Today i have spoken to someone based at Beaumont University Halls in Leicester to ask for permission to film on their grounds, at this current time they are contacting security and finding out whether this would be possible or not. I will Confirm an outcome once i know.
However, i have been to my brothers house in Leicester, on Litton road, opposite Victoria Park, where i plan to film the rest of my video throughout his house and the one way streets surrounding it. I have taken basic photographs of the possible rooms in the house which may appear in my music video, please excuse the mess as these photographs are simply to capture the the general shape and location of the building as potential film sets, on the other hand the general appearance within the house is appropriate and not far from the image i would like to create in the final video. The stereotypes that i wish to create in my video are those that are displayed throughout the house such as various items i found including, alcohol, lighters, A LOT of mess, coupons, lads magazines, condoms, guitars and so on; i feel these all help to portray the presence of a male student accommodation.
Below are the photographs which i have uploaded into my flickr account. (i used a Nikon D60 to take these photographs.)
There will be more images to come if i am able to to film at beaumont halls, however if i do not get permission i will have alternative locations where my opening scene will take place.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Friday, 2 October 2009
Storyboard for music video
Here i have taken a document from Mrs Hammond's blog which presents way in which i can present my stroyboard for the music video in various forms to make it as clear as possible for both myself when filming and my cast, ensuring i can communicate my ideas effectively.
Dynamic Learning A2 Music Video Guide Exemplar
my story boards will be posted soon ....
Dynamic Learning A2 Music Video Guide Exemplar
my story boards will be posted soon ....
Initial locations
The map below shows the location of where i would like to plan my opening scene. I have chosen this location because of it's centeral green area surrounded my student halls. This would be more effective than my initial choice which was 'Vicky Park', this area would have served the purpose of a wide open space however due to the vast amount of space that there is a small croud of about 20 would look isolated which is the opposite of what i would like to create. And so my new location of Beaumont halls for Leicester univercity students is approprite as the green area is smaller and the surrounding buildings create an enclosure which will be a stationary background allowing all the movement within the shot to be on the cast and not traffic for example. To ensure that i have permission to film within this location i will get in contact with the warden assigned to this plot and confirm what im allowed to do.
The halls of residences are marked by the letter A; this i where i plan to film my opening scene.
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The student house where my brother lives is marked by the letter A ; this is where i plan to film the shots down streets and scenes within the student house.
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Fortunately these two locations are not far from each other and neither of the areas attract too many obsticls, therefore allowing me to easily re-shoot shots if required.
The halls of residences are marked by the letter A; this i where i plan to film my opening scene.
View Larger Map
The student house where my brother lives is marked by the letter A ; this is where i plan to film the shots down streets and scenes within the student house.
View Larger Map
Fortunately these two locations are not far from each other and neither of the areas attract too many obsticls, therefore allowing me to easily re-shoot shots if required.
Detail of roles
Throughout my video with the exception of the opening scene there are only two main character roles. This consists of a male which represents the character who has written the song lyrics and so the video is to tell his story, he is the main character. In addition i have a female who is the supporting role appearing throughout the majority of the film along side the male, her purpose is the female interest of the male lead as well as servicing the purpose of the male gaze for the male target audience, similarly the lead male role is to appeal to females.
The age i am looking for throughout the cast is 17-20, the reason being that i want to portray a young adult/student atmosphere through their body language, relating to the student based locations and the genre of the music being the indie scene.
For the rest of the cast included in the opening scene the same stereotype applies however due to them only being background features i would ask them to wear what would be a natural dress code to them, where as i would dress the lead male and female role so that they stand out as the main characters.
I am currently recruiting cast members and hoping to begin filming in the next couple of weeks once i have finalised my storyboard and have a full cast.
The age i am looking for throughout the cast is 17-20, the reason being that i want to portray a young adult/student atmosphere through their body language, relating to the student based locations and the genre of the music being the indie scene.
For the rest of the cast included in the opening scene the same stereotype applies however due to them only being background features i would ask them to wear what would be a natural dress code to them, where as i would dress the lead male and female role so that they stand out as the main characters.
I am currently recruiting cast members and hoping to begin filming in the next couple of weeks once i have finalised my storyboard and have a full cast.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
'The Male Gaze'
In class we discussed the male gaze theory for the benefit of students creating representations of females. In 1975 Laura Mulvey published her theory 'the male gaze', this is a theory exploring the visual pleasure of narrative cinema and the concept deals with how the audience views how people are presented.
There are three ways in which feminists are thought of:
-how men look at women
-how women look at themselves
-how women look at other women
A feature of this theory is when a camera lingers on the curves of a female body for example a slow pann up from the feet to a woman's face; these shots are often presented in the context of a mans reaction to the event. However this feature relegates women as objects and are forced to view the narrative secondarily because of the identification of the male.
Although this theory does carry criticisms:
-some women like to be looked at in a sexual manor as they enjoy the attention
-some women rely on the interest of men as they may sell their image as a living such as modeling
Along with this theory other theorist read into it concentrating on selling media through facial expressions.
