Saturday, July 6, 2019

Shot List, My Music video

Media Coursework Shot List

Beginning Shot (Walking Through Graveyard), (18 Shots):
-      Establishing-shot, of the graveyard, the singer a small part of the shot.
-      Low-angle shot, singers feet as they walk past the camera, slightly off centre.
-      Low-angle shot, singers feet as they are walking away from camera, off centre.
-      Wide-shot, Low-angle, the singer walking in amongst the gravestones.
-      Wide-shot, singers back, walking.
-      Wide-shot, singers side, walking.
-      (Tracking)wide-shot, singers back, walking.
-      (Tracking)wide-shot, singers side, walking.
-      Wide-shot, singer standing above gravestone, touching it.
-      Mid-shot, singer standing above gravestone, touching it.
-      Close-up, singer standing above gravestone, touching it.
-      Over the shoulder, singer standing above gravestone, touching it.
-      Mid-shot, singer bending down, placing a photo next to the gravestone.
-      Over the shoulder, singer bending down, placing a photo next to the gravestone.
-      Close-up, singer bending down, placing a photo next to the gravestone.
-      Close-up, singer’s wrist, with bracelet, placing down photo.
-      Close-up, of the photo.
-      Close-up, of the photo, (Zooming)Into the photo. (Transition for next scene).

Singer Standing over the grave, (4 Shots):
-      Mid-shot, singer standing over the grave. 
-      Wide-shot, singer standing over the grave.
-      Close-up, singers face, crying. 
-      (Panning),around the singer.

Singer getting up and walking away from gravestone, (6 Shots):
-      Mid-shot, singer walking away from the grave. 
-      Wide-shot, singer walking away from the grave.
-      Close-up, singers face, smiling. 
-      (Panning),around the singer, as she gets up.
-      Low-angle, as the singer gets up. 
-      (Tracking),following the singer as she gets up and walks away.

Singer and companion In the Arcade (18 Shots):
Grab Machine:
-      Over the shoulder, singer + companion playing the game.
-      Wide-shot, playing the game, side on.
-      Close-up, their hands, both on the joysticks.
-      Low-angle, side of the machine of both of them, through the glass.
-      Mid-shot, playing the game, side on.
-      Wide-shot, (Panning) shot around. 
-      (Panning),over the shoulder to a mid-shot, side on.
-      (Panning), side of the machine, through the glass, to a side on mid-shot.
On cars/motorbikes:
-      Wide-shot, both of them getting onto the machine.
-      Wide-shot, both of them racing.
-      Mid-shot, focusing on one (Panning)into the other.
-      Over the shoulder, them playing the game. 
-      (Panning), around both of them playing. 
Gun games:
-      Wide-shot, both of them getting their guns.
-      Wide-shot, both of them playing.
-      Mid-shot, focusing on one (Panning)into the other.
-      Over the shoulder, them playing the game. 
-      (Panning), around both of them playing. 

Singer and Companion on the phone, (16 Shots): 
Singer:
-      Mid-shot, singer talking on the phone smiling, side on.
-      (Panning),around as they talk.
-      Close-up, face as they talk, side on.
-      Wide-shot, the conversation.
-      (Zooming in),the conversation, the persons face.
-      (Tracking),as they walk talking.
-      Mid-shot, singer talking on the phone smiling, front facing.
-      Close-up, face as they talk, front facing.
Companion:
-      Mid-shot, singer talking on the phone smiling, side on.
-      (Panning),around as they talk.
-      Close-up, face as they talk, side on.
-      Wide-shot, the conversation.
-      (Zooming in),the conversation, the persons face.
-      (Tracking),as they walk talking.
-      Mid-shot, singer talking on the phone smiling, front facing.
-      Close-up, face as they talk, front facing.

Singer and Companion at a restaurant, (6 Shots):
-      Wide-shot, the singer and companion.
-      Wide-shot, them laughing.
-      Wide-shot,(Panning),around them. 
-      Over the shoulder, companion smiling.
-      Over the shoulder, singer smiling.
-      (Panning),left to right, them speaking and laughing. 

