Planning for recording

I have booked out the camera, tripod and lights for the weekend, we all will be recording on Saturday and if we don’t get to finish what we are doing then we might be recording again on Sunday.

The shots we are recording are:

-          At Sureya’s house- the extra footage we need and we also have some more shots that will look great.

-          Richmond Hill scene- we have not recorded this before, so this new scene might take some extra time because there is a lot to do. This is one of the performances so it needs to look perfect, also we will need a guitar for this scene.

-          We will be doing the staircase scene at my house- we already have done this scene but it was with our previous artist so now we need to do it with Sarah. This will not take as long as the other shots.

However, the difficulty will be that we need to do the house scene (different make-up) and then I will have to change the make-up and then record the Hill scene. After that I will then have to change the make-up again in order to do the staircase scene.  So it will take time, we might have to do Sunday as well.

Duresh x

Filming day 4

Location: my house (candle scene)

Today went really went, we managed to get everything that we wanted. The candles scene was perfect and nothing went wrong which was great. The shots we recorded were amazing and we managed to get some extra footage that could also be used throughout the music video.

I had a great idea during the recording and that was that we could start the music video when the artist walks in the house, she leans against the door and we have a pause. This is where we as the viewers get to see all the different locations. For example, we see the artist in the candle scene, the Richmond Hill scene, the fan scene, the bedroom scene. The viewers get to see all the different locations and the artist is not singing so it would be an extreme close-up.

The second scene was also perfect, the fan scene, we managed to record the close-ups we needed and some extras. However, I do feel we need some more shots of that but we will find out when I’ll be editing, if we do need more of that then Sarah and Becky will re-shot that scene while I edit.

Duresh x

Logo designs!

Sarah has designed the logos and here there are:

I like the following:

-          Some Weatz and MTF under Your Skin- the reason I like these is because of the swirl at the start of the ‘T’ and then the font is normal. The little swirl at the start gives the logo a texture and it seems realistic, also I would prefer it if it was tilted slightly on the album cover. Another reason I like this is because this is the type of logo that might be used in actual. For example, Rihanna’s signature is also like this:

-          Jellyka- the reason I like this is because it looks like the artist wrote it herself.

-          Universal College- this looks like the artist did it herself and it also shows that she is young because the design looks very college like.

-          Speedy- the reason I like this so much is because it’s very artistic and very entertaining.

Duresh x

Filming day 3

Location: Sureya’s house (main scenes)

Our first day of recording with Sarah was great! J We managed to record everything; however, as Becky (our camera woman) wasn’t there it made things a little difficult because I have to record. In my point of view, we have recorded everything, but there are some shots that Sarah and Becky wanted to do, which I couldn’t. So we will be recording again at Sureya’s house.  

I managed to do all the main shots in the bathroom and it works very will but Becky wants to do it again because she had a great idea for a shot.

The bedroom scene, we missed out some of the scene because we thought it didn’t work well but Becky might be able to do them. Also, we came up with some extra shots that we think will work well. Also this was the first time we recorded with Sarah so the make-up didn’t go that well, Sarah looked really orange so we will be doing this again (make-up is also important!)

As for the kitchen scene- we could do more but we ran out of time so we will be going there again to record with Becky.

Duresh x

WHOO! New artist

YES!!! J We have found a new artist! The name Tia suits very well with Sarah and her image is exactly how we want and it fits the artist image. Therefore, SARAH is our new artist who will be taking over Yvette’s scenes.

I do understand that there is a lot to record. However, I and Sarah had thought that it is not necessary to use a male artist in our music video; we just need to show that there is some there who Tia misses.  So we have decided to take away the extra footage and not use the drama studio shot as will it take up extra time and it’s pointless.

Also we will be recording Sureya’s house on Sunday as it will get all the important parts done and we won’t need to worry about anything. As for the candle scene we will need to record it some other day. As our artist is changed now to Sarah, we will be able to record everyday for the next week before we break up for the holidays.

Duresh x

PANIC!