In 1980 Marjorie Ferguson researched female expressions and came up with four different categories:
-the chocolate box
-invitational
-super-smiler
-romantic/sexual
And in 1975 Trevor Millum researched male expressions and produced five categories:
-carefree
-practical
-seductive
-comic
-categorical
Additional insight into this theory come from theorist Johnathan Schoeder in 1998, he believed that 'to gaze' implied more than to look at something/someone. He said that it signifies a psychological relationship of power, where the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze. An example of this may be when a parent tells off a child and they stare bluntly at the for a period of time, because they hold the stare and dominate the situation they have to power.
I feel this won't apply hugely to my project as the storyboard present the male lead with the power, however this theory may affect my choice of casting as i will want the lead female to stand out from any other and stereotypically the female lead is more than likely the most attractive.
There are three ways in which feminists are thought of:
-how men look at women
-how women look at themselves
-how women look at other women
A feature of this theory is when a camera lingers on the curves of a female body for example a slow pann up from the feet to a woman's face; these shots are often presented in the context of a mans reaction to the event. However this feature relegates women as objects and are forced to view the narrative secondarily because of the identification of the male.
Although this theory does carry criticisms:
-some women like to be looked at in a sexual manor as they enjoy the attention
-some women rely on the interest of men as they may sell their image as a living such as modeling
Along with this theory other theorist read into it concentrating on selling media through facial expressions.
In 1980 Marjorie Ferguson researched female expressions and came up with four different categories:
-the chocolate box
-invitational
-super-smiler
-romantic/sexual
And in 1975 Trevor Millum researched male expressions and produced five categories:
-carefree
-practical
-seductive
-comic
-categorical
Additional insight into this theory come from theorist Johnathan Schoeder in 1998, he believed that 'to gaze' implied more than to look at something/someone. He said that it signifies a psychological relationship of power, where the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze. An example of this may be when a parent tells off a child and they stare bluntly at the for a period of time, because they hold the stare and dominate the situation they have to power.
I feel this won't apply hugely to my project as the storyboard present the male lead with the power, however this theory may affect my choice of casting as i will want the lead female to stand out from any other and stereotypically the female lead is more than likely the most attractive.
Post modern media
It is becoming clearer every day that media is becoming a large element of power throughout the world; it is through the media that the most important messages are communicated from anywhere in the world, such as the news and less importantly 'gossip' about celebrities, although the media intelligently adapts this information and conveys messages via different methods which conserquently produce a false world.
Post modernists claim that in a media saturated world that we are exposed to media 24/7 and because of this the difference between reality and the media representations becomes invisable to society, therefore media reality becomes the new reality.
From an artists point of view value judgement is blurred and everything within the industry becomes down to taste. This outcome of this is that anything can be labeled as art and deserves the right to be viewed by an audience.
Because of the distinction between media and reality has collapsed reality is made up of images and representations. This idea relates to Plato's theory of forms; he believed that there werte two worlds, the world of forms and the material word. These were to accomodate his thinking that for every for of a true ojbect in the material world there was a duplicate in the world of forms however this world includes only the concept. Therefore media has created these two worlds of reality and media reality.
I feel that this will apply to the narrative throughout my music video because it portrays a typical relationship where 'boy meets girl' and they fall for each other. Currently in the media relationships are always made to look negative as people are always breaking up/divorcing, being unfaithfull, using people etc. This has formed a negative stereotype for modern relationship and sadly it has produced a 'new reality' proven by only 50% of marriages surviving. As my audience have grown up in this generation along with these stories in the media they can relate to the broken relationship that is revealed towards the end of the video.
Post modernists claim that in a media saturated world that we are exposed to media 24/7 and because of this the difference between reality and the media representations becomes invisable to society, therefore media reality becomes the new reality.
From an artists point of view value judgement is blurred and everything within the industry becomes down to taste. This outcome of this is that anything can be labeled as art and deserves the right to be viewed by an audience.
Because of the distinction between media and reality has collapsed reality is made up of images and representations. This idea relates to Plato's theory of forms; he believed that there werte two worlds, the world of forms and the material word. These were to accomodate his thinking that for every for of a true ojbect in the material world there was a duplicate in the world of forms however this world includes only the concept. Therefore media has created these two worlds of reality and media reality.
I feel that this will apply to the narrative throughout my music video because it portrays a typical relationship where 'boy meets girl' and they fall for each other. Currently in the media relationships are always made to look negative as people are always breaking up/divorcing, being unfaithfull, using people etc. This has formed a negative stereotype for modern relationship and sadly it has produced a 'new reality' proven by only 50% of marriages surviving. As my audience have grown up in this generation along with these stories in the media they can relate to the broken relationship that is revealed towards the end of the video.
Current thoughts..
Recently i have begun to question using stop motion effects throughout my video since i have researched in Sigur Ros's works and i believe i can create an effective video by manipulating the speed of the camera movement and flow between different shots and scenes. Although despite this i will still make a short attempt to make my own stop motion clip in case i am to change my mind. it is a possibility that i may include in a small section of my video to demonstrate a variety of conventions and methods.
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