Design Activity-Lesson 31

In this lesson we learnt how to use photoshop and quark for our pop video digi paks

Analysis Of One Sequence From The Rough Cut Video.

The sequence we have chosen to analyse is the sweet scene when our artist Bella is lying on a bed of sweets and we quickly wanted to analyse some of the shots that were too fast when they were edited. Initially we used the green screen to make the background completely black but when it came to editing out the green screen some of the colours on the bed and the artist Bella would dissolve, we then decided to re-shoot without a green screen and use a black curtain instead. When re-filming, we pulled the black curtain all the way and rolled the green screen all the way up so that it was out of the way. This allowed our new shots to have a black background which made our artist, Bella, stand out more with her sweeties corset. To make the shots that were edited too fast look better, we cut some of them to put in some shots we already had that were longer.

Off Set Videos

These are our off set/behind the scenes videos introducing our locations and our up and coming star Bella. Each video is a different location of where we shot the pop video and what our artist was wearing.
(One of our videos has come out upside down we've tried to change it but it can't be edited in final cut pro)

Final Rough Cut And Feedback

This is Group Ones Final Rough Cut . . . .

This is the final rough cut video overall the video is a succsess but there are some flaws, however these are easy to ammend.
For one base track's we used the green screen thinking that we dissolve the colour when it came to editing, but when we tried to edit out the green screen our star Bella and some of the colourful props where disserpering aswell. To fix this we just need to redo the shots this should take about an hour because we took pictures whilst filming, so we can just copy the mise en scene and instead of using the green screen use the black curtain instead.
During the video some of the shots are too quick, so we have decided to either make the shots longer or cut them completley depending on the length of the video when we re-shoot one base track.
Even though the camera work is steady throughout some of the shots are out of frame and too fast, but these can all be fixed in final cut pro, we just need to frame the shots and cut out the extra space in the back of the shots.

When these minor errors are all fixed the final video will be...BOOMBASTIC!!!!

StoryBoard

On shoot photos

Vladmirr Propp

Vladmirr Propp was a Russian Scholar who analyzed the Russian folk tales. He did this by breaking them down into 31 components which consisted of a hero, villain, confrontation between the two and eventually a resolution. A music video which I feel that I can apply his theory to is Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker. This follows his theory as it begins with 'absentaion' where the heroe (in this case 'heroin' who is Mariah Carey herself) leaves her comfort zone as she suspects that her boyfriend is cheating on her, so she is seeking with her friends to catch him in the act. This then leads to the stage of 'interdiction' where the hero is warned against something (dont go there). In this case Mariah is sitting in her car contemplating whether she should go into the cinema and confront her boyfriend, however, she is egged on by her friends and chooses to do so anyway. The 'violation of interdiction' is where the villain is introduced and in this case it is her boyfriend watching the film with another woman which indicates that he is having an affair.

Jumping a few of the steps, the music video then leads to the 'first function of the donor' where the heroe is attacked by her boyfriends 'other' girl in the toilets as she goes to confront her. She then reacts which leads into the 'struggle' where the villain and heroes join in direct combat - they have a massive fight in the girls toilets. 'Victory' is then gained as Mariah 'returns' back to the cinema once again which obviously means she has defeated the other girl and 'returns' to the other 'villain' who is her boyfriend to lead to his punishment. She is then faced with a 'difficult task' as she now has to confront her own boyfriend about his dirty deeds and he is 'exposed'. She is given a new 'appearance' as she is holding a drink which she then pours onto her, now, ex-boyfriend as 'punishment' for having an affair on her. In this case, the 'wedding' of the story is her happy ending of walking away from a relationship where she was not being treated with respectand honesty.