Colourisation Effects

So in music videos, the colours are often distorted and adjuted in post, i have been applying different colourisation effects in After FX to a clip from prison break. Our video may benefit greatly from doing something along the lines of this, and if we used different shot angles, or certiain performance shots with different colourised effects it could seriously enhance the editing. It could be done on the beat etc. I know liam has been thinking of shooting in nightvision and cutting to normal shoot mode. The first effect is day to night. There is a better one that i will post in a bit. I am thinking that it may be worth experimenting with the colour correction i have tested, in our video, and not just leave it at b & W as at present. I will get some of our performance footage and apply these effects to it, so we can see if it is worth while. This is the clip below.

Also worth noting, after i watched this back is how the changes in colours, saturation etc really can create a different ambience and mood. Using colourisation methods such as this may enhance the disturbed persona we are creating for the protagonist in our video.

Research and Testing Post Production Effects

The group have researched into videos that have the same mood, and are from similar genres and in some of them there are several colour effects and flashes, which we like. I have done some research and can now do a load of different effects that will look really good. Below is some test footage from prison break i've applied the effects to. Comment and let me know which ones you like. They can all be disorientating, and i think that this may help amplify the protaganists mindframe in our video.

One of the effects is to look like being in a nightclub , and as we have been discussing using a shot as a POV of the protagonist in a crowded room with everyone staring at him ( possibly as he just kissed the boy) Then this effect would really enhance it. I think its at 23 seconds in.

Reflections on Todays Shoot

I think that for the number of hours we were actually filming for today, we have got a lot of high quality footage, and agian Liams acting was very good. The lighting also seemed better this time, as we were more careful over shadows cast by the camera as we moved around Liam performing. I've got to take the camera back in tomorrow and so will be in school early so shall capture our footage and put down a performance bed during my free periods 4 and 5.

Photos fo my room for the performance location.

I can move all the stuff out tomorrow morning, and it will make a much larger performance area, and so allow Liam to be more energetic.

Performance Location

so we are thinking of using a blank canvas type room ,a s i sighte din the last post, Matts room may work, but is a bit small, I am going to take some photos of my room and if we took the stuff out it may be more suited.

Performance Area / Bedroom

i think it would work well if we could use a location that is a sort of blank canvas, similar to the room in the first 12-25 seconds in this vid.

Painkiller - Freestylers - Feat. Pendulum & SirReal


If we can find a location like this at short notice, it will go with the grafitti and grungeyy / old film look we are after, juxstaposing it.

Tattooo

just found a better pic of what they are like,

Costume

Quick post, as we are thinking of a twisted messed up ortagonist, i;ve just realised of got some tattoo sleeves, so if we want liam can wear them and his arms will be covered in markings. Like Michael from Prison Break.


So kinda like the arms , not torso though. i think it could enhance the charcter, and make it more visually interesting perhaps.

Reflections on FINAL IDEA

The group have finally got our idea, and i think for it to work as it is going to be a challenge we need to mimick the shot structure in the original Kate Perry song.

The group meeting today we progressed from using a strong narrative to a largely performance dominant video. this is going to decrease the complexity in the video i think, as we wont have to find as many locations and it reduces complications on filming permission.

Although we want it performance based, i think we still need to use some segments of narrative, wih are not connecrted, rather a selection of highlights to amplify the lyrics of the song. Plus break up the perormance.

The song has a twisted dark sound, i think that we could use grungy textures imposed over the performance parts of the video, as Liam discussed in the meeting.

Some possible shots to relate the main protagonnist to the boy whose life he is messing with, could be him and the lads in a pub. Boy is at bar with girlfriend, protagonist gives a twisted glance, and we pan to see the 2 at bar. Although relating to the sony and theme the emphasis as a group is that the shots breaking up performance wshould be clever camerawork, and highlight frame composition rather than the content.

I think we need a shot in a club, and as the song is all about kissing a boy perhaps have to include this. But it may take things too far.

The line 'I’ve got my whole damn crew, come on what you gonna do' i see as having an agressive shot , perhaps we could have him and his crew walking into the club, whilst Liam lip syncs this line. In the sort of resevoir Dogs style. With clever angles and camera movements , which could be cut to emphasise the music. Disjuncive edits, etc can work with our song as it has a distinctive rythm.

Structure

As we are doing a song in response to Katy Perry's 'I Kissed a Girl' i think we should use a similar shot structure and performance based video, but with different content, effects and editing to portray our entirely different interpretation of the song.
We should show our aggressive character straight away rather than objectifying him, perhaps with a TV smash. instead of soft safe editing, we sould illustrate the more edgy, and aggressive artist + song with abrasive cuts to challenge our audience.

As we feel the song is sinister and somewhat narcissitic i think we should utilise colou effects to illustrate this, high contrast with black and white would do so.

Big Inspiration

The mise en scene and in particular the dress code, of the singer in this video are what i believe the group should aim for in our video with the Cobra Starship song. The video also uses interesting black and white effects. The lyrics are all direct address, and the editing is on the beat but also somewhat sporadic. I believe it is portraying a similar tone and character that we should for our video, and when editing and editing effects i think we should be influenced by this style and adapt it to our own form and song.