Storyboard

This is a brief storyboard for my music video, it shows the general idea of how my music video will play out and the type of shots which i will be getting for my video. These aren't all the shot that will be in my video, there will be lots of added extra shots in-between the main body ones.

Time Planning and Schedule

In this blog post i have include screenshots of my events planned for when i will be filming some of my music video. The first time i got footage for my music video was when i went to Iceland. The first date i went to Iceland was on the Tuesday 9th of November, i was there until Sunday the 13th of November. I had two days where i would be able to film in Iceland. These two days were on the 10th where i had the chance to film lots of different things in the Golden Circle, the second day was the 11th where i could film its of stuff not he south coast.

The second schedule that i had in my calendar was a small late night shoot, this was scheduled for the 19th of November and was planned quite close to the day not that far in advance.

Props/Costumes

My music video will only include one person in it and that is the artist Josh. The artist will not be included in the video all the time there is only a selected fews shots of the artist performing. This means that costume is not that important in my music video but still needs to be though of and carefully picked so it matches the style of the video. Because my video is shot in winter and the theme is based in winter it will be suitable for Josh to be wearing warm clothes like a big jumper and other winter clothes such as a beanie. As well as making sure he wears clothes that match the theme of the video also need to think about the stereotype of what artists wear in this genre. Luckily acoustic artists do wear clothes very similar to winter style clothes which means that the artist will fit in with eh stereotype of the genre and the feel of the video. There is not a lot to think about in my video when it comes to props, there is only one prop which is essential in the video and that is a guitar, without a guitar there can be no performance shots so the guitar will be included in almost every shot which features the artist. Below are some examples of what Josh will look like in the video costume wise.

Location | Fewston Reservoir

My third location for filming is Fewston Reservoir. On the way to this location i will be in the car, while in the car i can get shots of Josh in the passenger seat, this will add the the journey theme of the video, the shots will be from behind him looking over his shoulder and out the car, i already have a few of these types of shots which are shot in the dark from a different time. The reason i have chosen Fewston Reservoir as my third location is because the views are really nice there and they look really good on the camera, this location will be used very similarly to how i shoot on Ilkley moor. I will be getting shots of Josh performing with his guitar sat down at the edge the reservoir and also shots of him walking along with he nice landscape background behind him. There is also a woods right next to the reservoir which i can try from in if the woods footage from Ilkley moor does not work out.

Below are some images of this location 

Location | Ilkley Moor

This is the second location that i will be including in my video. I will not be using one specific part of the moor i will shoot in different parts. The shots which i will get on the moor won't be just the moor on its own, they will be including the artist (Josh). My idea is to get Josh on the moor with just his guitar and we go to a few different locations such as in the woods and near a stream. When we are at these places i will get many various shots of Josh playing this guitar featuring a nice aesthetic background, these shots will be close ups of the guitar being played and medium close ups showing josh playing the guitar. Doing this will mean i include the performance aspect of the video. I will look at the forecast and pick a day to shoot when the weather is slightly gloomy and dark, this will man the shots will match my Iceland footage therefore looking like a similar place rather than two completely different places. Most of the footage i want from the moor is in the day but i will also go up in the dark to see if thee shots look any good or better. Once i have got all the performance style shots on the moor, i will also include tracking shots of Josh walking around. These will include close up shots of his feet walking and long shots of Josh walking along. This will add the the journey theme that i want to portray in my video.

Below are some images of Ilkley Moor and examples of places i will be filming.

Face like Thunder Video

Face like Thunder by The Japanese House is a new music video which has recently been released. The music in this video is quite different to the type of music that i will be using in my own music video but the video has taken my interests and includes aspects which i think are relevant to my own work. It is just a video which i stumbled across while looking for more inspiration and decided to include it on my blog. Some aspects of the video which i like are the shots tracking the artist and also the landscape shots that are included in the video.

Practice Edit with Iceland Footage

When i went to Iceland to record half of my music video i was very happy with the outcome and thought it was a success. I got lots of different shots which i was pleased with and thought they would work really well with my idea. Instead of just creating a collection of my favourite videos and putting them into a empty test footage video i decided i would choose a song from one of the artists i have analysed and edit the clips similarly to how my music video will turn out.  Below is the test edit with only the footage i shot from Iceland. The artist i decided to use is called Bon Iver, i have analysed one of their music videos before and their genre and style of music is similar to the artist i am using for my final video. I approached editing this video by thinking that i was just editing my final music video, this meant i could see if my style of editing would fit with the same style of song and the clips.

