Mise - en - sene filming days prep

So we are only a few days away from filming now. Today we had a group discussion and talked about the mise en sene in the filming on different days as we need to be prepared. We discussed the clothing, locations (although these had already been planned) and props.

Filming day 1:
Location: Danielles bedroom

Props: mobile phone

Costumes: cat top, and long beige socks

Filming day 2:

location: kings head pub:

props: pint glass and apple juice to look like a pint of larger
Costumes: oyinda- beige heels and leggings, flowery top, John - jumper and jeans (casual)





Filming day 3:

location: school photography room

props: glitter, fake flowers (4 screen)
costumes: oyinda-polka dot dress, John-red jumper and jeans (casual)






Filming day 4:

Location: Park (playing fields)



props: bike (dolly) lighter, bag

costumes: Oyinda-brown lace heels, leggings and a top, John-coat, jeans.

Questionairre based on my music Video

After much research on Andrew Goodwins music video I've managed to apply some of his components into my questionnaire.

In my questionnaire have used both quantitative and qualitative questions because although it does take time to fill in questionnaires qualitative questions give more detail and are more rich in detail; we won't get rich detail about peoples real opinions by just ticking boxes and using quantitative questions. Quantitative questions are also needed to get an overall picture of the people answering the questions eg. age, gender. Below in an example of my questionnaire and some data I've correlated together. I Questionnaires 40 students at my sixth form.



(please circle questions or write in the appropriate answer)

Name: _________

Male - Female

Age: 0-15 16-25 26-35 36+

What is your occupation: _____________

What is your favourite music genre: Pop Rock Country Indie Dance R&B Contemporary

How do you access your music videos: Internet, Television

Name two expectations you have of a 'Pop' music video?

What makes you watch a music video more than once?

Do you think it is important to have the artist in his/her music video?

What Costumes do you expect in a Pop music video?

What are your expectations of a music video from Lily Allen?

What is your favourite Lily Allen music video and why?

What do you want from my music video, Made up to fit the song 'Knock em out' By Lily Allen?

Data collected

What is your favourite music video?

From my research I've put into a bar chart I've found that the most popular genre I found was pop. This shows that pop music is a good genre to do a music video to as their is a wide audience and a high chance of success. However my results could be biased in some way as 95% of the people I questioned were female students of the age bracket 16-25 as I questioned them at my all girls sixth form. If I wanted to get a more generalised picture I'd have to go round different areas collecting data and ask males and females of various ages.



How do you access your music videos, TV or Internet.

I found that the majority of TV and Internet choices are relatively mixed. This shows that when distributing my music video to a wider audience I'd probably post my music video on the Internet and also to a local and international TV site such as MTV or 4music website.




Lastly I asked the question... what characteristics do you expect in a Pop music video and presented it in a wordle.

From my research It should help with the progress of my music video and Will be able to please the audience with the expectations.

Andrew Goodwins music video Theory:

Whilst researching questionnaires I found a very inspirational theory of music videos by Andrew Goodwin:

Andrew Goodwin has identified a number of key features which distinguish the music
video as a form:
- There is a relationship between the lyrics and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating,
amplifying or contradicting the lyrics.
- There is a relationship between the music and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating,
amplifying or contradicting the music.
- Genres are complex and diverse in terms of music video style and iconography
- Record companies will demand a lot of close-ups of the main artist or vocalist
- Voyeurism is present in many music videos, especially in the treatment of females, but
also in terms of systems of looking. Some examples are screens within screens,
cameras, mirrors, etc.
- there are likely to be inter textual references, either to other music videos or to films and
TV texts, these provide further gratification and pleasure for the viewers/fan

To explain it further I've found a video on Google about Andrew Goodwins music theory below

Andrew Goodwin’s Theory

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Filming - Practice

Today we did our first music video shoot! We did this in our media lesson time as we were allowed to go out as we were so excited to start filming. Whilst filming we had to keep in mind the rule of thirds, lighting, composition and framing. We just went to the roads by the school as it was so cold and snowing. We didn't follow any set story boards as we were only practicing so we improvised. We played Danielle's Ipod so Oyinda (actress) could lip sync along. We got quite a few funny shots such as a shot of some builders who agreed to play a small part in our video! Here are a few snap shots of the day and the final edited practice below. We realised after editing the piece we did not have barely enough footage to even make a chorus which has definitely made up realise we need to film 100 times more than we need!






I made this little piece above of the beginning of the song. I editing the beginning of the trees with a soft focus effect whilst slowing down the clip. I think this is really effective as it gives a tranquil setting and establishes the scene. However this shot is FAR to long and we would need different shot types if there were going to be in the final product.








My group and I edited this montage. This was the first practice filming and although we didn't get enough shot types in I really life some of the shots. My favourite shot has to be the one of the builders. This shot really fits in with the Lilly Allen song as being really cheeky. I also LOVE the lighting on the shot were we throw leafs over Oyinda. The light captures the camera as the perfect angle. We added the song A kiss with a fist by Florence and the Machine as we thought this fit the video.

Story Boarding

My group and I have now starting story boarding! It's such an exciting process as you can see the video piecing together with ideas constantly flowing through your head. I recently made an example story board of the video 'The show' by Lenka and now my group and I are storyboarding our final video!
I had to think of every little detail such as what props will be in that shot, how many seconds is the shot, the mise-en-sen such as lighting, costume, props and makeup, the angle and framing of the shot, the facial expressions! it's such a long process, and i thought story boarding last year was enough but music videos have even more detail! we also have to keep in mind the marking criteria to try and reach those A's and B's!

Here is an example of the marking criteria and also an example of my first music video story board below!

Intertextuality in the music video

In my music video my group and I thought it would be a good idea to add components of intertextuality.

So what is intertextuality?

''Intertextuality is the shaping of texts' meanings by other texts. It can refer to an author’s borrowing and transformation of a prior text or to a reader’s referencing of one text in reading another.''

In simpler terms, intertextuality is when you incorporate another media within a media.

In our music video were going to be playing on the feminist idea. Feminism refers to equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. feminism thus seeks to liberate men as well as women. In our music video we will be trying to promote equality and feminism. We were thinking in the bedroom scene the girl will be dressed girly, however
there will be a WW1 poser up.

This song by Daisy dares you also has element of intertextuality running through with the Alice in wonderland theme.

Whilst watching magic music video on TV Pinks new video for Raise your glass came up, I was fascinated to discover some of our ideas were in her music video, this shows we really are tihnking like professional producers! The idea of the WW1 we can do it posters she has Incorporated into her video, with the wearing the head scarf and the flexing of one arm is exactly what we have just filmed in our first filming session, because we are using these posters as the anti feminist iconography in our music video.

Theories associated with Film Genre

Film genre is an important factor for film-makers and audiences. Films are categorised by genre at every stage from the screenwriter to store. A lot of study has been conducted into the categorisation of film and how it informs our understanding of the film as text. There is a lot of commercial interest in the way people classify and choose to watch movies.

There are two approaches to the study of film genre.

Descriptive:

Involves viewing a film as belonging to a category. It is perceived as sharing aspects and attributes with other films in the same category.

Functional:

Where the genre film is perceived as "collective expressions’’ of contemporary. The repetitions of patterns in a genre film are the repetitions of social questioning that must be repeated from generation to generation, as values change.

A combination of these two is whereby a film is considered as both part of a paradigmatic set, and as the product of a time and place.