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We decided as a group to add our final video onto our Facebbok page, this was to gather up enough information from the public on their personal opinions on our final cut. As you can see that there were a large amount of "likes" on this post to which some comments were also added to. Every comment was positive which helped to boost our confidence as a group and induvidually.

The Promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIeBCJeMC8s

Magazine Advert

 This is our final magazine advert which myself and the other group members have made between the group. We decided to include an image taken on one of the more modern cameras taken on day 1 of shooting as we wanted to link the magazine advert to the actual music video. This image was taken from a high up angle within the open air theatre at Tolethorpe. As you can see the lighting at the top of the image is incredibly bright, before editing this image this was not as visible to the human eye however after adding in more hue/saturation, contrast and colour. This newer image has a more eyecatching and visible look to it. When looking through inspiring rock music adverts they have all seemed to contain some trace of black and white colouring which helps to make the location and the band members stand out, leading to an increase in sales and budgets. We are wanting this for our music video so to have the same effect we decided to include the same effect. To see more information on magazine adverts see "Conventions of magazine adverts". We also wanted to include a bold title and font to bring more viewers to our album artwork, to ensure that this would happen, we weanted a colour which stood out well on the black dark background, so as a group we felt that blue would be the most appropriate colour to use. However to make our magazine advert more appealing and reliable we had to make up some of our own ratings to make it seem more realistic.


                                                                                                                                                                                            There is also another layer that has the solid colour of black over it, this makes up the black background. In terms of convention it sticks to the most typical/standard format or layout there is, this being band name at the top, relevant picture in the middle and additional information underneath including album name and a featured song. If we were to redo this whole magazine advert again , I feel that we would change the title of " Scar" into a more bolder title, and maybe include more images from the day of shooting to show the development of our production.

GreenDay- Wake me up when september ends music video analysis

Context

 "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released in June 2005 as the fourth single from their seventh album, American Idiot.
The song deals with the death of lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong father, who died when Armstrong was a child. The director of this certain music video, as directed some of there more famous rock music videos such as "American Idiot" and " Bouvelvard of Broken Dreams".The video focuses on a very loving couple. The boyfriend promises never to leave his girlfriend but they later argue when the boyfriend enlists in the United States Marine Corps.The boyfriend interprets his actions as a way to show her that he loves her so much that he would put his life on the line to keep her safe; the girlfriend, however, is heartbroken, as he broke his vow to never leave her, and terrified at the thought that he might die in battle. The video then shows the boyfriend in battle in Iraq being ambushed by insurgents. This scene is intercut with scenes of the girlfriend tearfully mourning in a quiet field. The video ends on this juxtaposition, emphasizing the pain and heartache of losing loved ones due to the war.

At the very begining of this music video, the first shot is a long shot of a loving couple in an open feild. The left of them is the name of the song and the band name, as you can see it has been written in big bold white writing to stand out from the bright yellow scenery. As the couple kiss, it immedialty cuts to a close up of the young girls face as the begin to talk and embrace each other.
As both characters begin to talk to each other the camera cuts between a close ups of their faces, The camera then breaks away to a mid shot of the couple hugging, and the girl facing the camera, slowly the camera then begins to zoom as the opening of the song begins to play within the music video.

Straight away the next shot is shown of an extreme close up of the main singers dark black eyelined eyes, the camera then tilts down to his nose and lips as he starts to sing the first verse of the song. It then jump cuts back to the young couple again in the feild ( extreme long shot). The next shot is of the  couple lying down together, in the top left corner the sun is begining to set. Which helps to set a more of a romantic mood when looking at both of the characters. Following this there is then a slow cut of the couple walking past some benches and walk towards a fast food counter, to where the young female then is paying for their food. By using a long shot we were able to track both characters as they were walking round the people and the couple messing around together to show their connection between them.

The next scene then cuts to a establishing shot and the girl running through the front door, shortly after being followed by her partner. There is a quick cut to a mid shot where the young male is being engrossed by a video game ( sterotypical). There is a slow cut to a long shot of the couple at a party and an unseen person is holding an "18" birthday cake. A silhouette of the vocalist in the group is then shown on a red background, which helps make the outline of the band member stand out and make him look alot bolder.

