Music Video Pitch - Task 6

This is our pitch powerpoint which we presented to everyone as a group We chose the song Sub Focus - Turn It Around as we think it would go great with the theme and it is a party song...


Feedback We recieved some feedback from our powerpoint, some people told us that we could have included some more information on some slides and some images to make the powerpoint more interesting. But overall it was a informative powerpoint and showed our ideas clearly.

Task 5 - Music Video Intial Idea

This is our intial idea of the video we will be doing.
This shows the mindmap we created.

Task 4 - Camera Shots

I have uploaded some images of different camera shots. 1st is extra long shot, which is a faraway shot in alot of surroundings (example)

2nd is a long shot which is a an image that is not so far away as the extra long but still gets all the surroundings.

The next one is a mid shot which will include the face and half a body shot.

The next one is a close up which shows the subjects face closer up than the mid shot.

This one is an extreme close up which shows mainly just the eye very close.

Lastly is a two shot which has two people in it, which shows a relationship between two characters.

Here i have worked in a group showing different camera movements.

Task 3 Narrative Structures

Task 3 - Narrative Structure

Linear (Sequential) Narrative

• A linear narrative is a story which its events happen in chronological order from the start to finish. The plot of the narrative is usually told without using flashbacks or flash-forwards. A good example of this is Of Mice and Men.

Non-linear (Non-sequential) Narrative

• Non-linear narrative narratives don’t run in chronological order and they can flash forward and flashback through the film. It is a disjointed narrative. A good example of this would be 500 Days of summer and Pulp Fiction.

Flashback

 • Flashback is a scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point that the story has reached. In television and film, camera techniques and special effects are used to show the viewer that a flashback has occurred. This helps to avoid the viewer becoming confused. For example ‘How I Met Your Mother’ use flashbacks in every episode, and the TV show ‘Lost’ used flashbacks as a main element. The films ‘Time Travellers Wife’ and ‘Titanic’ were also told in full flashback.

Realist Narrative

• Storylines that are believable to the audience, this is because they appear real, or they are based on a true story that has happened in the past. This is often used in horror films as it makes the audience feel more scared if it could have happened in the past. Soap operas are a good example of this as the storylines follow things that would normally happen in real life.

Anti-Realist Narrative

 • An anti-realist narrative is something that doesn’t happen in real life. For example the Cadbury’s gorilla advert from 2007 is an anti-realist narrative as gorillas don’t play the drums in real life. An example of a film that uses anti realist is Donnie Darko.

Open Narrative

• An open narrative is where the story is left wide open, the viewer has to guess what happened. They are often used in crime dramas to keep the audience on their seats and guessing what will happen in the next episode. An example of this would be in a soap opera such as eastenders as normally storylines are left open at the end of an episode.

Closed Narrative

• A closed narrative has a beginning, middle and end. Like a story. The audience are aware that they are watching a story and they will expect and ending. Films like this would be Titanic, Of Mice and Men and Sweeney Todd.

Task 2 - Moving Image Formats

I've created a powerpoint on moving image formats.

Single and Multi-camera

Single and Multi-camera 

In media production there are two types of camera set ups, these are single camera and multicamera. Both types of set ups are very popular and as for single, which is used for things such as films whereas multi is often set up for live events and soaps such as Eastenders. 

Single Camera

Single is when on the set there is one camera and the shots are taken. Single can take more effort to do as with setting up lights, maybes waiting around for people, more time editing on, cutting, people making mistakes also. Although single camera can make the video a better quality and more control too.  Each of the various shots and camera angles is taken using the same camera, which moved and reset to get each shot or a new angle. Single only one camera records the shot, the camera person has more liberty to move the camera around with less limitations caused by having to avoid seeing abother camera recording on frame. However, a disadvantage of a one camera set up is how more time consuming it is as covering all camera shots and angles would mean having to repeat shots more than what a multi camera set up would require. It also take alot more time to edit the final production when using a single camera set up as each scene has been taken by its self.

Here is an example of a single camera set up

As you can see the camera is on pointing at both A, B. but throughout will record maybes one of them and then the other one, it could even be on different days too.

Multi – camera

Multi camera is when you have about 4 or more cameras and recording all at once or cutting too but most likely for live shows or sport shows too, as when its live, you can’t have one camera because it will not capture every single moment and could miss some really good parts. So you have about either 4 or more cameras and different ones will each be on one thing, either close up, wide angle or just a full shot, depends on what you are recording.  Multi-Camera set ups involves using more than one camera to film a scene, each camera is filming at one time. Normally the two central cameras focus on the general action and pan around the scene, whereas the two outer cameras focus on close up shots. Multi camera set ups have a lot of advantages, for example it is a lot quicker than using a single camera set up as there are multiple cameras which means multiple shots can be taken at the same time from different angles and normally the production is edited at the same time as filming which makes the process quicker. This works well for things such as soap operas as they have to make productions to a strict, regular schedule. It also provides more footage and angles of a scene which can create a better production. As well as the advantages, it also has disadvantages. For example if someone in a scene makes a mistake, the whole scene will have to be retaken, whereas when using a single camera set up this problem can be avoided. Using a multi camera set up does not provide you with getting the exact shot each time and you are not able to have more control over how you position the lights as you have to be careful that they are not in the shot. Although it is very helpful using more than one camera, this could also create a problem as it is very costly paying for equipment.

As you can see there are 4 cameras shot on the two people. One camera may shoot from behind , the other close up on ones face, the other shot on both of the two people and the other one maybe behind the other person.
A mulit-camera shoot can also be referred to as a two camera or three camera shoot. Multi-camera set ups are also used in more innovative and creative shots. for example the production of the matrix actually used a number of still cameras to infuse a series of shots as special visual effects in the scene of neo avoding bullets around him in slow motion.

For myself I think both single and multi-camera is very good and also interesting. I like the single camera as you can get every shot (even though it may take a while) if you want it perfect, work hard and get every shot right, I think single camera is good. The multi is the same which is very good as its quick and it can still be perfect and I think it’s very helpful, to have 4 or more cameras, to get every glimpse at the actors and capture the best shots.

All images from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-camera_setup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-camera_setup