A2 Media Studies Music Video: Progression Update

So far, myself and Rich, have filmed the majority of the music video, and edited a selection of footage. The video is our version of the 'Eyes Set To kill' song 'Darling'.
Including:

• Male Vocals
• Guitar Sections
• Breaking Objects

Editing:

• Overlay Of Text With Effects
• In-Sync (30 secs)
• Song Title And Band Intro
• Blending Effects

Male Vocals

For this , we have used a silhouette of me singing into a corded telephone, with a plain white back board lit up by a spotlight, which allows the filming to create a dark figure singing into the phone, but with an unidentified identity.

Guitar Section

We used a similar effect for this. First Rich filmed me playing along to the full length of the song, focusing on the torso and guitar, and not focusing on the face at all.

Secondly, I filmed Rich playing the guitar, which allows us to use different footage for creating certain effects in the music video

The effects we used for this was slightly different compared to the silhouette used for the male vocals, we used the same plain white back board, but placed the light infront of the guitarists, allowing a spotlight on the instruments, this also provided a nice shadow enlarged on the white back board.

Breaking Objects

We managed to gain various items to break for the music video, which included a mug, a 12" vinyl, a 7" vinyl and a 'fake' mobile phone. We managed to gain permission to use an empty part of the college's facilities, due to Health And Safety we were unsure about this originally, but we bought some safety goggles for this procedure.

We filmed in a remote corner, on a paved surface, set the camera on a tripod and started throwing, whilst recording, in an angered rage.