Snorricam In Action

As stated earlier, we were going to do some test shots using the snorricam, so here it is. I put the snorricam on and walked about school, much to the amazement of the main school and got some interesting footage. We tried to show what it might look like in the actual thing by adding different shot types and the music. But this is just a ruff idea of what it would look like.

Storyboards

We have now started to film our music video, and theses are the storyboards that me and Matt Tanner drew to help us with the narrative.













If you can't tell what is going on, the main character is meant to be the person who sang the song 'Fortune Faded' and he wastes his 'fortune.' By the end of the song he regrets what he has done and sits in reflection of his actions. Also it's meant to have a 'spaced out' feel to it because he has taken something. We going to try and portray this by using the snorricam, because it lends itself very well to that type of situation.

Self Assessment

Planning and Research

Research: We feel that our research into similar products is borderline between level four and three. We think this because we have many posts on the background of our music video. This includes research into similar videos of the same genre, and other videos from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. We also looked at different director styles in the form of advertisements and different ideas from people who like ourselves made a music video and posted it for us to see.

Organisation: Unfortunately this would have to be a low level, based on the blog alone. We have got the work but it isn't on the blog.

Shot lists etc: Again a lower level because not much is currently on the blog. We have the put storyboards on but haven't got around to scanning and putting shot lists and other planning material on yet.

Presentation: We think that presentation wise it is in level four. This is because we took great care in drawing the storyboards, also the previous posts on the blog are all matching to create a sense of continuity.

Use of digital technology: This is on the borderline of level three/four. We have tried to incorporate many aspects of the digital technology available to us, to enhance the aesthetics of the blog. So we have used a variety of different posts to try and keep it fresh and interesting to read.

Website

Here are some screenshots of some of the main web pages. They are not final for instance the start page will probably have a different picture as its background and also the photos will need to be added to the photo section and the same with the videos. However the basic background and formation of things are done so this should give good sense of what the website will look like at the end. If you have an suggestions the please don't hesitate to comment on this post. You can also look at the active website using the link at the top of the blog. here are the screenshots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9vZ-m7JSM0 This link shows some shots from Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a dream. Unfortunately embedding was disabled. It shows some exellent examples of how the Snorri-cam can be used.

We have decided to make our own snorricam after looking into it. I have been given the job of lead designer and creator, so here is my initial sketch I went of.
I managed to find on the Internet a picture of a snorricam that looks quite similar to this one. So I modified the image to my own needs and drew this to show people what I was on about



After that I got the wood required and started to create the snorricam


I cut all the wood separately and then put it together afterwards.




I encountered a prblem here because I drilled the holes on the wrong side of the straight piece of wood. Because of this I then had to re-drill some of the holes to match my mistake.


The many holes around the outside was done intentionally, so that I could move the arms and ajust the angle and hight of the snorricam to suit all needs.


This is the final peice, on the wood side of things. As you can see it does look like a partially created snorricam.



I had initially thought about using string or some kind of straps to hold the board to the body, but I came up with the idea of undoing the straps of a normal bag and passing them through the pre cut holes. This way it is easier to undo, more comfortable, easier to carry, my bag will still be usable afterwards and I can also carry anything I need for filming in the bag itself.




The main problem however was going to be attaching the camera to the end, without it wobbling. My first idea was going to be, placing a flate plate on the end that the camera could be screwed directly into. However the problem with this is that I wouldn't be able to move the arms without pointing the camera at the ceiling, because I wouldn't be able to ajust the camera's positioning.


But I asked Mr M and he allowed us to use a broken tripod to try and use to conect to the end so that the camera could be directly attached to that. After a quick trip to the design technology department, we managed to cut the end of and attach the tripod head and neck to the bottom peice of the wood using some jubilee clips.




So that is our snorricam, we will soon be posting some footage of the snorricam in action.