Tuesday 28 June 2011

Research: Busted - 'What I Go To School For' (not finished)

Shots & Camerawork
1. The video opens with a close-up shot of the teacher's feet, and tracks as she walks to the front of the classroom.
2. Close-up tracking shot from over the shoulder as the teacher writes "Sex Education" on the board.
3. Close-up shot of the teacher's face as she turns around from the board.
4. Medium shot of Charlie sitting at his desk. Other class members sat in surrounding desks.
5. Close-up shot of the teacher's hand as she flicks off the light switch.
6. Back to medium shot of Charlie, he's fiddling with a pen.
7. Medium shot of the video on the board
8. Extreme close-up of the teacher's eyes (looking at the video on the board).
9. Back to medium shot of Charlie
10. Long shot panning shot from towards the back of the classroom, aimed at the video on the board.
11. Over the shoulder shot from behind Charlie, two girls walk past. Camera tracks up as the girls walk past, then back down again to Charlie (he shakes his head).
12. Medium shot of video.
13. Back to medium shot of Charlie at the desk (zooms in slightly & slowly)
14. Over the shoulder shot of a girl who turns around and smiles (camera zooms slightly)
15. Medium shot of James at his desk, looks up and is repulsed.
16. Long shot of Matt and other students, he pushes past and struts/walks into the foreground to the desk at the front. (Shot taken from the front of class looking towards the back)Camera slightly tracks down as Matt sits down.
17. Very quick extreme close up of the teacher's back of head and then eyes as she turns around from the board.
18. Medium shot between the shoulders of two students at the two desks in front, looking at Charlie, he is leaning over his desk
19. Medium shot (similar to the previous one but at a slight angle, James is positioned slightly to the right) looking at James staring open-mouthed from his desk, between the shoulders of two students at the row in front.
20. close-up low angle shot of Matt at his desk, lifts up a pencil and drops it.
21. Close up slow motion shot of the pencil hitting the floor (Matt's feet in the background)
22. Shot taken from the position of the desks, looking towards the front. Medium shot of the teacher's legs and shoes as she bends down to pick up the pencil
23. Long shot of the teacher crouched down with the pencil in her hand. Camera slightly zooms as she stands up, points at the class with the pencil
24. Long shot of Busted (James left, Matt centre, Charlie right) and students in the background, Busted do their jump
25. Close up of James singing "Even though it is a"
26. Close up of Charlie singing "real bore"
27. Close up of Matt singing "You can call me crazy"
28. Medium shot of Charlie sitting at his desk, teacher is standing in front of him, handing him a piece of paper (two-shot) taken from the side. She then turns to walk away
29. Back to long shot of Busted (slightly low angle), do their jump again
30. Medium shot of a random student for the line "Even though it is a real bore."
31. Medium shot of Matt at his desk (can see Matt's shoulders and head only) Teacher is leaning over him, looking at his work, he is gazing at her, open-mouthed
32. Close up of Cahrlie singing "But none like Miss McKenzie"
33. Back to long shot of Busted "that's what I go to..." (Busted crouch down towards camera, still slightly low angled)
34. For the lyrics "school for..." Shot from the mid/back of the class looking to the front, at the teacher, class have their hands up (one hand up in the foreground) Teacher is positioned very slightly to the left, two students with their hands up in the shot, shot taken from behind students
35, Close up of James as he holds up his guitar to the end part of the chorus, plays his guitar (3 strums)
36. Back to long shot of Busted (Matt in the middle, James on the left, lowers his guitar, Charlie moves forward and crouches down to sing "That's what I go to school for."
37. Long shot taken from the side of James sitting at his desk (camera positioned so desk is not visible) Teachers walks into the shot, walks past James and strokes his shoulder/arm, James looks up

DVD Cover

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Coursework Options for A2

- Looking at the two coursework briefs available to you for A2 next year, (music video/short film) which are you thinking of doing? Why?

Based on myself, I am slightly leaning more to the music video option for the A2 coursework. Being a huge music fan, when I listen to a song prior to seeing the video I often visualise some sort of narrative in my mind. I believe this will be an advantage for me in this piece of coursework. Furthermore, the music video option includes creating a DVD cover for the video and a magazine advert promoting the album, which relates back to my GCSE Media Studies coursework, where I designed a campaign advertising a rock festival, which is somewhat related and may help me.

I can see drawbacks and potential problems in making a small film, as there could be complications with the script, actors, storyline etc. I would want my media coursework to be authentic, realistic and believable. Admittedly, I can also see similar possible complications in making a music video, but I believe the soundtrack of the music will perhaps ground the structure of the film, which will help in terms of editing.

My initial thoughts for making a video are that I want to display some sort of narrative, linked to the song itself. Although I do not know what song I intend to use yet, I will look at the potential of several songs, and maybe create some ideas as to what I could show in the music video, if I was to make one for that song. However, all plans for the piece of coursework are quite vague at this current moment in time, as I am not entirely sure who I will be working with.

From past media experiences, I have learnt that keeping to a production schedule is essential, and is definitely something on which I intend to work on for the A2 media coursework. In addition, I would like to be creative in terms of editing, so familiarising myself further with the software available will be crucial.

Summary Of Lip Sync Video Task

Overall, the lip-synching video task could have gone better, but I am very happy with the end result. The song chosen was appropriate for the task, as it allowed clever editing tied into the sound. The lyrics were well mimed by Eli.

If I was to do this task again, I would choose a different location for the filming, simply because of the complications that accompanied our location (the churchyard). One of the major issues was a man who interrupted filming substantially, meaning that we did not film everything we would have liked to. What with the churchyard being public place, people were bound to be in the vicinity of filming, but we did not anticipate someone actually disturbing our filming and preventing us from gathering all the shots we wanted.

Lip Sync Video Task