Friday, 10 July 2015

Lyircs Analysis

We looked at the lyrics and diveded them up like lines in a script. This meant the actors knew what they were doing and this meant that we could film with ease.

Story Board


Monday, 22 June 2015

Shooting Schedule


Here is our shooting schedule so far this may be updated to suit actors, weather and based around school events (sports day)

Scene
When
Classroom (practice) and Drama Studio
24th June (Afterschool)
Classroom and Drama Studio
24th June or 30th June (Actor and sport dependent)
Street (practice)
24th June
Street
24th June
Outside (Practice)
25th June (Afterschool)
Outside
25-6th June (weather dependent)

Still Shots

Here are the still shots we have taken as examples of shot types we could use in our locations. Where we have marked in Red is where we took the shots from. More shots to come from the drama studio shoot.














Camera shots and Editing

Key: Camera shots
         Movement
         Angles

Camera shots within “What I go to school for” by Busted
00:00-00:02- Camera tracks on a close up of high heel shoes
00:02-00:03- Close up of black board on Steadicam
00:03-00:04- Extreme Close up of eyes on Steadicam
00:04-00:06- Slight Zoom on a Mid-shot of guy 1
00:06-00:07- Close up of light switch on Steadicam
00:07-00:08- A close up of the projector on Steadicam
00:08-00:09- A mid-shot of guy 1 on Steadicam
00:09-00:10- Extreme close up of eyes on Steadicam
00:10-00:14- Mid-shot of lead singer on Steadicam
00:14-00:16- Pan with an Extreme long shot on the projector
00:16-00:19- Over the shoulder shot of girls walking on Steadicam
00:19-00:22- Long shot of the projector on Steadicam
00:22-00:24- Mid-shot of guy 1 on Steadicam
00:24-00:25- Close up of girl flipping hair on Steadicam
00:25-00:28- Close up of guy 2 on Steadicam
00:28-00:33- Long-shot> Zoom> Mid-shot, as students sit down
00:33-00:34- Extreme close up of eyes on Steadicam
00:34-00:35- Mid-shot of guy 1 on Steadicam
00:35-00:37- Mid-shot of guy 2 on Steadicam
00:37-00:38- Low-angle, Mid-shot of guy 3 on Steadicam
00:38-00:41- Close-up of pencil dropping on Steadicam
00:41-00:45- Long-shot> Tilt > Mid-shot of teacher crouching down
00:45-00:47- Long-shot and backwards track from a low angle of 3 guitarists
00:47-00:48- Close up of guy 2 on Steadicam
00:48-00:49- Close up of guy 1 on Steadicam
00:49-00:50- Close up of guy 3 on Steadicam
00:50-00:54- Two-shot and Mid-shot on Steadicam
00:54-00:57- Long-shot and Track on three guitarists
00:57-00:58- Close up on random girl in crowd on Steadicam
00:58-01:00- Two-shot of teacher and guy 3 on Steadicam
01:00-01:02- Close up of guy 1 on guitar on Steadicam
01:02-01:04- Long-shot and track of the 3 guitarists
01:04-01:06- Long-shot with teacher as main focus in background in Pan
01:06-01:07- Close up and band member on guitar on Steadicam
01:07-01:09- Zoom to guy 1 on guitar from Long-shot
01:09-01:12- Track of teacher in Mid-shot
01:12-01:19- Track band to the front door in Mid-Shot
01:19-01:21- Mid-shot and high angle of teacher and cat on Steadicam
01:21-01:28- Two-shot at front door on Steadicam
01:28-01:30- Track and Close up of teacher’s leg
01:30-01:31- Two-shot and Mid-shot on the street on Steadicam
01:31-01:33- Low-angle and Long-shot of the tree on Steadicam
01:33-01:36- Zoom tilt and into the window in a Long-shot
01:36-01:40- Teacher and cat in a mid-shot on Steadicam
01:40-01:42- Low-angle and Long-shot  of tree on Steadicam
01:42-01:43- Teacher and cat in a mid-shot on Steadicam
01:43-01:45- Long-shot and low-angle as fall out tree on Steadicam
01:45-01:48- Two-shot and Mid-shot of guy 2 falling out tree on Steadicam
01:48-01:51- High-angle to Low-angle through tilt on Long-shot of the band


Editing mainly invisible transitions but sometimes uses shot reverse shot

Actor's Roles

Actor’s Roles:
Classroom:
Teacher: Write on board
                 Turn around and look into the camera
                 Flip light switch
                 Press projector?
                 Bend down and pick up pencil
                 Touch guy 3 shoulder
                 Stand at front of the class and mouth words
                 Lean over guy 3
                 Hand paper to guy one
Guy 1: Sit down and lip sync while staring at camera and twiddling a pencil
             Accept the paper from teacher


