makeup test

With the brightness of my new light I cannot be sure if the makeup I am going to use for the video will show up well on the camera.  I decided to do a quick makeup test to check how the makeup would stand up to the bright white light, here is the result;

As you can see one type of makeup is almost invisible, where as the other two can easily be seen.  I have decided to use the grey'er looking eye shadow as it seems to give better coverage and creates a matte finish whereas the other has a more shinny effect.  the other makeup is also more difficult to apply and would be more time consuming to use and to take off.  

Aura Choreography part4

After my lesson with the year 9 dance group I feel a weight lifted off my shoulders.  After the first lesson they understand my ideas and are behind me 100%.  This has encouraged me to continue and start filming my music video.  As they are a GCSE dance group they are all highly talented and need little encouragement as they enjoy the challenge.

Miss Green (the dance teacher) would like to watch a live performance of Aura by Lady Gaga at the Itunes festival.  At this performance the choreography can be seen well as the whole show was shot professionally for Apple.  Although this performance is not available on Youtube anymore due to copyright reasons, I am able to play it through the bonus DVD copy added to Lady Gagas ARTPOP album.  

As Miss Green has another dance lesson tomorrow with the year 9 I shall en-devour to turn up and show them the DVD.  

As I left the lesson today I left the class with some work to do.  Looking to my storyboard it is obvious I need a dramatic looking entrance as the tribe enter from the double doors.  I left them with the task of discovering and rehearsing how they would do this, I hope to see their results tomorrow.  I shall then let them listen to the entrance music to see if they can adapt their entrances further.    

White Light part2

After learning that the strobe light would be ineffective I later took a trip down to my local electrical store and found this 10W LED light.  A very bright, white light with a powerful beam I believe this will be perfect lighting for my scenes with white backgrounds.  I am so happy with this light and I shall start to film my solo clips tomorrow.  Here is the light and here are a few test shots using the light.

 

'Call Me On The Ouija Board' reactions

Here are the reaction videos from the first view of the 'Call Me On The Ouija Board' music video

Aura choreography part3

Thanks to Montsaye's brilliant dance teacher Miss Green I have now got a full dance troupe.

Miss Green has now arranged for her class of year 9 dancers to study Aura in their lessons.  This is a large weight lifted off my shoulders and I am very thankful.  This means that every week that class will learn and practise the dance and I will not have to rely on the fluctuating attendance of dance club.  I shall attempt to turn up to their lessons and learn with them.

white light

For part of my music video I need a white background with cool, white lighting. 

 I have decided have a plain white, shinny background (probably an extremely clean whiteboard) with black makeup across my eyes in a strong line.  this will then be an exact opposite of the shot with the light across my eyes with black background and will give it an almost negative feeling.  For this shot I need a bright white light to enhance the colour of the whiteboard and to also discolour myself slightly and give the whole shot a crisp and sharp tone. 

At school we have a bright white strobe light with different speed settings, my original idea was to increase the speed of the strobe to make it look as if it was not flashing.  After investigating this further I have discovered this is not possible and the fastest setting on the strobe light is not fast enough.  I will now have to look for a bright white flood light.

   

locations

Here is a few shots of possible locations for my Aura music video.