Filming Diary

Tuesday 9th - Text Owen and see if he's available to film for the chosen weekend. Due to him having a job we need to ask in advance to check his availability.

Wednesday 10th - We will need to book the camera and tripod out a few days in advance, in order to make sure there are enough for us to get one.

Thursday 11th - We will check the weather forecasts to make sure the weather will be okay for us to film outside on the Saturday.

Saturday 13th - On the Saturday we will begin filming at various locations, such as Fruit, the Maritime Museum and Queen's Gardens. All locations are fairly close to each other, so this should enable us to get a large majority of filming done. (This was changed due to unavailability of our actor, so we rescheduled for Sunday instead.)

Sunday 14th - On the Sunday we will upload the footage to enable us to edit it at a later date.

Monday 15th - We will return the camera and tripod to college and begin editing.

Inspiration Overview

The idea for the narrative is largely inspired by Pinocchio, which may seem obvious from the use of a marionette. Manpreet saw the marionette in a vintage store and that gave her the idea to use it. The messages and values in Pinocchio are quite similar to that of our music video, in the sense that themes of hope and friendship are present in both. Our intention is to put across the same message of hope and persistence, that is also present in Pinocchio and create an uplifting video. 

I made a short video on Windows Movie Maker to put all of my inspiration into one place. I got some footage from gigs and although we're not adding a singing performance, we do have a lot of acting and performing of the puppet.

Cast List

Anthony O'Malley - Puppeteer
We chose Ant as our actor for the music video, as we felt he fit really well with the indie folk genre. He's confident and we knew he would be reliable.

Puppet: The puppet was bought from a vintage store for £6 and gave us the idea of the narrative. 

Why We Chose to Work in a Group

Working in a group with Manpreet was a good decision to make due to the huge workloads, of which we are now able to help each other out with, as well as work independently on. Putting her creative knowledge and my technical knowledge together will hopefully turn out successful overall. My experience with the cameras, editing systems and filming overall came from creating a short film for AS Film Studies and therefore I intend to put this forward with Manpreet's creative vision.

Inspiration

I went to gigs in order to get inspiration as to what I could interpret into my own music video, in relation to performance aspects. Artists I went to see were all mainly within the indie genre, like my own chosen song. Even though I decided not to add a performance aspect to my music video, I still thought there could be certain quirks to add, like style or mannerisms.

Costume, Makeup, Location and Lighting Ideas

The costume idea for the main protagonist in my music video will be basic clothing, but are considered quite quirky (for example, the bow tie). Another reason to keep the costume simple is so there is no additional cost in providing the costume, as the actor should have these basic items. 

The location will vary to different destinations around Hull, as the plot is of a male puppeteer who travels to different locations to perform to crowds. The ideas for location are Queens Gardens, The Maritime Museum, Hull Marina and Fruit Space. I will also be filming at one of the actors' house. These are all easy locations for everyone to get to.

The lighting will hopefully be natural bright lighting, as I will be filming in the day. 

No makeup will be used, as it will look typical of every day life. 

Storyboard