“Music is an outburst of the soul.” ― Frederick Delius
Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles and special editions of albums released by an artist. It is often called as soft CD packaging as well. Digipaks were first created by the company MeadWestVaco and their product was first called as a DIGI-PAK. Over time, it became a popular form of packaging between manufacterers... Continue Reading →
This mock shoot was conducted for the purpose of figuring out camera angles and how best we could capture the moment. We also had to figure out ISO settings and focus settings as well. We tried a couple of angles to find out which we liked best.
Today was the day of our final shoot. We were all pretty excited. We went through our checklists of props and the production schedule. The team arrived at 3pm and we started to get out sets ready. We set up our fort which took about 30 mins to build since it involved a lot of... Continue Reading →
I had some free time the night before the shoot so I decided to paint a picture. This blog is unrelated but I made a watercolor painting of my idea of a boy. This painting features an elf looking man that looks like a fairy tale creature. But this is my ideal type of man.... Continue Reading →
Our music video features our actor going on a date with the camera. Hence it is important we talk about male representation in pop culture and media. The dominant masculinity is men who have power and authority. The form of this masculinity could be said as an ideal reference for men when they have been... Continue Reading →
Since our music video style caters to the female audience, our represtation of the Ideal Man is through the eyes of a female. The Female Gaze So many of the films and music videos today focus on bodies—often male bodies. Even the original music video of Boys by Charli XCX features male bodies in a... Continue Reading →
The eqiupment that the filmmaker uses is of utmost importance. The kind of camera and its functions, the sound mics for capturing the sound and the additional accessories such as lights or gliders to assist the shots. The camera that you use affects the way you shoot and how the film looks out to be.... Continue Reading →
Since we are creating the look of a cozy home date, we need the hair and makeup to look at natural as possible. The actor suggested that he preferred to wear a beanie for half of the video since he felt comfortable in it. We still asked him to style his hair toussled and messy... Continue Reading →
Since its a day long date, we need the character to be the same clothes for the entire date. We want th actor to look cozy and at home so we asked the actor to dress casually. We did give him colour references to them being black and white since they would pop out on... Continue Reading →
We have decided to shoot our video tomorrow. We went through our checklists and schdedules. Swara and I made a call sheet as well just in case any of us has to run and we need an official call sheet to keep things in order. Here is our call sheet.
A Level Music Video Task 