Today, we spent most of the day, logging and capturing the footage that we had taken in the previous week. We then found that some of the footage looked shaky, so we decided that we would sort this in the editing process and add transitions and effects.
We also added the music track to the timeline. This would then able us to begin editing in the next lesson.

So far, we have been in the process of creating our music video.By doing this we have been doing a combination of filming and editing,as we have been in town and the theatre, creating shots, which shows Osman alone and hurt.

The shots that we have been filming are various camera angles, however they are a majority of high camera angles as we want to present Osman in the music video as vulnerable and inferior. We have also, been taking many close ups, to show the facial expressions of Osman.Other camera shots that we have used include;medium shots, long shots, pans etc.

When going into town, we travelled on the bus, which then gave us a idea to film on the bus as the bus was more or less empty. To film this shot, we used a rig. This allowed us to get different camera angles as it would have been very shaky as the bus was moving, it allowed us to have more control of the camera.

Next on our journey, we wanted to film Osman in a restaurant/bar to give a sense of forever being alone. The bar we chose to film in and were allowed to shoot in was the KRO BAR as they were very happy to see students wanting to use their facility. The shots were taken in the early hours of the morning as it was empty. We sat Osman in the corner of the restaurant/bar, we did this on purpose as the window was behind him and we wanted to create an image of Osman sitting in the bar alone with the whole world passing him on the other side.

We then went to Piccadilly gardens to film shots of Osman in front of the waterfall.When filming this, i thought that this would not look good, however, I stood corrected when I looked back on the camera. The shots that we took at the back of the waterfall made the shots look creative.

From there, we then explored town, filming Osman in various different locations to fit into our music video. We then made our way back to college to log and capture our footage that we had taken.

Filming at Osmans house, after college

Today, I went around Osmans house to film the opening scenes of our music video. The opening scenes that we filmed as written in our shot list was Osman in bed and looking at his watch. To do this and to use this within our music video, we filmed this shot from many different camera angles and we used a variation of different shots, such as; close up,medium shot,over the shoulder shot and point of view shot which leads to a pan of the room. We filmed this several times as we could use different shots when we begin editing to begin the sequencing of the music video.

A medium shot of a bird alone which we are going to use within our music video as we are trying to capture the sense of being alone.

When we took this shot we were filming Osman's scene where he is sitting in different seats alone. We have done this to show that he is isolated and secluded.

This is an image of one of the locations in which we are going to use within our media product.
This is the college theatre.
We are going to use this twice, however it will not loook the same as the second time we are going to use it, we are going to use the lighting system and the curtains to create a techno location

Shot List

Before the song actually starts, we want to film an intro which will consist of:


Location-Osmans room

1. High angle directly on top of Osman lying down in his bed
2. Long shot-he sits up in his bed
3. Extreme close up of his face
4. Eyeline match pan of Osmans room-blurred vision done by editing

Track-Calvin Harris begins

1. Over the shoulder shot of Osmans reflection in the mirror
2. Medium shot of Osman looking directly into the camera as though it were the mirror
3. Back to an over the shoulder shot of Osman looking in the mirror, however it is not Osman, it is an older version to show how much he has aged. Also with loneliness and it also matches the lyrics at the beginning of verse 1

Location-Outside of college, Random guy 1 standing by himself

1. Extreme close up followed by tracking back to show a long shot- this is going to be speed ed up in the editing process to show that he is alone and time is passing by-hence the theme of the song

Location-park-pigeon by itself

1. Long shot of pigeon by itself

Location- Park sitting alone on bench swinging his legs-Ahmeds little brother-Adam

1. Long shot of Adam swinging his leg
2. Close up of the sadness in Adams face showing his venerability because he is alone

Location-My(Kuvals) house-Kuval's little sister Neelam looking out the window with her teddy

1. Long shot
2. Close up to show innocence hence the teddy

Blurred vision created during editing process. Neelam is imagining she is in the garden playing on the swings.

Long shot of her playing on the swings being happy and somebody pushing her on the swing to show that she is not alone within her imaginary vision

Location-College steps, students feet walking through the door, fast pace in the editing process

1. Low angle

Track s beat begins to speed up. Location-Osman in theatre changing seats

1. Long shots used according to the beat of Osman changing seats which will be speeded up in the editing process-15 seconds

Location-Still in theatre, however blacked out and lights flashing matching the words of the song at that appropriate time.

1. Various fast paced shots to show the confusion of Osmans state of mind.
2. High angles to represent Osman as inferior and venerable.

Location-On the bus

1. Extreme close up on Osman on the bus by himself-we are going to use the rig to film this
2. Use various different shots to show Osmans facial expressions

Location- In the corner of Kro bar

1. Medium shot and close ups of Osman, reading the menu by himself

Location-Piccadilly Garden in front of waterfall

1. Long shot and back shot of Osman in front of the waterfall

Location-In town on the elevator going towards the food court

1. Close up and zoom into Osmans face

Location-Sitting down at table

1. Zoom in to Osmans face reading the paper and drinking coffee

Location-Back in the theatre-confused

Location-Back to his room getting into bed again which shows the end of the day and which also shows the end of the track.

