Final Major Project Unit 4

Planning and Production

Name: Freddie Goring

Production Title: Paolo Nutini Music Video New Shoes Submission of Production: Monday 24th June

Length of production: My production will last 3 minutes 21 seconds (The same length as the song).

Crew names: Freddie Goring Dave Emery Piers Cox Actors names: Oliver Mayer

Production roles for crew Name Freddie Goring Role Director, Producer, Editor, Sound Op, Floor Manager.

Dave Emery

Camera Man

Piers Cox

Lighting

Deadlines Crew responsibility Dave Emery - Camera Operator Freddie Goring - Editing Deadline for completion 18th June 24th June

Agreed Content The content of my production involves a male teenager wearing his new shoes. The music video will start with him waking up in the morning in a glum mood. As hes getting dressed he decides to wear his new shoes for the first time. This instantly picks up his day and brightens up the atmosphere of the video. During the video there will be frequent shots of the actor singing the song and playing a guitar.

Final Proposal / Detailed Outline of Production Ive chosen to create a music video as this is the area where my skills have developed and improved the most over the last two years. Ive had experience creating a music video and have learnt lots of things whilst making it. Overall, the last music video I made was a success; this gives the knowledge and confidence to do well during this production. My music video will start in black and white whilst the main protagonist is waking up. His day starts in a miserable and glum way until hes getting dressed. He decides that it will be a good day to wear his brand new shoes. He ventures under his bed and grabs a shoe box. The next scene will be of him outside wearing his shoes and walking along the street. As the camera focuses on his shoes the camera cross dissolves from the black and white effect to colour. From then on, the camera will focus on the actor singing and playing the guitar whilst walking down the street. The next day, the camera pans across him with his shoes being worn in bed. He wakes up in a much more jolly fashion. Then the video will include lots more shots of him singing with his guitar again. This continues until just before the end of the video, where he puts his shoes back in the box, ready for another glum day. The message of the video is that if you feel good within yourself, you are able to conquer and trouble you may face throughout the day. This contrasts with the original song meaning, relating to Paolo Nutinis dark and terrifying heroin addiction.

Team meetings, meetings with actors and crew Date Friday 14th June Location Henley College Attendees Dave Emery, Piers Cox, Freddie Goring Discussion Topics Making sure that the equipment is available for the chosen dates. Going through the style and dances he needs to learn for the video. Also, the parts of the song to learn on guitar.

Saturday 15th June

Shiplake

Oliver Mayer, Freddie Goring

Sunday 16th June

Henley

Dave Emery, Piers Cox, Oliver Mayer, Freddie Goring

An overview of the whole production. Including a talked run through.

Equipment required Equipment Camera Tri-pod Premier pro Editing Suite (Cloudy Lemonade Studio) Date needed Monday 17th June Monday 17th June Thursday 21st June Wednesday 19th June

Locations used Locations Shiplake (House) Date 15th June To film Footage of the morning scenes. Dancing and playing guitar in the house. Dancing and Playing the guitar.

Shiplake (Various roads in the village)

15th June

Contingency / back up plans A lot of the filming is outside. If there is bad weather (rain, snow etc.), I will film the scenes at Shiplake train station. There is an overhead cover there that will keep the crew and equipment dry, as well as keeping an outdoor effect.

Risk Assessment

RISK ASSESSMENT FORM

Programme title: Paolo Nutini Music Video New Shoes Client: Vibe Productions

Writer: Freddie Goring Producer: Freddie Goring Director: Freddie Goring Date: 06/05/2013

Major issues: No major issues. Minor slips and trips hazards. These include wires, cables, tripods, lighitng equipment. Electricals being used outside.

Solutions: Incase of rain on an overcast day of filming, the equipment will be covered over to prevent them getting wet.

Contacts: Oliver Mayer 07********* Dave Emery 07********* Piers Cox 07*********

Emergency services: Henley On Thames Police Services - 0845 850 5505 Reading Fire Services - 0118 945 2888 Townlands Hospital Henley On Thames - 01491 637 400

Production Management Managing the pre-production roles I took on all the pre-production roles; It was made very clear and in an organised fashion. All the pre-production really helped in during the production stages, especially the storyboard. It was drawn out clearly with detailed notes as to what the camera angle and movement was necessary for each scene.

Managing the production phase All the members of the cast and crew met at the location in Shiplake for the first day of filming. We had a 15 minute meeting where we discussed the plan for the day. All the filming went swiftly without needing too many takes. Oliver (the actor) worked very professionally for an amateur actor, which made filming much less stressful. Fortunately the weather remained warm but not sunny. In the initial idea I wanted the sun to come to be out for all the outdoor shots. However, I will be able to create this effect by changing the contrast of the clip during the editing stages of the production.

Post production phase Because of a really successful production stage, the process of editing the clips was made a lot easier. However, before I could begin editing I needed to import the actual song. This was the only problem that I came across during the editing process as the song wasnt compatible for Adobe Premiere Pro. This meant that a lot of time was lost as I had to record the audio from the song on to an external source to create a new MP3 file. After all the audio was sorted I was then able to begin editing the footage. The hardest part of making the video was getting the lip syncing in time. This was the most time consuming part of the process, the colour contrast for the outdoor scenes only took a short while after the clips had all been placed.

Detail How You Solved Problems For the first shoot, the camera ran out of battery which meant we had to put filming on hold whilst the camera charged. Due to this we managed to miss some of the good weather outside. However, time wasnt completely wasted as we filmed some of the interior shots whilst the camera charged. To resolve this I decided to charge all the cameras over night before the next shoot.

Prioritising (How and what did you prioritise during your producing) When filming, we prioritised the outdoor shots. This was so that we could get the best natural lighting for the video. I also wanted to make sure I filmed all the scenes from the bedroom at the same time. This was because the lighting from the window may have changed over time giving the video an unnatural and unprofessional look.

Modifications (Why did you modify your work and what was changed during postproduction) The only significant modification I made to the production during the editing stages was the timing of the black and white effect turning to colour. The effect was originally going to happen when the shoe box was opened. However, it didnt fit in to the flow of the video and looked a lot more natural when he began to walk in the shoes.

Additional information

Shooting Script for Advert:

Int.Bedroom.Day 1. The Morning Oliver wakes up in a daze. He looks around the room as he begins to sing. He jumps out of the bed towards the cupboard and opens it. He kneels down and throws clothes behind his shoulder. After finishing his outfit with a pair of tatty shoes he decides to pull out his new box of shoes from under his bed. Ext.Road.Day 2. The Day He begins to walk down the street feeling better about himself. As he walks through the street he is playing guitar and singing. Int.Bedroom.Day 3. The Next Day Oliver is wearing his new shoes in bed as he wakes up the next day. He gets out of bed with more of a spring this time and heads to the kitchen. When at the kitchen he continues to play the guitar and sing. He is then in the garden with his guitar showing off his new shoes. After being in the garden he then heads back out to the street to play the guitar and sing. Int.Bedroom.Evening 4. The End At the end of the day he puts his new shoes back in the box and puts them back under the bed.

Sound table: Sounds needed for my advert Paolo Nutini New Shoes (Song Track)

Prop Guitar Shoes Shoe Box

Reason For Oliver to play while miming the song For filming For filming (to be filmed)