Micheal Jackson - Scream - $7000000
Madonna - Die Another Day - $6000000
Madonna - Express Yourself - $5000000
Micheal Jackson - Black or White - $4000000
Guns and Roses - Estranged - $4000000
Puff Daddy - Victory - $2700000
MC Hammer - To Legit to Quit - $2500000
Mariah Carey - Heatbreaker - $2500000
Busta Rhymes - What's it Gunna Be?! - $2400000
Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back to me Now - $2300000
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Recce Photos for 1 Minute Short Film
Me and my partner Alice decided to base our story on the life of a student who gets bullied at school by a group of girls.
We decided to use the school stairs for our closing scene, we thought that our character could be pushed down the stairs, finishing with a fade to black, as this leaves the audience thinking about what happened to the character.
This corridor will be one of the main places we will be shooting our film. We thought about maybe having the victim walking/running down the corridor away from the bullies. There are also lots of additional rooms off the corridor and many places we can film from and try different angles and shots. This area looks very narrow and clostrophobic, so this creates an atmosphere already.
We took some inspiration from the film Mean Girls. In the film there is a scene where a girl is sitting alone in the toilets eating her lunch. We thought that we could recreate this and were thinking about using a point of view shot over the cubicle door, so the victim looks vulnerable and watched. This sort of scene is also used quite frequently in these sort of story lines. They are often very successful and effective in showing a vunerable and innocent person/
This is the point of view shot we would like to use. We chose this area as there is lots of light and it will be easier and clear filming here than in a darker area. The high angle shot makes our character look small and targetable. Also, the small space makes our victim appear trapped. This has connotations of bullying and vunerability.
Friday, 15 June 2012
Initial Ideas for my 1 Minute Film
Our task is to create a 1 minute short film with the title of 'In the life of...' Our filming is restricted to inside the school grounds and therefore we thought that doing a film based on the life of a student would be most appropriate. However, we knew that a one minute film about a normal day as a studemt would be boring and too familiar, so we started to think about a more irregualr storyline.
We decided to film the life of a student who is being bullied by a group of older students at school. Our options are fairly open in this way as different victims have different experiences, for example emotional, physical and cyber bulling. We have decided to use mainly emotional bullying, with some elements including physical and cyber bullying. For example, a close up shot could be used looking at a mobile phone screen with an abusive text message from the bully (or annonamous number). With the physical bullying, we didn't want to use too much and maybe use it on a closing or opening scene.
Different Types of Music Videos
Performance - band 'performs' the song - U2, Where The Streets Have No Name
Related to the theme - the central idea of the song is represented - either literally or exaggerated (amplified).
Narrative (mini film) - the video tells a story - Ed Sheeran, Lego House
Hybrid performance and narrative - this is perhaps the most common, there is a story going on, intercut with the band performing
Intertextual - the video references a classic film/TV show
No-lip synch - there is no 'miming' in the video, hard to pull off
One take - the video is done in one take
Artist absent - the artist doesn't appear in their video, or appears as a cameo
Cartoon/animation - the band are replaced by digital or drawn representations
Random/weird - the video has nothing to do with the songs theme
Humor - video is funny
The extended video - the video goes way beyond the length of the song (Michael Jackson's Thriller was the first to do this...)
Low Budget - the video has low production values, either deliberately or of necessity (the band have no money)
High Budget - the video is very expensive and has high production values
The video subverts or contradicts the central theme of the video - for instance, if the song is happy then the video will be sad or angry...
Related to the theme - the central idea of the song is represented - either literally or exaggerated (amplified).
Narrative (mini film) - the video tells a story - Ed Sheeran, Lego House
Hybrid performance and narrative - this is perhaps the most common, there is a story going on, intercut with the band performing
Intertextual - the video references a classic film/TV show
No-lip synch - there is no 'miming' in the video, hard to pull off
One take - the video is done in one take
Artist absent - the artist doesn't appear in their video, or appears as a cameo
Cartoon/animation - the band are replaced by digital or drawn representations
Random/weird - the video has nothing to do with the songs theme
Humor - video is funny
The extended video - the video goes way beyond the length of the song (Michael Jackson's Thriller was the first to do this...)
Low Budget - the video has low production values, either deliberately or of necessity (the band have no money)
High Budget - the video is very expensive and has high production values
The video subverts or contradicts the central theme of the video - for instance, if the song is happy then the video will be sad or angry...
Music Videos
Tell him - The Exciters
Although they are 50 years apart, the 2 music videos show some similarities and differences.
- Close up of the person who is singing the song
- Shows random clips that could be irrelivant
- Syncronised dancers or movements
- Lip Sync
- Slow pace edits
- Poor quality
- Tracking shots
- Change location to keep us interested
- Zoom in and zoom out
- Direct mode of address
- Cross disolve
- Direct mode of address
- Whole day
- Change of outfits
- Tell a story - lyrics fit with shot
- Cut
- Fade out
- Tracking shot
- Mobile shots - high/low angle
- High production
- Rather convensional scene
Although they are 50 years apart, the 2 music videos show some similarities and differences.
