Storyboard

Mise en Scene: The word 'Foundations' being spelt out letter by letter with fridge letter magnets through stop-motion
Camera: Wide Shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female (protagonist) character talking to boyfriend (antagonist).
Camera: Two Shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Boyfriend rolls eyes to show lack of interest.
Camera: Close up shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Teddy bears are seen blushing with embarrassment.
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character looking sarcastically into camera while a donkey neigh is heard.
Camera: Mid shot or close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Beer level going down through stop motion.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Speech bubble with random letters appears.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Piece of black card board appears from a hand from the left side to cover female character's mouth.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: The word 'Foundations' being spelt out letter by letter in lipstick through stop motion.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: The words 'let go' being rubbed off on a whiteboard.
Camera: Mid shot or wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character in a superhero costume and punches the air. As she punches the air the word 'Pow' appears.
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Boyfriend covers his face with a sad face attached to a handle while female character covers her face with a smiley face attached to a handle.
Camera: Wide two shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: A background of lemons. A bowl full of lemons. Female character with a lemon wedge as a smile.
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Action Man figure posing through stop motion.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character swinging on a swing
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Boyfriend pushes female character off swing.
Camera: Side wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character sees spider and runs away.
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Wind up toy moving.
Camera: Close up
Sound:Foundations

Mise en Scene: The word 'Foundations' spelt out with glow sticks through stop motion.
Camera: Close up or wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: The words 'let go' spelt out with spaghetti alphabet.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character looking in disgust at boyfriend passed out on bed.
Camera: Mid shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Boyfriend is seen passed out on bed. The bed and room are dotted with alcohol containers.
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Boyfriend abruptly wakes up to vomit.
Camera: Wide shot or mid shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Boyfriend's vomit is seen falling on female character's shoes.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character is seen trying to complete the jigsaw but then gives up.
Camera: High angle shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character looking at boyfriend with a sad facial expression.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Boyfriend is seen asleep on bed.
Camera: Wide mid shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Clock showing the time to indicate how long the boyfriend has been asleep.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Toy penguin moving through stop motion.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character has a picture of boyfriend stuck on her hand but is seen trying to shake it off.
Camera: Wide mid shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character is seen trying to wake up boyfriend.
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character is frustrated.
Camera: Close up
Sound: Foundations

Mise en Scene: Female character sighs and gives up. Boyfriend remains asleep on bed.
Camera: Wide shot
Sound: Foundations

Note: We initialy intended to upload the storyboard a few weeks ago, but due to filming priorities this had to be postponed until we had sufficient time to upload the storyboard.

Further Note: Please be aware that the shots shown/suggested by the story board may not necessarily all be included in the finished music video as we may change our mind about using some shots when we start filming/go along or think of new, better shots which may not be depicted in the other above shots.

Editing (Uploading Stage)

On the 10/11/10 it was our intention to film the last remaining scenes for our music video but we experienced a problem in doing so. The problem was that two members from our group could not come in to college on that day and which also meant that our plan to also film after college could not go ahead. However, the two members who did come to college on that day, were able to upload to the film footage that we took during the previous filming sessions onto the iMacs to get them ready for editing. The uploading process of the footage was particularly tiresome, as we had to convert the file formats for the film footage from 'MOD' files to a file format which was compatible with the editing software we are using (which is Final Cut Pro).

During the uploading stage we also got rid of most of the outtakes which did not go to plan (e.g. the outtake in which the wind up toy/prop we used went in the wrong direction instead of the intended direction).

Delays in Production

Throughout the production process we have encountered many errors which we have had to work on in due course to enable us to finish within the applied deadline. Overall the main criticism we have for our stance on the production process is the lack of organisation. Many shooting schedules have been created in order for us to carefully plan our filming and then editing however these have been closely followed by various factors which have changed the shooting schedule and put us further behind. This is mainly due to a lack of communication and focus which during the filming process has been very sub-standard. We have agreed upon that as a group we must communicate, be punctual and attend all lessons and sessions and also be well organised for the following week which will be the most critical as the deadline is on Friday 26th November. The nearing deadline is going to push us and make us care about our production work which is the initial feeling we should all have had at the beginning. Despite morale being low throughout the group we believe that in the final run up to the deadline we can all pitch in together and start to be very optimistic and determined in order to produce a work at A/B grade level.

