Hurtwood Media A2 - Storyboard Anamatic

This week we have put together our anamatic.

To do this we have to take the footage that we capture last week of the 10second, individual shots of each frame from the storyboard. By using the programe 'Final Cut Pro' we are able to edit together and create the sequence of the frames and place this in time with the track music.

Hurtwood Media A2 - Props

The main shot of our music video invloves a band scene which of course means we will have to provide the band memebers with equipment.
As this is a Duran Duran song the instruments that need to used will need to look as professional as possible!! This will all add to the Mise-En-Scene of the overall image to ensure that it is as realistic and professinoal as possible.

In our band there are 5 memebers:

• Lead singer
• Lead guitarist
• Keyboard player
• Bass guitarist
• Drummer 

With all our equipment and instruments we want to keep the colour and theme all neutrual, Black and White. This will contrast with the item of colour each performer is wearing, therefore emphasizing this element.

Some examples of the equipment needed are below:

Instruments

We also need to provide a prop list for the dressing room scene which really does need to be as realistic as possible and this will be quite difficult as there's a lot going on.

Dressing Room

Hurtwood Media A2 - Set Design

During this week we sketched some large versions of our set desgins that we need to shoot on throughout the day of the shoot.

By doing this we are again confirming that everyone has the same visual of how the sets are going to look. In addition we are able to get a clearer idea of how each location works in relation to one another so that they aren't to different and don't juxapose in a negative way.

Stage:

This is our intitial vision that we had of the stage and band set up.

It consists of two white, circular layers that sit upon one another raised up from the floor. We'd like to do this to enable us to have a variety of different height and angles of shots.

In addition to this it also gives us the ability to do some moving, rotation shots that we hope would look very affective.

Backstage:

The backstage set up is a typical, simple, make-up set that needs to be packed and full on.

There will be mirrors of which the girls will be using for some affective, reflective shots of them doing things such as their make-up and hair.

Mise-En-Scene is a HUGE priority for this shot as it needs to be So realistice and beliveable, and to do this we will need a lot of props.

Photo-Shoot:

The original intention for this particular shot was suppossed to be a catwalk/runway but due to the difficulty and impracticality of this we decided to change it to a Photo-Shoot set.

So the set up of this is very simple and straight forward, which is Great.

We plan on having a white drop/screen of which will shoot against. In this we will also be able to see the lighting and also photographer getting in and invloved in the shoot itself.

The model and maybe even some of the band members will be posing and puttinf on a front that she is enjoying herself.

Below is a video about our drawings  :D

Hurtwood Media A2 - Costume and Look

We've put together a visual presentation showing some examples of the type of style, look and overall colour scheme that we plan to have our characters dressed in.

By doing this it further ensures that everyones is clear on what it is that we want people dressed in.

Costume Photos

Hurtwood Media A2 - Storyboard and Animatic production

First we started by storyboarding all our shots in as much detail as possible.

Before today there were a few shots that I had to fill in as we were missing a few. Luckily this wasn't to difficult to clean up as we had quite a scedualed and reliable timeline to work from.

<-- Me and Liza.

Before filming our storyboard to create the Animatic from we had to white balance the 'Sony NX5' to ensure we had the best quality of footage possible and the colouring is all correct.

Using Bluetac we stuck up each storyboard sheet onto a blank wall. Then we filmed each individual shot for a minimum of ten seconds.

Hurtwood Media A2 - Importance of a Storyboard

After putting together our initial idea's, producing our concept and creating a solid timeline the next step is making a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animaition, in our case the video, panel by panel almost like a comic book.

The storyboard should convey some of the following information:

• What charaters are in the frame, and how are they moving?
• What are the characters saying to each other, if anything?
• How much time has passed between the last frame of the storyboard and the current one?
• Where the "camera" is in the scene? Close or far away? Is the camera moving?

This master document will contain every detail for your video production, not just the visuals to go with every sentence, but a list of all the outstanding stills required, or cast and props.

We've tried to include all the shots and footage required and this takes time! Our aim is to do it as throughly and proper as possible and this invloves including imformation such as --> a shoot list (or route march) for the shoot, instructions for camera and director, instructions for the editor such as any graphics that are required, any graphics instructions, or post production effects.

A storyboard is a complete master document, the complete blue print of your corporate video, and it’s something that all people can understand, so there’s no mystery or confusion.

Having a storyboard is so important. By having it all down on paper the whole programme is therefore perfect and everyone, the cast, colleagues and production team is in full agreement.

Whn it finally comes to the day of shooting everything should go to plan and be as organised as possible.

It’s everything about your corporate video on paper.

Hurtwood Media A2 - CD cover Analysis

Gwen Stafani CD Anaylisv2