Shoot Day

We began shooting the music video at 9:00am on the 19th of November. On the evening on the 18th of November we had put together the lighting plan and the first set that we would start off with in order to save time the following day. The set did not take long to build all we needed was to put the black curtains round the studio, to put the instruments in place and to make a final decision on the lighting that we would like to have in order to create out desired mood. The evening before the shoot we also made one very important decision that would completely change the narrative of our video this was to remove the element that involved the office scenes with the main character in the narrative (Amy) being sexually harassed by her boss. We used a digital camera, the Sony Z1 and DSR 570, which are very mobile and this allowed us to vary our shots and therefore have a bigger variety to choose from when it came to editing. I found them rather complicated to start off with and we were getting behind schedule because we were not completely confident on the cameras but after a bit of time being showed them by Guy Stanley our teacher were able to use them and after an hour it seemed very simple and we began getting shots much faster and got back on schedule. We used green screen a lot in our video because what we wanted to achieve could not be done on location or created in the studio so the best alternative was to use the green screen. For example, some shots had the main killer girl in the narrative (Amy) on roof tops and jumping massive distances this can only be done on green screen for safety reasons. Although some effects that we used could have been done without use of the green screen, for example the blood splattering effects we used, it is possible to achieve this look without use of a green screen. However I do believe that it adds to the overall atmosphere of our video having the quite obviously synthetic backgrounds and gives it a more “sin city” vibe. Not only does it give us the unique look but it also meant we could achieve the shots which we would otherwise not have had the means to get. I believe that our shoot day ran very well indeed. The reason for the day running so well I think is due to the preparation we had done with the call sheets, set and lighting plans and story boards and also because we had used the previous evening to plan for the shoot and this meant we were able to maximise out time getting shots on the day of the shoot rather then setting up the studio therefore we had more footage to use when editing. I was unsure weather or not the shoot day had actually been a success until we had uploaded the footage onto Final Cut Pro and we actually viewed to footage. The amount of shots we had to choose from was enormous and the quality of them was also very impressive.

Set Sketches

These images are our set sketches and lighting plans, although they were very usefull for planning lighting and props needed we did not stick to them fully and some of the sets were not even used in the final video. Here is the disign for board room scene where the man was to act in apropriatley towards the woman and she would show her resentment towards him this was taken out because we belived that although it creates a strong narative and a media representation of harasment i the workplace we belived that it would work better as a music video without this scene.

In this set sketch you can see our set that the was the performance element of our video we had a white light circling above the band and we planned to have red glow lights at the sides of the set, however we did not use these red lights because on the day of the shoot we decided that we preferred the simplicity of one white light circling and believed that it made the audience concentrate on the performers rather than the complex lighting.

Call Sheet

Cast list

Patch Wadsworth
Lillie Resta
Freya Spargo
Molly Astley
Amiee Watts
Simon Wood


Props List

Long board room table
Office chairs-leather
Office cubicles
Office appliances (stapler, hole-puncher, pencil and pen holders, folders, filing cabinet, pictures, billboards, maps)
Harsh lighting
(Graffiti) Brick walls to move around for different shots
Office plants
Laptops or computers
Printers
Interactive Board
Bass Guitar
Electric Guitar
Drums
Microphone
Abandoned building set
Sharp murderer knife
Big garbage bin
Lamp post


Costume list

Woman dress:
- Zip-up Latex suit
-Combat boots (whatever)
-Push up Bra
Office scene:
-Pencil Skirt (Black)
-Blazer with shoulder pads (Black)
-Black high heels
-Ordinary glasses

Man dress:
-Black business man suit
-Red Tie
-Deer Stalker
-Brief case

Band
Girls dress :
-Ripped Tights
-Tattoos (drawn on or sleeves)
-Piercings (Fake)
-Doc Martins
-Ripped tops
-Denim short or ripped trousers
-Lot s of jewellery (rings and necklaces)
-Coloured hairspray (blue and red)

Boy dress:
-His own jeans (black or denim)
-Checked shirt
- His own shoes
- Sunglasses



Schedule for the day

9:00 am- all meet in studio – get cast into costume

9:15 am- finish preparing the set for ally way shooting beforehand.

10:00 am- begin filming scenes with the alleyway set and costume.

12:30 pm- Get Lunch.

