Scene 1: outside in car park (long shot)
The mood of the first scene is very relaxed and calm. It basically is trying to show that going to the coin laundry is a boring day to day thing that has to be done. In this shot we had the camera station set up across the car park. We used a laptop to take our photos because we needed to take them in the program iStop. The actor would take a step and a shot would be taken. This created a rigid type of walking effect. It looks effective also with the clouds jumping around at the same time. It was quite difficult to slowly get that shirt to drop. We had to pull it out a bit each time and then at one point it just falls on to the floor. There is one shot of me reaching for it and then it just appears in my basket. Problems that we encountered in this scene was the fact we were shooting in a public place. When we first got there there was too many cars parked right out side the laundry so we had to waste a bit of time waiting for a few to drive away so the shot looked better. Once we started shooting we had to make sure that we did it quickly but not rushed. We had planned to stand at the door and the doors to open for the actor however the door was locked open and so we had to take this part out. To fill in time, this is were we put the part were the shirt falls out of the basket. This part was very straight forward and i think we did it really well so therefore i would not of done it any different.
spoken: in the opening scene to the music clip the girl arrives at a coin laundry to do her daily duties. this scene is a short one but is important as it shows the viewers were the clip is set at.
Scene 2: Inside the coin laundry
Now the actor moves inside the laundry and the camera follows. The meaning behind this part is she is quite bored doing her washing and starts to imagine things, with the song playing in the background this acts as her train of thoughts. The actor moved really slowly so we got a smoother result of video. A lot of shots had to be taken so it was gradual and not jerky. This part was really hard to do as once we had filmed it we needed to match it up perfectly with the song. In the song there is a little dropping sound (of a coin) and then a sliding sound. We filmed exactly that and then matched it up as best as we could. It had to be done very slowly to create a smooth look. After I pick up the coin I then continue to put it in the washer.This part took a very long time however it had a very good effect. The idea came up to tie all the clothes together so that they were all together and could then gradually go into the washer shot by shot. I had to stay still while someone pulled them in slowly bit by bit. All of a sudden I appear up on the washer because in the lyrics it says “sitting on top of the world” We then go on to animate a world as the round washer so this looks like she is sitting on the world. For something different we added in the newspaper. The song then talks about being a queen, and a maze stick and crown appear on the actor’s head. As she walks to the washer the sparkles appear to tell the watchers that there is something magical in there. All of the animated sections were done in Photoshop were we had to import and edit each individual shot. The sparkles were aslo done in photoshop by using a custom made sparkle brush (skill learnt from previous project). When I crawl into the washer we wanted it to look like the camera was following her in. Once the actor got to a certain point that was close enough she grabbed the camera and brought it in with her so the door could shut. This created an effect that we were aiming for which was a bit jerky and abstract.
The mood of the first scene is very relaxed and calm. It basically is trying to show that going to the coin laundry is a boring day to day thing that has to be done. In this shot we had the camera station set up across the car park. We used a laptop to take our photos because we needed to take them in the program iStop. The actor would take a step and a shot would be taken. This created a rigid type of walking effect. It looks effective also with the clouds jumping around at the same time. It was quite difficult to slowly get that shirt to drop. We had to pull it out a bit each time and then at one point it just falls on to the floor. There is one shot of me reaching for it and then it just appears in my basket. Problems that we encountered in this scene was the fact we were shooting in a public place. When we first got there there was too many cars parked right out side the laundry so we had to waste a bit of time waiting for a few to drive away so the shot looked better. Once we started shooting we had to make sure that we did it quickly but not rushed. We had planned to stand at the door and the doors to open for the actor however the door was locked open and so we had to take this part out. To fill in time, this is were we put the part were the shirt falls out of the basket. This part was very straight forward and i think we did it really well so therefore i would not of done it any different.
spoken: in the opening scene to the music clip the girl arrives at a coin laundry to do her daily duties. this scene is a short one but is important as it shows the viewers were the clip is set at.
