still hope to portray the lyrics from our song in our shots. We still hope to use a sort of superhero concept to our music video.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

1) No filming in inappropriate locations.
2) Check safety of locations e.g. roads.
3) Minimise risk of theft of theft of equipment.
4) When filming on location ensure teacher or responsible adult know where you are and have telephone number and when you will return.
5) Check all equipment is working before you leave.
6) Ensure you have permission for filming if necessary.
7) Always film with at least one other person.
8) Ensure you have the permission of those you are filming.

Started filming

We started filming our music video.We worked with another group helping each other out when we were videoing the band sequence using the same props. Whilst we were working together we found it was easier and quicker as we were able to use each others camera to get more than one shot so that it saved us time. We got the band sequence finished meaning we only have to do the other shots. We were in the drama room in which we had a black background which we were able to have flashing lights to make the concert scene look more realistic. We borrowed some props from the music department to use in our band scene we used guitars and a mike. They wore costumes that fitted in with the bands style and the style of music to make it look more authentic. We also had a digital camera and used it to take pictures of us filming to show steps of what were doing.

Collage

Music videos that shaped the 80s

Some of the videos that shaped the 80s were:

The boomtown rats - I dont like mondays
The buggles - Video killed the radio star

The buggles video killed the radio star was the first music video to be played on MTV. It also heraled the importance of the age and medium of music videos.



David bowie - Ashes to ashes
Ultravox - Vienna

Ultravox viennas music video had no band playing any instruments in their video and made it look more like a film to grab peoples attention.



Duran Duran - Girls on film

Duran duran girls on film was banned for its video. It was the first controversial video and it also shows alot of sexual content causing it to be banned it also celebrates the excess of the video.

Storyboard finished

We have nearly finished storyboarding and have chosen most of the shots we are going to use in the video. We are trying to make all of the ideas fit together so the story makes some sense, we are having most of the shots being in a dream from where he fell over. Whilst storyboarding we were also asking different people on what they thought of our ideas most liked it but some disliked it but we asked why and sort of changed it to make it better.

Top 100 music videos

I watched a programme of the top 100 music videos which through it some stood out to me and one of them was Michael Jackson thriller.



Michael Jackson thriller

Thriller got many good reviews about the video. The video shows everyone turning into zombies and that they are all after the women who is not a zombie. This portrays the lyrics as the lyrics talk about thriller representing thriller in the video. The costumes and make-ups has been done so good that it adds to the effect of them looking more like real zombies. Also the video looks like its a film clip taken from a film making it look like a film

Michael Jackson: Thriller
Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer
A-ha: Take on Me
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
Madonna: Like a Prayer
Robbie Williams: Rock DJ
Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony
Madonna: Vogue
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Coldplay: The Scientist
Michael & Janet Jackson: Scream
Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall
Christina Aguilera: Dirrty
REM: Everybody Hurts
OutKast: Hey Ya
Blur: Coffee & TV
Beyonce: Crazy in Love
Madonna: Material Girl
Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood
Queen: I Want to Break Free
Justin Timberlake: Cry Me a River
Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time
Radiohead: No Surprises
Madness: Baggy Trousers
TLC: Waterfalls
David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes
Foo Fighters: Learn to Fly
Electric Six: Gay Bar
Weezer: Buddy Holly
Eminem: Stan
Chris Isaak: Wicked Game
U2: The Sweetest Thing
The White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl
Sinead O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2U
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Give It Away
Guns N Roses: November Rain
Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice
Pulp: Common People
Missy Elliot: Get Ur Freak On
The Spice Girls: Wannabe
Bjork: It's Oh So Quiet
Dire Straits: Money for Nothing
Kylie Minogue: Can't Get You Out of My Head
Aerosmith: Crazy
Adam & the Ants: Prince Charming
The Prodigy: Firestarter
Johnny Cash: Hurt
Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity
Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al
Run DMC & Aerosmith: Walk This Way
Massive Attack: Teardrop
Wham: Club Tropicana
Daft Punk: Around the World
Fatboy Slim: Praise You
Eminem: Without Me
Meatloaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
The Cure: Close to Me
Abba: Knowing Me, Knowing You
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up
Blur: Parklife
George Michael: Outside
Bjork: Human Behaviour
Aphex Twin: Windowlicker
Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues
The Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Madonna: Ray of Light
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes
The Police: Every Breath You Take
Bjork: All Is Full of Love
Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love
Basement Jaxx: Where's Your Head At?
Wu-Tang Clan: Gravel Pit
Duran Duran: Rio
The Beatles: Strawberry Fields
MC Hammer: U Can't Touch This
Godley and Creme: Cry
New Order: True Faith
Radiohead: Just
Ultravox: Vienna
50 Cent: In Da Club
Shakespear's Sister: Stay
The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays
Sid Vicious: My Way
The Streets: Fit But You Know It
Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime
Elton John: I Want Love
Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight Tonight
The Pet Shop Boys: Go West
The Specials: Ghost Town
Herbie Hancock: Rockit
The Rolling Stones: We Love You
Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart
The Cardigans: My Favourite Game
So Solid Crew: 21 Seconds
Cornershop: Brimful of Asha
Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy
Supergrass: Pumping on Your Stereo
Musical Youth: Pass the Dutchie

Final ideas

Whilst storyboarding to show what the end product would sort of look like, we came up with many different ideas and our video is going to be telling a story. A neighbour/friend of the band has been partying with them all night long. They have a concert the next day and the friend is supposed to be going to it. He wakes up late and suddenly rushes around, he falls knocking a fruit bowl over near by. He then looks up and sees a orange singing to him in which at this moment he is in a dream. . He then explores the forest around him and meets a strange mystical looking character, the main villain in the video. We had the idea of having a hero and villain because the song has the lyric "Superhero" in it, but we have mixed it up because it also says "Not the comic book kind". We also have some playing cards, that are all the same card, this would help illustrate the lyrics "one of a kind" and we hope to use this as the main "power" for the villain. A car then appears out of nowhere and he gets in it. It takes him to a phone box and he gets inside and he then stands up and walks outside realising he is late he is in a rush in which he then he puts on a cape and flies through the air. He then arrives at the concert realising the song has finished in which he then wakes up to where he fell and realises he is not late. We tryed to represent the lyrics throughout the song making sure that each set of lyrics at least matched one of the scenes.

Copyright

We got the song from unsigned.com where they were never had copyright so we were able to use them without copyrighting. We still got authorisation just ask them and make sure they didnt mind anyway.



If someone does not get authorisation from the people who's item or product it is and if it was to be copyrighted then they could suffer a fine for copyright.

Here is a definition of copyright taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright:

"Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. Copyright does not protect ideas, only their expression or fixation. In most jurisdictions copyright arises upon fixation and does not need to be registered. Copyright owners have the exclusive statutory right to exercise control over copying and other exploitation of the works for a specific period of time, after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Uses which are covered under limitations and exceptions to copyright, such as fair use, do not require permission from the copyright owner. All other uses require permission and copyright owners can license or permanently transfer or assign their exclusive rights to others."