influences to me

The above music video is a students A-level music video which I found on Youtube. I like the way the student has used freeze framing and I would like to try this technique.











I like the idea of the rushing, and running in doors and rooms. I may do something similar to this in my music video too.

Blood Hound Gang-Bad Touch Preliminary Task

Introduction
For our preliminary task for A2, we had to copy a music video , this was to help us pick up skills in premier pro such as editing and cutting, and to also get use to the camera itself. As a class, we chose to copy the music video "The Bad Touch" by The Blood Hound Gang as it looked like we would have a good time producing it ,as after all some of us will be dressed as monkeys.

Filming
However, this did not go quite to plan. When we first started recording, many of us were very hyper and this showed in the outcome of the first part of the video. Many of us in the video (including me) were smiling and avoiding laughter , this sort of ruined some shots and it took longer in a way because the blood hound gang kept very serious faces in the monkey outfits which made this more hilarious.I think there would have been a better result if we had planned the music video more, and maybe practiced instead of going strait into the recording as then most of us would be over the giggles once we have gone over shots, but we didn't have much time to rehearse but the acting was good considering we had not that much time.

At first I found the camera quite hard to use , but we all took turns to film which really helped my knowledge to use the camera. I also thought this was great teamwork.

Main Concerns
My main concern this year was loosing my work, as this happened last year during my As level and I lost most of my work. On this task, I saved after everyProxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0

lip I edited to prevent this happening again and I will for my work in the future.

Editing
I could describe Editing in two words. TIME CONSUMING. However once the editing was complete , I enjoyed the sigh of relief.

Ideas for my music video

I love the idea of freeze framing a shot like the hp advert.

Hp Advert

I would like to experiment with this amazing technique and include it in my music video.

I like the idea of using animals in my music video as am a Strong Animal lover especially for cats.

Final Proposal

My chosen music track for my music video is Mr Blue Sky by Lily Allen, it has not been successful in last 10 years and it does not have a music video already.

My first ideas were to have peformers dressed as weather such as the sun, thunder , clouds etc and people chasing them in a maze. However, throughout the video it would become a bit boring to the audience so I decided to change it.

Mr Blue Sky

The reason why I chose this song is because it has more of an upbeat rhytm compared to the other songs and I have more creative ideas with this track.

I have also completely changed my ideas.

The style I want for my music video is more of a pop genre

Performers

Main Singer: I have chosen a female as the main singer as the song is by a female artist and it will look silly if a man was to act this role out.

Boy: a regualar boy in the video, prehaps the boyfriend of the main girl.

Costume

main singer wearing blue with blue accessories( to match the title of the song)

Street people and boy in casual clothes.

locations

Park

A white room which looks like it is being decorated.

streets

bedroom

Narrative Ideas

the main girl, decorating a room, and hanging up pictures.

scenes of street people happy.

Camera Angles

point of view shots

close up

narrative shots

Editing Styles

Reverse shot

hp advert shot

Brief proposals

Video Recording exercise

Below is the script we were provided with:
FALLING DOWN – THE BURGER BAR SCENE

WILLIAM FOSTER: Hi.

WAITRESS SHEILA: Can I help you?

WILLIAM FOSTER: I'd like a ham and cheese Whamlette, an order of Wham fries—

WAITRESS SHEILA: Sorry, we stopped serving breakfast. We' re on the lunch menu.

WILLIAM FOSTER: I want breakfast.

WAITRESS SHEILA: We're not serving it.

WILLIAM FOSTER: So you said. Is that the manager? Could I speak to him, please?

WAITRESS SHEILA: Sure. Rick, a customer would like to speak to you.

MANAGER RICK: Yes, sir.

WILLIAM FOSTER: I'd like some breakfast.

MANAGER RICK: We stopped serving breakfast.

WILLIAM FOSTER: I know you stopped breakfast, Rick. Sheila told me you
stopped. . . .
Why am I calling you by first names? I don't know you.
I call my boss " mister" after years, but I walk in here, a stranger.
. . .and I' m calling you Rick and Sheila like we' re in an AA meeting. I don't want to be your buddy, Rick. I just want a little breakfast.

WAITRESS SHEILA: You can call me Miss Folsom if you want to.

MANAGER RICK: We stopped serving breakfast at 10:30 .

WILLIAM FOSTER: Have you ever heard the expression, "The customer is always right”? Well, here I am. The customer.

MANAGER RICK: That's not our policy. You have to order something from the lunch menu.

WILLIAM FOSTER: I don't want lunch. I want breakfast.

MANAGER RICK: Yeah, well, hey, I' m really sorry.

WILLIAM FOSTER: Yeah, well, hey, I' m really sorry too!

CUMSTOMER: He's got a gun!

WILLIAM FOSTER: Let's get organized! Calm down! Just calm down everybody. Sit down over there! Mister. Where are you going?
No. You sit down there, and you finish your lunch. Everybody just relax and take it easy. Eat your lunch. Please. You all need your vitamins A, B and--
Don't! It was an accident! It's the trigger. It's sensitive. It's okay! It's a sensitive trigger.

WILLIAM FOSTER: Could I have my breakfast?

MANAGER RICK: Yes, sir. Sheila?

WILLIAM FOSTER: Rick? Miss Folsom? You know what? You were right. I've changed my mind. I' m going to have some lunch. Could I have a double Whammyburger with cheese---You getting this? -Yes, sir. And an order of Whammy fries and, let's see . . . . . .a Choco-Wham shake.

MANAGER RICK: Yes, sir. Sheila, get his order.

WILLIAM FOSTER: Rick, could you get it for me, please? I feel comfortable calling you Rick after all we've been through together.

WILLIAM FOSTER: How you doing? Enjoying your meal? How about you? Is it good? And you, ma'am? How's the food?

WILLIAM FOSTER: I think we have a critic. I don't think she likes the special sauce.
That's a joke. Now, here we go. Thank you. See, this is what I'm talking about. Look at that. See what I mean? It's plump, juicy, three inches thick. Look at this sorry, miserable, squashed thing. Can anybody tell me what's wrong with this picture?
Anybody? Anybody at all?



Overall this task helped me get use to the camera and editing.