Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Auditions - Zak Munton
We chose Zak to act as the business man in our promo because he is good at acting lost and keeping character through out his audition. He will be playing the businessman in our promo so he will have to act lost when he is in wood scenes as this is where you wouldn't expect to see him, which make for effective shots. Zak also looks like a business man so it'll make our actors look even more realistic.
Auditions - Liam Rushton
We chose Liam to be the animal in the KYKO music video as he is good at acting as if he is lost and confused by his surrounding environment. This is what we wanted to achieve with the person acting as it makes the animal look like he is not fitting in to the town location he will be in. This will make a good effect and will make the scenes more interesting to watch.
Auditions - Jamie Robinson
Jamie was auditioning for the role of KYKO in our music we did not give Jamie the part because he wasn't the best at lip syncing as he did not put enough emphasis into the lip syncing so it doesn't make it clear that he is lip syncing song. This is the main reason we didn't give him the part.
Auditions - Archie Gray
We didn't choose Archie to play the role of KYKO in our music promo task as he wasn't best prepared as he had to keep a copy of the script with him while doing his audition, and had to keep looking down and reading the lyrics off the sheet. We don't want this in our promo as it looks very unprofessional, and makes it look like it has been rushed and not thought out very well.
Auditions - Luke Crane
We didn't choose Luke to act in our music promo as he is unavailable to act on the days we have chosen to film. We also didn't think he fit our desired look for the animal he would act as so we did not give him the part.
Auditions - Terence Burns
We chose Terence to play the role of KYKO in our music promo. This is because he is very good at lip syncing to the song, he knew all the words to the song which shows he is determined to get the part as main vocalist actor. He also fits the appearance you would expect from KYKO with his individual look which will fit the theme we want to achieve with our promo.
When he was doing his acting he put a lot of emphasis into the lip syncing which looked very realistic when we added music to video. He didn't have to use a script unlike the other actors which looks more professional on film as he is always focused on the camera, which is what we want from our promo. This is why we chose Terence to act as KYKO in our music promo.
Friday, 9 October 2015
Cutting to the beat - KYKO Animals
Cutting
to the beat
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/So callin'now/
Callin' what you are/
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/Cause I feel this falling
/And I'm moving on/
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/And the dusk moves faster/ on an open road/
And I feel like thunder/
I will let it go/
Cause time gets wasted/ when you know it straight/
And I don't want to play this game/
So lay me down/
You will watch
All the tables turn/
Keep looking on
Cause I don't know where we heading now/
Maybe we're like animals/
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/Running wild through/ this fire/
/Wanna take it all/
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From the night
Run for miles/
And we get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
Oh lets get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
/So catch the light
To feel it beating down/
/When you feel the air in through our body now/
/Cause the dusk moves faster/ on an open road/
And I feel like thunder/
I will let it go/
Cause time gets wasted when you know it straight/
And I don't want to play this game/
So lay me down/
So lay me down/
Cause I don't know where we heading now/
Maybe we're like animals/
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/Running wild through/ this fire/
/Wanna take it all/
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From the night
Run for miles/
And we get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
Oh lets get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
/The open night/
You wouldn’t lie/
/See the stars in a full sky
/Cause time is all/ we need and more
/Lets chase the life that you’re searching on
/To fight
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To fight/
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Maybe we're like animals/
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/Running wild through/ this fire/
/Wanna take it all/
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From the night
Run for miles/
And we get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
Oh let's get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
Yeah lets get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
Oh lets get it all wrong/
‘Oh we get it all wrong’/
Costume choices
In our music video we have 3 actors all with different costumes; Zak is acting as a businessman. Liam as a animal and Terence as Kyko himself.
Zak's(Businessmen) Costume:
This is Zak's costume as he is playing a business man, we chose the suit as it is stereotypical business man outfit. It is formal so fits the narrative we are trying to create. Due to the narrative of trying to create confusion you don't expect a man In a wood to be wearing a suit.
Liam(Animal) Costume:
This costume fits our narrative as we have decided to have a monkey running in the town. This is fits the lyrical themes of our song about animals. This is going to create an opposite scenario and therefore create some humour and also deepen our narratives meaning.
