Happy Recreation

Yes!

It is finally complete and here for you viewing pleasure:

Here are the links to Amy and Dan's blogs too:
Dan's blog: http://danielhaywooda2blog.blogspot.co.uk/
Amy's blog: http://amyhealda2advancedportfolio.blogspot.co.uk/

Update: Happy Complete

Hey Guys!

Myself, Dan and Amy have finished our recreation of 'Happy' (I know! Filming and editing and everything!). Our segment of the song is 1:00 - 1:30 (click the link to see 'Happy' start from this point).

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So, here is a couple of screenshots of a storyboard we decided to create beforehand so we had a good idea of what we were going to film instead of completely relying on improvisation. However, around 10% of these shots drawn were not actually used and replaced with what we felt were much better ideas than what are seen on here. We wanted to mimic the occurrences of the songs; with characters dancing to the beat of the song as well as walking towards the camera whilst singing.

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Anyway, you shall expect the recreation to be uploaded to blogger with in the coming days. So keep your eyes peeled.

As always, bye for now.

Update: Happy

Alright!

Ladies and Gentlemen here is our first update.

Recently we have been given a task in groups to recreate the music video to the popular song 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams. This task is to allow us to, firstly, start to get into the idea of making a music video and, secondly, experiment with matching the lip syncing to the actual words of the song.

I'm going to be working with Daniel Haywood and Amy Heald for this task and we are recreating the song from 1:00 to 1:30. The aim is that each group recreates different 30 second segments so that, in the end, everyone's clips can be put together and the full song recreated.

So you can expect updates on this and the actual recreation complete in the coming weeks.

Now! Time for some facts.

Released on November 21st 2013 and made specifically for the soundtrack of Despicable Me 2, hence the use of the minions in the official music video, 'Happy' became the number-one single for 2014 and went on to win many other awards at the Grammys.
The song was filled in Los Angeles and consisted of many dancers and cameo celebrities dancing around various locations there.
In addition, a 24 hour version of the song was released whereby people from across the global danced to the song and uploaded their clips to 24hoursofhappy.com. This act billed the song as the world's first 24 hour music video. This meant that exchange was actively encouraged as this was basically huge free advertising for the song.
The 24 hour video was aired at Buenos Aires Film Festival; a mass product appealing to a niche market.

That's all, bye for now.

Link to the official 'Happy' music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM