Sunday 15 July 2012

Research on Lindy Heymann

LINDY HEYMANN
 
CONCEPT TO CONSUMPTION

 

When Lindy Heymann first was first given the track she was only told that it was a song and it was by Mark Owen. When she listened to the track she got the idea of 'its the end of the world' from the lyrics and way the song was made. She wanted to shoot the video in an empty part of London, but unfortunately they didn't have the sort of money to make that happen. After deciding that she wanted to shoot this video with a dark twist, Mark Owens record label said that from a marketing point of view, this would push the 'Take That' fans away because quoting Lindy Heymann, Mark Owens is like 'the boy next door'. Soon after that, she met Mark Owen and he agreed with her, he wanted to do something completely different to Take That. Unexpectedly, he didn't think it was dark enough and put the idea forward of him being dead at the end of the video, when this idea arose his record label were really against it, but Mark Owen was determined to push himself. Lindy Haymann then had to make the hard decision of going                with the artist who's work it really is, or the record label who are only interested in marketing. She then created a storyboard for the basic story of the video and began filming, Lindy thought it was best to have a second camera for the part that includes a bird flying off, she also had this second camera man (with not as much crew as the first, main camera) to shoot skylines, etc. Everything was shot in a small area, just in different places. The directors, actors and filming crew were out 6-8 (14 hours) working on the video.

Research on Jake Wynee



JAKE WYNEE
After watching the video on ‘The making of Nojahoda’ I found out that Wynee used Camera lenses on the Video cameras, he states it gives a “slightly anamorphic stretched, wide screen vibe”. All the locations are from the Sony Records building, including the two lifts which are different lifts from the same building, the hallway, the boardroom, this was all free because it’s their band. The choir that was used in the video was fans of the band, therefore this also cost them nothing and it was an exciting way to bring the fans and band together. 





There’s a main man in the video which is Jake Wynee’s father, this was obviously free and still looks completely professional. The effects that were included in the video were mostly taken off the Internet such as the jets, the explosion on the building was taken out of the film ‘Independence Day’, all this was manipulated into the video. The use of having the video made in black and white makes it a lot easier to blend the manipulations in easily, this creates it “reasonably seamless”.



Monday 9 July 2012

Shot Count Analysis

SHOT COUNT ANALYSIS


Track: Born To Die                                                
Artist: Lana Del Rey
Director: Yoann Lemoine                                                                  
Release Date: 31/01/2012
Length of video: 00:04:47
Number of shots in entire video: 66
Average length of shot: 00:00:02
Number of shots in 30 second segment: 40
Within the 30 second segment there are:
Number of CU: 14
Number of ECU: 1
Number of LS: 11
Number of MS: 14
Number of panning shots: 19
Number of tilts: 0
Other shots:
Zooms: 10
 
After doing this task I have realised that there are many short shots that I need to be aware of for my video, I need to include a lot of 2 - 3 second shots in my video to make it look convincing as a real music video. I also need to be aware that it isn't just short shots, the long shots are incredibly long such as the first two: '00:00:12' and '00:00:33'.
Analysis
Shot number


Shot type


Shot length


Description


Edit to next shot


1
 Mid shot
 00:00:12
 Zoom in on two people
Cut
2
 Long shot
 00:00:33
 Panning downward (camera was faced upwards) as well as zooming
Cut
3
 Long shot
 00:00:06
 Slowly panning to the right
Cut
4
 Mid shot
 00:00:03
Continuing panning to the right
Cut
5
 Long shot
 00:00:02
 Panning right
Cut 
6
 Mid shot
 00:00:04
 Panning back and up
Cut
7
 Mid shot
 00:00:02
 Panning to the left
Cut
8
 Mid shot
 00:00:02
 Zooming and panning left
Cut
9
 Close up
 00:00:01
 -
Cut
10
 Extreme close up
 00:00:01
 -
Cut
11
 Long shot
 00:00:02
 Circling
Cut
12
 Long shot
 00:00:05
 Zoom out
Cut
13
 Close up
 00:00:02
 -
Cut
14
 Close up
 00:00:02
 -
Cut 
15
 Close up
 00:00:02
 Panning down
Cut
16
 Close up
 00:00:03
 Panning to the left
Cut
17
 Close up
 00:00:03
 Panning up (rigidly) 
Cut
18
 Close up
 00:00:03
Panning to the right 
Cut
19
 Mid shot
 00:00:02
-
Cut
20
 Mid shot
 00:00:03
Zoom out
Cut
21
 Long shot
 00:00:04
Zoom out
Cut 
22
 Close up
 00:00:02
Panning right
Cut
23
 Mid shot
 00:00:01
Panning right
Cut
24
 Close up
 00:00:01
 -
Cut
25
 Close up
 00:00:03
Panning right slowly 
Cut
26
 Long shot
00:00:02 
-
Cut
27
 Long shot
00:00:01 
Cut 
28
 Mid shot
00:00:03 
Zooming in 
Cut 
29
 Close up
00:00:03 
Panning left slowly
Cut
30
 Close up
00:00:04 
Panning left and zooming in slowly 
Cut
31
 Mid shot
00:00:03 
-
Fade of black
32
 Mid shot
00:00:02
-
Cut
33
 Mid shot
00:00:06
Panning to the left
Cut
34
 Long shot
00:00:03
Cut 
35
 Mid shot
00:00:02
-
Cut
36
 Mid shot
00:00:03
Panning left slowly
Cut
37
 Long shot
00:00:02
-
Cut
38
 Long shot
00:00:02 
Zoom
Cut
39
 Close up
00:00:02 
Zoom 
Cut
40
 Close up
00:00:04 
Panning left (rigidly)
Cut