понедельник, 10 декабря 2012 г.

Music Video Production. Week 11

Our video is ready!!!

I think we did a great job! At some points I was absolutely sure that it is a disaster, however now I am amazed and very proud. We managed to achieve outstanding results despite of our low budget and lack of skills. :)

Our video has an old movie effect which makes it very funny, and nostalgic.

As a final joke we recorded our classmates Zsuzsi Deak and Brigitta Horvath singing the song. I think it is a perfect conclusion for this kind of video.


среда, 5 декабря 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 10

We are done with the shooting!
We were shooting our video for the whole week, and finally we are ready.
It was quite a long process, because we have a lot of different scenes. We ended up with almost 4gb of raw material.
We had one funny problem. Our video is telling a story of one day, but in some scenes we were wearing different outfits. We realized it only later and decided to reshoot the video in order to avoid confusion.

We had lots of problems with the quality. It is very sad that we were unable to find a good camera.

Next week we are starting to process the material! 

четверг, 29 ноября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 9

During this week we were trying to find out which device we should use for shooting. Smartphone cameras these days are quite good, but not the best. Our school cameras are not particularly good too. So we tried both devices and decide in favor of school cameras.
We still have to find the way to improve quality of video shooting. Probably we will need some additional light.

среда, 21 ноября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 8



This week we have created a graphic storyboard.

The main actress of the video will be Valeria, however there will be quite a number of scenes with our participation too. 

The camera itself will be presented as a person, showing the world both from the main character's view, and the third person's view.

 We decided not to choose a specific cameraman, but to assign the shooting of different scenes to different persons.

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четверг, 15 ноября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 7

Finally! We are ready to present our storyboard. 
It looks a bit too long for a 3 minutes video, but all the scenes will be very short and speeded up in order to show transience of the time.

1) Waking up at 6:30. The camera = eyes of the main hero - we can see the hand showing the alarm to the face.
2) Way to bathroom - the camera follows, but when the hero gets to the toilet - he/she shuts the door in from of it.
3) The camera goes around the apartment to enter the bathroom from the other side, and there we see the hero brushing teeth.
4) Still being sleepy and grumpy the hero pushes away the camera and goes to the kitchen to have a breakfast - the camera follows and sits to the table in front of the hero. We see a table with food and some juice. One hand grabs a glass of juice, the other takes some bacon from the plate.
5)Dressing up and leaving the apartment - the camera stays in the apartment
6) The hero comes back home to take the bags of trash
7) The hero also remembers to take the camera with him to follow.
8) Want to go by bike but the tyre is flat... Has to walk then to bus stop
9) On the way we show people's faces etc, sights on the way - church, fountains etc.
10) Hero stops in front of the window to check the reflection.
11) Going to school by bus reading the book
12) Showing the sights that are passing by in the window
13) After getting out of the bus goes to buy some snacks - checks fruits but finally buys something not so healthy, like a sandwich. On the way mets friends...
14) Comes to video production class, works on dittoing the video.
15) Checking the timetable - 2h gap... zoom in
16) Thinking what to do during the gap. Goes to the library and studies - checks time all the time but the times goes to slowly.
18) finally is getting to the lesson - lecture in Theatre Hall. While it really looks like heroes are studying, really we can see that there are doodling all the time in the notebook.
19) Goes eating to the canteen - scene similar to the breakfast one - eating 2-3 from the same plate.
20) Working in a team in the residence hall. While it looks like a serious discussion, actually the team is discussing what was first an egg or chicken.
21) going home by tram
22) scenes again
23) going shopping to the market
24) buying a lot of things, showing empty wallet, leaving the market overloaded with things etc.
25) leaving all the things at home, grabbing the sport bag and going to yoga class
27) The yoga instructor is showing 4-5 very difficult postures, the main hero cannot do those - gets frustrated.
29) Cooking at home - chickens on bottles.
30) Putting the table together - a lot of food and wine - a lot of people too. everyone is eating. In the end showing a huge belly of someone - the camera moves and we can see that all the people on the table are hardly seating of being totally full:) carrying the plates to the kitchen and washing all of them - everyone abandons 1 person to wash all the plates.
32) The main hero is getting out of the showed with a towel on the head and falls on the bed - to tired...
33) With the final second of the song we can see a hand crossing one of the days on the calendar.