Terence(Kyko) Costume:
Terence's costume is very simple, it is casual clothes which fits the conventions of the
indie pop genre as the artists usually wear very casual clothes. In addition it is easy to get hold of and makes our performance fit the genre we are trying to portray. This is Kyko, we are going to try and represent his casual style and therefore make our performance more professional
Zak's(Businessmen) Costume:
Liam(Animal) Costume:
This costume fits our narrative as we have decided to have a monkey running in the town. This is fits the lyrical themes of our song about animals. This is going to create an opposite scenario and therefore create some humour and also deepen our narratives meaning. Terence(Kyko) Costume:
Terence's costume is very simple, it is casual clothes which fits the conventions of the
indie pop genre as the artists usually wear very casual clothes. In addition it is easy to get hold of and makes our performance fit the genre we are trying to portray. This is Kyko, we are going to try and represent his casual style and therefore make our performance more professional
Chosen locations
For our town scenes we have chosen to use a multiple locations within the town of Stamford. The main location will be the high street as this area is often busy with many shoppers. This will work well for our storyline as we want to show that the man in the animal outfit is not fitting in with his surroundings and is different from everyone else, this will make the audience feel sympathy towards the character.
We have also chose to use locations in Stamford such as one of the car parks, as this will show that the animal is in a place where he doesn't belong. We have also chose to shoot in some of the housing estates in Stamford as these will be good at showing that the animal feels trapped as there are many dead ends and built up areas making the character feel trapped and alone, which will create sympathy for the animal.
For the scenes with the businessman we have chosen to use Dole Wood as this is a quiet wood that has many scenic paths and routes. With the wood being quiet it will make the shots more affective as it will make the audience feel sympathy for the businessman as he is all alone and looks lost. The wood is slightly overgrown which makes the scene with the businessman in more interesting as you wouldn't expect to see him in those locations.
We have also chose to use locations in Stamford such as one of the car parks, as this will show that the animal is in a place where he doesn't belong. We have also chose to shoot in some of the housing estates in Stamford as these will be good at showing that the animal feels trapped as there are many dead ends and built up areas making the character feel trapped and alone, which will create sympathy for the animal.
For the scenes with the businessman we have chosen to use Dole Wood as this is a quiet wood that has many scenic paths and routes. With the wood being quiet it will make the shots more affective as it will make the audience feel sympathy for the businessman as he is all alone and looks lost. The wood is slightly overgrown which makes the scene with the businessman in more interesting as you wouldn't expect to see him in those locations.
For the scenes where the animal manages to escape the built up area on the bike, we have chosen to use country roads around the village Obthorpe. We have chosen to film here because of the landscape which has a peaceful feeling to it as there is very little traffic and nice landscape. This will make the audience know that the animal is happier here due to how he fits in more in this landscape.
For our actor who is doing the singing and the meeting of the business and animal, we have chosen to use a farm location as this will give us a lot of opportunities to get good shots. We have planned to shoot here at night so you cant see the background and keeps all the attention on the actor. The flat level surface throughout the farm will gives a good area to perform on. For the time lapses we are going to shoot them in many various locations, to get the best shots to use in our final piece.
Risk Assessment
Location 1
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Stamford
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Risk
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What can happen?
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How to prevent this?
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Traffic on the road
Trip hazards around streets
Riding the Bike
Getting lost
Driving to the town
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Student can be knocked over by car
Students can get serious damage such as broken bones from falls caused by objects on paths
Student could fall off the bike when filming.
Students can get lost around the town.
Students can be put at risk on the roads on the way to the chosen location.
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Take extra care when crossing roads and make sure to keep clear of roads.
Look carefully where we film and be careful on un-level ground.
Be extra careful and concentrate on what you’re doing.
Make sure you have planned your route to prevent getting lost.
Make sure students trust the student driving, and students under the age of 18 have to have parents/guardians permission to go in another student’s car.
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Location 2
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Dole wood
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Risk
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What can happen?
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How to prevent this?
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Falling trees/branches
Trip hazards
Driving to the wood
Livestock in surrounding fields.
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Falling trees and branches could fall on students.
Students can get serious damage such as broken bones by tripping on branches and plants growing in the woods.
Students can be put at risk on the roads on the way to the chosen location.
Livestock can be dangerous if students and cause serious injury annoy them.
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Choose carefully where we choose to film, away from any of these hazards.
Take car where we film, try to choose locations which have the least hazards.
Make sure students trust the student driving, and students under the age of 18 have to have parents/guardians permission to go in another student’s car
Give space to livestock if there is any at the location.
