Wednesday 26 June 2013

Preliminary Task 2 - Music Video Remake - Overview

Overview

Theme - Our theme it to make a music video that looks the same as the original one.

Mood Progression - In the music video where the ladyman comes in the mood sort of changes to a more arrogant as Bruno Mars changes his tone when singing and also he way he acts, he gets quite cocky. This gives the audience a different side to him as he isn't in the news a lot and don't see him talk about girl like that but it could also be a joke.

Location - We are going to be filming in at my media partners Jamie's house. we are filming here as he has smooth floors so that we can use the props we have effectively and all of the filming of the remake of the music video will be filmed here.

Statement -We haven't really got a statement as we are only just remaking a music video that we both like. We aren't trying to give any statement with the music music we are going to to be producing. We are doing it for our media product but at the same time it is going to be done for fun.

Lighting - We may use natural lighting and also may use other lighting in the video, it depends on what looks better when we are filming it as natural light can sometimes mess the shots up. All of the shooting will be indoors so we my not be able to use natural lighting as long as we want to depending on time and where we film in the house.

Props - We have several props that we are going to be using, they are, monkey masks and also glasses. We are using these props because they are what they use in the original music film that we are remaking, also we are using a wheelie chair, checkered shirts and a dressing gown. All these props are used to help us product a music video that looks the same as the original ad also so that we look professional.

Belongings - We each are bringing our own clothes such as, checkered shirts, jeans and shoes. We will be using all of these items in the film as we are remaking the music video that has all them clothes in them. Also Jamie has a wheelie chair that he owns so we will be using this as well. The only items that we don't own are the monkey masks we will be using and also some glasses as some people have already got some. Me, Louis, Conor and Liam will all be needing to borrow monkey masks and glasses as Jamie only needs the monkey mask.

Clothing - 6 out of the 7 will need to wear checkered shirts and any colour of jeans, as with the Ladyman (George) will need to wear shorts, a beanie and a dressing gown as we are copying the music video exactly.

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Preliminary Task 2 - Music Video Remake - Lyrics

These are the lyrics to the song that we are going to be remaking:

Bruno Mars - Lazy Song

                                                                    "The Lazy Song"

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone
So leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything.

Uh!
I'm gonna kick my feet up
Then stare at the fan
Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants
Nobody's gonna tell me I can't

I'll be lounging on the couch,
Just chillin' in my snuggie
Click to MTV, so they can teach me how to dougie
'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man

Oh, yes I said it
I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone
So leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all!
Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh
Nothing at all
Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh

Tomorrow I'll wake up, do some P90X
Meet a really nice girl, have some really nice sex
And she's gonna scream out: 'This is Great' (Oh my God, this is great!)
Yeah

I might mess around, and get my college degree
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
But sorry pops, you'll just have to wait
Haha

Oh, yes I said it
I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone
So leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

No, I ain't gonna comb my hair
'Cause I ain't going anywhere
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I'll just strut in my birthday suit
And let everything hang loose
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh
Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone
So leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all
Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh
Nothing at all
Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, ooh, ooh-ooh
Nothing at all

Preliminary Task 2 - Music Video Remake - Location

Location

We chose Jamie's house because Jamie and i were discussing it and then we decided that the best place to film would be Jamie's as he has smooth flooring which allows us to use the chair. We know the room we will be filming in is fairly big as me and Jamie have been to Syds house before. We also chose that room because it has a smooth floor which will allow Michael to spin and move the chair he will be needing when we start to film as Bruno Mars does in his music video. His house is located Epping Green which is about a 10/15 minute drive away from all of us as all of us apart from Syd live 2 minutes away from each other.

Preliminary Task 2 - Music Video Remake - Planning

Planning

We decided that we wanted to do a popular song for our remake, so we've chosen the Lazy Song. we only need 7 people in the whole process of filming as there is 7 people in the video.

The 7 people that are going to be in the music video are:

-Michael Mendes De Costa - Bruno Mars
-George Taylor - The Man but dressed as a women
-Jamie Farrow - Monkey 1
-Jack Baird - Monkey 2
-Conor Farrow - Monkey 3
-Jae - Monkey 4
-Liam Rothwell - Monkey 5

This means we have to buy 6 pairs of glasses as all the monkeys and Bruno Mars needs to wear them, and we also need to buy 5 monkey masks.

We picked Michael to be Bruno Mars because we thought that he has a similar look to Bruno as he has similar hair and he also similar skin tone to Bruno and he also does drama so he wont be shy in-front of the camera as he has to perform in-front of people when he does his acting.

We picked George to play the man who's dressed as women as we thought he suited the role well as he is doesn't get embarrassed in doing things like this.

Me and Jamie decided to be in it as we thought it would be fun and it is our media product so we decided to be in it.

We picked Conor, Liam and Jae to be in our video with us as we know they wont mess about when we are filming and also the majority of them are good dancers so they may pick the moves up quick. And because we asked them to and they all said yes.

Preliminary task 2 - Music Video Remake

Music Video Remake

We picked Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song because we thought that it would be fun to do and also it looks very simple. But the whole music video is in one continuous shot so that will be the tricky side to it, the camera movement or shot does not move at all through the video, the people in the music video come towards the camera rather than the camera zooming into them. We also chose this because it is quite a popular song as most people know the words and some of the dance moves to it.