Dissapointment.

When waking up on Sunday morning, hearing and seeing the rain outside was not a good start to the day. After speaking to Francesca early that morning, we thought it would be best if we postponed our filming to a later date.

Filming this sunday

I collected the camera & dolly this evening from school so we are now ready to shoot some footage this Sunday (22/11).

Francesca and I are going to discuss and plan tomorrow and Saturday which scenes we are going to film, and in what order.

Requests to actors for filming

Francesca and I decided that we would be filming on Sunday the 22nd of November. Francesca's responsibility was to contact two of the eight actors. She messaged the 'Girlfriend' and the 'Street Child'.

The two images below show actors for the Girlfriend and the Street Child.


By using 'Facebook', she was able to contact the two actors with ease. Please see the screenshot below that documents are messaging.

Risk Assessment

This is the Risk Assessment that we made before we filmed our music video. The final column helped us assess the extent to which the risk was.

L = Low, M = Medium and H = High.

Please see the Risk Assessment below:

Avant Garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". It refers to people that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.

Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo, primarily in the cultural realm. The notion of the existence of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of modernism, as distinct from postmodernism. Many artists have aligned themselves with the avant-garde movement and still continue to do so.



Music videos are usually incorporated with Avant Garde techniques as they offer distinctive styles that are typically familiar. The concept of avant-garde refers exclusively to marginalized artists, writers, composers and thinkers whose work is not only opposed to mainstream commercial values, but often has an abrasive social or political edge. Throughout our music video we intend to use the following styles of Avant Garde:

Early Soviet Cinema
The new state, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, officially came into existence on December 30, 1922. Frequent features include the use of the montage effect which incorporates the fast cuttings/splicing/editing of sequences and individual shots to create an association of images to produce meaning. Examples of Early Soviet Cinema can be found in The End of St. Petersburg (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1927)



Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members. Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact.
Leader André Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement. Entr'acte by René Clair (1924) is a renowned film which juxtaposes reality and produces a new meaning - a surreality.