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Filming Progress

We planned to film our music video project over the christmas holiday. However due to various circumstance, with recurring themes. However, we have managed finally to get some filming done, however, we have not been able to get as diverse an area or as much filming as we would like. however, we have managed to find some symbolism within our shots, making the best of a bad situation.

Our decisions were limited by time and locations, due to members of our team not having a lot of transportation outside of walking, and and a looming deadline assured that we had to take whatever footage we could grab, and worry about the quality of which later.

 On day 1 of filming we went over Hanault forest. however, due to our mistakes, instead of lip synching the full song, we only got about a minutes worth of footage per time. This means that although we got some decent footage whilst we was out, we had to go and get some more. This was fine as we had to go out and get some urban shots. There we got some shots of walking from different angles, to fit with the general theme of the song.

To finish the first bout of filming, we went and got some shots of us in the band room, to imitate the look of people playing instruments. however, due to a minor mix up between shots,  two of the members swapped instruments, and due a filming taking place at a later date, there was a sudden change of clothing halfway through.

Then we came to our first editing session. We were struggling to put together a coherent piece with accurate lip synching, so we had to go out and get more footage, especially of the band, since our current produce was disappointing with neither the lip synching or instrument playing being any good. However after we re-did the shots, it came out looking much better.

We needed some more shots to amplify the feel of the music, so we went out to Valence park, and did some recording there, namely on the different pieces of equipment.  Some of this was removed from the final product for looking too out of place.

Case study 1- Jamie thraves

Jamie Thraves is a director best known for making short films whilst at university, this gave him the ability to get his foot in the door. 
During his early career he began shooting music videos with the low budget of £5000.

After years of making low budget short films and music videos his recognition grew meaning that well known artists wanted his for their videos.

The budget for the above video was £100,000 and was shot in just 3 days.

The above video had a budget of £200,000 and also shot in 3 days.

Above is just 2 of Jamie Thraves' more known music videos.

Using his success in the music industry Thraves broke into the film industry with great success.

He has so far shot three feature films these are; The low down, The cry owl and Treacle.

Jamie thraves says that dont use lyrics for lyrics sake use them to portray true emotion.

Sexism in music videos

 Laura Mulvey's theories are; The theory of the male gaze and the triple gaze.
The male gaze- this states that the view we see on screen is that of a man. In films the male gaze is always active where is the female gaze is usually passive.
An example of the male gaze is in James Bond, Die another Day where Halle Berry appears from the water in slow motion and James looking on "enjoying the view".
Triple Gaze- Audience looking through the camera, looking at the man looking at the woman.
Below i will analyse Rhiannas shut up and drive using Laura Mulveys theories.

In this video the camera is constantly looking at Rhiannas body, there is clearly no fixing of cars going on in this video.
These shots show the theory of the male gaze in the way that Rhianna does a number of suxual poses.

Here we can see the men in the car looking at her body as she is walking along. 

Here Rhianna is thrusting vigorously in front of a car, this clearly shows the camera is from the prospective of a man.

Mulveys theories arent just present in music videos they also appear in movies too.  James Bond movies are a prime example of this.

Here the whole scene is taken up by a mans view of looking at a woman, this does nothing to develop the story. She even comes out of the water in slow motion.  This shows how prevalant sexism is in the entertainment industry.