Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Recreating Bittersweet Symphony: Planning & Preparation

Here is the music video for Bittersweet Symphony, we will be recreating the first 32 seconds.




LOCATION:
In the music video, the setting is a busy highstreet pavement with market stalls and shops on the character's right, and a busy road to the left. We have found a row of shops which are very similar to those used in the video, so will be aiming to make the recreation as accurate as possible.

CAMERA ANGLES:
The shot used is a continuous tracking shot, so in order to recreate this we need to ensure it is kept as smooth as possible. It starts off as a close up of his head/shoulders, and zooms out to a long shot of his whole body as he starts walking. It also pans up his whole body from his feet at the beginning. To achieve this smoothness, we will use a steady cam which will make the shot less shaky and thus gives it a more proffesional feel.

LIGHTING:
In the music video, the light is rather dark and damp, as the streets are quite run down so there is quite a dreary feel to the scene. We will probably have to colour grade during editing in order to recreate this effectively as we are just using the natural light.

SOUND:
We will have to mouth the words whilst we play the track in the background, so that the timing is right, then we can overlay a clearer HQ track during editing so as to avoid any background noise (e.g cars, talking, bikes etc) which would make our shot look less proffesional. We also need to sync the steps to the music too, again improving the accuracy.

PROPS/COSTUMING:
We will need to costume similarly to the main character, who is wearing all black clothes, and a leather jacket.

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