Singer and companion watching back to the future, (5 Shots):
-      Wide-shot, the singer and companion, watching it.
-      Wide-shot, the singer and companion, (Panning)around them. 
-      Over the shoulder, focusing on the movie.
-      Two-shot, both of them watching the movie, looking over the camera.
-      Two-shot, both of them watching the movie, looking at the movie, off centre.

Singer and companion at the park, (7 Shots):
-      Establishing Shot, of them both at the playground.
-      Over the shoulder, both of them swinging on swings. 
-      (Panning),around both of them swinging. 
-      Wide-shot, both of them swinging.  
-      Mid-shot, both of them swinging.
-      Mid-shot, switching focus from one to the other.
-      (Tracking),both of them swinging.  

Singer and companion taking the photo, (5 Shots):
-      Wide-shot, taking the photo.
-      Mid-shot, taking the photo.
-      Over the shoulder, taking the photo.
-      (Panning),from the phone to the singer and companion. 
-      (Panning), around the scene.

Holding hands then letting go, Singer alone on a bench, (12 Shots):
Hands:
-      Close-up, singer and companion hand.
-      Close-up, the singers face.
-      Close-up,(Panning)around the singer + companions hands, giving bracelet.
Singer on bench:
-      Wide-shot, singer sitting on the bench, back to camera, off centre.
-      Wide-shot, singer sitting on the bench, side on, off centre.
-      Wide-shot, singer on bench, back to camera, off centre, (Panning)around singer.
-      Mid-shot, singer sitting on the bench, back to camera, off centre.
-      Mid-shot, singer sitting on the bench, side on, off centre. 
-      Wide-shot, singer on bench, head down, off centre. 
-      Mid-shot, singer on bench, head down, off centre.
-      Mid-shot, singer on bench, head down, off centre, (Panning)around singer.
-      Close-up, singer’s wrist, with bracelet. 

After the ‘incident’, the singer alone,(11 Shots):
-      Wide-shot, singer sitting on the ground distraught.
-      Mid-shot, singer sitting on the ground distraught.
-      Close-up, singer sitting on the ground distraught, singers face.
-      Close-up, singers sitting on the ground distraught, singers bloodyhand.
-      Wide-shot, singer sitting on the ground distraught,(Panning)around.
-      Mid-shot, singer sitting on the ground distraught,(Panning)around.
-      (Panning),singers hands to face.
-      (Panning),face to singers hands.
-      High-angle, of the singer sitting on the ground distraught. 
-      (Panning),away from singer.
-      (Panning), towards the singer. 

Chorus + other parts (Singer along in a dark room), (9 Shots):
-      Low-angle shot, singer singing, toying with the camera.
-      Mid-shot, singer singing, toying with the camera.
-      Wide-shot, singer singing, toying with the camera.
-      Close-up, singer’s face as she’s singing. 
-      Mid-shot, singers singing, toying with the camera, (Panning)down her body.
-      Mid-shot, singer’s face.
-      Wide-shot, singer singing, toying with the camera, (Panning)around.
-      (Panning)shot, from left to right of singer singing.
-      (Panning)shot, from left to right of singer singing, (Zooming)in and out.

Instrumental before song starts (Singer and Companion meeting), (7 Shots):
-      Mid-shot, singer and companion hugging saying hi.
-      Close-up, singer and companion hugging saying hi.
-      Wide-shot, singer and companion hugging saying hi.
-      Over the shoulder, singer and companion hugging saying hi (Singer).
-      Over the shoulder, singer and companion hugging saying hi (Companion).
-      Mid-shot, singer and companion hugging saying hi, (Panning)around them.
-      Wide-shot, singer and companion hugging saying hi, (Panning)around them. 

