Make Up Inspiration

Whilst watching Breakfast Club I really liked the extreme close up shot of the girl applying her make up. Also, I liked the delicate brush strokes when the girl applied mascara. Which I then thought that we could create a shot similar to the Breakfast Club scene but our artist would blink, the blink fit with the beat. I filmed the scene on my iPhone and I uploaded it straight from my phone to YouTube.

Filming Technique

Whilst watching the music video to You Me At Six- Gossip (above) I noticed that the majority of the music video were dolly shots, I wondered how they made the dolly shots seem so smooth and professional even though it was a low budget music video. So I then decided to research in to the filming technique that they used.

I used Google to see behind the scene photographs which would show the

band filming, I came across a couple of photographs which show the equipment that they used whilst filming the with the dolly. The photograph on the right was taken from www.myspace.com/edinfocus. The camera was placed

on a poll with wheels which was used for the dolly

shots, the artist was pushing the poll along to get the continuity shots for the different rooms.

I then decided to zoom in to the photograph to look more at the camera itself (screen shot on the left). Mask tape was used to stick the camera to the poll, which made the camera seem smooth. The rooms in the music video were dark because it was made to seem like a party, the lighting around the camera made the artist stand out from the extras at the party.

After researching this technique I have become more confident that even 'amateur' directors can create good and professional music videos.

Possible Shots for Teenage Dream

We have experimented with a range of shots and a variety of angles for our music video. Due to the numerous amount of beats in Teenage Dream we need to have a range of camera shots to keep the audience entertained and to have enough footage for our music video.

Our first possible shot is of Michaela sliding down the wall, we wanted this shot during the long note 'You.....' to show the realisation that the relationship was imaginary. However, this clips lasts for too long and it is very dramatic and theatrical. So ultimately I think we need to make it more emotional so instead of her just being angry, she needs to be upset.

The second shot has been edited to make it faster as the original filming was very slow due to this it was very difficult editing this shot as the lip syncing did not match the music. When filming this Michaela would have to sing very slowly, or it will have to be a cut away shot with out the lip syncing. I really like this shot as I find think it matches the narrative, I think that the fast pace editing gives a disorientated feeling.

Thirdly, the close ups of Michaela's face was inspired by Swedish House Mafia featuring Tinie Tempah- Miami 2 Ibiza, we want the facial close up shots to be the opening in the video as when the lyrics start the audience will be fully introduced to our lead singer Michaela.