Location Request - St Anne's Limehouse Church - Email to the Reverend

On the images above, you can see that I emailed the Reverend of St Anne's Limehouse Church, asking permission to use their grounds for our A2 Media Project. I chose this location because the atmosphere and the layout of the foreground was really appealing for the music video and it seems appropriate. Luckily they replied quickly, and they accepted our request but for a few conditions that he listed on the second image above.

Pictures of Locations

Canary Wharf (Changed from Cable Car)

Art room

My House

                                                                       Agata's Room

Millwall Park

Resources

This is a resource list that is done by Mumina Begum. This list allows to ensure the essential equipment that we currently have and also the costume and props that we could use for the music video. For example - the costume tells us that we should wear clothes that are appropriate for winter, such as scarves, boots etc.

By Julius Conmigo

Risk Assessment and Recce of Locations

Risk Assessment of Locations

I created a Risk Assessment for each locations that me and my colleague will be filming in. Making a risk assessment becomes helpful to us, in order to avoid casualities to both the production and the people who will be participating creating the music video. At the last collumn, I created a sub heading called "Control Measures" and from this, wrote how we can avoid it as a group.

 Recce of Locations

Recce of Locations allowed me to foresee what the casualities could happen to the production from the main areas that me and my colleague are going to film in. From these possible issues, we made plans of how we are going to avoid each casuality, this becomes helpful to avoid jeopardising the filming.

By Julius Conmigo

Minutes of Meeting - no:1 - Planning

This is a minutes of meeting that me and my colleague created. I did the note taking and together as a team we discussed the issues that could come across when planning the music video. From the issues, we made solutions to each issue and what we could take into action. Finally who will be responsible for it and when the deadline should be met.

By Julius Conmigo

Shooting Script 2

Shot	Camera/Action	Time	Editing
28	Mid-shot of the lead singer on the left side of the camera	2:00 – 2:02
29	Mid-shot of the back of the female looking outside the window	2:03 – 2:05
30	High angle shot, long-shot looking down at the female reading the letter	2:06 – 2:09
31	High angle, long-shot looking down at the female crying	2:10 – 2:12
32	Long-shot of the lead singer then he walks towards the camera	2:13 – 2:15
33	Extreme long-shot of the lead singer walking from the back	2:16 – 2:18
34	Long-shot of the female sitting down at the table, about to write a letter	2:19 – 2:22
35	Mid-shot of the lead singer performing, playing the guitar	2:23 – 2:25
36	Long-shot of the lead singer singing and playing the guitar from the side	2:26 – 2:28
37	Mid-shot of the lead singer performing, playing the guitar	2:29 – 2:32
38	Long-shot of the lead singer singing and playing the guitar from the side	2:33 – 2:35	Flash back occurs at the finish of the performance to indicate its set in reality again
39	Mid-shot of the female sitting at the table stressed and writing a letter	2:36 – 2:38
40	Mid-shot of the female posting a letter in the post box	2:39 – 2:41
41	Mid-shot of the lead singer performing, playing the guitar	2:42 – 2:45
42	High angle shot of the female packing her bags	2:46 – 2:49
43	Mid-shot of the female closing the luggage lid	2:50 – 2:53	Fade to black at 2:53 to show another event is occurring and emphasise the line 'Go' as if someone is leaving
44	Long-shot of the lead singer running the front door of his house to collect a letter	2:54 – 2:57
45	Close-up of the lead singer reading the letter	2:58 – 3:02
46	High angle shot of the letter	3:03 – 3:07
47	Long-shot of the lead singer leaving his house and starts running on the pavement	3:08 – 3:12
48	Extreme long-shot of the lead singer still running	3:13 – 3:15
49	Close-up of the lead singers face remembering a quick memory of the female	3:16 – 3:18	Fade to white at 3:18 to indicate it is another flashback
50	Close-up of the female laughing	3:19 – 3:22	Another fade to white to indicate a flashback
51	Long shot of the lead singer and the female walking together	3:23 – 3:25	Fade to white to imply it is set back in reality
52	Long shot of the lead singer running towards the train station	3:26 – 3:28
53	Close-up of the lead singer looking around for the female	3:29 – 3:32
54	Mid-shot of the lead singer performing, playing the guitar	3:33 – 3:36
55	High angle shot of the train tracks	3:37 – 3:40
56	Mid-shot of the lead singer waving at the female on the other side of the platform. The female is shown with a extreme long-shot	3:41 – 3:43
57	Mid-shot behind the lead singer looking at the train that is passing	3:44 – 3:46
58	Mid-shot behind the lead singer looking at the other side of the platform. The female character has disappeared	3:47 – 3:49
59	Close-up of the lead singer with a tear dropping down his face	3:50 – 3:52
60	Close-up of the lead singers foot walking	3:53 – 3:55
61	High angle over the shoulder shot of the lead singer looking down at a grave stone	3:56 – 3:58
62	Close-up of a piece of paper saying ‘Cancer Positive’	3:59 – 4:02
63	Extreme close-up of the lead singers face with a tear drop falling down his face	4:03 – 4:05

