Laiba Shahid A2 Media Studies Blog

            Second shoot: Rawal Dam, Shahdara Valley Behind the scenes Rawal Lake.  Getting everything ready. At work. Sneak peak of one of our shots.                Another sneak peak A drown shot of us working with the camera and directing.                Behinds the scenes from Shadrah Valley.                                                                 

First shoot: Margalla hills (Highland) Behind the scenes    Drone shot of us talking to our actors, explaining their roles.                            Our team with the actors.  BTS While we were helping the actors act properly. 

For our shoot, our main aim was to find locations with extraordinary sceneries. This is quite a struggle when considering other factors such as time management and schedules (actors etc). We ended up finding some pretty good spots for our shoot.  Here are a few images of the locations we ended up with.                      HIGHLAND COUNTRY CLUB.                                       RAWAL LAKE                               NEAR RAWAL LAKE                                  

For casting, the actors we required needed to be within the age group 17-19 (young adults). We couldn't afford to hire professional actors, so got in touch with a few people around our school that were willing to do this. However, we did have to face last minute changes in plans, because of their schedules.This did delay our shoot a few times. Eventually, we found actors who were willing to cooperate and helped us out as much as they could, making it alot easier for us! Cast                Actor- Mohammad Saif                Actress- Hadiya  Khan

The main idea that we decided to base our Music video on is "young love". As it is mostly seen within teenagers, that's the audience that we have decided to focus on. Therefore the song we selected is very upbeat and has that "adventurous" and "summery" vibe to it. Adding to that, the genre of the song (pop) also happens to be quite popular among our target audience. How we decided to shoot our Music video (shot planning)  relies heavily on the idea mentioned above.  Focusing on the idea of "young love", we decided to base it on two teenagers, travelling and exploring, while falling in love. The shots that we have planned include alot of scenic locations and dramatic shots of the couple.

We mentioned a few songs in the previous posts, listed as "inspiration" and helped us out in the shot planning. Based on the type of shots we planned, this song seemed perfect for our music video.                              "Take me with you"                                  by Juliet Ariel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73nGKTMSnYg Juliet Ariel is a Paris based singer, songwriter and producer who made an impactful introduction with her single ‘Take Me With You’.  Website https://www.iamjulietariel.com/

As we’re working in a group, i’d introduce my group members to you. Sayyam khan      He mostly helps us with the post production as Editing.  Aroub Waqas         Aroub works with the pre production such as story             boarding, Script and written work.  Laiba Shahid (Me)      I mostly work on shooting and the deciding which actors to choose and styling them later.  Rather than this, all three of us work together and help each other in everything.  A picture of three of us together! 

For our final project, we are supposed to make a Music video. The genre that we decided to go for, Romance, is quite conventional for music videos. Below are a few links that we used for inspiration and shot planning. These are the links of the songs that happen to be the ones we shortlisted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JxgDJvqGmM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqmKGh7WVCQ

As an assigment, me and all my class fellows went to the near by Sunday market on a dignity walk and captured some pictures which were displayed on an exhibition in school. Here are some of the pictures that i clicked. 😊

Could’nt resist but clicking these while working on a class assignment.