Effects In The Music Video

Effects used in the music video and a description of scenes

Pool – Midshot / camera pans and tilts up towards the window

(Blue effect from H2O led effect) – effect is centred in the middle of the image and goes off towards the end of scene.

Bedroom – mid-shot / camera is static and looks from a low position at the main actor sat at the window – camera in position to show gearing sun and the beams created as the sun comes though the window- effect created from smoke added.

Shed section – this shot shows a side/front shot of jack in one of the main performances areas- stage lighting in this scene shoes a spotlight illuminating jacks face and making him stand out from the water effect background. There is a par in the scene as well on the colour blue to further emphasize the scene.

Shed section – shows a ken burn’s effect showing jack from the front lip syncing to the song, there is two par can lights that appear as the camera pans from left to right the lights will be on blue and will have smoke added to create a beam wash.

Field section – fast faded cuts that show a quick downward tilt/pan left. Then a sweep of the ground going left behind jack looking out over the field and then a zoom out shot with a static camera.

Shed section – this effect shows part of the chorus and all of the stage lighting effects which show the blue beams and the multiple red spinning beams and another ken burns effect showing the effect from right to left.

Street section – this part of the video features a number of clips from different angles showing jack riding a bike along a road passing a street where he hears a voice from what the viewer knows is this person he cares about, he does not know what or who it is but it sounds familiar to him, most of the shots are mid- long shots looking straight at the bike from a side or straight on view and there is a shot of the girl and a quick pan left as jack goes past the camera up the hill. Lighting effects for this where the street lights, I picked the street as it has the new led street lights and it’s a more cool white than the normal halogen fittings so it fit the lighting design and theme better. There is also a led wash light I was using to light up the actor faces because they was not sufficient lighting to do that. 

Beach – this shot was a basic scene and had no real technical elements to it, I was basing the scene on a overcast mostly cloudy day with quite calm weather and sea conditions in order to project a sense of peace and calm but this could also be seen as been alone and isolation which is also a reason for the choice of location. There is also cut shots to show the water coming into the beach in order to break the scene up and get an understanding on the conditions.

Pool area – this side shot shows jack behind the piano while lip-syncing to the song, there is a lighting system set up at the back for the pool, these are cool white led spots and they worked perfect and fit with the theme well. I decided to add lots of smoke in the air around the pool to bring out the lighting and make it look foggy and misty which it’s the whole meaning of the song, about sea fog. This scene is something that I spent a lot of time planning because I wanted it to look the best I could and I think the introduction of smoke really helped the look of the finished scene. There is a couple of cuts to the shed section where there is a mid shot behind jack looking at the piano and spot lighting shining on jack. This cut happens twice.

There is a fade after these shots with extreme close up of jack singing in the study section over the top of the extreme long shot of the pool shot with a dome shining into the air in a very good aerial effect.

To finish there I a final shot of jack in the shed performance section, mid shot of the side of him playing the piano and of the back of him with an overlay with a h20 water effect and close up of his hands playing the piano.