Filming blog

   


                   Hey guys so today I’m going to be talking about my filming process. So we started our filming process for our music video, and it was so much fun! My group and I were so excited to start this music video journey. When the teachers told us about this project we got so excited, and immediately we started to think about what song we would do. Once we picked a really good song we decided that we were going to film on our phones. We decided we were going to use our phones for filming because we would know that everything in always with us. So our plan for the day of our filming process was to first get our tripod for the phone. We need the tripod so we could set up our phone if no one could hold it, or if we don’t want the shot to be shaking.  Before we could get our tripod we needed to fill out a form. So the first thing we did when we got into the class room was to fill out the form. So later that day our plan was to stay after school to film on the track. So that was a whole thing first we had to ask our parents. Then when we got to the place we had to ask permission to film on the field. Once we got to the field we had to look for a coach to see if they would let us. If they did then we would start filming.
              So we got the plan done, and we finished up our storyboard in class that day. In class that day we had to finish up our storyboard and our plan. We also had to finish up the two blogs if we didn’t finish them. So after school we did our plan we went to the field and started to film. We saw a coach walk into the field so we went over to him to see if he would let us film, he said yes! So that part of our plan went by really good. So after that we set up our tripod. But we ended up not using it so that was a waste of time lol. Then after that we decided to start filming and that took a while.  We had to take a lot of redos because of the people in the background. We also ended up switching roles which was pretty funny. It was also kinda hard to get good lighting because the sun was setting. The filming went pretty good I was really happy about it. It was kind of embarrassing at time because there was so many people watching but that’s life. So overall it was a very good and fun experience.

Storyboard

Hello! Today my group and I’s next step into making our music video was to create our storyboard. We utilized the storyboards in our last project and it ended up being extremely helpful. With a clear and percise storyboard to reference when we film it tell us exactly how we want our vision to be brought to life. In the first box which represents about 4 seconds of the song we will be shooting on a soccer feild and we will use a tracking shot to film the main girl (Ava) walking up to the villain (Alex) bad talking her. Then the next box is the next 4 seconds and Ava goes to slap Alex and the beat drops and the beginning of the lyrics begin. Then the next box is representing when the chorus starts which is 9 seconds long and it’s a tracking two shot. Then the next 9 seconds is the chorus again and it will be Ava still walking on the track lip syncing to the chorus. Then as you can see in the 5th box it jumps to a grocery store where we will film us dancing in the aisle for 17 seconds. The next box jumps to us in bayview park where we will continue to use a tracking shot while the next verse plays. Box 7 will be a flashback to show how the problem/ fight in the video had begun. Then the next box is back in bayview. We will continue to sing the next part of the song before it jumps back to the chorus. So far we had filmed in 3 different locations the feild, the grocery store, and the park and for our last two boxes we decided it would be cool if we shot us dancing in a combination of all locations. We will sing to the chorus again until the end finish time switching back and forth between all locations. And that is our set storyboard plan for filming our music video of Hollaback girl by Gwen Stefani. I am so excited to begin filming especially with such a detailed storyboard to help guide our vision.

