REVIEW OF OUR YEAR 12 PRODUCTION

Review of our year 12 production

The strengths: The introduction

Editing

Sound + lighting

Review of our year 12 production

The weaknesses: Continuity errors

Remembering Equipment

Time management

Strategies for year 13

Organisation from start to finish Remember equipment and

costumes No continuity errors High standard of work Sharing workloads equally

Idea’s

The Genre

Pop-Rap

Party themed

Variety of backgrounds

Spontaneous

Crowd shots

Hipster look

Narration

Characters

Analysing a music video Eminem – Like Toy Soldiers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lexLAjh8fPA&feature=related The music video opens with a two shot of two little children playing with

their toys, there is then some dialogue where one of the boys suggests they do something else as he is bored, during the dialogue there is a lullaby tune being played over the top. The two shot shows the relationship between the two boys as they must be friends. It then quickly cuts to the pages in the book where on one page is a picture of Eminem, the camera then zooms into the picture where there is a little flash and the story the boys are reading comes true. There is then a jump cut which jumps to a mid-shot of Eminem. You can see from what he is wearing and the fact it’s covered in blood something bad must have happened. Suddenly it cuts to an over the shoulder shot which shows one of his friends on a hospital bed with nurses trying to get him back to life. Shot reverse shots are used between Eminem and his friend this emphasises the close relationship they had. By Eminem’s NVC we can establish his anger and frustration of this situation as he violently throws equipment off of a table and purposely bangs his head on a chair. A fade is then used to show the transition of him being at the hospital to the present with him rapping the chorus. This shot suggests the previous scenes were a past memory and he’s looking back on a painful memory.

Examples of camera shots used to give the desired effect

The right camera shots can be essential to a music

Hoodie Allen- No Interruptions

LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem

Locations Location 1:Due to the fact that James’ mum works at Stapleford Airfield we have been given permission to use their airfield and some of the planes. We felt this location would be good as the song is all about Hoodie doing well in school and getting somewhere in life, whereas other people didn’t. If we used an airfield it will emphasize the fact that he has done well in life. Location 2:Another location we have chosen is on James’ boat. We believe this is an ideal location as its different no one has filmed on a boat before, it again emphasizes the fact that he has done well in life. As we drive it will be easy to access.

Locations Location 3:James’ Auntie lives in a mansion and has allowed us to use it as a location. The mansion will be good, as personally when I think of someone that has done well in life and succeeded at what they do, they mainly live in a nice big house and this could be a perfect example of this. Location 4:Another location that we had in mind was Olly’s dads house. This could be used as well as James’ Aunties house or use either one. These locations are just a few ideas that we have but we plan on using a lot more.