Britney Spears Music Video Remake

Here is the remake of Hit Me Baby One More Time by Britney Spears, done by the whole class. It has helped us to understand the process of making a music video whilst lip syncing and editing to music.

-Sophie

Shot List

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Here is the shot list for our music video. This will be very useful whilst on set as it will make the filming process more efficient and will help us stick to our shooting schedule.



Tom, Nathan, Michael, Sophie

Production Equipment

Here is list of all the equipment we will be using to film our music video:

Canon 6D

 

We will be filming our music video on a Canon 6D, we have decided to use this camera for a few reasons. One reason we are using this camera is due to its impressive low-light performance thanks to its full frame sensor. This is important as a lot of our shots will be filmed early in the morning with little light. Another reason is that we can get a shallow depth of field, giving the video a very cinematic look.

 

 

 

 

Canon 24-70 F4 L-Series Lens

 

We have selected this lens for three main reasons. One reason we will use this lens is its low and continuous f stop. This will help us to get a shallow depth of field. The fact it is continuous means that we can adapt and change our focal length on the spot with out having to change any settings in the camera. The second reason we have selected this lens is due to its versatility. 24mm is wide enough to get any sort of wide shot we need and 70mm is a good enough zoom that it will allow us to get nice detailed close ups.

 

 

 

 

Eimo Steadicam

 

As we have a number of tracking shots throughout our music video where the camera follows the artist, it is important that we get smooth shots. In order to accomplish this we have decided to use a Steadicam. This will allow us to move with the action and get nice, smooth shots. This will help to improve the overall look of our music video. Having movement in our music video will also help match in with our genre of music as in similar music videos there are very few static shots.

 

 

 

Eimo Shoulder Rig

 

We have planned to shoot a number of hand held shots in our music video. In order to pull these off effectively without too much camera shake, we have decided to use a shoulder rig. This has several different attachments that will help us when filming the video. For example, it has a follow focus to allow our DP to pull focus accurately and easily during a shot. The wide handles are helpful to cut down on camera shake and helps to improve specific camera movements.

 

 

 

 

Manfrotto Compact Tripod

 

In order to get stable shots in our music video, we will need a tripod. This will make shots like our time lapse a lot easier. We have few static shots in our music video and therefore we did not want to have to use a heavy-duty tripod. This is why we have selected a small compact tripod that is small enough to move around on set without causing any issues whilst still being strong enough to hold our camera and rig setup.

 

 

 

LED light Panel

 

As a number of shots in our music video are in low light situations, having a source of light will be essential. We have decided to use this small LED panel for a few reasons. The main reason we have decided to use this is due to the fact that it is battery powered. This, as well as the transportability of it, means it is perfect to take on set. Not all of our locations have a source of power that we can use and therefore this will be perfect for those situations. It also has some diffusion jells with it, meaning we can change the colour temperature of the light. This will help us to match the light that is already there to avoid making it obvious that we are using an additional light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soft box lights

 

A number of shots in our music video will be inside. In order for them to be properly lit, we have decided to use two soft box lights. Theses both have five bulbs each, which can all be turned on and off individually so we can have varying amounts of light. The light is heavily defused, which helps give it a more natural look. Both lights are on light stands, which will allow us to put them at a any height up to 2  metres. This will help us if we want top- down lighting.

 

 

 

5 in 1 reflector unit

 

As some of our shots are outside, the soft box lights will be unsuitable. Due to this reason we have selected a 5 in 1 reflector to use. This will help us bounce warm or natural light as well as defusing and blocking out light. This will help us to shape the available light when on location to better suit the scene.

 

  

 

 

 

 

Bluetooth speaker

 

When on location, we will have a Bluetooth speaker, this will let us play the song in order have our artist lip sync. Using a speaker will be better then just playing it through a phone as it will be much louder and of a higher quality. The higher the quality, the easier it will be to sync with the music in post.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other important accessories

 

 

Whilst on location we will make sure that we have plenty of spare batteries and SD cards. We are shooting on fast 95mb/s cards with 32gb of space. This will give us plenty of space on which to film. We will also have a charger on hand to make sure that we can recharge when ever we need to. Other things that we will have on hand are, cleaning cloths and lens pens to make sure the camera optics are clean. We will also have ND filters ( natural density) to help block out unwanted light. This will allow us to use the frame rate and aperture we need without making the image too bright.

 

 

 

 

 

Tom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representation in our music video

Our music video doesn't have many representations in our music video but the ones that are in there are easy to spot.

The first representation is that we have a stereotypical female that is presented as weak because she can't stop the mugger from taking her necklace. This is stereotypical because woman are portrayed as weaker than men in the media. They also, stereotypically, show more emotion than men which is portrayed when Amy is in the coffee shop and is feeling upset/distressed about the situation and what she has experienced.

 

In addition, there is a representation of gender which is portrayed as non-stereotypical when Ben doesn't help the girl when she is being attacked. This is non-stereotypical because normally men think they are big, strong and can take on anything but in Ben's case he just carries on getting into his car and drives off leaving the girl to get mugged. This is also non-stereotypical as men are usually seen as hero's and save the "damsel in distress".

Another representation of gender which is stereotypical and includes the white, working class, youth mugger. We said this was stereotypical of that type of person to mug a girl because they would've been brought up in a rough area and not know how to treat people correctly.

 

Representation of age is also shown in our music video as the mugger is young adult and therefore conforms to the stereotype that teenagers/young adults cause trouble and tend to be criminals.

Sophie, Michael 

Animatic Storyboard

This is our animated storyboard. This has the advantage of showing us the timing of the shots in the music video. We will have it on hand, on one of our phones, while shooting to make sure we have the correct lengths of each shot that we need.



Nathan

Lip Syncing Audition - Ben Hesketh

This is a video of Ben having an 'audition' for the role of the artist in the music video. It acts as an audition because it shows Ben lip syncing to the song (which is his own). It's also the first time he's had to lip sync to this song so it is a practice to see if he is any good at it. As Ben wrote the music and we can personally contact him he will naturally star as the artist in the music video.
Nathan, Sophie

Finished Storyboard

Here is our finished storyboard. We will use this when we are shooting to ensure that we get the shots that we need.


Nathan, Tom, Michael, Sophie