Our second shooting in Birmingham!

Unfortunately we couldnt shoot the second time in birmingham due to a few problems. This idea isnt going very well so we are considering changing the idea slightly where we will be able to have easier access to places. We will now have to start thinking about a second idea, but this time something more simple.

Plans for the 2nd attempt of shooting in Birmingham!

We are going to go back to birmingham to try and reshoot the footage. This time we are hoping to play around more with the lighting and the close up shots. I think we need to add in more of these as it would give our identity and image away to our audienc within the video. We are hoping to stick to the same plan as last time. So we will shoot the dance routine all in one outfit first with different lighting. This will be with the three different cameras all in different angles. nd then after we will change the lighting and the clothing and then repeat this with teh cameras at different angles. For all the boys bits, we wil do them sepeeratly after as the shots are quite different to each other.

Our first shoot in Birmingham!

We finally got a chance to go to birmingham and shoot our music video for the first time. Unfortunatley, it didnt go as planned! the venue that we had booked was very big, there was alot of space and the lighting was great. We also managed to get a backdrop which was black with small white lights on them which were representing stars. this looked very nice and because of lights that we could play around with, we decided on what colour lighting we can have on certain shots and shoots. The plan was to shoot the dance routine that we had coreographed in three diff ourfits using the two cameras to get different angles. And then the extra shots, like close ups and the special ones which needed more time on, we were going to shoot seperate afterwards.
So we began with our first outfit which was an indian outfit, and as we both wore the same things, it all looked very good. after shooting once when we checked the footage, it didnt look too good. The camera was going very blury and because the venue was lit up alot, the bluryness showed up alot! we tried this a few more times but it wouldn't change so unfortunately we had to stop the shoot as it would have been a waste of time.

Designing the digipak

For our digipack I would like to create something simple but elegant. I dont realy want to produce something too bold and funky which is bursting out with bright colours, but something that is still eye catching and something that has a good colour scheme which is used very thoughtfuly and not outragously. So if i chose to go for black, pink and gold, i would use something like black for a background or perhaps a light image and then use gold for the text and pink for a design, outlining pictures accompanied by a little gold.
Looking at layout, i dont realy want to add to many images and too much text onto it. Id rather just keep it limited and just have one or two images with small text on the side or at the bottom so it doesnt look too croweded.

These are some designs that I quite like.

I like this one alot as its very simple. Its quite urban with the graffitti style font and the clothes that the he is wearing are very casual and streetwise. The design and the layout is very nice on this but its not the look im am going to go for on my own digipack design.

What are we planning to wear for our shoot..?

For the video we have planned to wear glamourous indian outfits which will varey throughout the video. We are hoping to change the style abit during the video so we will shoot some shots in one outfit and then switch to other outfits. This could be a difference in colour and style. So in some shots we maybe wearin something very elegant and classy whereas in others they may not be all that glamourous and slightly more casual, but stil bright and traditional. As we are both from different parts of india, the style and type of indian dress changes. therefore, we will probably wear a gujrati dress in one and a punjabi dress in another. We were thinking of having a few shots where we are dressed in western clothes. I think this will give it a slightly 'british-asian' feel to it which would be quite good as we have a wide range of audience in the UK.

The Saqi Roadshow setup!!!

For the shoot we are hoping to be using some elegant setups and backdrops. We will need something glamourous and sleek that will go with the type of song that we have chosen. in the original song the hall is setup with different tones of green lighting and sparkles. Its a very high classed party thats going on so the videos already been given that fancy and classic feel to it but using something similar or something thats still abit stylish would bring a nice finsih to out video.

Dance rehearsals

here we have been working together trying to come up with a good dance to fit in with our song. Wev been trhough some existing bollywood dances to pick up simple, but elegant steps. i think wehave been working quite well on this so far. we jus need to get our coordination up to the best we can. We have also tried to play around with differents effects on imovie to get a rough idea of what we can add to this to make it look even better.

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