Underpass Shots

These are the shots we are actually hoping to use in No Light No Light, these are the shots from the under pass.

This is a shorter video of a shot which we prefer more which is taken from an angle at one side of the underpass, we prefer this as you get in the lights of the udnerpass and this will look really effective at night and it will look even better if its after its been raining, we also like the idea of showing Cam running in puddles, we also had a small idea of replaing the water in the puddles with black paint. We are now leaning towards using this isde of the udnerpass to show prolabaly where the relationship starts to break down, as the underpass is also run down. We will also have to pay attention to costume in these flashbacks, I did have one idea of when their happy having light clothes, and them gradually getting darker as they break down and as she betrays him. I will also use make up in some shots to show the domestic abuse. Now that were using this idea instead of just the white room I am going to do Costume and Editing as my two expressive arts but still use make up to show the domestic abuse.

In these videos it is Anna running but it will be me when we finally film this, we just did this as a tester. When we next have expressive arts were going to do some tests making the paint thinner and seeing which we like the best, so we know if we need to chnage how thick the paint is in the final prodject.

Eventually when we buy some white wallapaper we are going to build one of the boards were using up with white wallapaper and we will make water baloons filled with black paint and test how far or how close we need to stand to create the best impact. If we have enought wallpaper well throw thisn peice away or when its dry just turn it around.

Location ideas

 This is the bridge in Junction by the underpass

 This is the left side of the underpass by a doorway where the betrayal moment happens it will either happen on the left or right and we will decide while filming.

 This is underpass on one side where we will film Cam running away from Conor and she has a flashback to where she betrays him to Jo.

 This is the other side where we will also film Cam running out and up the steps (below)

 This is the right side.

Sticking with the urban theme of the original No Light music video we are going to have Cam running up these stairs.

Protagonist name and a new idea !

We have decided to name our protagonist Cam (short for Camilla) because then its easy to refer to her as Cam. We decided to call the guy Conor, as his name is Conor. We decided to call the freind Jo, as she has a very masculine look voice and seems like the sort of person to be called Jo, we hope this will be portartyed by Charlotte who was the bully in our last film. Cam will confide in Jo about the fact that she is being domestically abused by her partner. We had a few ideas like the fact that she could be engaged and she throws her ring into a fire, which is also burning the other things that Conor had given her. However we decided to scrap this idea because we do not look the physical age to be engaged and it will overcomplicate the story. We have to rember that this is not a film but a music video and so the story has to be less complex but we also have to make the audeince feel attached to the charecter. We have also decided upon a new idea, that the first shot is a flashback of Cam and Conor arguing as before and she runs out (as before) but she runs for longer, and runs past places where first her and Conor ard happy. Then when theyre breaking apart, and finally where she confesses to her freind about the abuse. Then Cam will trip over and fall into the white room, so the song is 4:15 long and so I predict that 3 minuites will be her running and with the long flashbacks. This has to be done as these are very important and will have dialouge, the betrayal especially and we will need a lot of pauses to create the best effect. Then the white room stays the same, with only very small flashabcks, each being about 5 seconds long, and maybe a long one when we had the idea that Cam gets angry and pushes a glass full of milk of the end of a table, and it smashes in slow motion. Because even though the white room scene will look very impressive and very good, its can become very long and very boring very easily, and the flashabcks are more important story wise. We also chose to do this as it gives Bubbles more freedom when it comes to set dressing and me more oppourtunties when it comes to costume or make-up, as im still un decided. With this new idea im leaning more towards comstume now, whereas before because it was in the white room make up would be more important so now I have decided to do costume, but still show her domestic abuse through make up. However what I may do, is focus upon the two when making and logging the proscess along with being marked for my editing, and ask the teachers advice on what would be best at the end. So im sorry if you get confused abput what 2 expressions I am studying, for now its Editing costume and make up.

Black Paint experiment

We did an exeriment to see how thick the bklack paint is to see if we need to add more water to make it thinner, we will also carry out tests later by throwing it against a wall to test peoples aims and to test if it works and see if we need to make any alterations.

Physical Set

 Physical set built from blue boards, when we construct this properly the back board will be replaced by a wall. we will also add white wallpaper to the walls and the floor to create our white room set.

 Set in relation to a person, will be wider when constructed properlly, note Bubbles is taller than me :)

 Tripod represents possiblt placement of camera

 Anouther position of the camera

 Actual picture from the above camera position.

 shot from the top corner of the board I would love to use this in the actual music video but we need to invent a way to put the camera actually here.

 Shot from the camera position at the side, I also really like this.

Birds eye view camera angle, need to find a way of fixing up camera again.

White Room Set

White room set ideas, possible camera angles, and some editing refernaces

Plans and Stuff

New Ideas drawn up before the holidays