Scene 2: Inside the coin laundry
Now the actor moves inside the laundry and the camera follows. The meaning behind this part is she is quite bored doing her washing and starts to imagine things, with the song playing in the background this acts as her train of thoughts. The actor moved really slowly so we got a smoother result of video. A lot of shots had to be taken so it was gradual and not jerky. This part was really hard to do as once we had filmed it we needed to match it up perfectly with the song. In the song there is a little dropping sound (of a coin) and then a sliding sound. We filmed exactly that and then matched it up as best as we could. It had to be done very slowly to create a smooth look. After I pick up the coin I then continue to put it in the washer.This part took a very long time however it had a very good effect. The idea came up to tie all the clothes together so that they were all together and could then gradually go into the washer shot by shot. I had to stay still while someone pulled them in slowly bit by bit. All of a sudden I appear up on the washer because in the lyrics it says “sitting on top of the world” We then go on to animate a world as the round washer so this looks like she is sitting on the world. For something different we added in the newspaper. The song then talks about being a queen, and a maze stick and crown appear on the actor’s head. As she walks to the washer the sparkles appear to tell the watchers that there is something magical in there. All of the animated sections were done in Photoshop were we had to import and edit each individual shot. The sparkles were aslo done in photoshop by using a custom made sparkle brush (skill learnt from previous project). When I crawl into the washer we wanted it to look like the camera was following her in. Once the actor got to a certain point that was close enough she grabbed the camera and brought it in with her so the door could shut. This created an effect that we were aiming for which was a bit jerky and abstract.
spoken part: Once she moves inside her imagination starts to wonder as her boredom sets in. The song describes exactly what she is doing and this acts has her train of thoughts. Towards the end of the scene sparkles coming from the washer tells her there is something magical happening. Her curiosity leads her to a magical land.
Scene 3:
Once she goes into the washing machine there is a magical land in there. She ends up in this place because her creative imagination takes her there. We did this entire scene using a mixture of iStop and Photoshop to create a more animated style. The first part is the house moving up. We used iStop and took multiple pictures when the hill goes up slowly. This was very hard because the house was only paper and kept falling and flopping. The next part was the walking with clouds in the background. This involved using istop and photoshop together as the clouds in the background were done on iStop and the girl was done in both iStop and then Photoshop. This method of iStop was very tricky and time consuming. First we had to take the shots of the girl in motion of walking. Then we had to cut around out each individual girl which was over 500 frames. After this we had to match up a cloud background with a shot of the girl. After putting this all together this resulted in the girl with walking with the illusion of her walking because she is in front of clouds because they are moving. The book comes in and this is done separately in animashin-ish. The next part was very tricky, we had to incorporate the hill moving in (in photoshop) while still creating the walking effect on the other side. It slowing mirages into her sitting on a cliff hanging over the ‘edge of the earth’. After looking around for a bit the character stands up and jumps off. This part was so time consuming that we had to shorten it a lot to finish it. If we were to do this scene again i would make sure that when we are editing the cutout girl onto the background that we keep her the same size each time otherwise she grows and shrinks alot.
Spoken: This is the magical land she is imagining. The video corresponds to the lyrics in the song. The theme of this magical land is quite dark and mysterious as it is supposed to be inside a washing machine. This was the most time consuming scene of the whole movie you can tell it has had alot of time and effort put in as it is very detailed.
Scene 4:
in this scene the camera starts in the washer to make the effect that she is coming out. The camera follows her out of the washer and stays inside as she walks away. She just picks up her washing basket like nothing happened. The media tools used in this scene were very simple just in iStop. However the position of the cameras were used very clever. Overall this scene was effective with the little amount of detail and time put into it. Perhaps it didnt make much sense though because when she comes out of the washer all her clothes are already dried and back in her basket. this makes it a bit unrealistic, but so isnt the rest of the movie.
spoken: in this scene the camera starts in the washer to make the effect that she is coming out. She comes out picks up her basket and walks out of the laundry like nothing has happened.
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