- Focus on the singer
- Direct mode of address
- Other actors included in the video
- Mixture of locations
- Quick edits
- Production value
- Apperence of the singers, actors etc.. fashion
- Different settings
- Camera quality has advanced
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Roses are Red - Dean Atkinson
'Roses are Red' is a short film by Dean Atkinson. The film is about a young photographer whos girlfriend died in a traffic accident. He thinks he sees her around the city and tries to photograph her, but in the final images she isn't there.
Sound
The non diegetic music is in minor key. It is repeatative and can be easy recognised and stuck in your mind. The instruments in the music is just a piano, and this is used frequently in songs to play with emotions. The music is played repeativly throughout the film. This could present the idea of repeating the situation, things playing on your mind and how certian events can not be forgotten. The music gets louder in certian places and quieter in others. For example, when the man thinks he sees his girlfriend, the music gets quieter.
A voice over is used twice in the film. He says 'a picture can tell a thousand words' this is said when the audience are not completly sure of the plot and are not fully aware of who the characters are. The second time he says 'a picture tells a thousnad words, or sometimes 3'. This is supported by a radio announcement which reveals the plot to us. I wasn't sure were the radio annoucement came from because on screen the character doesn't turn on a radio or a television. I thought that it could be that he is replaying the announcement; reinforcing the idea that the event wasn't forgotten.
Editing
There is a fade when it seems as if time passes and this could reinforce the fact that her life has ended or faded away. When the young man picked up the flower the girl dropped the camera blurred. This could be associated with tear filled eyes and sadness. This gives us a clue to the plot as we are not completly sure who the characters are. The red flower in the blur still stands out because of the bright colour, it is enough so we can see what it is, but this is something we can all relate to on a personal level as we all have seen something that has made us feel emotional. There is a scene in the film, where there is a shot of the girl but this has been edited in slow motion. This could present the idea of a life ending and fading away, also the idea that even though he is running to catch up with her, he still can not reach her and this links to the idea that she is unreachable.
Mise en Scene
There is a red flower in the girls hair which she drops on the floor. Red is associated with love and the rose is aswell. This prop is also very significant as it seems to link the 2 characters together. Also, the girl's name was Rose and this flower is very significant to her and the young man. The girl wears pale feminine colours and this represents purity and innocence. This links to the idea that her life was needlessly taken away. The weather in the film was fairly overcast and grey. This helps represent the mans emotions and also adds to the overall message of the film, and it is fairly sad.
Camera Work
There is a close up on the rose and this makes the object significant. This object also represents love and this links to the plot of the film. There is a shot of the girl through the water fountian, it looks as if she is standing in the rain and this represents sadness and loss, also it could represent a barrier between them and the idea she is unreachable. There are tracking shots of the young man, this could symbolise a journey and connote that it will be a long and difficult journey to come to terms with her death.
Sound
The non diegetic music is in minor key. It is repeatative and can be easy recognised and stuck in your mind. The instruments in the music is just a piano, and this is used frequently in songs to play with emotions. The music is played repeativly throughout the film. This could present the idea of repeating the situation, things playing on your mind and how certian events can not be forgotten. The music gets louder in certian places and quieter in others. For example, when the man thinks he sees his girlfriend, the music gets quieter.
A voice over is used twice in the film. He says 'a picture can tell a thousand words' this is said when the audience are not completly sure of the plot and are not fully aware of who the characters are. The second time he says 'a picture tells a thousnad words, or sometimes 3'. This is supported by a radio announcement which reveals the plot to us. I wasn't sure were the radio annoucement came from because on screen the character doesn't turn on a radio or a television. I thought that it could be that he is replaying the announcement; reinforcing the idea that the event wasn't forgotten.
Editing
There is a fade when it seems as if time passes and this could reinforce the fact that her life has ended or faded away. When the young man picked up the flower the girl dropped the camera blurred. This could be associated with tear filled eyes and sadness. This gives us a clue to the plot as we are not completly sure who the characters are. The red flower in the blur still stands out because of the bright colour, it is enough so we can see what it is, but this is something we can all relate to on a personal level as we all have seen something that has made us feel emotional. There is a scene in the film, where there is a shot of the girl but this has been edited in slow motion. This could present the idea of a life ending and fading away, also the idea that even though he is running to catch up with her, he still can not reach her and this links to the idea that she is unreachable.
Mise en Scene
There is a red flower in the girls hair which she drops on the floor. Red is associated with love and the rose is aswell. This prop is also very significant as it seems to link the 2 characters together. Also, the girl's name was Rose and this flower is very significant to her and the young man. The girl wears pale feminine colours and this represents purity and innocence. This links to the idea that her life was needlessly taken away. The weather in the film was fairly overcast and grey. This helps represent the mans emotions and also adds to the overall message of the film, and it is fairly sad.
Camera Work
There is a close up on the rose and this makes the object significant. This object also represents love and this links to the plot of the film. There is a shot of the girl through the water fountian, it looks as if she is standing in the rain and this represents sadness and loss, also it could represent a barrier between them and the idea she is unreachable. There are tracking shots of the young man, this could symbolise a journey and connote that it will be a long and difficult journey to come to terms with her death.
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