So far, we are in the process of making our music video as we have discussed as a group, the right song to produce-Calvin Harris "I am not Alone".

This song stood out to us as we knew we could make a very different video to the original one. Personally, we thought that the original music video was quite random and didn't correspond to the lyrics.

Our essential theme of the footage we want to produce is being alone. Therefore, we will need emotive and powerful scenes to create the illusion of being alone. We have agreed that Osman will be essential actor throughout the filming process and he is going to portray a lonely, confused character. Hence, myself and Ahmed handling the the camera.

Today, we began filming as we had already chosen the fundamental location that we were going to film in. Firstly, we went to the the theatre and we filmed Osman sitting on different seats by himself looking tired, worn out and lonely. We did this,as we want to speed up the pace in the editing process and make it look like he has no-one to talk to and he spends his time by himself. The shot we used for this was a long shot, however we also took the same shots using a high angle. We did this show a variety of shots and to also make Osman feel inferior and vulnerable.

We then went outside and took footage of a bird by itself, we thought that we show that it is alone, however coincidentally when filming another bird wandered into the shot. We thought this would ruin the whole shot. Although looking back at the footage, it worked pretty well as at the beginning we could show the bird by itself and then at the end of the song, we could film the two birds together showing that the bird is not alone.

At the end of the lesson, we thought it went quite successful and were pleased at the footage.
Before next lesson we are hoping to have more footage as we are taking the camera with us.

Kuval Kaur

Planning

Planning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clY2RAgXpM0

Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone Lyrics

Can you stay up for the weekend
and blame god for looking too old
can find all that you stand for
has been replaced with mountains of gold
you cannot dream yourself to noticeto feel pain and swallow fear
but can you stay up for the weekend
for next year
God i can’t do this any more
though ill be laid down on the floor
as many feet walk through the door
I’m not alone
[repeatedly punch the air bit]
if i see a light flashing
could this mean that I’m coming home
if i see a man waving
does this mean that I’m not alone
if i see a light flashing
could this mean that I’m coming home
if i see a man wavingdoes this mean that I’m not alone
no?
[repeatedly punch the air bit] again
if i see a light flashing
could this mean that I’m coming home
if i see a man waving
does this mean that I’m not alone
if i see a light flashing
could this mean that I’m coming home
if i see a man waving
does this mean that I’m not alone

View the video 'Calvin Harris - acceptable in the 80's'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1S3JCknQJ4

Analysis of ' Calvin Harris – Acceptable in the 80’s '

For our music video we are plaing to do Calvin Harris - I'm not alone
i'm going to analyse Calvin Harris – Acceptable in the 80’s to get a feel for his music video's

Performance
In this music video it has some performance of dancing and also Calvin Harris lip-syncing to the song as a DJ.
Narrative
This video also show the narrative which is science experiment on the animals which they are trying to say it was ‘acceptable in the 80’s’. Also going to your hairdresser’s salon to do a over the top style was ‘acceptable in the 80’s’

Calvin Harris music video has lots of deliberate references to the 1980’s such as the old fashion cloths the performers are dancing to, the old fashioned hairstyles and also the split screen editing effect

Planning

Today, we began our music video; myself(Kuval),Osman and Ahmed. As you may have noticed there are only three people within our group, however we have all agreed that extra effort will be put in to complete our music video and make it very different.
At the beginning of the lesson,we all listed songs that we would like to produce.We came up with a number of songs;for example;

1. Black Eyed Peas-Where Is the Love
2. Black Eyed Peas-Boom Boom Boom
3. Pussycat Dolls-Jai Ho
4. Nelly and Kelly Rowland-Dilemma
5. Calvin Harris-I'm not Alone
6. Justin Timberlake-Sexy back
7. Timberland-The way I are
8. Enrique Ingelsis-Hero

It was then even tougher as we then had to decide as a group which one music video we were going to use. Everyone in the group had their own ideas. We then went through every song and and eliminated songs which we thought were not going to make it. These are the songs that we eliminated;

1. Black Eyed Peas-Boom Boom Boom
2. Justin Timberlake-Sexyback
3. Timberland-The way I are
4. Enrique Inglesis-Hero

We then had four left to choose from. We then looked at their videos, in full details. We analysed them and created rough videos of them in our minds.

1. Pussycat Dolls- need dancers,need reliable people,needed suitable location. We then realised that that this would be to hard as we would need to rely on many people to create the music video and this would be hard as everyone has different timetables.
2. Where is the Love- I liked this idea as we could create an emotive video, as we could create different story lines, for example like;x factor finalists-Hero. However the rest of the group did not like this idea, as we would have to get children involved to film.

Our last two songs were;

Calvin Harris-I'm Not Alone;a fast temp song

Nelly and Kelly Rowland-Dilemma; a slow song

Our two songs that we had to choose from were opposites as one is about being alone and the second was about love. Also, the pace of the song were opposites. Stuck for choice, we then asked our teachers opinion and they said Calvin Harris was an interesting choice and it had not been done before. We then went away as a group and decided that we should do CALVIN HARRIS-I'M NOT ALONE as we could manipulate the original video and involve it around any theme; for example someone alone or alone then reunited.