Shooting Schedule

by Emma


Thursday 28th January: "Scene where Andy Warhol is griefing for Edie" (Owen)
Monday 1st February: "Band scenes with Musician" (Matt,3 band members, a clone Edie,car driver and extras)
Tuesday 8th February: "Musician scenes at the train station, graveyard, and in the telephone booth" (Matt)
Monday 22nd February: "Factory scenes" (Owen,Sarah,Matt,Factory Members,Extras)
Tueday 23rd February: "Edie scenes on her own" (Sarah, a landlady)
Monday 28th February: "Rest of shots e.g. Woman at trainstation, Telephone scene." (Extras)

Treatment- Proposal for our music video

By All.

Song/Artist: "Do You" by Spitfire
How long the song lasts for: 3mins 26seconds
Genre: Indie/rock/folk
Cast: Matt Carter (the musician): General storyteller. He is the one who will be singing the song about Edie, and it is some of his memories we will witness.

Owen Lewis (Andy Warhol): He is a real-life character, the artist who changed the art world and way we saw the world. He was one of the most significant people of the 20th Century. In our video, we will see both his good and bad sides, the social butterfly who takes Edie under his wing, and the one who also rejects her too. In the ending though, we will see his misery after Edie has died, and this bring around his human, vulnerable side.
Sarah Ellis (Edie Sedgewick) Edie will be the main character in the video, and our and the musician's focus will be solely on her, most of the time. We will see her rise to fame, as well as her downfall, and in terms of characters, her role is of the "fallen hero".
Felix Fletcher-Gilhuys (Guitarist)
David Wilson(Bass guitarist)
Luke Baldwin(Drummer)
Robert Moore (Bodyguard)
Charlotte Green (The "Replacement")
Andrew Saunders (The Photographer)
Emma Green, Emily Stickland, Kathrine Uffindale, Dan Hopcutt (The Main Factory Members)
Jasmine Underhill (Woman in the elevator)
Kat Nielsen (The Landlady)
Dan Hopcutt (Driver)
A2 Drama Group and A2 media students (the Crowd)
AS Drama Group (Extras in the Factory)

Settings/locations: The overall video will be set in the mid 60s, before the hippie movement.
Old school room- For band performance
Assembly Rooms- For 'Warhols Factory'
Telephone box-For Matts scene where he calls Edie
Train Station- For Matts scene where he spots Edie
Graveyard- For Matts scene where he is devastated for the loss of Edie
The Feather's Hotel Flat- Edie's Room/Flat
ST Laurence Church's gardens: Edie on her own
Alley: Edie on her own

Narrative: For our video we are taking the idea and true story about Actor and model Edie Sedwick's downfall. In our video you will see how her life went from being the it girl to going down hill with major drug use, alcohol abuse and being pushed out of Andy Warhol's Factory circle and thereby the spotlight/fame. The main plot is the 'musician' reflecting back on the time when he tried to help and encourage her to leave the Factory scene before it's too late. From the musicians perspective, he has written a song about these events, the band scenes will be present whereas the colour scenes reflect the past. For the video you'll see how Warhol used Edie -then pushes her out, yet by the end, we intend to have a shot of Warhol with a look of remorse because Edie will be dead.
Format: Mini DV

STYLE: Genre/Mood/Influences/Claims to originality:

The genre of the film would probably be a love story as well as based on a real life story. The video will be performance and narrative based, because it will be important to show a variance in band, and story scenes. We will intend to have an introduction with the band scenes to set an energetic mood (e.g. cheering audience) and when the story takes place, the mood will change deliberately from happy/good (e.g. when she is with Warhol) to quite a dark tone (e.g. when she will be taking drugs or her death). The musician will also help to show a varied mood tone as we will see two different sides to his character e.g. an energetic performer v.s a concerned man in love. Our influences will be drawn from the real story of the Edie Sedgwick's life, including the characters within it such as Warhol, Bob Dylan and the Factory members. Other influences include the pop culture of the 60s such as the Beatles, Audrey Hepburn films such as "Funny Face" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the Woodstock/Drug culture of the time. Although our video will be based on this era, we intend to give the story a twist to give it some originality. For example, our main lead girl will not look exactly like Edie Sedgwick herself, so we have decided to give her own unique look (e.g. a combination of today's fashion with 60's key pieces), as well as using our own art work and our own vision of what the Factory should look like.

Camerawork/Type of shots: We intend to use many varied shots instead of the typical eyeview, midclose ups used on the tripods. We will use both the tripod and handheld shots, to give disorientated shots from her perspective. We also intend to use shots like over the shoulder clips, high and low angle shots, rotating and moving shots, and shots from the character's perspective. This will help the audience to feel they are there, or a "fly on the wall", and have more intimacy and connection with the cast.

