Shooting practice: Music Video

This post will contain the production, pre-production behind the scenes and the problems we encountered while making this music video trial. We shot the music video all together and made this post together.

My teacher gave each group a verse from, " Here Comes The Sun" by the Beatles. We had to plan a scene which included various camera work and edits. The goal was to practice our lip syncing and editing the video to make it match the song. 

Pre Production

Before the process of production, our teacher introduced us to the song that we all have to make a video with and tasked each group with a single, but different verse. In which they have to make a music video that involves lip syncing. We were then instructed to create a quick 15 minute storyboard for the single verse. Originally, we came up with the idea of playing with lighting, making use of our phone flashlights and revolving it over the main character (Bagus) head to make it more emotional and suspenseful on the Mise En Scene, but after a long consideration about how the phone camera would not focus, we decided that it is best for us to create the image that someone progressively getting happier with more people accompanying the main character who is sad. While the main character (Bagus) continues singing as more people enters the scene. 

Through sound and Mis En Scene, we instructed Bagus to act sad on the first shot while he lip syncs the lyrics as there is no one accompanying him, with a sad and flat face. But as the lyrics say, "here comes the sun" the scenes in which one by one of Bagus's friends enter and singing along make him progressively happier. In the final scene everyone will gather around Bagus while the music goes on, and he will look very happy and laughing. 

~ Storyboard ~

Production

During production, we filmed it in an empty bright classroom. First we used a close up camera angle to show that the subject has a straight face while singing. Then as the song progresses, we use a medium shot to show more of his friends singing with him and finally a long shot to show everyone happily singing together while having a great time.

For the edit, we compile the videos and sync it to the song, which is selecting and arranging the clips, so that whenever the lyrics ‘here comes the sun’ is heard, it cuts and adds another subject to the scene.

Behind the scenes 

Caption: Bagas finding the right angle for the shot

Caption: Bagas recorded Bagus while he tried  to remember the lyric of the song

Caption: Saka is about to record Bagas and Bagus singing together

Post Production
Final Video

Link to video:     https://youtu.be/DlTMBg4JHx0?si=6-_OxVlGfUzqoKaA

Post production comments: We edited the video using capcut, we synchronized the song and the video recording. Editing process was fairly easy and short as there are no special effects involved, probably the most challenging part of the work is just synchronising to the music to make it exact. Other than that everything was fine. 

Problem:

• We originally wanted to film in a dark room first and used a flashlight to make it seem like it was the sun. However, after seeing the results, it turned out like a scene from a horror movie so we scrapped that idea.

Solution:

• We record the scene in a bright room and change the idea to a more simpler one which is to friends singing along with Bagus (our star) and he progressively becomes happier.

Next time what to do:

• Choose a more simpler plan to do so that we finish filming earlier, can edit as soon as possible and gain feedback from peers.

Self reflection:

In this mini-project, I help with the editing process and planned out the storyboard for our music video. This task was rather easier as now we are used to these tasks. What could have been improved is how much time we spent trying to find the right spot and angle. As already said one of our problems was changing the storyboard due to its lack of connection to the song. The song seems to be happy and cheerful but our first plan which was to film in a dark room implies that its horror.

Theory of Stardom

 This blog post will include a theory that is connected with out music video research. Star Persona

Names:	Nicho and bagas
Celebrity:	Lebron James
REEL persona:	What image to they project through their work (films, music, social media) In social media such as youtube or instagram he is shown as an amazing basketball player ( such as instagram posting his highlights or creating a post as he’s usually the one who scores the most points ), aside from basketball he is also shown as a successful man.
REAL persona:	He is who he shows himself as. A basketball athlete known to not only basketball players but to people of different interests.
Love:	Lebron james is shown to be a great family guy in a healthy relationship with his wife. Lebron often mentiones how his wife was the reason of his success and mainly what motivates him to play the game he loves.
Ordinariness:	He is shown just like every other individual. Lebron james is shown to have another side to his life other than as an athlete. Just like us he hangouts with his friends and posts everyday activities on his social media.
Success:	He was born very poor , his father wasn’t present in his life which made it hard to raise enough finance to afford school. That is why his mother has left Lebron to another family, Frank Walker, a local youth football coach who introduced James to basketball when he was nine years old. The media has always shown him as someone inspirational how he was very poor to now very rich.
Consumption:	Lebron James lives in a rich community and is considered one of the wealthiest basketball athletes. Some form of media has also published his diet meal that could be used by people who look up to him.
Dream turned sour:	As a rookie he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers, performing well and he was loved by many fans. They would expect him to stay but in 2010 he made a decision to move to the Miami Heat because of money. This caused Lebron to receive lots of hate, fans burning his jersey and mocking him all over social media, however this probably won't be much of a downfall as Miami Fans has shown love to Lebron James since he’s performing well in the team ; giving the city a championship. Though after winning two championships in miami heat, he came back to cleveland in 2014 and gave Cleveland a championship in 2016 which regained fans’s trust and appreciation to Lebron.