During the Instrumental (Singer playing Guitar alone), (10 Shots):
-      Low-angle shot, singer looking at the guitar as she starts playing it.
-      Mid-shot, singer looking at the guitar as she starts playing it.
-      Wide-shot, singer looking at the guitar as she starts playing it
-      Close-up, singer’s fingers going over the strings. 
-      Mid-shot, singer playing the guitar, (Panning) down.
-      Mid-shot, singer’s face.
-      Wide-shot, singer playing the guitar, (Panning) around.
-      Close-up, singer playing the guitar, shifting focusfrom hands to face, (Panning)up.
-      (Panning)shot, from left to right of singer playing guitar.
-      (Panning)shot, from left to right of singer playing guitar, (Zooming) in and out.

Total Amount of Shots = 134




Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Questions for Magazine DPS interview

Talia Mai… The new face of R&B. 

She’s the newest superstar artist to come out of the UK and is pinned to inject life back into the classic 70s/80s/90s R&B with her own personal twist to appeal to a 21stcentury audience. She has just released her first single ‘Take it all’, already breaking into the top 10 in the UK charts and predicted to reach number 1 by the end of the week. This success comes ahead of her heavily anticipated self-titled album ‘Talia Mai’ which critics have already been raving about. 

“It was so exiting when I got the call, that I was the number one R&B artist in the magazine. Just absolutely amazing”. Talia Mai is the newest APEX TOP 50 number one R&B artist, beating other fan favorites like Drake and Mary J. Blige. “Honestly I can only thank my parents, they always played music around the house. Growing up, my parents always played R&B, Soft Rock and Soul, which really touched me and has had an impact on the music I release today”, Talia Mai was heavily influenced by the type of music her parents played her, and this can be seen in her newest self titled album ‘Talia Mai’, that helped her reach the number one spot in our list of R&B artists. “Honestly I wanted to have my first album self titled because this is a statement, this is my first record and I wanted to show everyone that this is me, I believe that everyone has a genre that speaks to them, and mine was is R&B”. Talia Mai debut album has already reached critical acclaim and from what we can tell the sky’s the limit for this new artist. 

Talia Mai started singing from a very young age and progressed as she got older, following her passion and her mother footsteps “My family is very musical, my father playing the piano and guitar and my mother being a singer before she had me. She never really made it ‘big’ but she is really good friends with Rozonda Thomas from TLC”. Being surrounded with such amazing role models from a early age its no wonder that Talia Mai is the new big name in R&B “Music is in my blood”. She was discovered by Pharrell Williams who first heard her singing back up vocals on a special celebration concert of R&B in the UK, and her life has not be the same since, “Then I got an email from Pharrell Williams, who signed me the next day after my audition”. Talia Mai has stated multiple times that her life now is what dreams are made of, that the little girl that sung in her bedroom until the late hours of the nigh would be immensely proud of the person she has become today, “I started singing and writing from a very early age and it’s the only career path I ever really wanted, and in truth, probably the only thing I’m good at, its just a dream. And I never want to wake up!”.

The first song on her album ‘Take it all’ was inspired by the tragic loss of Talia Mai’s childhood best friend who passed due to a stroke, “Her passing just got me thinking about loss and what they would feel like, and especially sudden death. So this song was a kind of letter to death and the person that would be taken away.” She states the writing process was such a personal yet therapeutic way of dealing with the passing, death is an unfortunate part of life and she felt that it was a deep personal way to connect with all her fans “I just wanted to write about my experience, and help anyone who felt the same, or just bring back those nostalgic memories of the one people have lost”. Accompanying this track comes Talia Mai’s first ever music video, which she describes as a Honestly amazing experience, I have to say that if you still haven't seen it please check it out me and my team worked really hard on it”. This video incorporates some personal moments that Talia Mai remembers fondly of her friend and brings back an old school R&B trope of the grayscale in parts of the video. “I enjoyed every part of it really, from coming up with the concept, which wasn't to difficult as I feel loss is a universal theme everyone deals with, to actually filming it was profoundly moving yet very rewarding”.