Second day of filming

On our second day of filming featured a band scene. We played instruments and Arsena (the lead singer) successfully lip synced to the son. We had to set up all the instruments in the band room as well as having to ensure that we had perfect lighting to flatter all members of the band and to have a professional quality/feel to the video.

First day of filming

On our first day of filming we set up the camera in Central London and started filming footage of me and the girls walking around and doing funny things. We went to different places to get different shots and views that we had planned for it to fit with our music video. We captured different shots that we was taught throughout our two year course of media and we had to match them to our music video theme of friendship and girl power.

Costumes and Props

Constructing the magazine advert

When were completing our Magazine advert on Photoshop, we choose a picture of our band and added our group name, name of the song, our song rating and websites where our song will be shared/streamed on. We decided to use streaming websites such as spotify as they are very popular because people can listen to a wide variety of artists. We used different layers for the little icons within the image. Photoshop helped us merge everything together and get a final magazine advert.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Group Members: Arsena, Naomi and Tanya Location: Train Station

Hazard	Person(s) at Risk	Likelihood of Hazard 1 – Extremely Unlikely 5 – Extremely Likely	Severity of Hazard Outcomes 1 – Very Low Risk 5 – Very High Risk	Risk Level (Likelihood + Severity) 2	Measures to Take to Manage Risk	Risk Managed? Y/N
Hit by a train	Actors	1	5	Not likely very severe	Make sure no one is near the trains or train tracks during filming or before filming.	Yes
Trip over the platform	Everyone	2	4	Likely Severe	To stand behind the yellow line on the platform	Yes
Fall down the escalator	Everyone	3	2	Not too likely to happen Not too severe	To look carefully before walking with the equipment	Yes
Running at the station	Everyone	5	3	Likely Quite severe	Make sure to take time when in the station. Especially when it is crowded because you could fall and break something or hurt yourself	Yes

Animatic

Storyboard

1. Train

- wide/mid shot of train going past

-show tanya and arsena going inside train                 

2. Inside Train

-pov angle, mid shot

-tanya and arsena talking

3. Picadilly Circus

-wide shot

-pan sideways 

-establishing shot

4.Chinatown

-pov angel

-wide/mid shot

-tracking shot

-high angle

-arsena, tanya and naomi walking

5.Kpop/Anime store

-pov angle

-mid shot

-tracking shot

-long shot

6.Five Guys

-pov angle

-tanya, arsena and naomi eating

-mid shot

7. (near) Trafalgar Square (statue people)

- pov angle

-wide shot

8. M&M World

-pov angle

-mid shot

-high angle

-close up

-pan

9. Sunset

-time lapse

-wide shot

Shot List

Shot List
Scene	Shot Number	Description
Train Station Leicester Square (M&M World) Piccadilly Circus Covent Garden (Five Guys) China Town (Back to) Piccadilly Circus  Greenery/ Park	1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 27, 28, 29 5, 6,  8, 9 10, 11 12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17 18,19, 20, 21, 30, 31, 32 22, 23,24, 25, 26	Mid shot, close up shot, point of view shot and low angle Long shot, wide shot, close up and birds eye view Point of view and Mid shot Wide shot Wide shot, long shot and point of view shot Point of view and wide shot Close up

Purpose of the music video

Mind Map created by tanyaahmedx with GoConqr

A Model of the Media

Alex Southam

Alex Southam 

Alex Southam freelances for OB management. Initially he was qualifying to become a lawyer. However, after a while he felt as though it didn't allow him to explore his creativity. Therefore, he began to make music videos to learn about the trade of the music video making business.

To begin with Alex had grasp the concepts of working with camera angles/shot, lighting and editing. He mainly enjoyed continuous shots using very little cuts. This is evident in many of the music videos he has directed. He liked to play around with the format of the videos as it enabled him to have real artistic freedom and try new techniques.

Alex did not like to work on commercials as they didn't allow much freedom or allow him to develop his ideas, instead they solely focused on making products look desirable to consumers in order to gain profits.



Alt-J - Tessellate is a perfect example of  music video with continuous filming with no cuts. It was a very low budget film of £10,000 and was shot in 1 day. The video has a large cast and they used special After Effects.

 Alex prefered to publish his work using Vimeo instead of other platforms as he considered it to have a higher status as it is becoming an increasingly important platform.

Alex Southam, director of acclaimed music videos for Alt-J, Chase & Status, Laura Mvula, Tom Odell, Lianne Le Havas, and others joined Rogue Films in London for his music video and commercial work.

Alex has become one of the UK's most promising young directors working in music video in the past couple of years, first made an impact with his videos for Binary, Labrynth Ear and I Break Horses, and then directed the ambitious video for Alt-J's Tessellate - a hip-hop retelling of Raphael's painting The School Of Athens – which garnered a nomination at the UK Music Video Awards in 2012. 

Since then he has directed videos for Chase & Status, Tom Odell and his video for Laura Mvula's She was nominated for best pop video at this year's UK MVAs. 

Dom Gomez, head of content at Rogue, says: "It’s not every day that you meet a talent like Alex. His bold, story-driven ideas, alongside his eye for detail, makes him a really important part of our roster. He feels perfectly placed to broaden his career into content and commercials.”

Alex will continues to be represented by OB management for music videos in the UK and the US.

Shooting Schedule