вторник, 6 ноября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 6

This week we had a second introduction to the class.
Our first teacher had to leave, and the new one took over.
It was nice to go through the history of music videos again, because it is always very inspiring.

After the introduction we continued working on our project. We looked through the analysis of the song, and started creating a storyboard. Hopefully next week we will be able to present it.

четверг, 1 ноября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 5

We had no class this week, but our group continued working on the project at home.

Here you can find the analysis of the song and key ideas about the future music video.

MusicGenre: Ethnic/Folk, Rock

Singer: Asaf Avidan


Content: the lyrics of the song can be freely interpreted. The repetitive refrain suggests that the days pass by, turn into years, and soon we are going to remember the times as our own personal history, or make tales about it,when being old. 


Length: 3:33


Speed: medium


Structure: very simple. refrain – verse – refrains...

VideoActors: students, young adults.

Style: ironic, slightly nostalgic (is if one is already being sad about past days), but cheerful, hopeful etc.


Associative images: students, lessons, not healthy food, public transport, waking up early, living in an old apartment, sharing it with many other people, having some inconvenience (such as not having a mirror), having fun in the evening with friends etc.


Abstract: the aim of the video is to show a usual day of a student - no comments or special thoughts attached


Composition: narrative. The main hero and his/her friends are living their usual day - eating, studying, entertaining etc.


Visual effects: video is going to imitate the view from one's eyes. Video will be very simple, no special effects.

четверг, 18 октября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 4

This week we were trying to make our final decision about the song. 
Dubioza Kolektiv or Noah and the Whale ???

Finally we realised that neither of these songs will be good. We realised that our budget is very low, and it will be difficult to implement our ideas.The first song is too complex, and the second one is too trite. Therefore we started looking for new ideas. 

Our brainstorming session brought us to the idea of making a video about students. Obviously this is something that we know the best. We decided to focus on the transience of student life, and we've found a perfect song for that.

Asaf Avidan - One day (Wankelmut Remix)

Our video will show one day of a student, which is funny and interesting, but also boring and meaningless.
We will try to make a very simple video, with different amateur effects such as shaking camera. This will help us to create an aura of student life.

среда, 10 октября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 3

During this week we started choosing a song for our music video.
Our group (me, Alexandra Takacs, and Valeria Dauhalevich) spent several hours brainstorming and browsing through the Internet. Here is the list of the songs that we've chosen.

1) Dalida - Bikini
2) Aloe Blacc - I need Dollar
3) Satan, Lend Me a Dollar
4) Dubioza Kolektiv - USA
5) Kristie MacColl - In This Shoes
6) Yolanda Ve Cool DCup - We No Speak Americano
7) Jimmy Fallon - Idiot Boyfriend
8) Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time

After the long process of selection, we have decide in favour of Noah and the Whale and Dubioza Kolektiv.





We have sent quite a number of emails to the record companies and band managers in order to get the permission for shooting, so now we are waiting for the response.

вторник, 2 октября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 2

For this class we had to choose three of our favorit music videos.This easy task appeared to be very complicated. I like too many music videos, and it was almost impossible to choose only three.Finally, after some struggle I am ready to present The Top Three.

Hold Your Horses - 70 Million

This music video is absolutely amazing, because it combines music and fine art. Every scene refers to a famous artwork. How many of them can you recognise? :)


Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch

This music video is an artwork itself. Just imagine the amount of work done here. All the effects create a dream-like scene from a fairytale.


Karen Elson - The Truth Is In The Dirt

This video is more natural than the previous one. It has less effects, but still it is very impressive.

понедельник, 24 сентября 2012 г.

Music Video Production Class. Week 1

This semester we have a new Practicum class, which I am really looking forward to, because it's a class of Music Video Production!  I am so excited to create a music video of my own!

During the first class our teacher Eike started a discussion about our music tastes. It was very interesting to hear about everybody's preferences. We know eachother for quite a long time, but there is always something more that you can discover.

After this short introduction, Eike presented us different music videos, which are considered important in the formation of music video history. That's incredible how music videos changed through the years.

For the next class we are asked to bring three of our favorit music videos. I think it will be a little difficult to choose top three, but I will do my best.