Tuesday 29 November 2011

Feedback cont..

The video portrays the effects alcohol and drug abuse can have on families?


90% of respondents answered with strongly agree
10% of respondents answered with Agree


The actions on screen represent the lyrics within fix you?


30% of respondents answered with strongly agree
70% of respondents answered with agree


The secondary theme of drug abuse is apparent?


20% of respondents answered with strongly agree
60% of respondents answered with agree
20% of respondents answered with Neither agree nor disagree


The locations for our production suit the theme within the video


40% of respondents answered with strongly agree
60% of respondents answered with agree


Respondents were also asked if they have any other comments of ideas:
  • Should provide chances for many cinematic shots
  • Difficult concept to tackle because some demographics may not be suitable. However well felt with/ tasteful. Great idea. 
  • I feel that the video is set to be brilliant just the way it is.
  • If you can pull it off and make sure the acting is convincing then it will be really good.
  • Animatic was great- good camera shots 
  • Think the switch from alcoholic to happy parent is too fast and unexpected. 

Feedback

After Our presentation we gained valuable feedback from our forms and we are going to post the responses which we received
    Gavin

    Wednesday 23 November 2011

    Diary of a Functioning alcoholic

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/3353436/Diary-of-a-functioning-alcoholic.html

    I read this article relating to different types of alcoholics. It was shocking to read that young professionals would rely on Alcohol to get through their day. It is quite striking to realise that the term alcoholic isn't only a description of an individual sitting on "Hungerford Bridge with a brown paper bag". Many are in denial and don't realise the damage that they are inflicting on their family, friends, colleagues etc. This is the central theme of our video. We originally thought of using a homeless description for our actor but we think it would be more relevant to the recession and the social demographic of Northern Ireland to use a professional who is reliant on alcohol to get through the day. Our main character is going to have an addiction and this is going to filter into his family life until he losses his family we are then going to follow through a period of destruction and rehabilitation. The length of this period will be up to the viewers disgretion. We will then see him coming back to his wife.


    MR James 

    Feedback Form

    Here our screenshots of our feedback form which we will use to gain critical evaluation from our classmates when we pitch these ideas to the class on friday, I feel these questions are broad enough to give James and I enough feedback so we can sit down at a later date and quantify this data and adapt our project to the feedback which we receive.



    Gavin

    Tuesday 22 November 2011

    Risk Assessment

    Animatic

    I created the animatic within iMovie, it gave James and I a brief overview of the video layout and we are really pleased with how it looks, the drawings within the animatic give it a very realistic feel as they were drawn by an art student within our year group. James is now creating a risk assessment for our project while i am completing a calendar which combines both of our commitments so we can decide when filming is feasible, We are really pleased with how the project is going so far and the schedule is helping us stay on track very effectively.


    Gavin

    Wednesday 16 November 2011

    Screenshot of Animatic Production


    Gavin

    Part 2

    Part 3

    Family Home Location


    (14 Cambourne Park)

    Here is the location which we will use for the family home within our Music Video. It is James' house so it will be fairly reliable to use, we chose this location because there is lighting available for outside the house and the driveway has a sloping effect which will be useful for the scene when he is back tracking away from his home, there is also a lot of open space at the front of the house which we feel will make the mise en scene more effective as there is place for props and other utilities for example a children's bike which will help the audience realise that the man being thrown out of his house is not only leaving his wife but his child and therefore the woman will have to cope as a single mother which is a chilling thought, therefore engaging the viewer from the off.

    Gavin

    I am going to upload a GANT Chart which i created in Google Documents which will help with our process and help us meet deadlines more effectively

    Abandoned House Location


    This location is an abandoned house within Bristow Park, after initially discovering this location we discovered that it would be difficult to use without permission so we plan on getting in contact with the landord to discover wether the premises will be available for use. Because it is still in production the scene is perfect for us as we can have a small fire in a plant pot in the room  and the texture within the house will have a great effect on the mise en scene.

