Set design meeting

 We had a meeting with Fran who is the set designer and discussed our ideas and potential designs. The props that we proposed to Fran were a surfboard on springs potentially, a double sided beach sign, theatre style waves, 2 lounge chairs and an umbrella. (pictured below)

After discussing the props, she went on to tell us whether or not they are doable. Fran told us she can make a stand for a surfboard but we need to source one ourselves, the lounge chairs and beach sign can be done, in regards to the theatre waves, she will see if she can do the the theatre style and if not she can make fabric waves that we will have people maneuver. For the umbrella, she suggested that we find one and she will paint it to match the colour scheme of our set. We were asked to create a detailed example of how we want the beach sign to look, which Melis has drawn out (pictured below).  One side is going to be sign pointing towards different areas on set and the other side will say cant just call me. 

Our tasks were to make sure we had the proper backdrops, which we do. To source a surfboard, which we have found but are working on how we will get it delivered to our set, and the 

Set Design Meeting – How did the meeting go? What did you talk about? What did they say? What plans / agreements were made? Is there anything your group needs to do before you next meet with them?

digipax

 *This is the first draft of my digipax, I will make a digital version on sunday when I get back home on the ipad*

for the inside back cover we have the CD place. I wanted to keep a pastel rainbow theme for this, so i went with a striped rainbow design on the CD and kept the background plain and simple. 

for the outside back cover, the barcodes, track list etc will be located. I went with a drawing of a pastel sunset, I chose to keep the colours darker to represent a sunset. I included a moon, stars, birds and clouds. 

for the outside front cover, I went with the look of a sunrise. I put a hammock on the top of a hill being held up by palm trees. The colour scheme is more orangey yellow and to have the album name in groovy letters curved around the top. 

for the inside front cover, I want to keep it simple, keep with the rainbow theme but perhaps include a photo of our artist in the background and have a rainbow in the foreground. 

Lighting workshop

 Lighting workshop 

we learned about the differences between house lights and workers lights. the house light are the main lights. we then learned about the one light trick, where you take a studio light and put it as close to the lense as possible and on top. 

the next thing me we learned was the name of lights, pictured on the left is the red head light  it uses lots of energy. it is a light that we use often in the studio for filming. 

the next thing we learned was to change the exposure once the lights have been turned on. changing exposure makes the shot look a lot more professional.   

here is a side by side comparison before and after we have corrected the exposure. 

We also learned a trick about softening shadows, Matt showed us how taking a piece of waxy paper and putting it in front of the light. 

we then looked at lighting strategies, the first of which was 3 point lighting. 3 point lighting is obviously putting three lights in three points. we placed a light in front of our model, we placed a light behind our model and one on the other side of our model. 

3 point lighting is used for news and interviews. Three points of light, key light which does most of the lighting, fill light which is used to fill in the shadows opposite to the red head light, back light to light her from the back to give an edge around her so she stands out from the back. 

the next thing we looked at was using styrofoam block to bounce light back onto the model.

using this and the wax paper allows light to be a lot softer and it diffuses it. beauty lighting  

Matt also taught us a trick about shielding the top of the camera lens to soften shadows. 

pictured below is a video showing the comparison with the hand shielding vs without the hand shielding. 

the next thing we learned was coloured lights such as vinyls and fluorescents. vinyls are sheets of plasticky colours that we place in front of studio lights to set different vibes. 

fluorescents are lights that have glass cylinders around them, we can swap out different colours throughout shoots. These are often used in music videos. 

 

Key terms:

Photo flow 

House lights

Single lighting 

3 point lighting 

Key light 

Fill light

Back light

Beauty lighting 

Back light+ bounce (diffuse)

Bathroom light

Dress light 

Fluorescent light 

Lighting for the eyes 

Conventions of an artists instagram page

 

In Claires' instagram account she posts lots of videos of her new songs and recordings. She posts these to promote her new songs in a more personal way. The posts are often her recording at her house which seems a lot more personal than recording in studio. She also posts lots of lifestyle posts to show her audience who she is what she enjoys to do. Those posts are similar to the posts of other girls who have a big following on Instagram. The reasons she posts these are to make her into someone her audience can relate to or someone that her audience wishes she could be. 

She posts some sillier posts of her out with friends and/or on her own. This again allows the audience to relate to her. She posts some concert posts but she only became so popular during the covid pandemic therefore she hasn't really been able to do many shows and concerts.

