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cut to the beat

Email regarding guitar solo in the middle of song

After discussing what we could do we decided that we should email Wurz and ask him about the guitar solo. He said that the guitar solo is performed by Keith. I've done the storyboard but now I know this I think I should change a few of the shots focusing on Keith as he now has the guitar solo which we were going to focus in on him and the majority of the camera time needs to be on Ocky. 

Storyboard...

I've been working on the storyboard for the music video and have been through several drafts but have not yet completed the finalized version. This is an issue as the filming date is in 3 days but it's almost done so I'm spending time on it whenever I have the chance.
I realized that I didn't have a clue about the shot timings so Alex has worked these out and given them to me so we can work out how long each shot should go on for. There is also a guitar solo in the middle of the song but I'm not sure which guitarist from Group Therapy is going to do this and I think a close-up shot of this solo would be good but as I don't know who the close-up is going to be on I'm going to have to sort something out.

Emails me and Alex sent/recieved to and from Seven Summers

Get closer to them, given them more screen time, make them wear a hat! 

Hope helpful. 

On 12 Jan 2011, at 17:15, Alex Carrier <alex.carrier_cfc@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi Neil,

We were wondering if we could ask one more question. How do you make you lead vocalist stand out, or do you try not to?

Thank you :)
Alex and Fran

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Subject: Re: a level media
From: wilson_neil
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:49:05 +0000
To: alex.carrier_cfc@hotmail.com

Hey thanks, been a pleasure to help. Good luck with the project.
On 11 Jan 2011, at 13:53, Alex Carrier <alex.carrier_cfc@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thank you it's helped a lot :)

Thanks,
Alex and Fran

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From: wilson_neil
To: alex.carrier_cfc@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: a level media
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:48:39 +0000

They were set quite dark for realism, effect and also means the metal stuff shines nicely when you point a spot at it. Hope that helps.  

On 11 Jan 2011, at 11:56, Alex Carrier <alex.carrier_cfc@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi Neillo,

Thank you for your help. 

Also, the colours in your videos seem to be quite dark. Was this to portray a certain message and theme, or was in coincidence?

All your help is really appreciated.

Thank you :)
Alex and Fran

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From: sevensummers
Subject: Re: a level media
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:49:16 +0000
To:alex.carrier_cfc@hotmail.com

Hi Alex, hi Fran, 

This is all I can think of right now. Hope is useful.

It's a good idea to figure out the purpose of the video before you start. We wanted something people could watch on YT so they knew what to expect if they came to a show. As we weren't producing for TV we didn't have to worry about making it too elaborate or commercial ... it's just us, in a room, playing our songs, a bit like being invited into a rehearsal. We wanted to get the detail in and make it quite personal hence there are lots of very close up shots of parts being played and sung. 

We wanted the videos to join up and make sense with everything else visual we had. We already had our album artwork and logo (though not released), and wanted that feel and identity to come through on film. It is a very 'Seven Summers' production ... not over cooked, or processed too much.

Facts - 

Shot in 1 x 6 hour day at Musicbank

Band + Nic + Chris + 1 runner

1 camera - Panasonic HS9

2 lights

Edited in Final Cut Studio on MacBook Pro

Hope that helps ... good luck

Neillo

On 10 Jan 2011, at 14:23, Alex Carrier wrote:

hello,
We are currently studying media in year 13 and for the coursework we have to plan, produce and edit a music video for a band. 

The band we have been given is quite similar to yours and so we were wondering if you could give us any imformation on how you planned what would go in your misic videos and how they would look.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you :)
Alex and Fran

Camera shots and positions of U2 - Vertigo

The establishing shot to the music video 'Vertigo' is a very long slight aerial shot of the band standing in a big circle in the middle of nowhere. This then cuts to a medium close-up of the drummer hitting the symbols to establish the start of the song. It then does a series of quick cuts to show each band member individually. These shots are handheld to show motion and movement. The camera then focus' on lead singer Bono but several long, wide and close-up shots of other band members sleeves being blown and the black stuff that's coming through the circle and is attached to each member of the band is shown as well. The video also has several pans to go around everybody and follows the same themes the whole way through.
I think this video is the best one I've watched and analysed so far for screen time as Bono gets the majority as the lead singer but shots of everybody else are shown equally and there are many shots establishing the band as a whole. I like the way the shots are handheld and wobble and cut quickly to show the mood of the song. i think it's a brilliant music video given the simplicity.

Camera shots and positions of Manic Street Preachers - So why so sad

The establishing shot of the video is a mid-shot of a boy on the beach ready to swing a baseball bat. Then a shot of the hand of a man as he throws the ball. As a long shot of the ball being thrown at the boy is thrown the music starts to play. The camera then cuts to a long shot of the band playing in a massive living room of a house. The camera pans slightly from one side of the room to the other and then cuts to a medium close-up of the lead vocalist James Dean Bradfield. Then to a medium close-up of the guitarist for slightly less time and then a cut and zoom in to the drummer. The camera then goes back to a mid shot of the lead singer and then to a long of the whole band again. At 30 seconds the camera cuts back to the narrative on the beach but this time shows two little girls as they make their way to the sea. The camera then cuts back to the large living room and the lead singer standing near a couch away from the rest of the band playing a guitar. A shot is then shown of the guitarist standing by a window with with the sea view from it and a piano not being played to the back of the shot. The camera then focus' back on the smallest girl as she laughs and looks happy running away from the sea. The camera then quickly shows Bradfield again and then cuts to a shot of a lady picking up a small boy, they're both smiling and so close-up shots are shown to establish their happiness. There's then a shot of James looking out of the window, possibly down at the people on the beach at the people. There is then an establishing long shot of a little hut on top of a hill which is where the Manic street preachers are situated inside. The camera pans slightly and then cuts back inside to a long shot to show the guitarist and lead singer facing away from each other performing. Then the camera goes back to the narration where the lady and the two girls are holding hands walking in to the sea. The camera then cuts to a shot of a blonde lady sunbathing but she looks like she's watching the family walking into the sea and she's smiling. The mood of the video changes as a long shot through smoke is showing a soldier standing still with a gun. After going back to a shot of the lead singer the camera goes back to a shot of the soldier emerging from the smoke and he has a concerned look on his face in this mid-shot which pans into almost a close-up. A wide shot is then shown of the blonde lady sunbathing but a big explosive bit of smoke and several soldiers run out from it and across the beach as parts of the sand blows up as the camera tracks around them. The camera shows the occupiers of the beach going about what they were doing as though the soldiers weren't even there even though they're running right through each shot. Throughout these parts of narration the camera keeps going back to a medium close-up of James Dean singing inside the hut. at 2:05 the drummer is shown again for the second time. As the soldiers make there way down the beach there is a variety of shots on them but the odd cut to the mid-shot of the lead singer not to lose effect of the band. At the end of the video we see the beginning shot again exactly the same only this time the man threw a bomb at the boys bat instead of a baseball. 
I think the variety of shots used in this video is good as there is a big range. I also think they gave the lead singer a lot of screen time especially compared to the drummer but it worked as we still knew that it was a band and not just James Dean Bradfield on his own. The majority of the video was the narration which I think was unclear when the soldiers appeared but the camera shots and movements were pretty good.