This classwork we learned what is star persona, which was basically a person's qualities they would have that would align with out music video. We learned that there were 2 personas which were the REEl persona and REAL persona. This would be necessary when we started our project that is related with social media on the next term. building a personality for our star would be necessary as it would be related to how his personality is in the music video. The problem now is if we want Bagus (our star) to have the same personality of him inside the music video and social media or the complete opposite. 

Filming Schedule

This blog will include our filming schedule to keep us on track and enable us to finish our tasks on time. 

Date	Scene	Content	Location	Props
23/12/2024	1-7	Morning routine	Bagus house	Clothing, Bag, phone, Camera etc.
10/01/2025	-	Happy scenes with female actor	Regents Secondary School	Food
11/01/2025	-	Basketball scene	Bagus house	Basketball
13/01/2025	-	Male actor depressed moments	Teras Ayung residence Pantai Mertasari	-

Location scout & Risk assessment

This will be my location scout and risk assessment made by my teammate Bagas.

Location ( Bagus house )
Address:	Jalan Raya Sesetan
Scene:	Opening scene
Advantages of location:	Good view of the sunset Enough space to record Flexible time Accessed easily
Disadvantages of Location:	Construction Quite far Dangerous for the rooftop scene
Alternatives:	Bagas House
Risk Assessment
Risk:	Who is at risk:	How to avoid risk:	High, Medium, Low risk:
1. Construction	Camera man Actor Crew	Pray -Construction doesn’t always happen so we can set a time -Wear protective clothing to avoid debree	High
2.  Rooftop dangers	Camera man Actor Crew	Pray -Stay away from the edges	High
3. Heat stroke	Camera man Actor Crew	Pray -drink loads of water -try not to record at midday	Low

Location ( School )
Address:	Jalan Waribang
Scene:	Spending time with female actor
Advantages of location:	-its close -Familiar with the location -Actors are from the same school thus itll be easier to do recording when needed.
Disadvantages of Location:	-needs permission - Only can record when school is open - hard to manage time because ,most likely , recording will be done after dismissal  - Tired after school
Alternatives:	Regent primary school.
Risk Assessment
Risk:	Who is at risk:	How to avoid risk:	High, Medium, Low risk:
1. Teachers	Camera man Actor Crew	Ask permission before recording	High
2. Exhaustion	Camera man Actor Crew	Remember to eat and drink to stay energetic	High
3. Heat stroke	Camera man Actor Crew	Drink loads of water and try not to record at midday	Low

Location ( Teras Ayung Residence  )
Address:	Jalan gatot subroto timur
Scene:	Couple fight scene
Advantages of location:	-its quiet -Much open space -familar with location
Disadvantages of Location:	-not enough lighting -be aware of residents as cars might be passing by -might disturb other people
Alternatives:	Nicho’s house
Risk Assessment
Risk:	Who is at risk:	How to avoid risk:	High, Medium, Low risk:
1. Residents	Camera man Actor Crew	Try not to be too loud when recording	medium+
2. Exhaustion	Camera man Actor Crew	Remember to eat and drink to stay energetic	high
3. Heat stroke	Camera man Actor Crew	Drink loads of water and try not to record at midday	Low

Location ( Mertasari beach )
Address:	Jalan Tirta Empul Sanur
Scene:	Couple fight scene
Advantages of location:	-lots of open space -Good sunset scene
Disadvantages of Location:	-not enough lighting -be aware of residents as cars might be passing by -might disturb other people
Alternatives:	Nicho’s house
Risk Assessment
Risk:	Who is at risk:	How to avoid risk:	High, Medium, Low risk:
1. Residents	Camera man Actor Crew	Try not to be too loud when recording	medium+
2. Exhaustion	Camera man Actor Crew	Remember to eat and drink to stay energetic	high
3. Heat stroke	Camera man Actor Crew	Drink loads of water and try not to record at midday	Low

Location ( Mertasari beach )
Address:	Jalan Tirta Empul Sanur
Scene:	Couple fight scene
Advantages of location:	-lots of open space -Good sunset scene
Disadvantages of Location:	-not enough lighting -be aware of residents as cars might be passing by -might disturb other people
Alternatives:	Nicho’s house
Risk Assessment
Risk:	Who is at risk:	How to avoid risk:	High, Medium, Low risk:
1. Residents	Camera man Actor Crew	Try not to be too loud when recording	medium+
2. Exhaustion	Camera man Actor Crew	Remember to eat and drink to stay energetic	high
3. Heat stroke	Camera man Actor Crew	Drink loads of water and try not to record at midday	Low

This post was done by Bagas but what i did to help him was decide the locations of the shoots and mention the dangers of each one. The rest of the team also help answer and complete the table. This is a much more effective way as when Bagas is focusing on the risk assessments others can do other posts to make sure that we finish on time. This research helps us decide the final locations of our shoot after considering the different risks and possible threats of filming in that area. Overall we already choose safe locations with minimal risks but anything can happen especially with these guys as my teammates. We would still need to record the scenes with caution.