The next shot is of a long shot on a closed door, through this door you can see the young female running forward to it. The music suddenly then quietens as the door is flung open. As the door opens the young female walks through, as the male is sitting outside. As the girl starts to talk her distress is apparent. As she starts to sob her boyfriend tries to comfort her she pushes him away showing to the audience that there is tension between the couple. During this scene there is a variety of close up shots of the characters talk to each other, which helps to show their reaction to the audience. As the boy leaves the scene the music then begins to pick up once more.

A long shot of the band follows. The lead singer is on the floor, whilst the other bands members are on different sized podiums. There is a red background and a large flash appears on the beat of the large drum solo. During this scene there a variety of close ups and mid shots. These are used to show the audience all different prospects of each band member. Each of the band members are wearing dark clothing so when the back lights are down there are individual shadows of the band members.

The black room change

When on the day of filiming on day 2, we had a range of shots to be completed by the end of the day. However as due to the fact of that there were only a few people availible on this day, we had to change one of the scenes from whole band shots to single shots in a dark room. We were rather stuck on how to create this certain room, as we had seen shots such as these one in inspired rock music videos. We took a certain room within the house being used and found some black matting to place along the back wall.The only difficulty we had with this was that we had to find something heavy enough to hold up these peices of material for a sutiable amount of time. We found some stray peices of wood which were strong and reliable enough to hold up the matting. To have a shadowy effect on the band members in shot we placed one of the heavy and stonger lights along a peice of wood across the room to get a good enough shadow around the back of the character.

 Here are some of the images taken from the day of shooting

Teachers Feedback for first preview of our rock music video

Miss Scott

• Good use of shots
• Good use of narrative and peformance
• There are some major shakey shots
• If we were to re-shoot there would need to be better framing
• Needed to be better over-shoulder
• Good shot transitions and sizes of shots
• Good props used
• Need to work on speed of shot transitions
• Good use of syncing on Imovie

Mr Collier

• 180 degree rule confusion ( breaking it with the finla scene of boy opening door to girlfriend, angle issue-different sides)
• Good use of footage ( enjoys each part of it

New storyboard shots

NEW DIGIPACK

This is our new digipak created by myself and the other media group members. We decided to change this style of Digipak as we felt that as we took some rather effective and compelling images during the days of shooting, and we felt that as a group we should be including these in our final digpak. We decided to complete this task on Photoshop, where we could edit and chnage a variety of things within this Digipak easily and sufficiently. Each of our groups knowledge on photoshop, helped to get this task completed in a short amount of time which meant that we could then move onto the magazine cover. Within this Digipak we wanted to have some style of illusion within it as this technique is also included within our final rock music video.

Lighting to be used on days of shooting

The Altman 750 Watt Ellipsoidal Spotlight is a compact, lightweight ellipsoidal reflector spotlight with 6" front lens which produces a high intensity sharp, or soft edged beam. Four adjustable integral stainless steel framing shutters provide beam shaping ability and the pattern slot and holder provide the ability to project visual images. Primarily designed for theatre and studio applications.This model has a wide 55° field beam spread. It can provide a beam of 56 footcandles 31 feet in diameter from 30 feet away.Its bulb socket is a 2-pin type. Models providing different beam spreads, and models with built-in irises are available.

• This ellipsoidal is also useful in displays, show windows, museums and nightclubs where precision controlled accenting is desirable.
• The reflector has over 700 mirror polished surfaces which optimize the optical system for greater light output and a sharper, more controlled focus.
• Aluminum die-cast and sheet metal construction.
• Replacement of bulb requires no tools.
• Single focal length models are an economical choice, when compared to zoom ellipsoidals.

This certain style of lighting will gbe used mainly during the scenes on day 2 inside, this is because we felt that as this certain style of lighting had a strong, powerful light it would be able to create a high definition shadow around the actor within that certain area, giving it  a more rock style and feel to it. We are hoping to balence this certain light on a plank of wood across a table to make the light relfect from the bottom of the actos face creating a dark shade on his face.

 

The NSI Par 38 is a low cost, versatile lighting fixture designed for diverse applications. Intensities and beam spreads are a function of the bulb selected for use in the fixture. One unit can serve multiple purposes simply by changing the bulb. With an oval shaped beam, the Par 38 is ideal for use in concerts, nightclubs, television and film remotes and architectural applications where maximum flexibility is desired in a small, compact package.