Length of shots/Editing: We intend to have quite short clips to match with the steady pace of the drums and music. It will also reflect the hectic and crazy lifestyle of the Warhol world. Obviously, we will use longer shots for the band performances, and when we are building up to a climax in the plot (e.g. when Edie attacks Warhol) so the audience can definitely see what is going on. We will try not to use a lot of the transitions, as it will not be appropriate for our genre of film and music, and because it is quick-paced, transitions will interfere with this.

Movement and Action: Because our video will be high-paced, we need to consider that our video has consistent action. Edie and Andy are supposed to be these extravagent, high-class social butterflys, therefore the video reflect this busyness and energy. We hope to include in terms of action a lot of dancing, performing, the climax of the attack/fight, the musician running, and Edie's head spinning and collapsing when she is on drugs.

Visual Qualities: The video will be very aesthetically orientated, and we want the video to visually stand out e.g. through bold props, settings, costume, make-up. We hope to have a contrast of mundane realism (e.g. the musicians world) to the eye-catching, plastic world of the Factory. Our main focus will be on colour and light, with contrasts in shading and colour schemes (e.g. dark, formal with a colour pallet of blues, reds, and browns for the musician v.s. a very bright colour pallet, silver and lots of colours for Warhol.)

Use of voice and sound: In the intro we will have the sound of a car purring, which adds to the atmosphere, after this we will have the crowd cheering our singer but there will be no dialogue because this adds to the mystery and does not give away the plot.

Handling of narrative: We intend to use the idea of two parallel worlds, one with the musician (black and white) and the other with Warhol, in the middle it will show how Edie is stuck between the both. We also intend to set the narrative in both past and present (B&W being the present - colour being past) yet either way it will still be set in the 60's. The video will be mainly made up of flashbacks of when Edie was alive. Our video will be made up of several build ups (Edie crashing on drugs, the fight and the end.) Because our video will be fast paced there will be a lot of action taking place, shown with short but many clips + jump cuts and straight cuts.

Equipment/Props/costumes etc: Lighting, instruments, Morris Minor, telephone box, grave, rose, image of 'Edie', shades, a range of 60's outfits etc

Costs: We are expecting our budget to be between £60-£65 altogether, which we will fund between all of us. The room hire for the Assembly Rooms will be £37.60 for 4 hours, and we have already paid about £25 for spray paint, props, and decoration.

Target audience: The style of music is aimed at a young audience (16-24) which is significant because they are the main influence and source for todays media institutions. Yet it is relatable to a more mature audience who will listen to the music because it reflects nostalgia. We think the video will be watched more by a younger audience but the song itself would attract anyone.

Production methods: People

Emma: "I think my role in this project will be creating the narrative and concepts in the video and behind it too. I am very imaginative, and I can come up with a lot of ideas to contribute towards what to film and what will work too. I am also very organised so I will probably be the main one who gets everything together in terms of props, locations, etc. and head of casting. Furthermore, I am interested in doing significant research in terms of questionnaires, 60's history, etc. so that we create an authentic and interesting project."

Kat: " I believe my role in this production will be of creative aspects. I am very organised when it comes down to working on props, costume, make up and setting up scenes. I will along with Emma be head of casting and editing as I have great experience with putting together and edit. I will be the person in general control of how to do and what to do after Emma has briefed me, as I will be the one to plan out stages, rooms and furthermore costumes and make up. With a good general knowledge of Warhol from completing A levels in art and graphics I will along with Em also be in charge of producing props/art work."

Jasmine: " My role in this production is to make sure that locations are set up correctly in the form of the 60's. I will also contribute to the editing, as I will try to make some of the band shots look realistic and in sync with the lyrics. I will be included in the video to show that I can also have a productive acting role within Edie's tragic storyline. Furthermore, I will have many roles of recording camera shots for our music video, and I will make sure that there is a range of shots used in the video to make it look a lot more exciting and extraordinary."

Recasting on Edie Sedgwick/Lead girl- Take 3!

by Emma Green
After a lot of thought after the last week, we came to the conclusion to use Sarah Ellis as our new lead girl. Sarah has had experience with drama and acting before, and she is very passionate about fashion and beauty too. She is enthusiastic about doing the project, and we believe she has much to offer and bring to the role. For example, she has the confidence to pull the role off and work with co-stars she has never met and she can also draw a lot from some of the painful experiences she has been through via emotions and her facial and body language that she brings to her acting. Furthermore, as you can see below, she is able to adapt and change her style, and really work it well.

by Kat Nielsen

Wednesday 10th February:

Kat edited some more band shots, that are the key clips that we would like to include somewhere in our video. Kat also wrote a letter to the Art department, aquiring old-fashioned cameras and for some of the students to bring their art work to include in our video for the Factory Scenes.

