Animation

We made an animatic which visualises the framing narrative of our storyline. It helped us to clarify our communal ideas into one shared idea and to also work on the timings of the different shots and scenes. We each drew different sections seperately and although this meant we all had an artistic input into the animatic it did get slightly confusing as some of the timings overlapped the first time we shot it, however we quickly corrected it, learnt from our mistake and the result is our final piece above.

Lipsync Exercise

In order to determine out of the two who we would chose we tested them by doing a Lipsyncing exercise. Before filming we expected this to be an area that Calvin would excel potentially more than Adam, because as a performer we expected him to be more comfortable in front of the camera. However, after testing it revealed that they are very much at the same level with the lip-syncing, this is no criticism on Calvin more just a compliment on Adam's before unknown performance talent. In fact we found that Adam was clearer at mouthing the words. We concluded after this video that we would use both actors in our video, Adam as the performer who would lip-sync the song and Calvin as the actor who would act out the Tom narrative.

Final casting for Main part

Adam Warren and Calvin Carrier are our two competing interests for the role of Tom in our music video.
                                                       
                                                                          Calvin

 
What we like about Calvin's look in relation to the part is the androgynous look his hair gives to the character. Calvin is also a performer, he is a practicing and passionate dancer as well as an actor so we know that he would be comfortable in front of the camera.

Adam

What we like about Adam's look for the role is that he does not fit one 'type', by this i mean he is not obviously bracketed into one singular look and this would give us a lot more freedom with how we want to present Tom. Adam is also a close friend to all of us in Tripod and a dedicated artist who would understand the need for a professional approach for us to complete our video to the highest standards.

Secound Day of Filming

Our second day of filming consisted of shooting all the inside scenes with Calvin and Adam. Focusing on the narrative of Tom leaving the house and then doing lipsyncs of Adam performing Take Me Out in various positioning and lightings around the house. Overall i think today's filming was the most succesful of the two we got more than what we needed and had enough time to experiment with shots that weren't originally on our mood board.

I found this linkby a fellow blogger about Tom Milsom's song Take me out

Animatic

The Eight Categories of Music Videos

Music videos fall into eight seperate catergories. Though, these catergories are not offical they help to represent the different possible styles that a video director can use.
They are;

* Performance
* Concept
* Story
* Gag
* Dance
* Animation
* Party or Club
* Film Clip

The eight caterfories often overlap in music videos, resulting in most videos featuring various aspects from each catergory.
For example;
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Directed by John Landis