shooting pictures/shot list for our music video and description of what has been done as to effectiveness

This was a pre-production picture where I was setting up the tripod for the shooting to make sure that we were pre-prepared before the artist came to the location. This red wall is a location we were shooting at. The cameraman Jordan wrote up a detailed risk assesment for the production of the music video as from what you can see here, there were a few precautions in shooting as the tripod was setup in the road. 

This is where the main cameraman Jordan, was adjusting the camera settings and making sure everything was clear to see on the camera such as making sure there was no glitches or blurs on the camera screen. Jordan was also experimenting camera movements such as tilts, cranes and pans.

This is where I took a photo of the rest of the group helping me and Jordan setup with the camera and making sure everything was correct and concise. This is where Mena placed the camera on the tripod and Abdullah put the lens on the front of the camera. Jordan was taking out the other camera to experiment some hand held camera shots.

This is where Mena was mainly in charge of the production by making sure that all camera settings and adjustments were correct so that when I am directing there wouldn’t be a halt in production because of camera settings. Abdullah took off the lens of the camera as we saw that it was a bit blurry. He cleaned the lens and made sure it was clean and good to use for shooting as blurs can be a prevention of using footage as it blocks out certain features of the artist and features of the locations which is a major consideration in shooting the music video.

This is where Abdullah took a photo of me, Mena, Jordan and the artist. This was done at pre- production and we also wanted to test run of the camera on the artist firstto make sure everything is running properly. As the director, I wanted to make sure that camera angles, shots and movements were correct in creating a meaning to the potential audience. I wanted to deconstruct different camera shots and angles in creating different meanings. e.g a low angle shot will make the artist look superior, powerful and predominant etc.. I showed Jordan the type of camera shot that I wanted him to do when shooting this scene for the video. Mena was responsible for timing of the music when the artist was performing as we ensured we had the song with us on the day to make sure everything would be in sync an in time when it comes to editing.

Here we shot a high angle shot of the artist doing the 3^rd verse and chorus. The artist has open body language here which represents him as open, confident and performative.

This is a photo shot taken by Jordan which brought out an effective establishing and point of view shot to be shown here. The sunlight is shining on the artist’s face which allow his features to be seen more clearly. Top lighting is used here in creating a glamorous look in the artist. I filmed this shot where I explored a long shot of the artist tracking back as he was doing the 2^nd verse. Mena had the soundtrack in the background to allow everything to be in time and to be synced properly.

sunday 5th december 2010 shooting schedule

Shooting Day 5    Location- Kilburn Park Duration- 1hr 30mins

Cast- Concept Crew- Daniel Abdullah Jordan Mena Date: Sunday 5^th December 2010

As the director, I planned for this shooting day to be the last shooting as we had to reshoot some things because of a few faults in the footage such as glitches, blurs in the camera and some framing and camera movement wasn’t correct. On this day, we reshot the faults first then we moved on to do some new shootings and master shots which came out very well.

On Sunday 5^th December 2010, we all focused on reshooting some footage from the editing logs. I also had a planned out schedule in what I wanted to reshoot on this day and what master shots we wanted to shoot. We arrived about 15 minutes early to setup the equipment for shooting and to also experiment different camera shots, angles and movement. This was a pre-production setup to prepare for the shooting. Firstly, I directed Jordan in shooting a straight eye level angle shot which focused on the artist facial features as I wanted a medium shot. We shot verse 2 and 3 at the red wall location where I also explored other camera angles and shots here such as a low angle shot with various zoom in and zoom outs and also hand held camera movements. After this scene, we shot a continuous tracking shot at a round walk pathway which came out very nice. I overtook on the camera here where I shot a medium shot of the artist just doing the 2^nd verse and 3^rd verse. Mena was responsible for the audio of the song to make sure the song goes with what the artist is doing to make syncing more simpler when it comes to syncing in the editing suite. After Jordan shot the 2^nd verse in a car park area which was a continuous tracking movement with a medium shot. There was also a side angle used here where the artist had a mixture of open and closed body language. Every shot we took, we went through at least 3 test shots and played it back to see what the footage looked like. I then wanted to go on to do the master shot at the walkway through bushes. As this location was a good place to shoot the master as it was a long stretch and blended in with the grime/rap genre as it was surrounded by estates, graffiti, alleyways and secluded roads. I decided to get 2 cameras to shoot this master shot. Abdullah and Jordan were in charge of camerawork here. I had a plan where I wanted Jordan to do a medium long shot of the artist from a side shot tracking back and where Abdullah did a medium close up at a side angle. By filming both of these shots for the master shot, I was able to use both of these shots to create continuity editing which made the shots, angles and performance very effective. As we were running on time we did 1 test shot of this master as I already knew what I wanted to do visually in this shot- how to start it and how to end it. Lastly, we went to a different location in South Kilburn to reshoot a shot at the graffiti wall as this was non-useable when we shot it at previous shootings because the footage came up with some glitches and it also came up with rain marks on the lens. This important factor was placed in the logging sheet as we had to reshoot this footage. Abdullah conducted a low angle shot of the artist tracking back slowly in making sure the camera was steady. This was a hand held camera shot which focused on the artist’s emotions and movement in the frame.  This scene was shot twice to make sure that the footage could be useable if one of the other scenes did not come out to be effective. As the director, I made sure that each footage was played back in ensuring that there was no faults in the footage produced. Everything on this day was performed and set to schedule as we did not go overtime and as a group, we managed to fit in all the aspects of creative selection in making an effective construction for the media product.