    Gavin

    Change of plans

    We contacted the chief examiner regarding our idea for our video. We were a little unsure regarding our hard hitting and thought provoking idea. The examiner recommended that we change our idea slightly and instead of having drug use at the forefront of our production that we be more suggestive and let the viewer make their own assumptions. We could understand this as many viewers may find the heroin scene disturbing. We have now adapted our original idea and added some new ideas to begin PLAN B. We are now going to use alcohol as the main problem within our video. There is still a very serious aspect attached with the over consumption and abuse of alcohol within the family unit. It can lead to domestic abuse and divorce. It may not be as serious as the heroin addiction but we believe we can still produce a hard hitting video with the Alcohol theme. We are still going to have a background theme of drugs but it will not be at the forefront of our video and will be less evident. We are now working on our story board to put our ideas into motion. We are now deciding on Actors. We have decided on our location and i will post up pictures of our locations. Our props will include a childs bike, rough clothing, large bottles of cider, rubbish, needles. Our budget is low so we will use what we have within our means. One of our scenes is carried out in an Adondened house so there will be no light present. We are going to use a small fire along with a car battery powering a light bulb.


    James

    Monday 14 November 2011

    Planning

    Work out actors, locations, budget, props,, lighting, make up


    Actors- Jack Cushinan, Nainsi McKernan 


    Budget- £0


    Props- Rough clothing, Alcohol, lighters, Needles, Fire lighters, bucket for fire, light bulb, car battery, food wrappers, blanket, newspapers, travel bag,


    Lighting-  We plan to use a car battery  and a light bulb along with a small fire to add lighting effects as we won't have an electricity connection. 


    Make up- The addict will have a dirty face and dirty hands after using the drugs.



    Friday 11 November 2011

    Breakdown of our ideas

    When you try your best
    but you don't succeed
    When you get what you want
    but not what you need
    When you feel so tired 
    but you can't sleep 
    Stuck in reverse


    (Door Slams, The character is thrown out of his house. View from window of clothes being thrown down onto the driveway, then zoom in on characters face, he then lifts all his belongings and puts them in a carrier bag, over the shoulder shot of character backing away from the house as his son is standing with his hand against the window)


    Transition to the next scene where our character is in the abandoned house


    When tears come streaming
    down your face
    When you lose something 
    you can't replace
    When you love something 
    that you can't replace
    Could it be worse


    (Character will be sitting with his head in his hands sitting up against the wall and wrapped up in scruffy clothes due to the seemingly cold weather, he then reaches into his traveller bag and lifts out his wallet and sees a family photo, he looks at it for a while then folds it up and throws it away, he then takes out the heroin)


    Film will then fast-forward and transition to the character taking the heroin)


    Lights will guide you home
    and ignite your bones
    I will try to fix you 


    (Zoom in on lighter whilst he melts the heroin on the spoon and retracts with a syringe then rolls up his sleeves to unveil slits on his wrists to symbolise to the audience signs of self harming, he then injects himself)


    Camera will then transition to a first person view of the character using an eyeline match


    High up above or down below
    When your too in love
    to let it goo
    Well if you never try
    You'll never know
    Just what your worth


    (Eyeline match view of camera swaying with a blurred, distorted view. Zoom in on hand as he drops the needle and slow motion view from above of needle falling to the ground)


    Camera will then get a medium shot of the character stumbling across the room and the fire burning in the middle of the room will be a main focus in this scene


    Lights will Guide you home 
    and ignite your bones
    I will try to fix you 


    (Fire in plant pot within the room, the light will scatter throughout the room and the character will glance over to the corner of the room and see his family photo lying there, he goes over lifts it then quickly grabs his things and runs out of the house, a camera view looking through the flames of him leaving the house)


    Instrumental 55 Seconds


    (Running home with flashbacks of being happy with his family e.g. pushing his kid on a swing, son scoring goal in back garden and he lifts him in the air, holding the child in his arm and kissing his wife) He then runs into his driveway and bangs on the door and backtracks into the driveway and is seen shouting for his wife.)


    When tears stream down your face
    When you lose something 
    you cannot replace
    Tears stream down your face
    And I


    Falls to his knees and a close-up of him crying and a view from inside the house of wife running out to him and hugging him, then a side shot will show reaction of wires face when she realises the mess he is in, she then drags him / carries him into the house.

    Monday 7 November 2011

    Ideas

    We have further researched coldplay and discovered our audience and demographics. We have decided to go on the idea of drug abuse and rehabilitation within our video, because as the tempo of the music increases within the song the mood will change and the character will show signs of getting their life back on track, we will now post examples of videos which have a common theme to ours and post our ideas about them

    Ideas for the video

    Opening scene




    This music video is a life story and contains drug references. We are looking to incorporate similar themes into our video. There is some very meaningful transitions in this video like where the mother is looking at a photo album and this is the start of a new scene. There is one scene were the camera its blurred and we can clearly see drug use. This is definitely something we would like to use.