Friday, 8 October 2010

Blog 7: Filming technique, camera use.

After some understanding about how to record, camera use, and what do we need to think about when we making a video for example: mise-sene like props and lighting; cenimatography such as camera angles and position of the camera that we have to use to create as closer to the exiting video; A note that will be written down comment about each scene that have been filming. Other than that we also have to consider about the equipment that are needed for filming: Shooting script, so that everyone in the team will follow what type of angle we have to do and where does the scene take place; and a clapperboard that are very important for everyone in filming team including the actors themselves to know which shot and take we're all at and it's also easier when it's time to editing the video. The video that we have to work on is 'Teenage dirt bag', where we have to recreate it. Each scene we will switch position on camera so that everyone will have a hand in using camera. This is a very good experience of how to work in group and how to give everyone responsibility in the position of filming they are in: director, camera man, clapboard holder, and actors.

Things that should have for camera shooting
1. Shooting script
2. Clapperboard
Things to consider before filming
1. Make sure everyone on the team have a shooting script, especially people who incharge of the camera and clapperboard person.
2. Have all the setting for the scene ready.
3. A right description on a clapperboard, eg. Shot 1 Take 1.
4. Have all the actors in position ready to shoot.
Things to consider for camera
1. Carefuly position the camera and make sure it’s tight and safet.
2. Make sure to adjust a white balance.
3. Before shooting rolling a tape for awhile before shooting
4. Make sure that the scene that you going to shoot are in the right frame in the camera screen.
What does Shooting script and Clapperboard do?
We can say that it is a guiding book for the shooting. It help reminding us what shot type, Description of action, Camera movement/direction for that particular scene should be. This will help to decrease the posibilities of the mistake that can happen during the scene and also a big help during the time of editing especially a clapperboard because it tells the editor which shot and take it come from.

blog 6: Video Analysis

Paramore video's link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J7J_IWUhls




Genre: Paramore is an Alternative rock Band.
Representation: The song 'The only exception' mainly representing a life of a teenager whose family are separated and can't seem to find a real love. But there is a person that she only makes an exception for is her boyfriend.

Narrative: The song a telling a story of a life of a young teenager girl who disappointing in a love from her family which leaves her with a negative feelings about 'Love'. She would trust or love anyone. From this video would be her boyfriend because she feels that she might be disappoint again. Almost entire video showing how she run away from her boyfriend and get herself involve with many people and places. The more she is with people the more she sees that she always thinking about the past that she has with her boyfriend and now that she's with other people she can see that no one can be like her boyfriend. At the end of the video she realize that only him that she will give and exception to trust, to love, and to be with him.

Audience: Mainly are a group of young people around the age of 15-25.

The video communicated well with young people because the story line from this song connected with a life of most young people nowadays that are in the same kind of situation where either separating family that make them feel unsecure to trust other people or a love that they find to be perfect that they can accept them without cause.


VersaEmerge’s link for American boy : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO2FwnG55l8



Genre: An Alternative rock, experimental rock and Post-hardcore.
Representation: 'American boy' representing a desire of a teenager that expressing her feeling that she has for a perticular guy that she met. If to compare this representation to Paramore it is quite the same, where they focus on teenager's life, feelings, and emotion that they have toward the person they love or their love dream that they wish to have.
Narrative: 'American boy' doesn't have a story video that goes with the lyric. It is only show a singer(Sierra Kusterbeck) and the guitar player(Blake Harnage) recording the song in a studio so there is not much of a narrative create. On the other hand, it show a couple of teenager singing and playing the which show the expression that the singer felt when she sang a song about someone that she interested in of the singer and the guitar player while they recored. How much she wanted to be with him and go to a places that she never been before in America because he's an American boy.

Audience:
Thia band is most likely similar to Paramore and also a great audience that enjoying their work. Their audeince are around the age that are shown below.
Gender Age
Female 13-17
Female 18-24
Male 18-24

Friday, 1 October 2010

More on Paramore's Target audiences

Target audiences and a global listeners

This shows the audiences that have been listen to Paramore. From here we can see that the age of these listeners are around the age of 14-17 and appear few 30s. On the map it shows where the most listener come from as you can see that mainly come from America since they are an American artist. Nevertheless, they also popular in the UK and other area in Europe.