On the day of shooting (Saturday 27th November 2010)
We were unable to shoot at one of our locations (Finsbury Park square) with the floor that lights up.
We had asked an on site security guard, who'd informed us that we were not permitted to film anything or put our tripod down unless we got permission from the council.
I then contacted Broadgate Estate Council/EMO office and was informed that filming there was free of charge for students but due to their busy schedule they could not fit us in to an available time slot for us to film there.
Overall, we were unable to shoot here, especially due to our tight time schedule.
Alternatively we decided upon shooting this scene at a different location- Beach studio at Stanmore College.
We chose to film here because we could get near enough the same effect; a dark room, borrow lights from the media department and put the spotlight on the artists' legs ( just above the knee- using the rule of thirds) and eventually tilt up the artists full body & face.
12/29/2010
12/07/2010
CALL SHEET.........#3
CALL SHEET ......NO.3
Director: Ariba Ahmed (myself)
Contact: mobile number: 07581474557
Email:
Location: Drama Hall (Beach)
Stanmore Sixth Form
Elm Park, Stanmore
Middlesex HA7 4BQ
Production Manager: Warsan Bargadle Editor: Estella Ossei
D.O.P: Ariba Ahmed(Myself)/Nora Bubale
Unit Call: 11.00am Tuesday 30th November 2010
On Location: 11.00am Tuesday 30th November 2010
Sets: Black curtains but low lighting/darkness makes it just look like a black background
Shot nos:...
Artist: Crucial (Real name: Usman Mirza)
Outfit: Grey sweater ..
Transport: Bus & Walking
11.00 : Call
11.00: I went to borrow equipment from the media department
11.05: I arrived at beach
12.00 : Other group members arrived
12:10: we finished setting up equipment and setting/adjusting the lights
12.15: we done some practice shots
12.25: started shooting
12.50: packed up equipment
1.00 we left
11/29/2010
Projection
PROCEDURE OF PRDUCTION SHOTS:
After some secondary research and looking at our music indicative RKZ - Defeat Me ft Raxstar & Menis I put forth the idea of using a digital projector attatched to the ceiling or over head projecor and PowerPoint of images to get a similar effect of the one in the music video.
First, myself and team members went location scouting within our college, looking for classrooms suitable for shooting.
We came across the art studio as its not very busy , however as you can see in images below there was a large wooden table causing obstruction and little space for the artist to perform.
I also considered to shot our scenes in another room in Spruce using an over head projector as it would be easier to adjust as oppose to the digital projector.
OVER HEAD PROJECTOR:
DIGITAL PROJECTOR:
However not only was the Over Head Projector difficult to move around, it was not available to use as other students had already booked to use it.
Therefore, we decided to the TV Studio was most efficient and suitable to do our filming in because it was available for times suitable to us, easily accesiible for all of us, had more than enough space, access to a computer nearby the whiteboard, also a wall plug (circled red in the image below) not too far so we could plug in and place the spotlight (circled yellow in the image below) in the desired area and ofcourse has a digital projector.
SCENES FOR THE PROJECTION SHOTS
29/11/10
PROCEDURE OF MAKING THE POWERPOINTS:
1.GETTING THE IMAGES
I had to find the most efficient way of using non-copyright images and I did so by making an account with Flikr - (certainly the best online photo management and sharing application.)
Wherein one can carry our an advanced search and opting for non-copyright images as shown below...
...SEARCHING FOR AN IMAGE |
...SETTING THE OPTION TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL NON-COPYRIGHT IMAGES |
The next step was placing images on a powerpoint accordingly to match the lyrics in the song.