The smaller size of the Par 38 offers maximum flexibility.

Baked black enamel finish

360° fixture rotation

Bulb replacement requires no tools -- accepts flood or spot bulbs with E26 screw base, up to 150 watts.

We hired three of these style of lights as they are small and light to carry around, we shall mainly be using these lights on day 1 to exhentuate the main band members facial expressions and the lighting around them. As these lights will mainly be used on day 1 of shooting , we shall be outside which means that these will only be used specifically in the darker areas of the chosen location.

 

 The ULTRA extension cord allows the user to reduce the weight carried on the head by disconnecting the battery pack from the headband and carrying it in a pocket or connecting it to the ULTRA harness

We felt that some extension cables shall be needed rather alot during the shoooting days, as if we were further away from a location that prefered and we needed a stronger light then this style of cable we come in rather handy to still allow us to have the prefered lighting that we orginally wanted without having to move lighting.

 

Shooting Script

Shooting script

LEAD SINGER AND WOMAN ARGUMENT

FADE FROM BLACK:

INT. CLOSE UP GUITAR PAN

close up shot of guitar and hand/arm, pan left.

                                                    CUT TO:

INT. LEAD SINGER MID

Mid shot of lead singer from the side, lead facing left.

                                                    CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, SLOW MO, WOMAN

slow motion shot of woman shouting, facing right. 

                                                    CUT TO:

INT. LEAD SINGER MID

Mid shot of lead singer from the side, lead facing left.

"if i can't see you"(lyrics)

                                                    CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, WOMAN AND MAN

A two shot showing conflict/argument between lead singer and female character.

                                                    CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, SLOW MO, LEAD

A close up slow mo shot of the lead singer, without mic, shouting facing left. 

                                                    CUT TO:

INT. LEAD SINGER MID

Mid shot of lead singer from the side, lead facing left.

"it's already as hard as it is"(lyrics)

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, DOOR SLAM

Long shot, showing the woman's whole body, slamming a door behind her (exiting a room)

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, MIC

Extreme close up shot of leads hand gripping mic.

"because i can't leave you"

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, GUITAR

A close up of the guitar being played.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, CLOSED DOOR

mid shot of the door closed.

CUT TO:

INT. OVER THE SHOULDER, DOOR AND LEAD

An over the shoulder shot of the closed door over the mans shoulder, man facing towards the camera with door behind.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, SLOW MO, UPSET LEAD

A mid shot of the lead singer looking upset in slow motion.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, VASE

A shot of the lead singer again looking upset/angry knocking over vase prop.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, SLOW MO, UPSET MAN

A slow mo shot of the lead, again upset but with head and hands against a wall.

CUT TO:

INTRO. BAND SHOTS

INT. LONG/MID, NERD GUITARIST

Quick Long or mid shot of the nerd on guitar, nodding.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG/MID, GAY GUITARIST

A similar shot to the previous, long or mid, gay guy nodding in agreement.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG/MID, PUNK/THUG DRUMMER

Again similar to the previous shots, long or mid shot of drummer, drummer is looking clueless.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG, ENTIRE BAND

A long shot of the entire band standing in a diamond shape, e.g drummer at back, guitarists at the side and lead at the front. Lighting will be dark.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, SNARE

A close up shot of the snare drum being hit in sync with the music three times, first two will be shown and the third will be the quick cut.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG, ENTIRE BAND

The same shot as the first 'entire band shot' this time the band will be lit up.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS THOUGHOUT*

NERD SEQUENCE

INT. MID, SLOW MO, GIRL

A mid shot of the girl looking over the shoulder at camera, slow motion, a white border will be around her when edited.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid shot of the nerd playing the guitar, looking slightly surprised.

BLUR/FADE TO:

INT. OVER TV MID, NERD GAMING

A shot that is over the TV, however TV still visible, of the nerd character playing video games.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, NERD

A close up shot of the nerd, face and hands/controller visible if possible, with angry expression on his face.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, PAN, NERD AND WOMAN REVEAL

This will be a mid shot of the nerd even angrier than before and he will throw his controller, throughout this is a pan in which it eventually reveals woman jumping up and down because she won the game.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, KISS ON CHEEK

A mid shot of female character kissing nerd on the cheek, (nerd blushing).