Despite all these varying factors, We all strongly believe we will be able to finish our project within the deadline. To do this we will increase the levels of communication and dedication to the project by increasing the times that we do film/edit and then hopefully this will lead to a well rounded and finished project.

The Filming Still Goes On

On 8/11/10, we filmed the 'lemon' and 'surprise' scenes. Like our previous filming session, this filming session was generally simple to film.

For both scenes, we filmed in the Media Production Room, we used the green screen in both scenes and we used the cameras in the room. The first scene we took was the lemon scene. In the scene the female character is seen and looking at a selection of lemons and eating one of them. This scene was not challenging to film and we were pleased with the end results when we played the footage back.

As for the surprise scene, like the lemon scene, it too was not a challenging scene do. We took two versions of this scene. In the first scene the female character is wearing a party hat and jumps out of nowhere in front of the camera and in the other version the female character runs to the camera and blows a party blower in front of the camera. The reason we filmed two versions of the same scene is because we were not able to decide which one looked better so we filmed both instead. We shall decide which one to use during the the editing process.

Overall, the day went well and we were satisfied with the work we had done. After the filming we decided that in our next filming session we would film the: jigsaw, boxing glove and smiley/sad face scenes in the morning during college and the teddy bears, alcohol, Action Man and bed scenes after college.

The Filming Goes On

One 3/11/10, we resumed our filming. On this day we filmed our 'alphabet spaghetti' scenes, foundations written in lipstick through stop-motion scene and the "wind you up" scene. Filming the alphabet spaghetti scenes was particularly difficult (probably the most difficult scenes we filmed) to film as we were using spaghetti letters and those letters had to be positioned (in the bowel they were in, in tomato sauce) in a way which made them stay afloat on top of the tomato sauce instead of sinking. Due to this issue we had to stop filming a few times while we re-positioned the letters. Another problem with this scene was that for a reason unknown to us, the camera would wobble slightly at times and this meant that we had to re-position the camera on the tripod quite a few times.

The 'lipstick in stop-motion scene' was probably the easiest scene to do and it was also different to our other scenes in the sense that we took pictures rather than record the scene with a video camera. Although this scene was the easiest to do, we still experienced a minor issue when we took this scene. When we did this scene, every time we wrote a letter, we had to take a picture of that letter and then so on every time we wrote the other letters. The minor issue arose from the fact that we had to keep the stills camera (positioned on a tripod) completely in the same place to keep the stop-motion effect consistent other wise if we had not then when we edit the footage, it would not have looked like 'flowing' stop-motion.

For the "wind you up" scene we bought a wind up Frankenstein toy. In this scene we wound up the toy and we then had it move/'wind' towards the camera while we filmed the action. We also took a number of other shots such as a long shot and a wide shot. The only problem we had filming this scene was that the wind up toy was frustrating to control at times because when it was wound up, sometimes it had a tendency to veer off the straight line of course it was meant to go in.

Overall, the day went well and we were able to get good footage. For our next filming session we will be filming the 'lemon' and 'surprise' scenes in the media production room and we will also be using the green screen during the filming.

Filming Continues

On the 1/11/10, we continued our filming. On this day we went to Rita's house to film the scenes that required a 'home environment'. One of these scenes was where we see the female character in the video having to put her shoes outside because her boyfriend (male character) had vomited on them. We filmed the shot in relation to this lyric from the song "You've gone and got sick on my trainers".

Another scene we took was for the 10 seconds instrumental intro. In this scene we used fridge letter magnets to spell out the title of the song and the name of the song's singer using stop motion. Filming this scene in stop motion was particularly time consuming as we had to stop filming and then move the letters slightly (and so on) until we had completed the stop motion.

The last scene we took was the scene where the male character in the video scares the female character in the video. We did this scene on the cul-de-sac outside Rita's house. This scene was the easiest to film as it was not time consuming and it only took us roughly less than 5 minutes to film.

For our next filming day, we will be filming the other scenes such as 'foundations' being written in lipstick, a bowl of alphabet spaghetti spelling 'let go' and a wind up toy moving.

Fiona and Tanesha arranging the stop motion scene.

Tanesha adding vegetable soup to a pair of shoes to make it look like someone has vomited on them for the "You've gone and got sick on my trainers" scene.

Rita and her friend (David, who offered to play the male character) acting out the scene where the male character scares the female character.