11/28/2010
DIGI PACK
Marketing aims for CD coverAim of the cover: Target audience (14-25 both male and female), unique selling point, most efficient price/promotion & ofcourse product Unique selling point:
Interest: Although our artist is an independent young male and the colours, graphics and text on the CD cover will attract others those at the age of 14-25, particularly young boys, it may also attract those from an artistic background as the colours and graphics seem very abstract and bright which may also catch the attention of females as he is a fairly attractive, confident looking male artist. PHOTOSHOOT FOR DIGIPACK The photoshoot for my Digipack was Located :INFRONT OF GRAFFITI WALL AND AROUND BROADGATE ESTATE SITES.Curtain Road / Around Broadgate Estate (both very nearby, 5mins walking distance)Curtain Road Hackney EC2 London Equipment I took with me : Canon 50D digital SLR camera of my own. Timing: Filming took place between 12.00 pm and 1.35pm on Saturday 27th November 2010. ..Which obviously wasn't constant and continous, so during the artist's intervals of short breaks I directed him to pose accordingly and I took photos for my digipack. As we walked from one area to another etc I also kept and eye out for any areas/settings I felt were suitable for my Digipack and stopped our artist and continued the photoshoot where/when I felt neccessary. As shown in call sheet #1 , some of our scenes were shot in public areas with infront walls of graffiti etc and I thought the general location was very suitable for a hip hop cd cover. This was very efficient as it saved alot of time and so I carried out a photoshoot there aswell -' killing two birds with one stone.' Outfit: Ariba Ahmed (myself) decided upon 'Crucial' wearing Nike/Addidas trainers, plain black jacket with a hood (not too baggy or not too fitted), 2 thick silver rings (on either hand), a plain black snood (around the neck or in some shots a little over the head) & plain dark blue jeans (slightly baggy) PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE PHOTOSHOOT: PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2 PHOTO 3 PHOTO 4 PHOTO 5 PHOTO 6 PHOTO 7 PHOTO 8 Although this image shows the artists face, most of his garments and the background clearly, I decided upon not using this image for my digipack as the expression on the artists face seems very confused and gives off a vulnerable mood. Vulnerability is definitely not an emotion I'd want the artist to portray as it symbolises weakness , rather than a confidence the audience can relate to and like about him (the audience taking pity on him won't encourage them to purchase the album.)Almost as a role model, the audience should know the artist believes in himself and his music (by giving off a confident.strong mood) so that they're also convinced it good music and purshase the album. PHOTO 9 PHOTO 10 I chose not to include this image in my digipack because the angle of which it was taken at is quite unusual, and difficult to work around. PHOTO 11 The artist cant be seen clearly in this image, also because he standing in a distance he appears too small therefore I chose not to use this image in my digipack. PHOTO 12 Although the following two images are very smilar to this and I chose to use one in my digipack, I chose not to use this particular one as he is looking up and the camera and so the angle at which its taken makes him look inferior. PHOTO 13 PHOTO 14 Unlike photo 12 , this image looks more eye level, so it connects more with the audience.PHOTO 15 I chose not to use this image & the following one not only because it doesn't include the artist but also because theres a graffiti image just above 'get up' of the artist 'M.I.A.' The digipack should be promoting our artist alone 'Crucial' so audience purchase his albums rather than advertising another british artist who is potential competition. PHOTO 16 PHOTO 17 Irrelevant to my digipack as it doesn't promote hip hop genre or my artist. Its also unclear and the sign reading the location is unnecessary.PHOTO 18 PHOTO 19 Once again the complete phrase written on the graffiti isn't shownalso the back of our artist is shown, and he isn't an established enough artist to get away with this. He needs to be advertised and more established which by his face should be clearly shown to increase publicity and consumers. PHOTO 20 PHOTO 21 Although I wanted to show natural lighting, perhaps if I would've brought lighting along with me to help it would've emphasised the natural lighting or helped out at time when the sun wasn't out and there wasn't enough light.Which is evident in the images as some have higher level lighting than others. However, this was easily substituted for as I edited the images on Microsoft Office Picture Manager to adjust the contrast/brightness and general lighting. FINAL IMAGES CHOSEN FOR DIGIPACK: LOOKING AT CD FRONT COVER/INFLUENCES Through research of CD front covers, whether they're American Hip-Hop or British Hip-Hop, I noticed a trend in that they're all setted in a natural looking setting, and that setting is outside on the streets, through earlier research on hip hop culture and its origins I gathered that this is because hip hop originated from areas that were not high maintenance, many artists therefore like to encorporate where their from in their music/cd covers etc. It appears they take pride in where they came from/background, particularly if its from a hip hop originated area.AMERICAN HIP HOP ARTIST: T.I In this T.I CD front cover, the the artists name/album name and artists himself are the only ones shown in colour, the backround is of the wall of a house on the street shown in black and white BRITISH HIP HOP ARTIST: AKALA |
CD FRONT COVER |
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