The Animatic: Feed back and process notes

We received some really useful pointers from our immediate feedback from our other class members, regarding our animatic, such as...

•   They noticed our re-use of shots, meaning that when it comes to shoot day we need to keep this in mind and not go by the story board, and try to get as many shots as we can.

•   When the rapper comes on the scene needs to dramatically change so we see something completely new, to mirror what the rapping does to the song.

•   In the song a clear single line is "Goon Rock, are you ready?” The point was made that we need to identify which person (the rapper/ DJ) Goon Rock is.

•   There is a section where there are 12 quick claps within the DJ section, a suggestion was made that we make quick cuts in time with the claps to give impact and suspense towards the drop.

We also received some positive comments in which we need to keep up

•   Our quick cuts are good and make it feel like a professional shoot

•   The narrative was very clear, and easy to follow

•   The cutting was very much in time, and fitting with the feel of the music (however did slack towards the end).

•   They liked the idea of the auditions and then judges reaction and felt that it was going to be a very amusing video.

Throughout the actual process we learnt a few things that we will take with us when editing the actual video.

•   The main thing that we realized was the amount of recycled shots. We therefore had to strongly acknowledge that even though our storyboard was large, we hadn't enough substantial and interesting shots and angles in which we could use.

•   We realized we needed far more ways of filming the auditions rather than just wide shots; however felt that this would come on the day.

•   The music was dramatically cut to fit to the common pop song 3 to 3.30 minutes.

•   We need to think about more implications to show that the set is being put up, besides a smoke machine lights and a time lapse.

Here is a video of the immediate feedback after they watched the animatic.

Storyboard

Our Set Design

For the auditions section we'd like them to be in this set

For the casting directors/band we'd like them to be casting from this kind of an environment 

For the waiting room that the audtionees wait in, we would like it to be minimal but drab

For our "music video" scene this sort of a set with a projection of the bands logo would be ideal, with smoke machines, microphones and a dj booth 

Album Cover Inspiration

This album cover has a very modern look which we really want our album to have. By looking at the album we can get the idea that the music is probably electronic and pop- exactly the genre of music that our video is. Although if we were going to do something similar to this we would have the artists photos instead of figures because it will be there first album and its important that people can recognise the artists. 

TThe best thing about this Avicii album cover is that it really stands out. Its something very different which pulls your eyes towards it. I think that thats important for an album cover because it may persuade people to have a look at the album or even buy the album. I think the use of bright colours are great and the direction we would want to go for our album as well. he best thing about this Avicii album cover is that it really stands out. Its something very different which pulls your eyes towards it. I think that thats important for an album cover because it may persuade people to have a look at the album or even buy the album. I think the use of bright colours are great and the direction we would want to go for our album as well. 

The reason we like this album cover is because the use of colours and how they all seem to come together and the effects which are done on the artists but still being able to recognize her. The album cover has a slight trippy feel to it which relates to electronic music. 

We like this idea for a album cover because it involves bright colours but mostly because of the picture of the artist in the middle. We thought that we could do something like this and have the three different artists positioned the same with the girl in the middle and the two male artists by her side. 

We really like the modern electronic feel to this album, how it shows all of the artists in a classy way. And shows elements of their personality through small objects that they are wearing or carrying. The only thing is in our album cover we would like to use more colours. 

Cast, Costume and Props Lists

To get organised early we decided to make a lists of our cast members, so we could ask them and get them well prepared, our costume so we could make sure we had all the outfits, and the props list to make sure nothing was impossible to get.

  Cast Member:         Their act:                  Costume:

Amber	Model	Skinny Jeans, white tank top, black heels, hair down.
James Hartman	Mime artist	Stripy black and white long sleeved top. Black trousers and shoes, half black half white painted face, with black teardrop under the one eye.
Laura	Bunny	Black leotard, bunny ears and bunny tail, hair down black tights and heels
Alastair and Alex	Juggling	Spotty clown like top, with bright colored trousers
Bella	Reading Shakespeare	Black long fur coat, silk slip dress, black boots, and hair in tight bun.
Slevin	Librarian	Long brown skirt, cardigan-beige, white shirt, old glasses, pearl necklace, tan tights, frumpy shoes.
Annabella	Fairy princess	Fairy outfit, white tights, wand, pink bunches or plaits.
George	Rocker	Usual George attire
Greg	Tribal dancer	Brown hula skirt, lots of body paint, African tribal feel (Loz sorting out)
Russian Maxim	Topless	Jeans white, t-shirt.
Peaslake As	Body popper	Jeans, trainers, black t-shirt, flat cap.
Anastasia, Natasha, Philly	Flexible tricks	Leotards and tights, hair in pony tail with dance shoes.
Gil	DJ	Average Gil outfit, jeans and printed top with beany/ cap.
Habeeb	Rapper	Jeasn trainers, white t-shirt with gold chain and other bling.
Russian A2 Girl	Female singer	Tight jeans, heeled boots, big studded belt, cropped tank top, bling, hooped earing, hair down big and curled.
Charlie Feeney	Goth	Big hoodie with hood up, black jeans and lots of studded silver jewelru and heavy make up.

• ·      12 plastic chairs for the waiting room scene
• ·      A skull (for Shakespeare dramatist)
• ·      Smoke machine
• ·      Colored flashing lights
• ·      Make up mirror
• ·      Desk for the judges to watch the auditions with logo on the front 
• ·      3 director style chairs
• ·      Classroom clock for waiting room
• ·      Floored slim plant pot with green bamboo like plant 
• ·      2 tall standing set lights