Emma did more work on finishing off the research for the video (e.g. Questionnaire results and sorting out preparation for our new lead girl.)

What we've done so far..

by Emma Green

Tuesday 2nd February:

The whole group re-watched the footage filmed the day before, and uploaded onto Final Cut Pro.

Emma rung up and organised room at Ludlow Assembly Rooms for Factory scenes, and organised a new lead girl, Sarah Ellis.

Thursday 4th February:

Emma and Kat away.

Jasmine uploaded and edited 5 clips at beginning of video, and desaturated colours on them.

Friday 5th February:

Emma and Kat uploading and edited more band clips at beginning, adding transitions.

Jasmine print screened some of our editing progress.

Monday 8th February:

Emma and Kat finished and polished off beginning band and singing shots, and added colour and shading effects (brightness and contrast, etc.) Also made a to-do list for Before 22nd February (The Factory scenes) and a to-do list on the actual day too.

Jasmine print screened a bit more of our editing progress.

Tuesday 9th February:

Emma and Kat filmed our lead male, Matt, for 3 scenes (telephone box, graveyard and trainstation). Then they uploaded this new footage, and started editing the clips for the 1st and 2nd lyric, as well as the ending too. More colour and transition effects were added.

Kat drafted a groundplan for the Factory, and edited photos used in video.

Filming begins - The band+audience scenes

Monday 1st of Feburary

Blog by Kathrine Nielsen - Photos by Emma Green

After having spend 2 hours over the afternoon setting up lights, cameras+tripods and instruments we sucessfully filmed our band and audience scene. Kat devised a ground plan (Scanned copy found below) to follow and with the help of Daniel Hopcutt they both joined together at setting this up following the plan carefully but also used a main plan devised by Emma Green to gather our props as costume and minor details like microphone. The groundplan and 'to do' list helped a great deal and also came in to great help when our audience arrived. Whilst Emma was by the Ludlow Assembly Rooms filming our itroduction to our video (approx 45 seconds long) Myself and Jasmine went to the College Drama room to collect our extras, we had notified miss Francis and asked permission 3 weeks ahead but also had written a letter for her to read aloud notifyig the class. Getting the lot together down the old school room (where we filmed) I got them all started by informing them precisely what to do and gave bad roles to 3 young men (who all were very keen) After this everyone got changed into costume and were ready by the time Emma brought our lead male Matt down - ready to film. The whole thing went smoothly and apart from some minor technicalities with playing the music, everyone did extremely well and we cannot thank Pool A Drama enough. We intend to use the very same group when we start filming our Factory Scenes on Monday the 22th of Feb. in the Oscars room of the Assembly Rooms. We would also like to thank Yona Macintyre for portraying our Edie Sedwick 'wannabe' she was promptly ready, got changed and we had no hazzle with her, and got some beautiful shots of her - Great job!

Matt (Singer) and Yona (Edie wannabe) together after filming

(Left to right) Felix, Luke, Matt and David - The band posing together

Audience shot

The whole group together (Pool A Drama - Ludlow College)

The Ground plan - By Kathrine Nielsen

The Plan by Emma Green and Kathrine Nielsen

Re-casting Edie Sedwick

By Kathrine Nielsen

Our group has hit a curve with our main cast member Jodie having gone urgently to the US to see relatives and will thereby not return till May, so we have been forced to think carefully of how to replace Jodie and who would be able to take on this major part of a girl who changed the way the art and fashion industry was seen in the 60's and created a worldwide movement.

Having gone through a major list of girls, myself and Emma came to the conclution that most College girls will be either in separate pools or extremely busy doing their own lessons, so we tried thinking of girls who we'd have a chance of filming outside College - someone local, when the thought stroke us that Emma's younger sister Charlotte most likely would be able to pull it off, she already knows some of our College friends so is not terribly uncomfortable with the surroundings, besides she has a capturing feminine beautiful face which strikes remarkably.

What myself and Emma are going to do is on Tuesday the 9th we will bring costumes and make up back to their house and do a screen test, make up and costume test and take some photographs - shouldn't be a problem as Charlotte is a born poser. We will film this process and between wednesday the 10th and friday the 12th the video should be uploaded.

Charlotte Green - The new cast member(?) portraying Edie Sedwick