Filming Blog

We did not film this weekend. There was nothing filmed this weekend since everyone was busy. We decided that we will do it in parts since we could not meet up. It was very hard to find a day that worked for all of us because we have different schedules. We decided that it would be best if we did the music video in sections because no one had time to film. By doing it this way we are able to set a time that is available to us. It would also make our videos have a better outcome. We can take our time rather the rush to get it done. I'm now able to film on Saturdays with Sabrina. We had to change some of the storyboard to accommodate our filming days.

This has set us back a bit, but we have now made a better plan. I will film the parts that do not have people in them. Sabrina will film the other clips. We are going to use the same actor we planned. There are supplies that I will need to gather in order to film the music video. I am going to organize our material so we are ready for filming. ReJoice will be doing the editing since she can not film with us. We still plan on filming at school. We have a backup plan just in case so we are not able to film after school. If we do not get to film everything we will pick a day to film again.  

I want to make enough time just in case we have to refilm. The location has changed from the park to Sabrina’s back yard since her sister is the actor. We changed the slumber party scene to a movie scene. We also decided to film a close up of the popcorn instead of the person. The costumes are going to stay the same. The props are going to change because we decided to change the scene. We will no longer need to call stores to film because we are not going to need them since we removed the scene. There are a lot of things to be done. We need to start working soon if we want to finish the video and start editing. I’m excited to start filming the music video.

Music Video Storyboard blog

In the very beginning, the actor will be thinking about a flashback that will take place in the park. The following scene will be a flashback that will show two actors play fighting. This is followed up by one of the actors spilling water onto the other person. Both scenes are flashbacks of the same moment which will be portrayed within a split-screen. When the scene shifts from flashback to present, the actor will be hallucinating about that person seeing them everywhere. With a touch on the shoulder, the actor will snap back to reality. The next scene will show that every person that was being hallucinated about disappear.

Between the scenes going from flashback to present or vice versa, the transition will be jump cuts. Having the scenes go from a flashback to a flashback will be followed by a burn out transition. Both the first and last scenes are gonna be recorded at War field Park. The first scene will be in the present showing how the actor is feeling by singing to the main song. The next scene is set up as a flashback which will show two actors having fun together while making popcorn in the kitchen. Followed by the scene will reverse back to the present showing a slumber party scene that will have a bedroom setting. After filming the slumber party scene, the next setting will jump right into the schoolyard where the actor will be located right in front of the stairs for building 5 of Fort Lauderdale High. The scene will be a flashback showing how the actor trips and drops all of their books. Finally, the last scene will be in the present within the park which will show the actor thinking alluding back to the very first scene of the music video. 

Within the last two scenes of the music video, our group decided to make the scene play out as if it was right back at the beginning. We reverse it all the way back to the point where the actor will be seen walking forward again. The ending scenes will take place in the present with the transition being a jump cut. The last two scenes will also take place at War field Park.

Planning Blog Music Video

Location: There will be a scene shot right in front of the stairs for building 5 inside Fort Lauderdale High school. Another scene that will be incorporated within the music video is a slumber party which will be recorded at our local Target (with permission) or IKEA furniture store. For the bulk of the music video, scenes will be recorded at War field Park in the city of Fort Lauderdale since it is the park closest to all group members.

Health and Safety: For a scene where the actor will trip in the schoolyard, cushioning will be provided so that the actor doesn't get hurt. When driving to our meeting point, each group member will comply with the rule of traffic and wear seat belts. When recording our slumber party scene, our group will ask permission to record in either Target, IKEA or Rooms-To-Go so that we don't break any rules. For the scenes that will be shot in War field Park, mosquito spray will be brought in case anyone is getting bitten easily.

Props: Our team thought about using flyers for a scene where the actor will be hallucinating about a person in their flashbacks. Books will be used during the scene where the actor will trip and drop all of their books in a flashback scene. Snacks, more specifically popcorn, will be used during a flashback where two actors will be seen making popcorn together in a kitchen. Lastly, park equipment, such as a Frisbee and ball will be used to make the park scene more joyful and natural.

Costumes: Regular shirt and pants that are brightly colored or pastel for all the scenes

Schedule: -11/18/19 to 11/22/19 our group was planning out how each scene will play out

                 -11/23/19 to 11/26/19 our group is gathering props and finding actors to be in our music video                 
                 -11/27/19 our team is recording inside War field Park

                 -11/28/19 Thanksgiving no one is recording

                 -11/29/19 to 12/01/19 our team will edit scenes that we already have

                 -12/02/19 our team will call Target in advance to see if we could record inside

                 -12/07/19 our team is editing

                 -12/09/19 Music Video is due

Intro to music video

We just finished our commercial and I think our commercial was good. I think we could have incorporated more acting. One thing we did well was the storyboarding because we followed most of it and only changed one thing. Editing also went well and this will help us with our music video. We are now starting our music video and I am really excited. One thing I think we should add to our music video is more camera angles because we did not have that many in our commercial. The commercial was very helpful because it taught us how the process of the film works.

As of today, our class was assigned to work on filming our first music video. For the music video, our group agreed to do the song “I forgot you existed” by Taylor Swift after both Sabrina and me heard the song for the first time. Our team mainly picked the song for the reason being that Rejoice gave the idea of filming flashbacks and present scenes for the music video. 

C- Our team hasn’t specified the article of clothing the actors will be wearing, but we have settled on wearing only bright/ pastel colors.

L- Our team decided to conduct fluorescent lighting for a particular scene and mainly use natural lighting cast from the sun.

A- Our team wanted to include mainly two new actors with the inclusion of background.

M- No specific makeup would be used for the entirety of the music video just natural face.

P-  For props, our team settled with using books, popcorn, flyers, and park equipment (frisbees, ball).

S- Our team settled on filming scenes taking place in a park, the school, and in one of the group member’s house.

Our music video as a whole will be under the pop genre with music that will take its place as the main sound. The main camera movement our team wants to include was a flash pan for a particular scene that will take place in the music video.

Editing Continued

Today we continued to edit our video. We added some new things to our video. One thing that we added was the voice over. We also organized the way we wanted the building to go to. The sign for building 17 was changed to zoom out instead of zoom in. It was easier to see the sign that way. We also shorten the tracking shot of building 8. It was taking up 10 seconds and we got it done to six seconds. We tried to make all of our clips as short as possible. After we were close to finishing editing it, we started to add more transitions to see if it would take up more time in the video.

We wanted to keep the tracking shot of building 8 uniformed, so we added a swap transition. For all the inserts we had an open circle transition, we decided to keep it the same. To separate the building 17 sign and the actual building we used a fade to white transition. To show that buildings offered AICE classes we used a cross blur. The last clip was a fade to black to indicate that it was the last clip. We found out that adding the transitions shorten the video. This was good because our commercial was a little long. We finished adding the transitions. The editing is almost done we just have to add music to the background. The music we want to add is supposed to be soft and blend in the background.

We edited the voiceover. There was a problem with one part of the voiceover because of the cut we did before, but we fixed it. We ended up having to make the clip for building 8 longer so the voice-over could match. Building 5 was the hardest to edit because we needed most of the voiceover and we really couldn't cut anything out. We ended up cutting some of it to make the video shorter. The voiceover for the outro did not fit at first so we needed to make the clip longer. This made the video four seconds pass 30 seconds. We fixed this by shortening some of the other clips. There were some parts of the voiceover we did not use any more because it did not apply to our commercial anymore. We also made the audio for the voiceover louder, so when we add the music it doesn't get overpowered. Today was a very productive day and we are almost done. Later we will export the video.