FINISHED WITH THE FILMING PART

Dear Readers,

This half-term I manage to film everything for my final piece music video. In my previous post I mentioned the song on which I will make my own interpretation of the video. I have used amateur actors but from the work we did I think the audience won't notice. During the filming I had to change few things in terms of shooting schedule, the amount of people I had to use in the some of the scenes but eventually I managed to handle the problem quickly and it didn't harm my work.

The first problem I had to handle was the film schedule I made last month ( it is posted on the blog ). Unfortunately, the week I was in Bulgaria to shoot the sequel was quite busy for the actors because it was full with exams which they had to do. This exams were unexpected for the actors and that is why I had to make a new one which will be posted later on my blog. As the audience can notice, I was planning to film everything at the beginning of the half term (which was 12 Feb) so that I could keep my audience posted how the filming process going. Eventually, I decided that the only time I could film my video will be the last days of the half term. This change harm my plan to keep posted my audience with my work.

The second problem I had to handle was to get a premission to change the date to film in Cinema Center Boyana and to use the New York set for my video. The problem there was that I had to limit the number of extras's I wanted to use for the scenes in there due to important Hollywood production filmed close to the set. From 17 extras I had to limit them to 6. This caused changes to the way I wanted to shoot the particular scenes but in the end I was happy with the final result in filming there.

My final problem and the one that was impossible for me to fix was the weather. During my stay in Bulgaria I was expecting sunny, relatevely hot weather. However, I was surprised with foggy and rainy weather until the end of my stay there. This, also, caused some changes in my prepared storyboard. I had to plan my time carefully so that I could find simple and easy solution so that both my audience and the actors could be satisfied. For the scenes where the main characters meet in a traditional village field in the mountains I changed the location to be again in a traditional Eastern European village but insted the main action to be set on a field, I filmed it on a small  shop in the center of the village.

By the end of my stay, I was happy with what I manage to film and how I handled the situation. The only thing I wasn't happy with was the establishing shots I made in the forest. However, I hope with the help of Adobe Premiere Pro I will manage to make the image more colourful and pleasant to be seen by the audience. Keep following my blog for more updates. Expect some amazing location photos with the cast and the assistance that helped me during the whole filming.

R&P ALBUM COVERS AND POSTERS

Dear Readers,
During my research on the Eastern European Punk Culture I was wondering what conventions I could use for the poster and the album cover of my music video by Dubioza Kolektiv-USA. My Research began with one of my favourite bands Dubioza Kolektiv.

Dubioza Kolektiv ALBUM COVER

• Really simplistic for a Punk/SKA band 
• They have used two colour: black and yellow 

a) the black colour is a symbolism of the underground punk/ska music.
b) the yellow colour can be suggested to be the colour of the rise. The band will get out from the underground and it will be available for the Mass audience.

• The band used typical street conventions. The cover looks like it is made with graffity.

• The band has been illustrated in the cover.  

Another popular Eastern European Punk band is the band called CONTROL. It is a Bulgarian band and they have been on stage more than 35 years. After the end of the communist regim in Bulgaria they have become the face of the traditional punk Eastern culture. This is their first album covers.

CONTROL (trans. КОНТРОЛ)-OOOUUU BABY! (trans. ЛЕЛЕ КАКО!)

• The band has enterily cartooned their album cover. On the right side the audience could notice the traditional look of the punk societies. Their style of clothes can be really colourful. 
• The album cover looks really rebelious.
• The look of the album is really messy (stereotypical for the punk culture)
• All the songs can be seen on the right side of the album cover. (verticly positioned )

A band called Gogol Bordello is a band created in America by a "Gypsy'' Ukrainian. The bands members come from all over the world ( Asia, Europe, North and South America and Africa ). Their songs consist different traditional Eastern European Rythms. The band genre is known as "Gypsy Punk". This is one of their album covers.

GOGOL BORDELLO - SUPER TARANTA!

• The band has used different colours to represents it's style to the adience. 
• The band has used different acrobats to show how artistic gypsy culture is. 
• The band hasn't focus on a simple cover because of the genre of music they perform.
• The people behind the lead singer look happy and satisfied from what the band performs. 
• The way the performers are dressed is a traditional gypsy style of clothing. ( striped trousers, boots.) 
• The band aims to look a little bit like a circus performers. Their aim is to make a show which will be liked by the audience.

The last band which in my opinion will help me with making my own Digipack cover is a Bosnian band called "S.A.R.S." They are relatevely new band of 21st century. They also focus on a stereotypical Eastern European motives by using traditional music instruments of their folklore such as accordion, trompets and saxophones. The cover I will focus will be one of their first release albums called "Petspektiva"

S.A.R.S. - Perspektiva

• As the audience could notice the cover is focused on the black colour. It symbolises the culture of the underground music which was S.A.R.S at the beginningof their career. 

• On this cover albym the only visible face is of the lead singer. 
• Тhe name of the album means "Perspective" and is coloured in red colour with a typical punk street fond. 
• The location of  the album is in a tunnel. It has encoded meaning which is that with this album they will come out from the underground music world. 

To conclude, I will aim to use conventions on each of these album covers for my Digipack. I will focus mainly on the colourful motives because I the music I am using is aiming people to be positive and happy.

CASTING

Dear Readers,

 This is the casting I have made to represent the characters I chose to film for my interpretation of the song Dubioza Kolektiv- USA. You will get familiar with the atmosphere and the actors. 

 

STORYBOARD

Dear Readers,
This is the storyboard I have made to give me a better understanding of how I want to film my music video. I have included different shots which I will use in different scenes, the charachtrers behaviour (e.g. mouvements, dancing,etc) and the props which I will need for the clip.

ANNOTATED SONG LYRICS

Dear Readers,

This post will represent the stages of when the scene will change, what shots I will use for each scene and the characters behaviour on the upcoming music video which I will film. The lyrics will help you to understand what the musicians want to say with their music and it will give you information on what is their genre in some sense.

THE ROAD TRIP 2015

Dear Readers,
I have made a short video of the Road Trip I have done this Christmas Holiday. During the journey I have made photos on the location where I am going to film this February. From my previous post you can see the filming schedule I have made to give you better understanding of my Research and Planing process. Enjoy watching :)

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

Dear Readers, 

This Christmas Holiday I managed to finalise my negotiations with Cinema Center Boyana where I will be filming part of my music video. Moreover, I have made a short video from the casting of the actors i chose to work with. Besides the casting clip, which will be posted soon, I will post a location videos and photos from the village Kraevo so that the audience get more familiar with the genre and the mise-en-scene.

 Shooting Schedule