Props- Paper city ( consisting of juice cartons and smarties tubes)
Paper Boat (Origami)
Lego Person
Lego Trees
Costume- Casual clothes for the singer i.e. ordinary clothes
Similar clothes to the lego character to try and emphasize that it is the singers view as the lego character.
Locations- Belfast, Waterfront, River
Clares' house(for the lego city)
Fanum House (Opening Shot)
Lighting- The Waterfront at night will be lit up and the lego city should be lit up by a lamp.
Expressions of singer- Sad, upset, shocked at the idea of the city ruining nature and the environment.
Turns to happy whilst the paper city falls down and the lego trees emerge.
-Dean
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Monday 29 November 2010
More CD cover pictures
This picture is at the waterfront and i could probably photoshop a paper boat into it so that it seems like the paper boat is floating down the river. Apparently we are not allowed to use these pictures so when we go to film at the waterfront ill try to get one like it.
We are also supposed to be filming tomorrow so Gerdy if you read this be in!
-Dean
-Dean
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Cd Cover
We have started looking at how to make our CD cover and also what is going to be on it. I've got a template for the design but we still have to decide on what is going on each part of the cover. Its a six panel digipack so we have 5 panels to fill and one panel for the actual CD.
Some examples of what could be in the Cover below:
The idea of the river flowing through a city. To fit with the idea of the destruction of nature.
-Dean
Some examples of what could be in the Cover below:
The idea of the river flowing through a city. To fit with the idea of the destruction of nature.
-Dean
Friday 19 November 2010
Update!
We're planning to get more filming done next week and the week after. Currently trying to seek lots of cardboard to make our paper city but overall things looking on track! :)
-Clare
-Clare
Stop Motion- Its Magic!
This video is unbelievable, the idea of the video is great and the song is also amazing!
-Dean
-Dean
Impossible!!!!!!!!!
This video is ridiculous and to quote my group member Dean "WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!". We think there must have been some amazing type of effects used because there is no way this is possible without effects on ordinary stop motion.
-GERARD
-GERARD
Tuesday 16 November 2010
The Deborah Express
Deb is off today so we as a group thought we would give her something to smile about and ensure a speedy recovery (lol ;) ) so to restore our group to full potential. This was our first real effort at a paper boat and who better to dedicate it to than our fearless leader... Deb!!!!!!. Get well soon!!!
All the best from your loving group , -GERDY, - DEAN, AND OFCOURSE OUR WEE CLARE BEAR!!!
All the best from your loving group , -GERDY, - DEAN, AND OFCOURSE OUR WEE CLARE BEAR!!!
Friday 12 November 2010
Best Stop Motion Ever!!!!!
I don't have a clue how long this take but its the best stop motion video i have seen and hopefully ours will be half as good.
-GERDY
-GERDY
Post -it sop motion.
This is the most famous stop motion video on youtube. It took the student over 6 months to make this video.
-GERDY
-GERDY
Clare & Deborah's Stop Motion Vids
Hello!
Clare and I experimented with stop motion during our free periods in school. It was so time consuming but we battled through it and created two videos! They're both just little testers on how to use stop motion but we're actually pretty proud :). The first follows the adventures of Jeremy the Bug, the co-ordinator of the Lights website so we thought it would be clever to make a video including him since we're using Lights music in our music video. Then it cuts to us just making a "Hello!" using the stop motion effect.
The second video follows Bernard and Sandy, two apples that our in love but then Sandy runs off with Cricky (The bottle) leaving Bernard heartbroken.
- Deborah & Clare
Clare and I experimented with stop motion during our free periods in school. It was so time consuming but we battled through it and created two videos! They're both just little testers on how to use stop motion but we're actually pretty proud :). The first follows the adventures of Jeremy the Bug, the co-ordinator of the Lights website so we thought it would be clever to make a video including him since we're using Lights music in our music video. Then it cuts to us just making a "Hello!" using the stop motion effect.
The second video follows Bernard and Sandy, two apples that our in love but then Sandy runs off with Cricky (The bottle) leaving Bernard heartbroken.
- Deborah & Clare
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Paper City
Me and Gerard have been looking at how to build a paper city and the video below will be the closest we will probably get to creating a paper city. Some other videos show a lot more detailed paper cities but giving my previous attempt of the paper boat i doubt that will go well! So we will give it a go and see what happens.
-Dean
-Dean
Monday 8 November 2010
Stop motion tutorial and some examples!
Been looking at how to use stop motion and some examples of it being used in television.
It's quite a simple, but extremely time-consuming process and requires a lot of patience. The process involves taking pictures of an object, which in our case will be a paper boat, and moving the object very slightly each shot, these photos are then put together and speeded up to give the illusion that the object is moving.
