The re-make (pt1)

Test Shots

I did test shots in order to gain an understanding on the different types of shot that are included in a music video. These include the framing of the shot and any camera movement that there is within one shot. Examples of the different frames are displayed in the following video. These different shots range from an extreme close up to a wide shot.  Although an extreme close up is not used in the original video, doing these test shots and learning when and why they might be use helped me gain a better understanding in the film field which I can then apply to any future work in A2.

In this video are examples of the different camera movements that are used within one shot. These include tracking, panning, tilt. In this video there are also examples of both high angle and low angle shots, both present in Ed Sheeran's original A-Team music video. After filming, during editing, it became apparent that I had not filmed any examples of character placement within a frame. This can be divided and explained by a rule of thirds. This involves the frame being 'cut' in to three different sections both diagonally and vertically across the screen - totalling at 9 in one given frame. Below the video is an image to show how these thirds can be divided. 

Diagram to show the rule of thirds.

Lyric timings

(31s) White lips, pale face
(34.5s) Breathing in snowflakes
(37.5s) Burnt lungs, sour taste

(34s) Light's gone, day's end
(45.5s) Struggling to pay rent
(48s) Long nights, strange men

(53s) And they say
(54s) She's in the Class A Team
(58s) Stuck in her daydream
(1m) Been this way since eighteen
(1m 3s) But lately her face seems
(1m 6s) Slowly sinking, wasting
(1m 9s) Crumbling like pastries
(1m 12s) And they scream
(1m 13s) The worst things in life come free to us
(1m 15.5s) Cause we're just under the upper hand
(1m 19s) And go mad for a couple grams
(1m 21s) And she don't want to go outside tonight
(1m 27s) And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
(1m 30s) And sells love to another man
(1m 33s) It's too cold outside

The Storyboard

Costume, props, and equipment.

In addition to this, the main protagonist in the video will be carefully selected in order to achieve a more  professional product. In doing this the protagonist chosen will look as similar to the protagonist in the original A-team video. After researching how the music video was created I discovered that it only cost £20 to make, so it should not be too difficult to produce a video of similar quality at an amateur level, to echo the original - given the equipment that I will be able to utilise at college.

The original video

Brief

To remake 60 seconds of an existing music video.