The Hitchcocks

 We have several options for different kinds of lighting we can use in our music video. We have both RGB and White LED lights, we could possibly get a generator to bring this to our location. The colour changing lights would allow us a lot of possibilities with the mood and feel of the video. With the main lights being white to fill the scene, we could also add in some colours like blue and green to add more interest to the shot. We also have a small ring light if needed for some fill lighting and if needed. A lot of our locations will allow for a lot of contrast with the lights. In the isolated room scene we could have shadows moving across the face, the source light could also move to keep everything in motion and to hold the audiences focus. The use of colour changing lights could also be used here to show the different emotions the character is going through. Another technique we could try for the scene in the woods is using ground lights, you set up lights directly on the grou...

            Lighting Test for Isolated Room

 Running Narrative - Forest Inspirations I like the beginning of this piece. The ambiance and drone panning, introducing the situational context and the video's main character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ht9MyJLT4 In this movie clip from Sherlock Holmes, I likes two aspects from the scene. The horizontal panning, keeping the subject in the centre of frame. I also liked the slow motion effects that showed the bullets moving in real time. Now the scene is a lot more action packed and production costs would have been through the roof but it inspires me how the shots were taken and their use of slow motion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SDFxGZ5fJw This scene from Harry Potter uses drone shots to shows the scale and terrain more and moves at the opposite direction to the characters to make it seem like they're moving faster. Shaken camera close ups to make it feel like you're running with the characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHX7CURlsJQ In this Blaire Witch ...

 An idea we had for one of the narratives in the video was the main character sitting in a dark room, alone and isolated.  This narrative shows him alone, at his most vulnerable. The room is the main setting of his downward spiral, here he uses substances to deal with his intense feelings. The darkness in this room symbolises the dark place he is in emotionally. The scenes of the party and the chase are happening in his head, the harsh reality is that he is still trapped in this room. The look and feel for this narrative is inspired by the styles I've seen in a few music videos. in ‘Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies’ by Biffy Clyro  yellow/gold lighting is used in a darker setting making it seem almost as if the video is set in a tunnel and the light at the end is shining in.  ‘Stan’ by Eminem  also inspired me, as its use of the dark interior lit by dull lights and the flashes of lightning really captured the main character's inner turmoil, which is s...

 Party Scene Notes: Character sitting emotionless? Going through something by himself - isn't talking to anyone. Slow zoom out shots - starting with an extreme close up, ending with a long shot. LED Lights giving a party feel. Potential time-lapse video effect, with the main character stuck in real time. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne62ctPlaiI&list=WL&index=1&t=166s Trying to get Alcohol to numb the pain but cant find the motivation. Fog/smoke in the background? Fog drowns out everyone in the background? Makes himself all alone in the room?

 Meeting 13/10/2021 In class we talked about what our plan was for the context and compositing of the video. Still waiting for the audio is making this planning a little difficult but we have an early draft of the song which helps us visualize the tempo and lyrics of the composition. Our main focus was the storyboards. Darragh made an initial storyboard draft. This gave us a good direction for where we want to go with the piece. However, this made us think about our composition as a whole and not rush into a random narrative. We planned on doing some background research and inspirations on the narrative through looking at similar pieces and see how they approached a similar topic / mood. We are also going to split the narrative into three and mash them together in the edit. These three narratives are linked and add context, mood and motives for our main character. We are starting to plan the logistics of filming as well. Darragh will be scouting some locations that we have caught o...

These are the first draft ups of the storyboards. There will be more shots in the final one but we wanted to get a feel of how we think the 3 different narratives will play out.  

“I’m caught in a trap  Threw way the key and I never looked back Don’t look at me and what’s that in my back?  All I got is love but my heart screams attack x2  Guess I gotta get it from the get go  Had a lotta lovers wouldn’t leave it so I let go They only be sayin I’m a sucker cause I said so  Hyped like a huckleberry, where’d your homies head go? Huh?  We only do if it’s ten toes, wait. Is it deep is it down? You a sheep or a clown?  They be feeling profound  Really reachin around  It be creepin us out  Man I feel for me now  Please don’t read this out loud, Fuck.  Shit  Get back into it  Bad rap influence  Is all I had So can I act diligent  Wait a minute Dylan  Now do that shit different  Get back under the bus  What you runnin from?  What’s the rush?  Stay right here and play with us Okay guys really that’s enough  Okay guys really that’s enough  Okay guys REALLY THAT...

