Final Shoot 3- Final Gym Location

 FINAL SHOOT GYM LOCATION

Due to certain inconveniences the private gym that we had shot the first gym scene in was occupied on the day of the shoot. Rather than canceling the 2nd gym scene, we had to relocate the gym location to a local free public gym. To our advantage, that day was a Sunday and on that day, the gym is generally empty, hence we were able to extract good amount of footage of the character performing movements.

  

Final shoot 2- The Gym scene

 FINAL SHOOT 2 - THE GYM SCENE

During this final shoot, we basically just filmed the actor lifting weights. To show more depth in the shots, we used GoPro cameras attached to the barbells which was then lifted to perform a bench press by the actor. This allows us to show the intensity of the action by the actor by getting a close up on the actors face. The gym had multiple advanced equipment's so we took advantage of that and included different movements to be performed. 

Final Shoot 1- Opening scene

FINAL SHOOT 1 

 This blog provides pictures and details of our first shoot, in this scene, the teenager parks his car in a nearby parking lot, due to the his post break up depression, he ends up stress eating. Secretly eating fast food, his father catches him doing so, and proceeds to shame him for the way he responded to the events in his life. We used close up shots and wide shots to show the car parking scene and we used a wide range of close up and mid close up shots to show the boy eating. 

Call Sheet for the music video.

 For our production, we created call sheets to ensure that each filming session was organised and efficient. The call sheets included key information such as the location of the shoot, timings, roles of each team member, and the equipment required.

Since we were filming in a gym environment, it was especially important to plan ahead due to limited space and time restrictions. The call sheets helped us stay on schedule and ensured that we captured all necessary shots without wasting time.

Graphics & Sound

 GRAPHICS AND SOUND

Regarding the graphics for our music video, Lakshya and I were aiming for an extremely clean look with a clear cinematic style. At the beginning of the music video we inserted the title card of the music video, with the song, and the name of the artist to establish the tone of the overall music video. While editing our music video, we used quick cuts and fades to match the rhythm of the music video to aim for a more impactful visual for the viewer. 

Because color grading is an important role, we used a tone of dark colors to highlight the characters dark moments and as the video gradually progresses we used lighter tones to show that the transformation was taking place. 

The primary audio used in our music video was Softcore by The Neighbourhood which set the moody, heartbreak tone. We made sure the visuals were corresponding with the music, particularly during the workout sequences.

Social Media Account

INTRODUCTION

As a part of our A2 Music Video project, Lakshya and I decided to create a social media page on Instagram to showcase our prowess in our field. We uploaded the pictures of us filming the gym scene and the opening scene to promote our work and document our whole journey. We have named our social media page after the overall theme of the music video, titled 'Noir Frame Media'. In today's digital age, social media plays a crucial role in media production, allowing creators to engage directly with audiences and build a recognisable identity.

CREATION OF OUR PAGE

The instagram page's name reflects the overall aethetic tone of the music video. The word 'noir' suggests a cinematic and stylistic approach which helped us to establish a strong brand identity that aligns with our project.

PURPOSE & IMPORTANCE

The use of social media in our project serves multiple purposes :

1) Promotion of our music video

2) Building brand identity

3) Increasing audience reach

We aim to grow our page to more followers and reach a wider range of viewers so we can show our hard work and skill that it took while filming the music video.  We hope to expand our audience and demonstrate the creativity, effort and technical skill involved in producing our music video.

Our page can be accessed here : 

https://www.instagram.com/noirframe_media?igsh=MWk0aTMxMzRsdjkwaA==

Mood, Tone & Visual Design

 MOOD AND STYLE OF THE MUSIC VIDEO

Trial shoots and our learnings.

 What did we as a team learn from the trial shoots that were taken?

When conducting the trial shoots, we were able to extract key takeaways that have helped us in our task of completing this shoot with better precision, accuracy and also being able to get a qualitative final footage that would be used in our blogs.

From our previous AS level media studies syllabus, we were taught about different types of shots, and we learnt that using close up shots, for example, when the letter burning shot was shown, it was shot using a close up shot and that close up shot allowed us to emphasize on creating an impactful and stronger visual for the audience.

While holding the cameras we also had encountered a difficulty of not being able to get still and focused shots on the character in scene. So the way we had to overcome this difficulty, was very simple. We simply used breathing techniques, such as taking deep and long breaths and holding it to make sure that the camera did not move as much as it was happening when we were not breathing properly while holding the camera

PROBLEMS FACED WHILE SHOOTING

Problems we faced while shooting

When filming in the gym, even though we were using professional equipment, we had still faced a lot of difficulties when the shots were being taken despite the advantage of having good footage with high quality. 

Thought the quality of the footage may have come out to be appealing to my partner and I, we had still faced a lot of issues. For example, we had a disadvantage of limited space in the first gym, which did not give us much room for the character to perform the movements that were intended to be performed. If we had better space, we would have gotten a wider range of shots with better angles that could have been put into the final cut of the music video. 

In the second gym, it was shot in a gym that was spacious, however, the gym was old, being 15 years old or more. Due to the circumstances of the gyms old age, we were not provided with good enough lighting to allow us to define muscles on the character. This would affect the consistency that we could have achieved with the lighting. However, though the situation was partially in our favor, we were still able to capture shots that were honestly very staggering. 

Another issue we faced while filming in the gym was that we had a lot of background disturbances in the 2nd gym location, this was because it was a public gym and we could not stop people from entering. The reason as to why the first gym was empty was because it was private and it allowed us to focus on the character without any disturbances in the background 

Boxing Trial Shoot #2

 Boxing Trial Shoot #2

This was the second opportunity that I had received to shoot for Boxing, as it was mentioned in the previous blog, the shots were not very appealing to me, however, this time I had made sure that I had worn fitted and more compact clothing to make myself look sharper on camera, and so my figure could get a good proportions in terms of my costume. 

 This is a shot of me rolling my hand wraps, it is a shot of my preparation.

This is a shot that was taken on the camera of hitting the punching bag. 

Boxing Trial Shoot #1

 BOXING SHOOT #1

I have been boxing for the last 8 years of my life, and I had 2 opportunities' which was taken by me to film myself punch the boxing bag and test out cameras and the angels taken. Overall the shoot was very fun to do and I had a lot of fun throwing my punches with a lot of force so it could look appealing in the camera when it was being shown. I had noticed that during this shoot my muscle was not being defined properly which is one reason I was not confident with the outcome from the snippets of the shoot that was given to me. 

A trial shot my warmup to prepare for the final shot 

 

This is a shot of my final shot on the punching bag