I and Sarah have decided that we need a new artist; I do understand that this is a short notice and there is a lot to do, however, this is the only option. NEW ARTIST! At the last stage! AHHHHHHHHHH!!! L
I have called most of our friends, who we think will fit the artist but none of them are willing to do it. PANIC ATTACK!  L

Duresh x

PROBLEM!

The same day we were recording, we found out that Yvette is ill and there is no other day to record because she is busy. All our recording will not be done before Christmas and we will fall behind and this will cut into our editing time and we will not be able to finish on time! AHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

Also we are not allowed to use my uncle’s house as no one is at home! We will need to record at my house and will have to put mats underneath the black cloth to prevent anything to get out of hands. We will also have buckets of water on the sides, just in case. 

Duresh x

Planning for recording day

I have a great idea for the recording day, as we have less time left for the recording deadline to finish and we haven’t done much due to our artist’s schedule. As Yvette is busy most of the days and we only have that one day to record, we will try our best to record everything that day. If not that day then when I will be uploading the shots and starting to edit, Sarah and Becky could go and re-shot some of the shot and get some extra footage.

On Sunday, we will go to my uncle’s house to record the candles scene as they have wooden floor boarding and there is less risk of catching things on fire. After we have recording the candles scene we will record the fan scene. Around 3.30 we will go to Sureya’s house to record all the important shots to complete the recording.

Duresh x

Great idea!!!

Few days before the recording I had a great idea and that is:

As in most music videos such as, ‘rose coloured glasses’ we usually see the artist in the centre and their hair are flying back with the use of fans. Therefore, I thought that we could use something like that which would make the music video even more interesting and entertaining and it would engage the viewers even more.  We would have the artist standing against the wall with a black dress and we will use a fan to make her hair and dress fly. This could be used as the performance part a sit looks every good with this type of song.

Duresh x

Planning for recording day

I have very excited for our recording day on Sunday in Sureya’s house because it is one of our main shots and it’s our main location. We need to record:

·         The artist in the bathroom- looking at all the products of the male artist and missing him. We would have extreme close-ups of the products, toothbrushes and the towels. We will use those because we want the viewer to experience the same emotions as the artist. The only way to show this would be through the types of shots we use and the emotions and expressions on the artist’s face.

·         The second part is the bedroom scene- this is one of the main scenes because we the moment when the artist breaks down. The artist will be on the bed and look toward the place where her partner was before (will do an sky view shot) we will also have a moment when she tries on her partners jumper and we might have her breaking down at that point because it will engage the viewers even more.

·         The third scene will be in the kitchen- we will have a close-up of dead roses this has connotations of the ended relationship which the artist is trying to drag on. The dead roses also show that no one has been home for a while and I thought we could try to show that the roses were given to her by her partner.

Another idea we cam up with was that we could use some tea candles in every scene as a theme to the music video. As we are planning to use tea candles for an entire scene near the end. I and Sarah decided that we could put an unlit tea candle in every shot to give clues for the end. 

Duresh x

Sarah’s idea

Sarah had a great idea about having the artist sit in the centre on the room and have her surrounded by tea light candles. As we are recording in a house, there is a problem that we might end up making the video look more like a TV show. Therefore we need to have some ‘glamour’ shots like this to make the music video even more interesting. Sarah’s idea is great and I would like to expand it by saying that we should have the artist sitting on a black sheet of cloth. Then have the candles around her with no lights on so that it would create some extra affects. I also thought that the artist could be wearing a black dress which would look great with the whole theme.

Duresh x

Filming day 2

This was very productive because we managed to record everything we wanted to record, the shots were perfect. We came up with some extra shots along the way which really helped us to make the video lively. As a group we, tried our best to use as many close-ups as possible as it is a music video.

The location was my house, where we just used the staircase to have our artist playing the guitar for the entire song and we would use cut-away shots along the music video.

Duresh x

Filming day 1

We had a great time filming with Yvette and Charlie for the couple’s scene in the park. We managed to get all the shots we needed, however, if was difficult to get the close-ups we needed, e.g. any kisses scenes. This was awkward because we didn’t know how to show the connection between the couple.

Duresh x