BLUR BACK TO:

INT. MID, MATCH CUT TO PREVIOUS, NERD

A blur in effect to the nerd playing the guitar(exactly the same positions must be held form the previous shot). 

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

PUNK SEQUENCE

INT. MID, DRUMMER

A mid shot of the punk drummer playing the drums, chewing gum, looking towards the guitarist.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid shot of the nerd looking away from the drummer awkwardly.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, DRUMMER

Mid of the drummer thinking, still playing drums.

BLUR EFFECT TO:

EXT. MID, WOMAN AT DINNER TABLE

A mid shot of the female character at a candle lit dinner table, outside, looking at the camera.

CUT TO:

EXT. SHOT REVERSE SHOT, PUNK AT DINNER TABLE

This is the same shot as the previous but reversed so we can see what the female character is looking at. Mid of the punk at candle lit dinner table, looking extremely relaxed. Bottle of Jager in hand.

CUT TO:

EXT. LONG, TWO SHOT, SPAGHETTI SUCKING

Both characters are at the dinner table, sucking spaghetti. (lady and the tramp style).

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, WOMAN

A mid shot of the woman, still sucking spaghetti at the table, looks up and giggles cutely towards the camera.

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, REVERSE TO PREVIOUS, PUNK

A mid shot of the the punk at the dinner table, again still sucking spaghetti, blankly staring at the camera.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLOSE UP, TWO SHOT, PUNK AND FEMALE

A close up/mid shot of both characters getting closer to each other, sucking same piece of spaghetti.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLOSE UP/EXTREME CLOSE UP, PUNK AND FEMALE

An even closer close up of the the two characters even close than before, still sucking same piece of spaghetti.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLOSE UP/ EXTREME CLOSE UP, PUNK AND FEMALE

same as the shot previous to this, the spaghetti is finished but instead of lady and the tramp style kiss,the punk burps instead.

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, PUNK

Back to a mid of the punk at one end of the dinner table, takes a swig of the Jager. 

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, WOMAN

A mid of the of the female character, looking dreamily at the camera/direction of the punk character. 

BLUR EFFECT BACK TO:

INT. MID, DRUMMER

Back to reality, a mid of the drummer nodding behind the drum kit whilst playing.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

LEAD SINGER REGRET

INT. MID, LEAD

Back to a mid shot of the lead singer, looking upset. 

FADE/BLUR TO:

INT. MID, SLOW ZOOM OUT, STILL SHOT, FLASH BACK

A mid shot that represents the lead singer and female characters relationship previous to the argument. Female comes in and surprise hugs the lead.

CUT TO/FLASH TO:

INT. MID, STILL, SLOW ZOOM, PIGGY BACK

A mid still shot of the lead singer giving her a piggy back. features a slow zoom out.

CUT TO/FLASH TO:

INT. MID, STILL, SLOW ZOOM, COMFORTING

A mid still shot of the girl crying in hands and the male lead comforting her.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, LEAD

A mid shot of the lead singing into the mic.

CUT TO:

CAMP SEQUENCE

INT. MID, CAMP

a mid shot of the Camp guy playing the guitar.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, CAMP

A close up of the Camp guy starting to think and day dream.

BLUR TO:

INT. OVER THE SOFA SHOT, CAMP AND FEMALE

A shot over the top of the sofa, able to see the tops of the two characters heads with the TV in the background. Bridget Jones credits.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, PAN, CAMP ON SOFA

Shot of the Camp guy at one end of the sofa crying. Starts to pan right. 

CUT TO/CARRIED ON PAN:

INT. MID, PAN, FEMALE

The pan to the right stops on the female character at the other end of the sofa, looking bored.

CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, COUPLE ON SOFA

A two shot of the couple on the sofa. Camp guy is blowing his nose and the woman isn't happy.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSER TWO SHOT, COUPLE

An even closer two shot of the couple, Camp guy holds up another Rom com, woman is not happy.