the look doc for the cd cover/digipak design

Costume	For the CD cover design, the artist will wear a plain top or jacket with jeans, a chain and a watch. This will follow the codes and conventions of other rap CD covers that associated the rap artists with these costumes.
Set	Yet again the CD cover picture will be based in an exterior location which will match the genre of our music video. The background will represent ideas from our music video product such as a secluded area, grimey estates, garages and long stretch roads.
Props	I will put the photos in black and white for my CD cover which relates to some parts of our video as some of the video is shot in black and white. I will use different objects/props when taking my photos. Props that will be used are headphones, a mike, a phone...
Lighting	I will capture these photos in bright lighting where yet again I will use the same colour style which will be black and white.
Colour Scheme	The colour scheme as mentioned will be black and white for the CD cover.
Camera Style	For this camera shot of the CD cover there will be a side shot and a medium close up shot at a low angle where the artist will be seen as dominant and superior.
Editing Style	-
Special FX	The special effects that I will use are from my draft CD cover designs which are shown on the blog. This will be achieved through the use of Photoshop and In design.
Performance	-
Kinetics	-

tape log sheet 2 for music video let me flow

Timecode	Shot No.	Take No.	Description	Comments/Technical Info.
02:05-03:06	1	1	Balcony- artist was leaning on the side of the balcony where there was a straight eye level angle	Good shot but footage was shot in underlighting so this is hard to use as we want our video to be light so contrast is very important here.
04:11-06:23	1	1	Balcony	Another shot was a medium close up shot in top lighting with a good framing which came out very nice. Useable footage for music video.
08: 15- 11:45	2	2	Red Wall	This shot was overall good. This was a straight eye level shot. The footage wasn’t useable in the end as we found that there were black lines in the footage.
38:45-42:32	2	2	Red Wall	We shot a low angle shot of the artist. This was good as framing was correct. We used this shot in the music video
56:20-58:13	2	2	Red Wall	Here was another low angle shot that was used but with hand held camera. This hand held camera shot was too wobbly and not steady which prevented us from using this footage.
1:20:00-1:32:12	3	3	Walkway through estate- another location where I shot verse 2, verse 3 and the chorus.	At this location, the cameraman shot a long shot using the tripod which was good footage but it was a little bit too dark and where we shot this, we realised there wasn’t enough light so it wouldn’t contrast with our other shots that we have in top lighting. If we kept this shot the camera would have distorted the artist features where it would have been hard to fit this in to blend in with the brighter images.
1:45:32-1:56:06	3	3	Walkway through estate	The cameraman shot a tracking shot here where I directed him to have a steadicam shot across the whole walkway rapping verse 2 and verse 3. This was good footage and useable.

Timecode	Shot No.	Take No.	Description	Comments/Technical Info.
2:06:20- 2:10:35	4	4	Walkway across graffiti wall	This was a low angle shot with a hand held camera shot. Abdullah performed this shot where he was tracking back with this shot. This camera movement was very steady. This footage is useable. I got Abdullah to take 2 test shots of this to make sure that if 1 doesn’t look good then we can use the other one.
2:40:10-2:42:32	5	5	Bench	We did a high angle shot where the artist was sitting on a bench in an estate area to match the codes and conventions of our location and setting. This shot was useable and I performed this camera shot where there was a camera movement from an estate building to the artist sitting on the bench. The camera movement was a crane.
3:06:45-3:15:32	6	6	Walkway through bushes	We did a hand held camera shot from a long shot where the camera movement was too wobbly which made the camerawork look unprofessional. So we couldn’t use this footage as the camerawork was too shaky.
3:17:34-3:20:52	6	6	Walkway through bushes	As a group, we all decided beforehand that we would just shoot the whole video here. Abdullah and Jordan were both responsible for camerawork here. Both of them shot from different angles where Daniel was responsible for directing and Mena was responsible for the audio and timing.
3:33:15-3:40:25	6	6	Walkway through bushes	We shot a side angle shot of the artist when doing the master shot. Part of the 1st verse was cut off and there was a glitches in the footage which made that footage unusable.

Photoshoot for Magazine Advert and Cd Covers

As a group, we have now decided that we will take photos of the artist after Christmas. We will take these photos in different exterior locations to match the genre of the music video. Each person in the group will take a number of different pictures at the chosen location and we will use some props/objects in the photo shoots.

As the director, I made a professional photoshoot and pre-planned how I wanted my photos to look like for the CD cover and Magazine Advert. The rest of the group had their own photos on how they would want their media products to look like. I explored different types of photos in an exterior location which was based at Fulham. This was done at secluded areas, garages, grimey estates to match the genre of our video to our CD covers and Magazine adverts. As a group, we all explored different types of camera angles and shots in ensuring we had a good number of photos to decide which one we would use for our media products. I ensured that some pictures were taken in black and white as I wanted my CD cover to be in black and white. Other pictures were taken in colour for the magazine advert. I will upload the photoshoot on my blog and select which pictures I will use for my media products and why.

shooting outline for the last day

Last Day of Shooting- Sunday 5^th December    Time of Shooting- 10am-1pm

Everyone to meet at Kilburn at 9.30am. Need 1 camera and a new tape. Playback footage when shooting at locations to make sure footage is usable. Make sure music is available at the day of shooting.

1.       Reshoot Walkway [dead end road] along graffiti wall- do this about 3 times. There will be a low angle shot which will be hand held focusing on the whole body from head to toe which will be a medium shot. [VERSE 1]

2.       Shoot VERSE 1 at balcony. There will be a medium shot with a straight eye level angle. [Do this about 2 times].

3.       Explore a camera shot angle of the artist which will be a straight eye level angle. Also the artist will be walking down walkway through bushes- to use this at start of video.

4.       Redo Master shot [whole song] Walkway through bushes just using 1 camera. This will be a hand held camera tracking along from the side.

5.       Do verse 2 and verse 3 at the red wall and the round walk.

6.       Walkway through house doors-up the stairs- verse 1