Weather

I woke up today to the sound of rainfall! Rain could cause serious problems to the continuity of our video.

Outlook Last Night

Outlook for 6am this morning

The Day Before

Today's the day before our video shoot. Last calls have been made so that everyone knows where they're meeting and at what time. Costumes have been checked and sorted. Equipment is ready along with spares. Weather has been checked and everything looks good!

Filming starts tomorrow at 9!

Final Costumes

Our cast members have sent us pictures of their costumes. 

They fit in well with our plans for the video. Like the music video style research the actress will be wearing a white dress, her hair however will not be curled due to the fact that it is not the length that we desire, so it will remain straight.  She will also have two black dresses to wear in other scenes.

Travel Arrangements

The two actor will meet me at my house and we will get either the 97, 215 or 357 to Adina's house. From Adina's house we will meet Margaret and travel to the park to shoot our first scenes.

Today we had another team meeting finalisng the meeting times and the filming day's schedule.

Research and Planning

http://prezi.com/qnmwstylfnkv/research-and-planning/

Our Cast

We are using 2 actors for our music video. We had to change our actress due to unforseen circumstances.

Stephen 

 

Kathleen

Team Meeting

We had team meeting today, we discussed the actors hairstyle and where we could get it prepared

Location, Location, Location!

This is where most of the flashback scenes will be filmed.

This is where all the graveyard scenes will be shot and also some of the forest scenes.

As you can see the locations are really close together so we won't have to travel long distances.

Props Obtained!

An update to say that we have found all the props we need for our music video!

Looking at Costumes and Style

Lana Del Rey is known for her classic, vintage, glamourous style. We hope to convey this is our music video. 

Blue Jeans:

The music video for "Blue Jeans was shot entirely in black and white. This adds a sense of sophistication and glamour to the video. As the primary setting for the video was a pool the only costume Lana Del Rey wears is a swimming costume. It is completely white so it works well with the monochrome. The who video is rather intense and yet still has elegance to it. 

 

 Summertime Sadness: 

The music video was very artistic and LDR doesn't actually feature heavily in it. But when she does she dons her signature curls and is wearing a white dress.

Burning Desire:

In "Burning Desire" LDR the setting is very simple. She is performing on a stage in a classic theatre which is empty. This scene is all full of lip synch and is overlapped by shots of a car driving.  It also alternates between black and white and colour. For the third time, Del Rey's hair is in curls and she wears a white dress. 

 

National Anthem: 

The music video for "National Anthem had a more specific theme to it. It was set in the 1960's and was based around the Kennedy's, with Del Rey playing Jackie O. At the beginning of the video she seems to be Marilyn Monroe acting out the classic time that Monroe sang happy birthday to the President. Throughout the video there are a lot of signature styles of the 60's from the attire to the hair. 

   

Born to Die: 

The "Born to Die" music video is rather performance based and it has a strong narrative of a distressed, abusive relationship. It has strong artistic elements and beautiful locations. This is another time wear Del Rey's hair is in curls and she wears a white dress. 

Ride: 

"Ride" is another narrative video, it tells the story of girl who never really belonged and had to work her way from the bottom to the top. She is featured multiple times in the video in various different outfits. This is a more laid back video compared to others by Del Rey and Hollywood glamour doesn't feature high in this video. Her hair is in an unruly 70s style perm and not its usual sleek self. 

FINAL ANALYSIS

After looking at all of Lana Del Rey's music video's and analysing them I think that the more vintage and classic the better. There should be heavy eye make up and sophisticated clothes. The actresses hair should be curled and she should wear a white dress. 

Required Props

Props that we will need for our music video will be;

• An empty pill bottle
• Some kind of sweet that can look like pills
• An alcoholic beverage bottle
• A picture frame
• Two images of the male actor
• Small candles
• A lighter/matches
• Several different costume changes
• An engagement ring and box

Talent Release

Location Release

Recces

The Park 

The location of where the video starts off is in the park. The synopsis of our video is a girl who is dealing with the bereavement of her boyfriend, in the video we do not see how the boyfriend dies, the video will start off with flash backs of her reminiscing when he was alive, this will be shot in the park, we want them to look as if they are having fun, deeply in love and enjoying themselves. Going to visit the park gave us a range of ideas of where we could film and how we can arrange the characters to create the most accurate and effective scene, to produce a series of realistic flashbacks. In the music video we planned to use the bench as part of the Mise en scene, here the actors will be sitting and laughing, we will use a range of shots; medium shots, to display what they are doing and close up to really display the emotion of the two characters, really enforcing the love the two main characters have for each other. We also plan to use a feature in the park which is surrounded by roses(a flower often associated with love and death, the main themes running through our video), here we will take  medium shots of the actors engaging in general everyday couple activities e.g strolling, kissing, hugging, deep conversation Ect. The last area of the park we will be using is the path way. As a group we felt that this part of the park was perfect for a romantic scene, we would like to have a long shot of them walking down the path towards the end of the flash back, as the flashback proceeds to come to an end the leading male (the boyfriend)  starts to fade away as the lyrics start  “all my friends tell me i should move on, loving you forever can’t he wrong, even though you’are not here I wont move on” Leaving her on the path by herself.

The Graveyard

This will be our second location, as our group’s video involves the death of one of the characters. However the video is focused on how the other character deals with life after the death of this character. So in order to set the scene we have gotten permission to film on church grounds using the church and the outside greenery & grave stones to set the scene. The character will walk through the grounds up to the church and along a path while lip syncing  with a series of close, long and medium shots for a range of different angles. The long and medium shots will provide us the chance to show off location, and set scene. As she walks down the path want to shoot from a worms eye view as we think it will look good and show off our camera skills and knowledge of the different types of shots. We may also have close up shots to denote the emotion of the character, the sadness she feels for the loss of her spouse. From going to the location my group learnt:

It’s a very open location, so we need to be aware of space

Natural sunlight will be our main source of light. 

This location is just off a main road so sound quality may be a problem, so as a group we will need to discuss the appropriate action to take to ensure that this doesn't affect the video in terms of its professionalism.

The Bedroom

Another location we decided to film in was one of our bedrooms, we wanted to shoot the main character lying down on the bed with her hair is spread all around her, this will be a close up shot just seeing her face and maybe some of her shoulders. This will be the scene showed during the chorus. The light provided for the shot will come from the window that’s just above the bed and from the artificial light from the light bulb.   

Roles in our group

I will be in charge of the story board as I will be filming. I will use my own camera, a Canon 600D which can shoot in HD. I will also make a detailed list of the shots that should be incorporated into the music video.

Margaret will be in charge of the production schedule and as well as costume and make up. She will bring make up with her on the day and also go over costumes with the actors. She will also be planning the schedule for the days that we are filming and make sure that everyone knows where they are supposed to be.

Adina will be in charge of risk assessment and recces. She will visit all of the locations and make sure that they are suitable environments to film in. She will also take pictures.

Storyboard