Film Blog

For our music video, we now have a planned idea from our storyboard as well as the additional planning my group did. We have not gotten around to filming yet, however we plan to follow the schedule that we made beforehand to ensure we have enough time to edit afterwards. My group has discussed our song of “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas and how we can create a final product to our best ability. We want our scenes to match the mood of the song and we want to entertain our audience. Our current project has a much larger time limit, so we plan to spend more time filming rather than for an hour and thirty minutes. I have successfully completed the first major step of the process now which is the planning of the product. We made sure to use our time wisely during planning since this is a key component for our music video and can be a major help when we begin to film/edit our project. Our music video will include many different settings and props along with other accessories. Mis En Scene is important to make present in our film and we will attempt to make a detailed visually appealing music video for viewers. The storyboard that we made requires us to film our scenes off of campus at different locations, such as the shopping mall.

Due to our music video requiring us to film outside of school, we have not gotten a chance to begin the filming process. We chose a variety of locations for our project like a house, shopping mall, and party setting just to name a few. This made it difficult to film during school hours therefore longing the filming process more. However, I have no doubt that we will finish in time to edit our music video thoroughly. In our project, we plan on filming some locations multiple times at different moments in the film. This allows us to capture some of our shots quicker since it will be the same setting. We are still planning some to allow us to follow a precise plan that we can stick to later on. I have already started to gather some props that look useful for our music video. This is helpful to ensure when the time comes to film we will be ready to begin. We will start to film over the course of this week and some of the following week if needed.

Regarding our plan for filming, we have thought of many ways we can film our scenes. To start off, we will shoot an establishing shot of us at a house. This will then transition into a close up of our faces demonstrating our boredom. Our next scene will be located in the car as a medium close up showing us on our way to the shopping mall. We will also include a point of view shot walking into the store to show a variety of camera angles and to interest the audience. Once we are done buying our outfits and accessories we will then present a flash pan to show a glimpse of what we purchased and our bags. A long shot will be shown of us entering the house again after we finish leaving the last location. A majority of our scenes are in the car from us leaving and entering places. Many other scenes will be included as well in the middle of our product. Although we have not been able to film currently, we now have a detailed plan for our music video which will be very useful for the rest of our process.