Planning blog

Hello ! My team and I are in the beginning process of planning for our music video project which is for the song Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani. We were all estastic when we realized we were going to be able to create or own style video for this song. We got into class and sat together we had a little bit of a vision of what we wanted the project to look like we didn’t have it scene by scene played out. We were excited to sit down and put our ideas together and on paper to bring our video to life. We all individually brainstormed for a few minutes thinking of just where to start. We knew that the planning stage was very vital to creating a successful end product. With being very organized we knew it would make the whole filming process much easier. It for sure did with our commercial project. So then we began.
  The first thing that we did was watch the music video and pick which minute and 15 seconds we wanted to use for our video. We all agreed to use the first minute and 15 seconds which we thought was a good idea becuase the beginning sets the tone and includes the chorus twice. Then we googled the lyrics to section them off in different parts for how we wanted to film for each lyric line. So on a paper we wrote down each line and figured out how much time it took up. It ended up being a total of one minute and 13 seconds. As we went through we shared some good ideas of what we can act out for the lyrics. In the beginning we decided that we wanted to start off with a fight type scene becuase we felt as though the song was about a fight so we thought it was appropriate. During that time we also thought it would be a good idea to insert a flashback of why a fight was breaking out. And then it was time to think about our Mis en scene.
 We needed to pick our locations next. So we thought it would be a good idea to shoot the first shot on our school’s soccer feild and then the next couple of ones of on our track. Then we came up with shooting in a grocery store as well to add some diversity and also in a park and then for the last 17 seconds which is the chorus to shoot a combination of us in all of our locations. Then we were expressed the importance of health and safety, so we will be having a first aid kit with us at all times and whenever we are driving to any location all of us will be wearing a seat belt. Our lighting will be bright. We will have props such as grocery carts, a ball, backpacks, and food. Our costumes will be as close to the original video as possible to give off the same vibes and follow that convention such as straight hair, chains, hoops, crop tank tops, jeans, and beanies. Overall we are very excited to start filming becuase our planning makes it seem like it’s going to be very fun to film.

Music video introduction

        Hey guys today we are starting a new project. The new project is going to be a music video! We are so excited to lip sync and create a really amazing music video. After our last project we feel really confident that we will do a good job with this new project. We figured out what worked and what didn’t work in the last project. We found out that the schools camera didn’t work that well and that we are going to use our phone to film. Today we are deciding what song we are going to do.
       My group and I chose the song halla back girl by Gwen Stefani, which was released in 2005. My group agreed that we love this song, it’s a song that we all grew up listening and jamming out to.This song was a very popular song for the time it came out. This song was very successful on the charts. We all had the idea of coming up with this song. We had many ideas of how we can make this music video the best it can be. We are so excited to use some editing techniques to make this music video amazing!
       The conversations for this music video can be summed up in the word CLAMPS. C is for costumes. The costumes in this halla back music video is 2000s California street clothes. For example low rise jeans, cheerleaders, and a band. L is for lighting, the lighting in this music video is bright the whole time. This is because it’s an upbeat song. A is for actors, in this music video there are a lot of people. There was a lot of diversity in the music video. M is for makeup, the make up in this video is a lot of 2000s inspired makeup. For example red lipstick, thin eyebrows, dark eye makeup, there hair was always in braids or down. The props for this video was a lot of stuff. For example they had Pom poms, band equipment, cars, and signs. The setting for this music video was in a bunch of different places, some of the places were the street where she’s in a car. Another place was school, she was at school a lot dancing and singing. The last place that she was at was  the grocery store, where she kicked food over and danced some more.

Editing blog

          Hey guys today in class we finally finished  editing yay! We started editing on Tuesday, we were so excited to start editing. We grabbed a computer and got our notes out and started the process. First we  logged into our pinnacle studios account and looked through all of our footage we had on our camera. It was a lot of footage there were a lot of bloopers. It was kind of challenging trying to remember which ones were not the bloopers and which ones were the actual good footage. Once we found all of our footage we dragged it into pinnacle studios. Once our footage was on pinnacle studios we dragged it down to start cutting it. This part was really fun!
         Cutting it was fun but difficult, because sometimes you would cut to much out and then you would have to start over again. We cut our footage so it would be exactly 30 seconds. That took a while because we kept on messing up. After we cut it the bell rang so we had to edit the rest of it the next day we had this class. When we got to class the next day we  immediately got to editing. We rewatched our commercial from last class to make sure it was exactly 30 seconds. It was so that was a relief. After we rewatched it we decided to put in some music. We thought this would be the easiest part but we were wrong. We tried looking up how to do it but that didn’t work.
        So we tried asking multiple people. No one seemed to know how to do it. We were about to give up until I asked one of my friends. And he knew how to import music! We were so excited that he knew how to do this. So he showed us what to do and we learned how to do it. So we imported our sound and dragged it to pinnacle studios. We had a little trouble cutting it to be just right. But at the end we finally did it. After we got the sound in, we rewatched it one more time to make sure it was good. We were so happy of the outcome of our commercial!