Guy 2: Pull cringe faces towards the camera
             Look at teacher while being touched
Guy 3: Rest head on hand, hold book, pull approving face
            Drop pencil on the floor
            Gawk at teacher while being leaned over
Extras: Watch projector
             Walk
             Flip hair and look at camera
Students: Walk and sit down
                  Put hands up
Outside:

Band: Jump in sync
           Play their electric guitars crazily one by one while lip syncing to the camera
           Walk to music beat
Extras: Walk and dance in background and jump around a bit
Street:
Band: Walk down street and lip sync
            Crowd around door
Guy 1 & 2: Crouch round door looking through peep hole
                    Look up at house
                   Look at guy 3 when falls out of tree
Guy 2: Look at camera while around the door and pull happy face
             Press door bell
Guy 3: Sit up in tree
            Pretend to fall out of the tree
Teacher: Sit in chair and pet cat

                 Walk a bit

Mise-en-scene

Scene
Classroom
Lighting
Natural (Window) and Projector
Location
English rooms?
Props
White board and pen
Interactive board and projector
Desks
Chairs
Light Switch
Pencils and Paper
Desk
Bookshelf and stuff on walls?
Costumes
Guy 1 – Uniform (Tie too tight)
              Messy hair
              Paper in pocket
Guy 2- Uniform (Blazer minus sleeves)
             Messy Hair
Guy 3- Uniform
             Badges
             Wrist band
             Trainers
Teacher: Dress and wig
          Red lipstick and mascara
          Heels
Extras: Shirt
             Tie
             Trousers or Skirt (depend on gender)
Cast
Guy 1- Sam Gillet
Guy 2- Sam Smith
Guy 3- James Davenport
Teacher-  Tom Salmon 
Girl who flips round 1- Lauren Skinner
Two girls who walk past- Kirstie Waddel and Marianne Paisley
Extras- Younger years

Scene
Outside
Location
Court Yard
Props
Guitars
Crowd
Buildings in background
Costumes
School uniform (same as last scene)
Cast
Guy 1- Sam Gillet
Guy 2- Sam Smith
Guy 3- James Davenport
Extras- (Lower years and sixth formers with uniform)
Lighting
Natural as is outside






Scene
Outside street (James house)
Lighting
Street lamps (torches?)
Lamp
Back light of camera
Locations
Drama Studio
Outside street (James house)
Tree near tennis courts
Props
Tree
Window
Door
Peephole
Armchair
Lamp
Stuffed Cat
bookshelves
Costumes
Guy 1- Parker Coat
       Jeans
       Fancy Shirt light
Guy 2-Waterproof jacket (superdry?) Zipped up
        Jeans
Guy 3- Bomber Jacket
        Dark Shirt pattern i.e. stripe or flag (is unclear)
       Jeans
Teacher- Slippers
          Black Tights
        Nightie
Cast
Guy 1- Sam Gillet
Guy 2- Sam Smith
Guy 3- James Davenport
Teacher- Tom Salmon 

Progress Report

22/06/2015

-Finished story board
-Practice shots completed
-Difficalt shots practised 
-Shooting schedule 
- Mise en Scene completed
- Camera shot types complete 
- Casting complete

Costumes and Props (cool kids)

Costumes 

Teacher: Blazer, shirt, tie

Students: Casual clothing

Iggy: Check skirt, plain blazer, knee high socks, white t-shirt

Charlie XCX: smart/casual clothing

PE group: Shirts, t-shirt, knee high socks and trainers

Lunchtime group: causal clothing


Props 

Teacher: Glasses, pieces of paper

Students: Pens, paper 

Iggy: handbag 

Charlie XCX: 

PE group: Tennis rackets, 




Locations



Classroom Scene- Geography classroom 


Lunch scene- Playground 


PE scene- Tennis courts


Cheerleading scene- Field





Casting (cool kids)


Main Casting:



  1. Iggy - Canisha 
  2. Charlie XCX - Leah 
  3. Redhead- Ella 
  4. Teacher - Joe
  5. Group of 5 - Jaime, Joe, Canisha, Leah, Chloe
  6. Pe girls - Jaime, Joe, Chloe, Canisha, Lexy, Ella and Anna 
  7. Cheerleaders - Leah, Chloe, Megan, Jess, Chloe L  

Friday, 19 June 2015

19/06/15 Group 1 (cool kids)


This lesson we learned how to use the camera aswell as looking at possible locations we could use when filming our music video.