Our two day workshop with Tom was all about music videos (the planning of a music video, the different camera shots, and a bit of filming of our own music video)
We got given a song to listen to called Midnight at The Oasis. We got to listen to this song a couple of times and then was asked to write down our ideas and brainstorm ideas about how we felt about the song.
Midnight at the Oasis; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K-hF-Tlp0Y&feature=related
A Brainstorm of the Midnight at the Oasis
Dreaming
Jazz
Desert
Sun to the Moon
Showgirl theme
1920's
Audrey Hepburn
Hotel
Lights
Distinction between reality and a dream
Intro - Daytime getting out of a taxi
Ending - Early Morning (still dark, glint of the sun coming up) Boyfriend is waiting in the back of a taxi and they drive off together.
Realtionship with a man.
Day Two of Toms Visit;
On our second day we began filming our video of Midnight at the Oasis. We had some equipment (camera and lights) and have to improvise with props and locations. We used costumes from the drama centre at school and our location was the school. We got our actors and actresses for the music video from the schools sixth form centre. There was no cost at all during this filming and was a draft for the real thing later in the year.
We filmed for most of the day and looked back at the days filming in the last lessons of the day, we found that filming a video takes a lot of time and patience. I found that planning for a music video is essential and has to be done before filming as it would be impossible otherwise. Making a storyboard was good for our filming as it gave us a picture of what we wanted our shot to look like.
I would just like to say hankyou to Tom for our workshop and giving me a idea about just how IMPORTANT planning and re-search is to making a music video. Thanks tom!
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