I edited this video on Adobe Premier Pro, the process i went through with editing this video was firstly going through my clips and filtering through the best quality shots and the ones i thought would look best included. I edited the whole video and cut down everything into the right places so the footage flowed smoothly, i was happy with how the test edit went because it showed me that my footage was good enough for my music video.

Production Diary Iceland

Camera and Equipment
The equipment i took to Iceland was a DSLR camera which is a Canon 1200D i also had a telephoto lens so i could get long close up shots, i also had a gorrila tripod so i could achieve steady shots instead of shaky ones.


Day 1:
First location i went to film was at the edge of Reykjavik where there were views of mountains and the sea. I then went round the Golden Circle route in a car where i got some travel movement shots . The Golden Circle included Iceland Geysers and got many different styles of shots close ups and extreme long shots. Then i visited the Gullfoss waterfall which again got lots of different shots from different angles of, here i used my telephoto lens to zoom really far into the waterfall to get closer shots. The third place i went to which was Thingvellir National Park gave me the opportunity to shoot some great shots of water close up and from above which was fast flowing, i can also use these shots in slow motion. The weather for the day was really misty which was perfect for the feel and effect i wanted in my video. At the end of the day it was forecast as the best day to see the northern lights so i went to see if i could film them but unfortunately they hardly showed up. At the end of the first day i was very happy with the shots i had got throughout the day and made me feel confident about the next day.

Few pictures of first day

Day 2:

On day two at Iceland i went round the south side of the island this meant that i got to visit places such as the black sand beaches and other dramatic waterfalls ad a glacier. The weather this day was very extreme rain, when i previewed the footage from the day this didn't show that much on the camera but it did give the shots a very nice feel and a different atmosphere to it. I am really happy with how the weather was because i wanted the whole feel of the video to be cold and wintery, because of the weather this has turned out perfectly. I visited a wide variety of different places again which was good because it meant the video will have a variety of different shots rather than the same thing over and over. I also tried not to shoot boring shots but instead shoot from different more unique angles to make the cinematography more enjoyable to watch.

Some photos from second day of shooting

Location | Iceland

Iceland Plan:

One of my main locations that i will be shooting a large amount of my music video in is Iceland.

I am going to Iceland on the 9th of November. I am going to be visiting lots of different locations in Iceland including the Gullfoss waterfall

and the black sand beaches

Going to all these different locations hopefully means i will be able to shoot a wide variety of different shot types and shoot many different subjects making the video more diverse and not boring.. The type of shots i will be shooting in Iceland will be mainly aesthetically pleasing shots which look really nice and sharp. I am not going to just film everything i see i will be looking for specific shots that look really nice on camera and will be thinking constantly about how it will fit into the edit and where about in the song it will look good. If i can see the northern lights then i will be attempting to film them, i have researched the best way to photograph and film the northern lights so that if i have the chance i will be ready to film it at the best quality but reports are it is not very likely that they will appear. I am taking my Canon 1200D camera with me to film with, i am taking this camera because i am very used to it and have used it many previous times this means if there is something that i want to shoot and don't want to miss that i won't be struggling trying to figure out the best way to do it with a new camera. The quality of this DSLR is goo and in full HD meaning the shots will turn out a suitable and good quality for a professional music video.

Song Choice

For my song choice for the music video instead of using a popular big artist or band i have decided to work with a really small artist who i know called Josh Beattie, he hasn't recored or released any music properly only a few things on soundcloud, so not only will i have to create a music video, i am also going to work with Josh on recording a song for the video. This requires more meeting up and planning because we will meet separately to make the song, or do some of the song after days of filming. I have chosen to create the song as well as the music video because i think combining them both will make me think more about my approach to the music video and it will be good for me in the editing process because i will know the song very well and what would fit well in certain parts. Below is to a link of a few cover tracks from Josh on soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/sundialproject/sets/first

Shooting Schedule

This is my blog for my Shooting Schedule, i have a clear idea of how my shoots are going and when and where they will be, these details are featured in other blogs. Because i am clear about what im going to shoot and where i have only scheduled two locations because i believe that will be enough and i will have shot everything i need for my video in these two locations.
The first scheduled shoot takes place when i go to Iceland, this will take place on the 8th to the 13th because i will be visiting different locations throughout the trip.

The second scheduled shoot takes place in the UK on the 25th of January, i have chosen this date closer to the date because it is going to be a nice day for weather which is what i was hoping for, this shoot will be done with the artist.