Inspirational shots for the Boudoir

The music video for Christina Aguilera's 'aint no other man' has many inspirational shots that we could use during our shoot in the Boudoir. Here are just a few stills to help us get the shot.

The show sequence:

REFLECTION ON MERCADO SHOOT: SAT 27TH SEPT

- Time management was poor -->set impossible targets
- Well organised with equipment/make up/props/costume
- High stress with trying to control actors, people getting hungry/too hot/hungry --> couldnt of prepared for this!
- stuck to movement shots and tight framing
- didn't check wide-screen setting on other camera
- Remember to check time left on tapes before shoots
- we worked well as a group -good communication, regular mini meetings during shoot
- fell behind with paperwork --> too focused on trying to get all the shots/organising people
- not sure if the camerawork was evenly shared? -kept no shot log to record
- lighting not the same in all shots -->may not be good for continuity? some too bright/harsh, others too dull
- rush towards the end of the shoot though finished at the right time
-NO PICTURES!!
-No CU's of people's eyes
-More quirky shots?- do in media block

Goli's Costume

Hey girls...
Here's the costume I bought today at Bruce Grove
It cost £30 - I couldn't get a proper receit though cause it was like a market stall...hope that it will be okay


I tried a few skirts on with it, all looked kind of weird. Maybe we could get a black sarong from somewhere (I'm sure someone has one) and tie it how we're going to be tying ours
Also I think it would look a lot better on Goli than it does on me cause her skin tone would suit it more. I look soo pale!!

Hope you like it! It was really difficult to choose on my own!! :S
Nina xxxx

The dance!

ok girlies, here is the dance routine...I'll give you a special performance tomorrow and we can learn it at mercado maybe? It'll make no sense to you now, it's more just so i can remember and so once you've learnt it you can refer back to it:

Voila!

(from about 1min 20sec)

Up and down up and down
Step forward right, twist back on left , shake bum 3&4
Twist with bum round to right diagonal
Shake shoulders, push left down first
Forward and back forward and back with left foot and punchy arms
Salsa step forward and back, dropping onto right foot
Walk (right) walk (left), place legs out one at a time (right leg first)
Do the swishy hair thing, clockwise direction
Positions 6, 7, Goli 8
Push down with right hand knees facing left, pull up with the left hand, knees facing right (slow)
Gesturing hands as walking backwards (slow)
Arms with beat, Goli spins (we clap)
Arms with beat, Goli wiggles (we clap)
Arms with beat, Goli does Shakira belly (we clap)
Arms with beat Goli shimmies (we clap)
Goli runs forward to jump on bar, while we all shimmy.

Posted by Jaz

Dance Routine

Ok so I'm trying so choreograph a dance routine, which is pretty hard cos there's a really irregular rhythm in the bit of music that we want to dance to. Anyway, I'm looking on youtube now for some dance routines to inspire us a bit...

We already have the moulin rouge one, and we can copy some of Shakira's moooves.

Is it really weird that I fancy the main guy in this video? He's quite odd? oh well, there's some good dancing in this:



And oooh this Christina video is FAB for dancing (i swear its really like our idea, with the boudoir, the dancing on the table - in our case the bar - and the sequin dress and the trumpets, and her dancing with 5 girls? darn) but yeah their dances are wicked!



Ok this is America from West Side Story, possibly one of the best musical numbers in the whole wide world, of course the dancing in this is way too complicated but the ideas that we can draw from it are very strong.



Ok now lets see if i can make up a dance...

Posted by Jaz

Things need to be done:

Match up and create outfits- Gee
Watch spanish latino dancing and come up with some dancemoves- Everyone
Then this week create a dance rountine
Upload photos from test shoot
Experiment with footage from test shoot
Book a meeting with Goli before wednesday to talk her through everything
Check people can do the Mercado filming on Thursday 29th
Plan shooting for this coming weekend, check weather report

Posted By Clare

Test Shoot and Southall shopping Evaluation

Test shoot on saturday was a success because;

• In Brick Lane we found lots of great walls with interesting graffti to use as backdrops for the running scenes.
• We found a perfect wide alley street to do the walking and dancing shots in. Aswell on that street there were some steps for the dancers to be sitting on which look like a backstage to a club.
• There were chairs/ sofas placed on the streets which we could film shots on.
• We found a converted Routemaster bus and we asked if we could do filming there for a school project and they said yes. It has been converted to restaurant cafe with sofas and chairs on the top of the bus.
• When in Brick Lane we found a vintage shop and we bought to sparkley boob tube tops.
• If we want to film down a more modernised street for contrast, there is a wide street which is empty early evening.
• The filming on the bus and tube was fine, the lighting was fine though filming on a tube was harder because the floor moved around a lot. If we were to film on the bus/ tube we would want an empty one.
• We set up Gee's sister room in some decorations to get an idea of what it would look like and the location worked. While filming we came up with some new shot ideas.
• We practised creating exagerrated and flamboyant make-up, this was successful though the animal make-up was not, white beard not a good idea.
• We tried experimenting with costumes.

Southall shopping, with my fab driving we managed to get there. We bought:

• 5 pieces of silky, shimmmery material in different shades.
• 5 sparkly skirts/ scarves in different shades.
• Some Bindi.

NB: The first couple of shots we filmed on the test shoot can not be seen properly due to a technical problem, so it is hard to make out what we shot.

Posted by Clare