Billie Eilish is an example of a bigger artist that blew up rather quickly. She is a lot more edgy and quirky in her Instagram styles. She posts many concert pictures prior to covid. She also posts lots of behind the scenes and teasers of her music videos. She does this so that she can gain a bigger following on Instagram, people see her videos on Youtube and then go to her Instagram for more, this can also work in the other way, if someone sees her posts on instagram they will go to her youtube to see the whole thing. She posts her tour dates and updates on what festivals she will be at. This is important to inform her fans of when she will be performing and where. 

She also posts quite a new magazine covers and articles she has been on. A lot of bigger artists do this in order to show how far they have come and to again promote the product or magazine or article to her fans.

An example of a much smaller bands instagram is the motive. They are a relatively new band so they really don't have very many Instagram posts. The majority of their posts are videos and pictures of them performing at shows. This shows what kind of music they do and helps them to promote their music. They posts lots of old film style photos. They post a few pictures of them in bars or hanging out to show their audience how they're normal guys too and this helps the audience relate to them. They also have posts of the music festivals they've performed at or will be performing at. this is important for them to build up a fanbase.

Pre production tasks

 scenes: 

• ducky scene 
• croc scene 
• kiddie pool scene 
  
• water reflection scene 
• underwater scene 
• mermaid scene 
• sand scene 
• bubbles scene 
• snorkle scene 
• beach ball scene 
• lifeguard scene 
  
  
  
• flipper scene 

Props 

• beach balls 
  
• sand 
• umbrella 
• lounge chairs 
• crocs and jibbitz
• kiddie pool
• snorkels 
• flippers
• mermaid tails 

Costume 

• Hawaiian shirts 
• Swim shorts 
• socks and sandals 
• lifeguard outfit 
• cargo shorts 

individual ideas for instagram posts for my artist

 

1. the first post is a teaser/album cover for the artists new song I chose this because similar artists do the same thing 
2. this post is the name of the song on a pair of colourful crocs. this is going to be in our music video so we could use a screenshot from the actual thing which will make it easier on us during the instagram process. 
3. the next post will be a photoshoot with the artist and the feature. We chose to put this in as a more serious post since the other posts are less serious. 
4. the next post is a silly close up selfie. We chose to add some of these because its similar to some other artists with the same vibe and star persona. 
5. the next post is a behind the scenes video of the artists during the filming of the music video. 
6. another silly selfie
7. the next post will be a shot of the two artists in a recording studio with some silly props in the room with them. this is a take on a serious picture because I don't feel like the artist was the type to have loads of serious pictures on his instagram 
8. the next post is another picture of the two artists sitting on a couch having beers, this really just shows that they are two regular boys that can relate to their audience. 
9. the next shot will be of the artist sleeping on set. we chose this again so the artist looks relatable and quirky. 
10. the next one is slightly more serious. it will be the artist sitting at a table with a plate of desert and two spoons. we chose this to hint towards the artist dating this will create some speculation to who he is with and create some anticipation. 
11. the next post will be of the artist walking their dog. We want to show that he is an animal lover and that he's just like everyone else. 
12. the next shot will be another silly mirror selfie with messy hair. 

Camera workshop 1

 In this camera workshop we started off with a recap of what we learned last term and started learning about filming with different lenses and the differences between shooting a music video and an opening title sequence. 

the first thing we discussed how to focus using the new lenses. Last term we use zoom lenses and now we will use prime lenses. Prime lenses don't have the same mechanisms to focus so we had to learn a new way using a tape measure. The reason for using the prime lenses is because the quality is much better. The way we focus is by measuring the distance between the camera and the main person. We then take that measurement and use that number on the dial pictured below. We were also introduced to a new type of lense that we just got that is a much higher quality lense that is a cross between a zoom and prime lense.  

We were introduced to monitors and learned about lighting etiquette, for example before turning on the lights it is important to warn everyone so that no one looks directly into the light and risk hurting themselves. The next thing that we learned is shutter. When were filming it is important to get the proper degree of shutter to make it fit the shot. a 180 degree shutter will make the movement look natural and for a sharper look a lower shutter will be useful. Having a lower shutter is good for bands because you are able to see the details better. Higher shutter looks a lot softer and it is useful for slower softer songs. The shutter is how much light is being let in. 

We then discussed how to change vibes for the music video using angles and how to set up our artists and bands to create a more interesting thing to watch. We took turns setting people up and angling the cameras.