1:00 pm- continue filming in alleyway

2:00 pm- set up for band section
2:15 pm – begin filming band section

4:30 pm – wrap + strike kit


Lyrics

I've got the demons in me
I've got to brush them all away
I feel the demons rage
I must clean them all away,
Yeah, yeah [with echo]

Excite to scream them away
Cobwebs in the way
That magic cleaner will
Shine his smile over me
Yeah, yeah [with echo]

I am the demon
Cleaner who saves the day
I get the backwall
And important they'll always stay
Yeah, yeah [with echo]

If only one thing that you know
Imposters from the show
They'll try to trick you into
Normal treatment
Oh don't you listen to them say
Shush them all away
I am the demon cleaner
Madman so,
I am the freedom cleaner
Standing naked here to say
I'm the only way
I'm the only way
I'm the only way
I'm the only way



Shot list

Close up tilt down of drum set.

Extreme close-up of drumstick on drum.

Extreme close up from side of foot on drum pedal.

Close up of bassist playing.

Close up of strings of bass being played.

Extreme close up of bass players head.

Close up at low angle of electric guitarist playing.

Medium close up track across bass and drum player.

Crane shot of electric guitarist.

Extreme close up of bass players hand.

Pre-Production Planning

Story boarding was used so we would be able to see if our song demon cleaner would work as a video that we had in mind by seeing if cutting on the beat worked and where we should cut, it is essentially a plan for editing so we have something to refer to as help while we edit our main video.

Set sketches helped us to plan our lighting and shots by giving us an idea of what the set would look like on the day. Without these sketches we would have trouble planning the lighting because we needed to know what the area is like and where we want to draw attention by using bright lighting e.g. the plan also helped us decide the positioning of our cast and make sure that we have all the elements we need to create the set.

Lighting plan was done so one the day of the shoot we would not waste time preparing lights and choosing how to shoot it, we did not stick to the lighting plan 100% but it was still used as a frame of reference for example; with the band shooting we planned to have red gel lights coming from the side to signify danger or passion while a light would be spinning over the band while they performed to make the video more interesting and seem as if more is happening. In the end we just had the light circling over the band through a Smokey aroma, this worked well because it moves the audiences attention from band member to band member as they are put into light then darkness and it created more of a sense of movement to a band that perhaps movement through dancing etc.

The call sheet was used to give to all of the people involved on the shoot day so they would have all the information they need. It comprised nearly all pre production planning we had done from the costume list and lyrics to the lighting plan and time schedule.

The shot list was used so we would not waste our limited time on the day choosing what shots to take, and although we did not use all the shots on our list it was very useful and saved us huge amounts of time because we could move from shot to shot without spending time thinking about the next shot to take.

Schedule for the day, this was used so they day had a rough plan for time and we could calculate how much time we could allocate for different jobs so we could get everything we needed done in the day and so that all the people involved in the day from our teacher to the cast would know what was happening and when they would be needed.

Preparing costumes and props we chose Amy’s (the lead girl’s) tight black leather costume and her props because we wanted it to seem Hyper real, this is when something is an exaggerated reality this is appropriate because it is supposed to be the woman’s imagination. The costume of the band was intended to be rock n’roll

Test Footage

This clip shows a shot that we chose not to use in the finished products, it shows the woman swinging and we were planning to use after effects to have her swing over the city scape.

Storyboarding

Copyright Letter

Hurtwood House

Dali Records

Dear Sir or Madam,

We are a group of A Level students working on an A Level project for a qualifcation in Media Studies. We are writing to request permission to use the following track as part of this project:

Demon Cleaner by Kyuss

With your permission the track would be used as the accompaniment to a short form video that is made purely for assessment purposes and will have no commercial usage. The video will be viewed only by members of the school community and the assessor of the examination board.

The arist and the copyright holder will of course be fully recognised in the pre-production and evaluation material that accompanies the project. We cna also include a full copyright notice if required both in the planning material and on the video itself.

Yours sincerely

Olivia Cox, Ruby Kammer, and Luke Chapman
Hurtwood House School

Composition Rules

Rule Of Thirds The rule of thirds is one of the most popular 'rules' in photography and can also be applied to filming. It works like this: Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where theselines intersect. As shown on the diagram below. As well as using the intersections you can arrange areas into bands occupying a third or place things along the imaginary lines. Using the Rule of Thirds helps the final media product be “nicely balanced” and it will seem easier on the audience’s eye. Also it can stop the main subject from being surrounded by a vast empty space.

180 Degree Rule

The 180° rule is a film making guideline that is rather basic. It says that two elements such as characters or objects of importance should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.