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Location 3
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Obthorpe
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Risk
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What can happen?
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How to prevent this?
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Driving to the village
Trip hazards around streets
Riding the Bike
Ditches surrounding the road
Livestock in surrounding fields.
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Students can be put at risk on the roads on the way to the chosen location.
Students can get serious damage such as broken bones from falls caused by objects on paths
Student could fall off the bike when filming.
Students could fall in them and get injured.
Livestock can be dangerous if students and cause serious injury annoy them
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Make sure students trust the student driving, and students under the age of 18 have to have parents/guardians permission to go in another student’s car.
Look carefully where we film and be careful on un-level ground.
Be extra careful and concentrate on what you’re doing.
Students take care when walking around these ditches.
Give space to livestock if there is any at the location
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Storyboard
Shot 2: We then cut to the next shot which is split into 3 sections of 3 different locations and the different locations cut into the screen in time with the beat.
Shot 3: The next shot is also similar with the same technique of the splitting of the screen with more locations that we used throughout our promo. This is showing our locations throughout and getting our audience familiar to the locations used.
Shot 4: The same split screen of 3 of us is used again and this is to show our characters to get our audience familiar with the characters before the narrative kicks in, they are all midshot of the characters so they can see what they look like but also see the costumes to recognise them in the promo. The use of the split screen is used a lot here because it looks effective with the cutting to the beat.
Shot 5: This is a beginning of the narrative and shows the businessman in unfamiliar territory of a field/woods and gazing longingly into the distance.
Shot 6: This is the beginning of the lyrics and we felt it was important to show the singer here and introduce the audience with the lip syncing and the main singer and get an idea for the main artist from an early stage.
Shot 7: The shot then cuts back to the business man in the woods and a close up is used to show the lost expression on the face of the business man as he is in unfamiliar territory.
Shot 8: We then cut to a shot of the business man working on his laptop and would be an over the shoulder shot to show him typing on his laptop, with the narrative we are aiming for the audience to understand that whether you are animal or human you are all the same, we have chosen this idea as the lyrics in the chorus use the words 'Maybe we're like animals'.
Shot 9: The next shot just emphasis' the work the business man is doing with an extreme close up of his hands typing away on his laptop.
Shot 10: A reminder then pops up on his mobile of a meeting he has to attend to at 9.30am and it is an extreme close up of the mobile to see the time.
Shot 11: The next shot is an extreme long shot of the business man standing in the woods working on his laptop, showing he is in an inappropriate location for a meeting.
Shot 12: The shot then cuts to the watch showing the time he has to get to his meeting and at this point the beat gets faster in tempo and begins this indicates the change in narrative from a relaxed man at work to someone now in a rush.
Shot 14: A close up of the main artist singing the song, we decided to have the singer in different background locations and of similar background for the two main characters to have another link between the two characters.
Shot 15: A mid shot of the gorilla which pans from his feet to his face with him looking lost as he's in a public area
Shot 16: A close up of the gorilla's face to show the lost emotions to reinforce the lost emotion from the previous shot
Shot 17: A high angled long shot of the gorilla showing him in unfamiliar territory (public area)
shot 18: Another close up of the main artist singing, short snippets to keep it exciting and remind the audience of the singer and his appearance
Shot 19: After the lyrics 'I will let it go' the gorilla is released and begins to travel through the public area continuing to look lost
Shot 20: A time lapse of the town with constant, busy traffic which is portrayed through a long shot, giving the audience an idea of the area the gorilla is in
Shot 21: The beginning of the chorus so a close up of the main artist in another different location (similar to gorilla)
Shot 22/23/24/25: Flashes of the two main characters (gorilla and business man) running through their unfamiliar locations as the lyrics in the background sound 'Running wild' continuing to create the links between the lyrics and action on screen
Shot 27: Close up of the gorilla's face to reinforce the emotions
Shot 28: Extreme long shot of behind the gorilla to show he's still lost and in unfamiliar territory
Shot 29: Close up of main artist, before cutting to the other character
Shot 30: Back to the business man with a mid shot which is over the shoulder of the character showing him gazing into the distance
Shot 31: Close up of the watch to show the time has passed from the last time we saw the watch and show how time is running out for the character
Shot 32: Close up of the business man with a sad facial expression to indicate he's running out of time
Shot 33: A long shot of the business man running off camera to indicate he's back rushing off again - this is still adhering the fast tempo of the song
Shot 34: Close up of the main artist again, with the chorus coming to an end with the repetitive lyrics of 'Oh we get it all wrong'
Shot 35/36: Two characters walking into their shots, creating match on action with the two shots following on from each other and both showing the characters in their unfamiliar surroundings which fits with the 'oh we get it all wrong' lyrics.
