Animatics

What can be done with animatic storyboards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1uRncKY8DU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJmCWeyRlpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FBZ-PQoo9U

And also, below, why we do this. Actually, all the 'zero budget' tips are really useful. Check them out for cheap solutions to all your filming problems. Type 'filming trick' into youtube for a similar series which includes the stori-cam (they call it the pole cam) and many other useful ideas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcXfgBLRv_E

Treatment - Deadline Tues 12th October.

Some notes on how to fill out your treatment sheets. Note that these need to be scanned in or photographed and uploaded to your blog by 12th October. That's one week.

Ideas/Concepts/Inspiration:

What will form the main parts of your video? Narrative? Performance? Concept? What will happen in your video and where?

What will I need? (props, actors, locations etc)

Be as detailed as you can at this stage. If you need to recce locations, are there any places that spring to mind NOW which may be suitable? With props, how do you intend to get hold of them - Don't just write 'ask people'. Be specific.

What will the challenges be and how will I overcome them?

Budget is a key consideration. You can't hire fancy muscle cars except at your own expense. Are there any shots which may be particularly tricky to get the hang of? If you need to film test footage for costumes, locations of camera movements, state that here.

Justification: (Theory – Goodwin, Mulvey, Representation, Narrative, Audience etc)

Link your ideas to theory as much as you can - I'm not saying let theory dictate your ideas, but stepping back from your project at this early stage and engaging your critical analysis skills will make your evaluation and G325 section 1 much easier.

Excellent tips for filming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZA9r0iWbdw&feature=related

Great tutorial video for framing images. Everything except the colour correction can be done in camera with our DV kit. The colour correction is possible too once we get Adobe in the mac suite. Great shots come with planning too though!

Lyric analysis

Excellent way to use new media tech to analyse lyrics. Play around with this site for pretty pictures of words.

Exemplar blogs

This blog scored 19/20 for research and planning. Pick up as many tips as you can.

This guy also did very well by virtue of blogging every decision and aspect involved in the process; well worth getting in the habit.

Example from polljunkie

Follow this link to see how polljunkie can make your researching life easier.

The Brief

By 30th September you need to post the following on your blog.

1) Audience research into the music video genre in which you will be working. This may take the form of:

• Questionaire results aggregated into pie charts, bar graphs or scatter diagrams.
• Videoed interviews with proffessed fans of your genre (note that this will give you qualitative research but not much quantity).
• A blogger poll, or a poll through another website such as polljunkie.com - try to direct as many people as possible to this poll by joining online interest groups or fan sites.

One of your evaluation questions will be 'how did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?' So make sure you use as many as you can!

2) Research into your chosen artist. You may have to construct an identity for them if you have a track from freeplaymusic or similar. This will allow you to set your production in context and discuss Goodwin's 4th rule.

3) A detailed brief, outlining what you will produce. Try to reference distribution networks, exhibition points, anything else that you can refer to in your later evaluation.

Deadline for all this is 30th September. 2 weeks away.