RC - Challenges we are faced with...

Today we listed a few problems, minor and major, that we are faced with, with our music video:

• Character profiles
• Locations - specific to each character's profile
• Actors?
• Muscians?
• How are we going to shoot the car sequence effectively?
• Where are we going to incorporate the photo montage sequence(s)?

One problem I am keen on resolving is the car sequence, because although I think that this is a good idea, we are concerned over whether it will look realistic or not.

Today we went on a reccie during our lunch break in the hopes to practice this sequence, however, we faced difficulties; with only a hour to complete the reccie we knew our time was limited, what we were not anticipating was the battery running out, therefore this shortened our time filming. This meant that we did not get the amount of footage we were hoping for or even get the chance to experiment with different camera shots and techniques.

I have decided to look at a couple of music videos where a car sequence is featured so I can use them for beneficial reasons:

I visited the BUG Videos website, a suggestion made by my teacher, and found a video called 'Lux Deluxe' by the Cinnamon Chasers:

The concept of this video is intriguing, innovative and very creative. The use of POV shots throughout presents a whole new dimension to the video and if it weren't for our concept being already cemented I would consider using this idea. Despite this, it is the car scenes that interest me the most, which is why I have decided to do a mini technical analysis of these sections...

(0.30-0.32) POV, MS, panning right of driver steering the wheel; POV, MS, driver steering wheel, taking off bottle lid, appears to be different time of day; POV, MS, pan right to driver chucking the lid onto the passenger seat.

(0.49-0.52) POV, pan right to MS of female dancing in passenger seat; POV, MS, female dancing in passenger seat, driver's arm on show moving in a dance fashion; POV, MS, pan left of driver's arm dancing its way back to the steering wheel; POV, moving in CU of girl dancing towards the driver, lips puckered as if she is about to kiss him.

(1.03-1.06) POV, MS, driver driving at night with the female passenger in the frame; POV, MS, sped up motion of driver driving, with the female passenger still in shot; POV, MS, pan right to full image of female leaning forward. >this is the most relevant car sequence as it is filmed at night time and uses fast motion.

After looking at these two short sequences, I have learnt how the use of POV shots can be ultimately effective by creating a new layer of visuals and although we will not be using POVs throughout our video it is a technique that we should consider using when it comes to our car sequence.