Storyboard.

This is the story board fr the narrative side of our video. As our video is a hybrid video these shots will be separated by performance shots, we will decided how to separate them due to the tempo of the music, how it fits with the lyrics and as the storyline unfolds.

Ellie

Todorovs

Todorovs Narrative Theory

Todorov’s Narrative theory is spilt up into 5 different section ,first section would be   equilibrium where in media theory will be considered neutral where the main character is at a state of begin normal and carries on to the second narrative theory. With Disequilibrium where the main character will experience troubles in his story and then tries to resolve the situation which will lead us to the third part of the narrative theory the Resolution. The resolution will involve the main character to attempt to resolve the current disequilibrium which some narratives theory will sometimes end with for example the “Harry potter” series uses this as a cliff-hanger method as a way to entice there audience in watching the next film which has seemed to be a successful method. After the resolution the fourth narrative theory will appear showing when everything comes back to normal Re-equilibrium this will happen when the disequilibrium has been solved allowing the main character to go back to equilibrium . The final narrative point will be when the character/Hero depending if your using Vladimir propps theory (Example and description on next paragraph). The final narrative point will be used a cliff-hanger or even as a happy ending due to the fact its creating a new equilibrium which most likely will involve new characters  or could be a adventures with new problems this method will most likely be used in tv series or drama .

Vladimir Propp’s Theory involves displaying media video having certain a display of separation of evil and good .This is shown using the typical fairy tale description for example having a hero the main character and a villain considered the second main character in the media image as well as the princess in other words the damsel in distress .With Vladimir theory the hero will save the princess after defeating the villain and then be rewarded by the king the relation of the princess. These are example of the other settings for the Vladimir theory :

The 8 characters roles are:

1.      The Villain ( The Hated character also the one of the main characters)

2.      The Hero (The preferred character as well as main character)

3.      The Donor (Gives help to the main characters)

4.      The Helper(Close friend of the hero and helps around )

5.      The Princess( the damsel in distress can be male or female )

6.      Her father ( give reward to the hero for his work )

7.      The dispatcher ( gives tasks to hero or other characters )

8.      The False Hero( Mistaken hero most likely cause of disequilibrium)

With our music video we will be using a our narrative theory side will be set out in a Todorov’s theory style but apart from having ,All the five points we have decided to leave the music video in a cliff hanger sort allowing us to create a mystery in our music video making the music video seem more of an incentive to keep watching.

We will set out the music video with having the equilibrium as the a normal average day at the pub with matt as the main character .Carrying on the narrative theory side of the music video we will create a disequilibrium to the music video with the main character trying to court the maiden and getting rejected ,creating an conflict in the music video .This will be shown with the use of creating mystery in the music video, which will carry on to be resolved  with the main character impressing the girl ,creating the resolution of the music video . Which will then follow on to re-equilibrium having the main characters ending scene which is walking away into the distance after succeeding in courting the girl in the pub showing the equilibrium .

Create a slideshow design

Ellie

Settings and Landscapes

http://prezi.com/4pfnhu6pmqsv/settings/

This is a link to a presentation that I have made using the website/software called Prezi. The presentation is about  the settings that we will be using whilst filming and explains why we chose each one and what we intend to film there.

Commentary On 'The 5 Bells' Pub

 

This is a commentary over some photos of different areas of the pub that we are going to film in. We talk about the good and bad characteristics of each area and why we would choose to film there.

180° rule

During any filming process, the 180° rule is a guideline that states 2 characters/objects should always be on the same side of the screen. In order to do this, there is an imaginary line that the camera should never cross. If the camera does cross the axis then its called 'crossing the line'. A new shot from the opposite side of the line is called a 'reverse angle'.

Using this picture as an example, I can explain the rule visually. The camera is placed on the green side of the image. This means the orange man is facing right, and the blue guy is facing left. Now for the duration of this shot the camera should never cross the dotted line and enter the red section. If this happened then as you can see on the picture, it would appear to switch the two around making the blue man face right, and the orange man face left. This would be the reverse angle. If this happened it would disorientate the viewer and break the flow of the scene.

An example where the 180° rule has come in to play is the 1925 Drama, 'The Big Parade'. In a few scenes leading up to the big battle, the American troops are shown marching from left to right and the Germans are shown marching from right to left. However, after the battle when all the troops are staggering back home, the Americans are staggering home right to left whilst the Germans are going left to right. As you can imagine, this would cause confusion for the audience as the troops appear to be going home, in the opposite direction from where they first came. This is all because the camera crossed the line and it became a reverse angle.

Our Media group had come across this problem before in the thriller we made. Without realising we accidentally crossed the line by an inch or two. Luckily for us this wasn't a major issue as the shot didn't last long and as it wasn't too far in to the reverse angle, it wasn't all that noticable. We were worried as we were doing a running scene at that point so we didn't want it to appear he was running from right to left, and then in one shot, left to right. As the shot wasn't to far in to the reverse angle and it was a high angle, you really didn't notice it unless it was point out to you. Although we got away with it the first time round, we learnt that we have to take extra care and plan out all shots down to the exact detail as this time we might not get as lucky with our shot.

Avenged Sevenfold DigiPak

The 'Avenged Sevenfold' DigiPak mostly contains art work. This is  the front cover to the CD, and then the 3 folded sections layed out.. As you can see, It shows these skeleton characters (each one representing a band member) on an abandoned boat, with a city and boat burning in the background. It makes you think that these skeletons are some sort of pirates that have have caused hell and upset for other people. This artwork representaion relates a lot to the songs that have been put in this album.

This is the inside of the layed out CD, as you can see they have
their band logo in the middle section with the 2 CD's either side. On the left hand side you have the actual album 'Diamonds in the Rough', and on the right you have a live performance of that album. This feature only comes in the digi pack. Behind the center section, there is a book filled with art work and thanks, this is also included with the DigiPak.

 

This is the artwork that comes in the booklet. This artwork shown are drawn pictures of the band, to make them look deceased/mosterous. They show each band member and on a couple of them the have information on the band, or credits on who helped them make the video and album. You can once again see that their look relates to the songs that have been put on the album. The DigiPak creates a feeling that this album is dark and heavy which is exactly what the album is. It's esssentially giving you and idea of what to expect when listening to the songs.

 These are other pictures that have been included in the art work. They are images of live performances, and past album artwork but slightly changed. These kind of images have been used by the band in every album they make. They like to include skeleton character in their work. On this particular picture they have the skeleton looking through a monical, at a diamond. This relates to the title 'Diamonds in the Rough' and has been used as the main image for this album. The live perfomance pictures gives something for the fans to remember. They take iconic moments from one of their Gigs (these from the DVD) and put them in an animated/hand drawn style for the fans to relate to.


This page in the DigiPak includes all credits, special thanks and other information. This tells you all you need to know about the artwork, song wirters, record label etc. This page was put in at the back just to give everyone regognition. This page is at the end of the booklet, the artwork on this page shows an empty room with musical instumentsand litter over the floor. To me it looks like a room at the end of the gig (which is why it's at the end of the book). I think this shows that all the art work has a meaning behind it.