Here's a simple tutorial on how to do a basic stop-motion animation (might want to turn the volume down though...)
I also looked at some examples of more advanced stop motion being used in television, film and just on YouTube.
This is just an amateur video from YouTube, it's very simple but is a good example of stop motion.
This is a television example of stop motion. The Magic Roundabout was created in the 60's and 70's, before CGI was created and shows a more advanced example of stop motion being used.
This is a trailer for 2005 film, Corpse Bride. It is a modern example of stop motion being used on a large medium. It gives the film a unique feel compared to modern animations using CGI.
-Clare :)
It's quite a simple, but extremely time-consuming process and requires a lot of patience. The process involves taking pictures of an object, which in our case will be a paper boat, and moving the object very slightly each shot, these photos are then put together and speeded up to give the illusion that the object is moving.
Here's a simple tutorial on how to do a basic stop-motion animation (might want to turn the volume down though...)
I also looked at some examples of more advanced stop motion being used in television, film and just on YouTube.
This is just an amateur video from YouTube, it's very simple but is a good example of stop motion.
This is a television example of stop motion. The Magic Roundabout was created in the 60's and 70's, before CGI was created and shows a more advanced example of stop motion being used.
This is a trailer for 2005 film, Corpse Bride. It is a modern example of stop motion being used on a large medium. It gives the film a unique feel compared to modern animations using CGI.
-Clare :)
Time Lapse
We got the time lapse finished on Saturday there! I went to Fanum at around 2ish and recorded a scenic shot of Belfast from around 4 - 6, so got the day fading into darkness. Looks well! Now we just have to speed it up to fit into our music video, Dean and Gerard are currently working on uploading the shot and editing. Clare's researching how we're going to go about using the stop motion technique.
- Deborah
Friday 5 November 2010
Audience Feedback
We just recorded a feedback session with Hannah, Michael, Cara, Catherine and Aisling; all people of our age group at whom our music video will be aimed at primarily.
Overall, we seemed to get good feedback and positive reviews of our idea and song, although they also provided us with useful critiques which may help us rethink a few ideas.
-Clare :)
Overall, we seemed to get good feedback and positive reviews of our idea and song, although they also provided us with useful critiques which may help us rethink a few ideas.
-Clare :)
Thursday 4 November 2010
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Shots being used.
Pan shot of Belfast with fade-in transition of over the shoulder shot of girl cutting/folding paper
Close-up shot of girl singing along to lyrics of the song
Cut to point-of-view shot of hands cutting paper out (making paper buildings) then continued point-of-view shot of hands which place completed paper building amongst a paper city (representing the skyline from the first shot)
High angle above paper city to give an overview
Cuts back to close-up shot of girl singing along to lyrics, camera zooms out to show her making a paper boat, girl is still singing along to lyrics
Mid-shot showing girl placing completed boat beside the paper city
Use of stop-motion, with a canted angle, to show boat travelling through buildings, this will create a jerky action - as the boat travels, the buildings it passes either fall or crumple down
Back to mid-shot of girl as she places Lego trees in the position where the buildings were.
Stop-motion used again as paper boat makes its way to an actual river and then is dropped in by a hand.
-Clare :)
Close-up shot of girl singing along to lyrics of the song
Cut to point-of-view shot of hands cutting paper out (making paper buildings) then continued point-of-view shot of hands which place completed paper building amongst a paper city (representing the skyline from the first shot)
High angle above paper city to give an overview
Cuts back to close-up shot of girl singing along to lyrics, camera zooms out to show her making a paper boat, girl is still singing along to lyrics
Mid-shot showing girl placing completed boat beside the paper city
Use of stop-motion, with a canted angle, to show boat travelling through buildings, this will create a jerky action - as the boat travels, the buildings it passes either fall or crumple down
Back to mid-shot of girl as she places Lego trees in the position where the buildings were.
Stop-motion used again as paper boat makes its way to an actual river and then is dropped in by a hand.
-Clare :)
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Possible Ideas
We have came up with a definite opening shot which will be a panoramic shot of Belfast and will be time-lapsed. Our idea for the rest of the video is to make a 'paper city' which will be knocked down as this paper boat makes it way to the river, as the buildings fall or crumple, they will be replaced by Lego trees. At the end of the video the boat will finally reach the river and sail away.
- Deborah, Dean, Clare :)
Failed attempt
I think we have decided to use the idea of a paper boat now in our video, so i tried to make one in class.
It is safe to say that it was rubbish! Still trying to come up with more ideas for the video and hopefully we can either get someone who is good at origami or my paper boat making skills will improve for our actual filming!
-Dean
It is safe to say that it was rubbish! Still trying to come up with more ideas for the video and hopefully we can either get someone who is good at origami or my paper boat making skills will improve for our actual filming!
-Dean
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