  Thursday 7 October 2021 Brainstorm Dark room, coloured lights Forest After effects-crown Two entities fighting against each other, revealed to be themselves Being chased by an entity Fast paced cut with slow shots Smokey room party, very still Playing with shadows Cuts between emotionless closeup & someone breaking down Kent station tunnel Abandoned hotel Castle ruins Basquiat

 Moodboards I took the concept in a more literal sense with a three pronged narrative direction. Three situations where the main character was isolated, lonely and confused. Towards the end of the song, they would each find their way and make it through their troubles. The granny would be alone at the start, sad and miserable. Then she would start reaching out to her family and gradually she would realise the value of her time with family and friends. The second would be with a lone person in the woods not being able to find their way out. Eventually they calm down and start to find clues to getting out of the forest. The third situation would be a student with ramping up collection of books that he needs to study. He starts to see the value of going out and enjoying himself while keeping organised and getting his work done. - Andrew I chose darker colours to signify the darker theme of the song. I chose to represent the theme of being overwhelmed with a chase, where the main chara...

 Roles Producer - Liane Director - Andrew Art Director + Gaffer - Kate Editor + Logger - Darragh Camera + SFX + Colour Grader  - Sinead

In case our first plan doesn't work out we also research some other bands and songs to have as a back up. I first went to bandcamp.com and searched for bands from Cork.  Some of the songs I found include: Teenage Drug LP by  The Sultans Of Ping Sluggers Bridge EP - Salami by    Pretty Happy Slugger Bridge EP a arcade  by   LEWWAB I liked both of these songs because they have a very energetic sound that I think would be fun to edit the video around. Both of these bands are from Cork so I think it would be easy to contact them for permission to use their song or work with them.

 05/10/2021 Andrew, Liane and I went to Dylan's home so I could start producing the  song  for Dylan to rap to. Once there we discussed what kind of song we wanted to make.  Dylan showed us some of his songs and we discussed his influences. Once I got a sense of what kind of music he liked to rap to I started writing a melody and making a loop while Liane and Andrew discussed ideas on what direction the song and video could go in. Before the session was over I made sure that Dylan felt that the song was in a style that he felt he could write some bars to and that he liked the music. Later that evening I edited the loop and structured the  song , changing the pace slightly in some sections to create variety and hopefully make it easier for Dylan to structure his lyrics and generally make it easy to write to. I was aiming to make the whole  song  around three minutes in length. Once I finished the  song  I sent it on to Liane and she played it ...

We have set up a group chat on messenger to help us effectively communicate with each other. We thought that messenger was the best option as everyone has access to it and its quite easy to use. We may plan to have some group meetings on messengers voice call function, if we cannot all meet on campus at the same time.  We're planning on having a meeting on Monday the 4th to discuss our plans for the video we wish to produce.

 Client Meeting Liane, Sinead and I met up with Dylan to brainstorm the direction we wanted to bring the song. We viewed his previous works to see the genre(s) of music he likes to produce and the pacing that he prefers to rap to. Keeping in mind the editing process that we will be planning in the coming weeks, our focus was on the mood and narrative of the video. Liane and I conceptualised the direction that we could bring the piece. We hope to invoke an emotional response from our viewers and also retain their attention in the video and song. Sinead is experienced in using the software Ableton Live . We looked at her previous works as well to see how she could adapt to Dylan's rapping style. She was able to create a beat that she didn't initially enjoy, but Dylan liked it so she developed it more and used some extensions to help create the initial beat.  This allowed Dylan to picture the rhythm and style that the song could be. After the meeting, Dylan was able to start th...