As my evaluation would not upload to Youtube, I have put it on a DVD
This is a blog for my A2 Media coursework 2011-12
Monday, 19 December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Risk Assessment
hen in consideration of the possible hazards that may affect the production of my music video I had to be analytical on what possible could be done to prevent these risks.
1- A preliminary precaution that had to be taken was that, we had to formulate an agreement between the actors and ourselves and disclaim what would be expected of them as they acted in the production and they had to be aware of the possible risks which in this case were; as they would be doing a lot of staged running whilst in an drunk state, they could possibly trip or fall on pavement or stairs whilst acting, therefore they would have to have been extra cautious towards this for prevention.
2- Another risk would have been the access to film within a train station, as we were not previously aware of the policy against filming within a train station, we were at high risk of getting caught and possibly prosecuted without warning. However, following the filming session a worker at harold wood station later approached us and told us that it was prohibited to film in any train station and it could lead to immediate arrest, this was a verbal warning. If we had accessed this information at an earlier stage in the development of the project I would have avoided filming at train station and thought of an alternative solution or another shot to put into the sequence.
3- As we were filming the staged club environment within the blue screen room, we were aware that filming would take place in darkness and minimal light would have been provided by the crane lights in the studio. Therefore it was of paramount importance that the crowd would not get hurt whilst dancing, trip on any wires or hit the fog machine and damage any other electrical appliances. To prevent this occurrence we duck taped all wiring to the ground and ensured any/all appliances and electrical sockets were at a sufficient distance away from the dance floor.
4- As I was watching back over the first draft of the music video and i noticed that as there are loads of flashing jump cuts in between various scene. this could have a possible epilepsy hazard . to disclaim epileptic viewers i will disclaim that this video contains flashing images within the description in the final draft on youtube.
1- A preliminary precaution that had to be taken was that, we had to formulate an agreement between the actors and ourselves and disclaim what would be expected of them as they acted in the production and they had to be aware of the possible risks which in this case were; as they would be doing a lot of staged running whilst in an drunk state, they could possibly trip or fall on pavement or stairs whilst acting, therefore they would have to have been extra cautious towards this for prevention.
2- Another risk would have been the access to film within a train station, as we were not previously aware of the policy against filming within a train station, we were at high risk of getting caught and possibly prosecuted without warning. However, following the filming session a worker at harold wood station later approached us and told us that it was prohibited to film in any train station and it could lead to immediate arrest, this was a verbal warning. If we had accessed this information at an earlier stage in the development of the project I would have avoided filming at train station and thought of an alternative solution or another shot to put into the sequence.
3- As we were filming the staged club environment within the blue screen room, we were aware that filming would take place in darkness and minimal light would have been provided by the crane lights in the studio. Therefore it was of paramount importance that the crowd would not get hurt whilst dancing, trip on any wires or hit the fog machine and damage any other electrical appliances. To prevent this occurrence we duck taped all wiring to the ground and ensured any/all appliances and electrical sockets were at a sufficient distance away from the dance floor.
4- As I was watching back over the first draft of the music video and i noticed that as there are loads of flashing jump cuts in between various scene. this could have a possible epilepsy hazard . to disclaim epileptic viewers i will disclaim that this video contains flashing images within the description in the final draft on youtube.
Thomas Wallbank
Role: Director/Cameraman
Phone number: 07792226511
Email: thomas.wallbank93@gmail.com
Manoj Gohil
Role: Director/ Editor/ Actor: Killer
Email Address: manojgohil8@gmail.com
Phone number: 07985117311
ACTORS
Christopher Temple
Role: Actor- the last victim
Phone: 07825303512
Email: christophertemple@ymail.com
Priyank Thakker
Role- Penultimate victim
Phone Number: 07507414519
Dhru Rathod
Role: First victim
Phone Number: 07534178253
Friday, 4 November 2011
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Technical Analysis- MASSS - The catalyst (Linkin park DUBSTEP Remix)
I am analysing MASSS' music video of their remix of Linkin Park- The Catalyst
Cinematography
This music video is all done through POV style. It is filmed from the POV of the gun. The first shot is an establishing shot of the room the gun is in. In the second, it is filmed from a low-angle, looking up at the man holding the gun. All the shots are tracking shots, of either the protagonist walking, driving, or on a skateboard. These shots are very experimental as you're following the gun, rather than the man, which is like the gun is the protagonist. The tracking shots while in the care are from a low angle driving along the road passing other parked cars.
Mise-en-scene
it's set in a rural area, such as South/East London. This supplements the realism as there no costumes. There is a time lapse of the city from day to night, which shows the light of day then the darkness of the night. In the shot where the man is holding the gun up, the light flashes from black and white to blue.
Editing
The editing is very fast passed, especially when the bass drops. Also its twitchy, which flows with the beat of the song. They use fast cuts to cut into the next shop, rather than fades and other transitions. They sped up the camera work to allow more to happen in the video.
Genre Research
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"
The earliest dubstep releases date back to 1998 and were darker, more experimental, instrumental dub remixes of 2-step garage tracks.
Dubstep's rhythms are usually shuffled. It doesn't follow the common patterns in other styles of electronic dance music. It relies of longer percussion loops. Dubstep features the wobble bass.
2009-present is when dubstep has become mainstream, particularly in the UK. The US are fast becoming dubtep followers as well.
It is compilation of many popular underground genres, such as garage musical contemporary rap, UK rock, electro and house. It takes into account various conventions of some of the best genres of music which enables Dubstep to become so versatile so that it can be incorporated with all most any type of music. This is one of the reasons as to why Dubstep has become popular amongst so many different social groups based on their musical preferences, people that are into heavy metal, electro, grime and house music which all greatly differentiate from one another, all have Dubstep as a common genre preference in their music choice. The relationship between the lyrics and music is different to other genres, not due to the music overpowering the lyrics, but the music having the same effect in the track as the lyrics would, meaning that people that love good music, listen to the lyrics for example the lyrics from Bob Dylan. But with dubstep, the music has meaning as well, as it makes you feel as if adrenaline is passing through you whilst you listen.
The earliest dubstep releases date back to 1998 and were darker, more experimental, instrumental dub remixes of 2-step garage tracks.
Dubstep's rhythms are usually shuffled. It doesn't follow the common patterns in other styles of electronic dance music. It relies of longer percussion loops. Dubstep features the wobble bass.
2009-present is when dubstep has become mainstream, particularly in the UK. The US are fast becoming dubtep followers as well.
It is compilation of many popular underground genres, such as garage musical contemporary rap, UK rock, electro and house. It takes into account various conventions of some of the best genres of music which enables Dubstep to become so versatile so that it can be incorporated with all most any type of music. This is one of the reasons as to why Dubstep has become popular amongst so many different social groups based on their musical preferences, people that are into heavy metal, electro, grime and house music which all greatly differentiate from one another, all have Dubstep as a common genre preference in their music choice. The relationship between the lyrics and music is different to other genres, not due to the music overpowering the lyrics, but the music having the same effect in the track as the lyrics would, meaning that people that love good music, listen to the lyrics for example the lyrics from Bob Dylan. But with dubstep, the music has meaning as well, as it makes you feel as if adrenaline is passing through you whilst you listen.
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