BLUR BACK TO:

INT. MID, CAMP GUY

Back to shot of the Camp guy playing the guitar.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

NERD SEQUENCE 2

INT. MID, NERD WORKING

Mid shot of the nerd doing work on a paper, on a desk, with pen and calculator.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

Mid shot of the nerd furiously typing on the calculator.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, NERD

Close up of the nerd doing work still but gets tapped on the shoulder.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid of the nerd turning his head to see who tapped him on the shoulder.

CUT TO:

INT. POV SHOT, AS NERD, FEMALE CHARACTER HOLDING THE CALC.

A POV shot, in nerd POV, of the girl holding the calculator up with the word 'BooBs' written on it. (80085)

CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, NERD AND FEMALE

A two shot of both the nerd and female character, nerd is looking at the calculator which is held by the girl, nerd looking astonished, girl laughing.

BLUR BACK TO:

INT. MID, BACK TO NERD PLAYING GUITAR

A mid of the nerd playing guitar, he's mad.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

PUNK SEQUENCE 2

INT. MID, PUNK

A mid shot of the punk playing the drums.

BLUR TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, PUNK AND FEMALE

A two shot of the female doing the punks nails.

BLUR TO:

INT. MID, PUNK

A mid shot of the punk playing the drums.

CUT TO:

CAMP SEQUENCE 2

INT. MID, CAMP GUY

A mid of the camp guy looking in the direction of the drummer. 

BLUR TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, FEMALE IN BED 

A long shot of the girl on bed, in a seductive pose.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, CAMP GUY

A long shot of the Camp guy cowering in the corner of the room.

CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, FEMALE ON BED, CAMP GUY COWERING

A two shot of the girl on the bed to the left and the camp guy on right against the wall cowering.

BLUR TO:

INT. MID, CAMP GUY

Mid of camp guy playing guitar.

CUT TO:

LEAD SEQUENCE FINAL

INT. LONG SHOT, BAND

A long shot of the whole band, all band members looking different in expression as a consequence of their fantasy.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, LEAD

A long shot showing the lead leaning against the door, from the very beginning, looking upset.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, REVERSE, FEMALE

A long shot of the other side of the door, a reverse shot, revealing the woman also looking upset bu on the other side of the door to the lead.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, LEAD

A mid shot of the lead taking a deep breath,thinking she has left.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, LEAD AND FEMALE

A mid of the lead opening the door revealing the girl about to knock on the door. 

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, LEAD

A close up of the lead, however the band are slightly visible still.

CUT TO:

INT. OVER THE SHOULDER, LEAD AND FEMALE

An over the shoulder shot, looking over the leads shoulder at the woman through the door.

CUT TO:

INT. OVER THE SHOULDER, REVERSE, FEMALE AND LEAD

An over the shoulder shot but in the reverse to the previous shot.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, LEAD

A close up of the lead looking up slowly. 

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid shot of the nerd playing guitar.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, PUNK

A mid of the punk playing the drums.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, CAMP

A mid of the camp guy playing guitar.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, LEAD AND FEMALE

A long shot of the female entering through the door to greet lead. 

FADE TO BLACK:

FIN.

Props for our rock music video

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Storyboard for Rock Music Video Images

During the shooting days, instead of filming in the storyboard  order, we decided to film the shots randomly to gather up enough footage for us to edit and change to create our final video. However during some of the filming days we had to add in some more " dream sequences" as we felt that as a group there was not enough for us to edit. We took the storyboards with us to ensure that we were still sticking to the same storyline/narrative as we came up with during lessons. A couple of days before shooting this music video , we had a slight difficulty with the number actors being used as one of the main actors/characters chosen was unable to attend the shooting days, which meant that as a group we had to come to a decision os removing one of the characters. This was the " gay" character, as the scenes created for this character were not as important as the others. To fill this slot in we added in a girl character to play the guitar which included no " dream" sequence, allowing us to develope the more important scsnes involving the main singer and the young girl in question.
On day 1 we had a small problem during the middle of the day with the battery life on one of the main cameras being used, but to be prepared for a sitaution like this one we brought two extra cameras to back up our footage on to be placed onto a mac later on. As a group we felt that to keep the continuity of the footage each person should wear the same clothing worn the day before to the next day of shooting. The weather was the same throughout the two days allowing us to keep the same lighting when outside during the day.