Testing.

I have been testing out different ideas for the music video, the most recent is Ano walking into the real world.

This is just a test and will not be added in the actual video.

Editing.

The editing process has been going steadily, we have cut down footage of the band into small parts, and we have realised we could do with a little more band footage. We still need to decide a time in school to film the rest of the footage.

Animating.

In the past couple of days i have been busy with a lot of animating and have finally got the section where Ano is walking through the woods. We came across a few problems as the forest is in colour; the problem was that because the forest was in colour and we are using see through plastic this meant we had to decide on a colour for Ano; we decided yellow because it looks dark and dirty.

Filming

So far in my music video I have got 78 frames this is the equivalent to about 7 or 8 seconds of footage but with out new method we should be able to get all filming done soon.
Our music video has been going smoothly, and so far I have got about 20 frames on the time line. This shows Ano (anorexic character) standing on a beach I pompously made him see through to show that he was hollow and the grey of the background was created with light strokes of a normal pencil this grey colour makes the character seem lonely.

Speeding up the animation process.

At the moment he animation process is very slow as we need to draw a frame rub it out and change it a small part of it, by doing this we rub out the character and re-draw it in while drawing in the missing background.

We had an idea of how to make this quicker; by drawing all the backgrounds on a plain piece of paper then drawing the characters on a clear plastic sheet using board markers that can be rubbed out quicker, this will speed p the animation and we will be able to get our film done quicker leaving us more time to edit.

Changes to the storyboard.

So far during our filming we have changed the storyboard, from which we have made the shots of the band less rehearsed and made it more documentary style. The animation part has not changed much during the early parts. The characters have become different as we are now using a different faster artist with equal if not not better drawing ability.

Complete Ideas for Ano and the Bear.

Close up of Anos face zooming out to show beach showing the bear: 0- 5 secs.

Going to the ground and crawling into sand dune: 5-10 secs.

Jungle growing: 10-17

Ano crawling out: 17 – 20

Ano standing with spear turns his head and looks at bear and raises his right arm: 20-30.

Close up of spear flying through the air: 30-38.

Spear going into the bear: 38-40.

Bear decomposing while Ano watches: 40-44

Ano walks off: 44- 50

Clip of band: 50-52

Ano sits on log scratching weekend into it: 52- 59

Close up of hand and the word weekend: 59- 1.01

Clip of band- 1.01-1.03

Ano sitting there while the background changes: 1.03- 1.07

Baby bear starts to walk along and see’s Ano: 1.07- 1.09
B Bear sits next to Ano on the log: 1.09- 1.11
Close up of Ano's face as he looks at the bear and smiles: 1.11- 1.14
Clip of band: 1.14- 1.17

Ano sitting there facing forward as bear is looking at him: 1.17- 1.18
Ano sitting there and bear sitting there looking forward: 1.18- 1.20

Ano and bear walk out of forest and into the city (the city is looking bright and colourful): 1.20- 1.24

Bear gets run over: 1.24- gets hit at 1.27 and ends at 1.28

Close up of Ano’s face looking shocked: 1.28- 1.31

Ano walks through city (the city is grey) cutting to different shots of him walking children run from him when he says and I can scare the kids off my lawn: 1.31- 1.40.

Walks into a flat: 1.40 - 1.43.

Goes in lift (mid close up) – 1.43-1.46.

Clip of band- 1.46- 1.48.

Ano is sitting with other normal people in a circle (all the people are wearing animal masks: : 1.48- 1.51

Ano falls back and there is a birds eye view shot: 1.51- 1.53

Animate people gather round him spins round: 1.53- 1.58.

Clips of band: 1.58- 2.04

Clips of nature changing with animals in it: 2.04 – 2.12

Close up of Ano’s face: 2.12 – 2. 14.

Jungle dying and a city rising: 2.14- 2.17

Sky turning red: 2.17- 2.18

Pigs in suits walking along with flying monkeys following on mobiles: 2.18- 2. 21

Clips of Ano and the baby bear in grey- 2.21- 2.26.

Clip of person with a bear mask on and an animation of a person with a bear mask on: 3.40 – 3.43

Clip of band: 3.43- 3.45

Close up of ano on the floor: 3.45 – 3.47

Clip of band: 3.47- 3.49

Close of Ano: 3.49- 3.52

Band: 3.52 – 3.56

Ano on the page zooming out to show creator and the page- 3.56- 4.12

As you can see there is a gap in the Timing this has now been filled with old footage of the ano and the bear (in grainy black and white.)

Begining Idea for my music video.

My idea for the music video would be that it is part animated beginning with a close up of an anorexic sort of skeleton guy standing on a beach, it then cuts to a longer shot of him next to a bear and the bear roaring, the guy then crawls into a sand dune and a jungle grows (to go with the I can crush some plants to paint my walls part), he then comes out of the hole/ sand dune bigger than the bear and with a spear he then kills the bear (to fit in with the now I can shoot a gun to kill my lunch). And starts to walk off he walks for a while and the scene around him turns bluer to show his loneliness (cross cutting to clips of the band) he then finds a log and sits on it while scratching into it with his nails (maybe a close up of his hand, and this also fits with the scratching battle plans lyrics in the song) he sits for a while and the scenery changes around him but turns back to the jungle, a baby bear walks along and sits next to him, camera goes to a close up of his face and he turns and looks at the baby bear and smiles (because he isn’t lonely).

Analysis of Lyrics.

From these lyrics i found that most of them relate to childhood and not growing up. This is a common theme in the MGMT self named album with songs like "Kids". The lyrics are quite child like as they have lines like i was too lazy to bathe, and also made up words like Maders.

Shooting schedule.

The shooting schedule did not go to plan but it did go better we managed to get all the live action filming done all in one day.

Filming, 30th september.

ON the 30Th I filmed 4 more frames, these frames depicted Ano looking round to his left, and it then cuts to a long shot of him on a beach with a what was originally a Bear; the bear then moves his arms up and down. The bear now looks more like a sort of demon this was not planned but it is actually an improvement on my original idea.