Shot 38: Long shot of main artist gazing into the distance which is over his shoulder
Shot 39: Close up of the min artist for the audience's pleasure as it is what they expect to see
Shot 40: Use of the split screen with long shots of two very different locations, used to make the audience create messages about why they have been placed here but they are the locations both characters are aiming to get to
Shot 41: Back to the use of the screen split into 3 to help with cutting to the beat, to show a bit of consistency and it goes from a long shot of the business man getting his phone out of his pocket then two consecutive close ups of the business man answering and ending a phone call from his boss
Shot 42: A short shot and a midshot is used to show the business man putting his phone back in his pocket
Shot 43: Another split into 3 of the screen again for the cutting to the beat and consistency and in these 3 we see a close up of the business man get into a jog and then the other 2 are showing him running off into the distance and at different stages of his run/journey
Shot 44: Close up of main artist to help split up the narrative between the two characters
Shot 45: A time lapse is placed here to indicate time passing and an extreme long shot of the sky
Shot 46: Back to the gorilla with him in focus from a long shot that is over his shoulder and then focus will be pulled to a bike on the side of the road
Shot 47: Mid shot of the gorilla picking up the bike and showing a happy emotion as this will be the answer to all his problems
Shot 48/49: Long shot of the gorilla dashing off camera indicating a progression with the narrative as at this point the lyrics 'And the dust moves faster' are heard
Shot 51: The shot is faded in and we see the business man out of breath with a sad facial expression still as he enters more familiar territory
Shot 52: A midshot of the business man taking his phone out of his pocket again
Shot 53: A close up which is over the shoulder of the business man showing his phone with an incoming call from his boss
Shot 54: A mid shot of the business man from behind showing him throw his phone into the distance and make a U-turn on his journey
Shot 55: The businessman is shot close up with him appearing to be thinking with a little more happiness in his face
Shot 56: Another close up of the businessman walking towards the camera while undressing himself with taking his tie off and undoing his top button and becoming more comfortable with a smile gradually coming upon his face
Shot 57: An extreme close up with the tie in focus and then focus is pulled from the tie to the businessman's feet walking off into the distance
Shot 58: The final chorus kicks in and we see the businessman begin to run to indicate the increase in tempo
Shot 58/59/60/61: The same as the last chorus to show consistency to show the two characters travelling at speed to keep up with the tempo of the chorus and are all seen in long shots to show all the locations they travel through
Shot 63: Long shot of the bike placed down and the gorilla running off into the distance leaving his bicycle behind
Shot 64: Another time lapse to indicate time passing again
Shot 65: A midshot of the businessman taking off his blazer and leaving it behind
Shot 66: A midshot of a burning fire out of focus with the businessman smiling towards it and then focus is pulled and the fire is then in focus as the businessman walks towards the fire
Shot 67: A close up of the briefcase being burnt into flames
Shot 68: A midshot of the businessman looking to run off with a relaxed facial expression
Shot 69: An extreme long shot of a field with the sun setting and the use of a time lapse
Shot 70: The businessman sat staring into the fire with a long shot of him from the distance
Shot 71: An over the shoulder shot of the gorilla looking at the businessman
Shot 72: The gorilla removing his gorilla mask with an extremely happy smile portrayed through a midshot
Shot 73: The two characters meeting in a long shot and morphing into one character - helping with the message of us 'Maybe we're like animals'
Budget List
Item
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Image
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Cost
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Where to buy?
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Animal costume/Onesie
Bike Go Pro Cannon Camera Tripod Suit Newspaper |        |
£30 hire
£100+ (free because already had one) £300+ (free already had one) £500 (already had one) Free provided by school £150+ (Already own one) £0.40 |
Sukie's party emporium shop- Stamford
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Thurlby shop |
Luckily we had half of these items already so didn't have to buy them. We will get an animal costume from Sukies Party Emporium as they looked good and we could hire the costume which was better value for money.
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