Filming Log 2

We filmed for the narrative scenes today of me and Martin rehearsing in the school hall. It only took 30 minutes which was really quick and we managed to get some good footage and shots. We also came up with some ideas while in their to do a over the shoulder shot of us highlighting our lines which we are going to speed up when we edit.

Our Artists Image

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Filming Log 1

Today was the first day we started to film! We managed to achieve quite a lot in one day. All the studio shots were filmed so we managed to get both the blue and red dress worn. Also had martin for a hour of the afternoon so Shiv shot the narrative of us having a photo shoot together and luckily had Anna who is a photography student near by to pretend to be our photographer. We have 3 main performance footage, two narratives and one mixed where I am singing but also having photo's taken. As we achieved more than we thought we don't need to do any more footage in the studio which is most of our video complete. We are just uploading the footage now and then we're going to edit next lesson if we are able too.

Shot List/Story Board

Link from Shivs.

Costume Analysis

Lenka’s costumes are bright, girly but classy. There is a sophisticated style to her outfits which gives her individualism as a artist. Her hair is also mainly down and curly which shows that it’s not only what our artists wears that defines who she is - it’s the whole image. There are also use of bright colours. Pink and blue seem to be the main ones that are worn. Her make up is very neutral which makes her seem like a ‘natural woman’ which highlights the genre indie. This is different to other genres such as pop as it seems artists are always competing to be the more ‘out there’ artist such as Lady Gaga.

Permission

We had to ask permission from Sony as we was using their song for our music video. It could have been seen as copyright so we had to clarify that we were using it for our coursework and not for a profitable reason.

Lyrics

As we have to have our own interpretation of the lyrics for our music video we have decided to mix the story line of a show and love together. The red highlighted words represent the love theme and the purple represent the show and rehearsals.


I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why


Slow it down, make it stop or else my heart is going to pop
'Cause it's too much, yeah it's a lot to be something I'm not
I'm a fool out of love 'cause I just can't get enough


I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why


I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show


The sun is hot in the sky just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the signs and synchronize in time
It's a joke nobody knows, they've got a ticket to the show


Yeah, I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why


I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show, just enjoy the show

I want my money back, I want my money back
I want my money back, just enjoy the show
I want my money back, I want my money back
I want my money back, just enjoy the show

Artist and Single Information

Lenka is a singer/songwriter from Australia, who is 33 years old. She is indie/pop artist most famous for the song 'The Show'. This is the song we have chosen to use in our music video. The song has become famous by being promoted as an itunes free single of the week. It has also been used in tv and film- The Ugly Betty Promo, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging film and a soundtrack for Old Navy(clothing brand). It was also performed by an actress in a Brad Pitt movie called 'Moneyball'. This has given the song a lot of publicity which has made it become more popular.

http://www.lenkamusic.com/bio

Our Song

Lenka The Show

Audience Feedback on Narrative

I asked the same people who did our audience feedback for their music interests what would their ideas be for the narrative to 'The Show'. I played them the song without the video so that they would have their own interpretation on it. None of them had heard the song so it was quite good as it was fresh ideas. They were all similar so here are the three comments that I thought were explained the best.

It should be quite modern, like the show 'Take Me out'. Maybe someone walks in to a room and then there's loads of girls and the main girl (artist) is thinking she won't ever get picked by the man but in the end she is. Could follow each of their sides to the story.

It should be about a show definitely. Maybe an audition and the preparation for the show so we see the audition, then rehearsals and then at the end we see the show. It should have love incorporated somewhere in to it but how you can do that I don't know.

It should be about a show so the before hand would be good to concentrate on such as rehearsal scenes and photo shoots. You could also do a play that's about love like a well known one. That would go with the bits when she's singing about love. Just incorporate the two together.

Our Decision

We have chosen to do Lenka 'The Show' as our music video as it will be a more realistic video we can create. We can use places such as the studio, main hall and classrooms to film and we will be able to film whenever we want as these are always free to use. I am going to be the main performer so that also cuts a lot of planning down as we don't have to rely on other people. Martin is going to be another performer in the video but he will only be needed for one or two bits of filming so we can just arrange with him when he is available to film. We can also be adventurous with our artists image as it is quite a upbeat song and it fits perfectly in with the indie pop genre.