After considerations about who would be best to play each character as well as who is available. These are the people whom we have decided would be best.
Young man - Eliot Nash
Personally i felt that this role was the hardest to cast because all of the possible actors would have been...
Friday, 12 December 2014
Monday, 8 December 2014
The Golden Hour
The golden hour (sometimes called the magic hour) is a specific name for the hour of sunlight just before dusk and dawn. Lighting tends to be softer, with a more golden hue. Due to the low angle of the...
Location ideas
After considering the plot the next step when thinking about filmed was where are we going to actually film? This was a very important part for us as last year we used the school building because of how we weren't allowed to take the camera equipment off site. We found this rather restricting at the...
Crew and potential Cast
We have now assembled a team of possible cast members, this was mostly a brainstorm of people that I knew acted and/or were likely willing to help us out. We have not actually asked most of these candidates to be in the cast. These are merely people that i feel i could call upon should we need them....
Current Plot
At this point we have a plot that I feel we are all happy with, some changes are likely to be made however I think that this is a good idea to work around.
These are the working notes that we have been using. It includes a lot of ideas about camera angles as well as areas that will need input...
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Target Audiences
The target audience of a music video really depends entirely on the piece of music that it is going with. A bright, vibrant video about teddy bears usually wouldn't go with a piece of death metal for example. This means we have to draw the tone and style of the music video from our choice of song. This...
Monday, 24 November 2014
Artist Research
Jose Gabriel Gonzalez was born July 31 1978 in Gothenburg Sweden. He described growing up in a very small town of no more than half a million people. Gonzalez grew up listening to Latin folk and pop music, and has named Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez as a favourite artist. He...
Friday, 21 November 2014
About the Song
Far away is a song with a rather simple meaning that I feel was easy to find without being heavy handed in giving its message across. It's message is that no matter how much you try, goals are still far away. Hence the title of the song. No real goal is given in the lyrics, giving the message more of...
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Idea #4 - The Choice
Initially we had a few problems with deciding which idea to pick, each having its pros and cons, such as Sam's solid idea yet very iconic song or jack's original and perhaps too ambitious one. In the end we had to present these ideas to the rest of the class as a pitch, almost selling our ideas so that...
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Idea #3 - Sam's Pitch
Sam chose a song that, personally, I am a massive fan of. He decided on 'My Way' by Frank Sinatra.
I really enjoyed the idea that Sam put forward, especially the location that he recommended. It would have fit perfectly for his idea and overall I feel is the strongest idea that has been...
Idea #2 - Jack's Pitch
Jack has decided to pitch the song 'Ecstasy of Gold' From 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'. He had the idea to make the music video as a western.
Personally I really like the premise. The song ebbs and flows very nicely, with some parts rather quiet and slow to then swell and...
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Idea #1 - My Pitch
The song idea that I came up with is a song called 'Far Away' by Jose Gonzales. Click here to listen to the song, I chose this because it has both a very slow, melancholic tone.
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Ideas
Before starting the main project we had to decide on what to actually make. We were given a long list of possible options but in the end managed to narrow down our choice to a 5 minute film. Sam proposed an idea that we all liked of the 'locked room mystery' (LRM) . This idea seemed to be feasible because...
Thursday, 25 September 2014
First Post
This is the first post on my new A2 Media Blog. Here is where I will post and archive all the work that I do over the next 6 months or so with the final aim to have a full and comprehensive blog that looks at how I have developed in both my skills and how I, along with my peers, have developed our media...