Made by Julius Conmigo

Shooting Script 1

Shot	Camera/Action	Time	Editing
1	Panning shot going to the right, slowly	0:08 – 0:14
2	A slight high angle shot ( to show she’s vulnerable )	0:14 – 0:16
3	Close up shot of the singer	0:17- 0:19
4	Eye-line shot of the window	0:19- 0:20
5	Mid-shot of the singer coming towards the camera	0:20- 0:23
6	Close-up shot of holding hands	0:23- 0:25
7	Extreme close-up shot of their faces	0:26 0:33
8	Long-shot of the couples walking together	0:34 0:36
9	Low-angle from the side	0:37 0:40
10	Mid-shot of singer	0:41 0:46
11	Mid-shot of the singer + eye-line shot of the singer looking at her.	0:47 0:50
12	a slight low angle shot of showing the front of them + eye-line shot of them pointing at the night	0:51 0:53
13	Mid shot again for their backs. Then camera tilts up to the night sky.	0:54 0:56
14	Mid shot of singer	0:57 0:59
15	Close-up of singer	1:00 1:02
16	Two-shot of the couple, pointing at the skyline and moon in the cable car	1:03 1:08

17	Close up shot of Actor looking down at the actress	1:09 1:11
18	Two Shot; The camera is showing from the cameras perspective. A slight sense of voyuerism	1:12  - 1:17
19	Longshot of Actor playing the guitar	1:18 1:22
20	Close up of actor playing the guitar	1:23 1:26
21	Goes back to a long shot	1:27 1:30	It fades to white at 1:30 to imply the performance stops and goes back to reality
22	Close up of Actor looking at picture (eyeline shot)	1:31 1:35
23	Long shot of Actor: Sitting in his bed looking at pictures of him and his girlfriend	1:36 1:40	Another fade to white occurs to imply that he's looking into the pass again
24	Two shot: The couple are seen painting together	1:41 1:44
25	Panning shot from left to right: They are reading/looking at a photo album	1:45 1:49	it fades to black at 1:49 to indicate its in a new scene
26	Long and Two shot: Couple are fighting and telling the boyfriend to leave her alone.	1:50 1:53
27	Two Shot: The couple are shown either side of the room	1:54 1:58

Made by Julius

Animatic Storyboard Survey Results

- Most people agreed that there is a relationship between the pace of the music and the visuals. Which is important as I want to sync the visuals with the song, so the story makes sense. -

- A lot of people noticed that there was inter-textual reference, two said that the inter-textual reference was from the film 'Ghost' starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, which was surprisingly right as I didn't expect the audience to know straight away. Maybe is because they related the movie to this animatic story board and the narrative slightly reminded them of Ghost. -

There was different views on the genre and theme of the music video. A few said Romance which was right, some said it was Pop and found it unusual since the music video is about two couples, and usually Pop music doesn't always follow a couple-like story. However one said country which was right. 

- Most people said that there was an efficient amount of shots used, which was a relief to me, proving that I am using the right amount of different shots. -

- Most viewers said that the storyboard follows a linear narrative and made sense to them. This is evidence that the narrative is very well organised and appeals to my target audience. -

- The good thing about this question is that most viewers said there were enough close-ups. Which is important as I'm focusing the video around the main characters life and selling his music -

- The majority of people thought that there was a lot of repetitive shots used for the animatic storyboard. To avoid this, I should use a diverse range of shots for the real video. -

-Everyone who took the survey, apparently found the music video very entertaining. According to the results all 8 viewers thought the music video was very enjoyable, which was a relief which shows that my music video is going in the right direction. I received additional and positive comments by the viewer informing me that the video was 'Very touching' and 'Promising video' -

The images shown above are my results from my Animatic Storyboard that I posted on youtube, which I then posted on facebook and asked nicely to complete my survey on surveymonkey. I thought of questions, relevant to the Animatic Storyboard asking them what they thought of it, such as, if there were too much repetitive shots used or does the narrative make sense and sync with the song. Overall I am very happy with the feedbacks I recieve from my viewers. The majority of the results were positive according to the results and the comments were decent as well. The results I recieve will help me progress when making my actual music video as it will allow me to point out mistakes and a few tweaks I could apply to make the video a lot better than what I had visualised before.

By Julius Conmigo

Test Shoot

Animatic Storyboard and Survey Link

This is a link to my Animatic Storyboard which I've created by drawing roughly on a template of a storyboard, each consistent clips that will be seen in the real music video. Although the shots and the entire animatic storyboard is not accurate to the actual one, there will be a lot of adjustments and changes. After drawing out my storyboard, I filmed each frame for 10 seconds and uploaded the footages on iMovie on the mac, additionally editing every frame to sync with the song of the music. Finally after completeing it, I uploaded the storyboard on www.YouTube.com as well as www.Facebook.com to get views from people as well as feedback for improvements from people.

Please watch my Animatic Storyboard!

Before uploading my storyboard on social networks, I created a survey, consisting of 8 questions relevant to the animatic storyboard. I created this survey to get various feedbacks from people, from this I can deduce improvements and becomes helpful when creating the real music video as I can correct my wrongs and take in suggestions from people.

Please complete my survey after watching my animatic storyboard, Thank you!

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By Julius Conmigo

Mood Board



Mood Board



This is a collage of images I have gathered from the internet, I personally chose these images as it is relevant to the music video I'm creating. The artists that inspired me were Ed Sheeran and Lady Antebellum, mainly because the genre of my song is country-pop, and these are two of my favourite artists. As you can see the I chose the film "Ghost", "The Vow" and "50 First Dates" to be in my mood board, as it inspired as well as remind me of my music video. Furthermore, I searched up random images such as the props (e.g. guitar and diary) I will be using and the locations that my music video will take part in, such as the graveyard, train station and the cable cars. Other images such as the tear drop and couples hugging and fighting are part of the music video. All of these images are brief ideas of what my audience will expect to see, the images will personally help me as I can add the actual images and act it out in real, because of the good angle and shot they are in.

By Julius Conmigo