Monday, 31 October 2011
Diary Entry - Week 7
It is half term week and we are thinking about what we can change about our video in order to make improvements, taking our feedback into account. We are also organising when to book out the camera out the camera, and when to book in for the drums and microphone stand. We are also keeping the blog up to date by posting the finishing posts we have completed. We have also listed our new and current locations where we are going to film for our final music video.
Feedback
The following feedback which I received from the students was the following:
What they liked about the music video:
· The close up of the guitar whilst playing to the music.
· Good Narrative
· The link between lyrics and visuals
· Zoom up shots of characters
· The settings of the narrative
What could make the music video better:
· Singer should face the camera
· Quick edits required
· Cut out the repetitive shots
· Add more shots with the whole band
· More dynamic performance
· Gambling with more people
· Poker shots need to be more realistic
The feedback which I received from my teachers was the following:
What they liked about the music video:
· The lyrics “ I can see a darker side” was good use of lighting
· Good location on break up scene
· Backwards shots look great
· Spinning wheel
· Narrative
· Lighting on face
· The cards blowing away
What could make the music video better:
· More passionate performance
· Edits to music
· More narrative
· Some shots are too long
· The green cloth should be ironed
· More energy from singer
· Improvement for mise en scene for bad performance
From this feedback we have decided to do the following improvements:
· Band Performance – The setting will be changed, the actors will be changed and a variety of shots will be used throughout the music video with them all being together.
· Editing techniques – The shots will be fast and shorter as some of them were to long whilst performing, we will also add effects such as black and white, dissolve and jump shots.
· Actors – The actors will be changed so it will create a more realistic effect.
· More narrative – we will add more information about the story in the music video.
· House scene – The scene where the clothes are outside the house will be changed and will have a messy look to it.
· Costumes – There will be no hoodies and rain jackets in the music video that will create a student look, it will look as professional as possible.
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Diary Entry - Week 6
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 1:
We are editing our video in lessons and finishing it off before Wednesday, the final deadline for the rough cut. Matty is currently doing the editing, whilst Michael is managing the block and completing any unfinished pieces of work.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 2:
Today we are carrying on with our music video rough cut and finishing putting the last few edits together.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 3:
It is the final day for our rough cut, and we are making sure our video is finished and uploaded on time.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 4:
Today we are watching ours, and everyone elses videos. We have recieved feedback from our teachers and students, whilst comparing our rough cut to music videos of other bands, seeing how they compare to ours. We have heard feedback about what people like and dislike about our video, which we will take on board.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 5:
Today we are planning on re-shooting the majority of our video, after hearing the feedback. We are using todays final lesson before half term to book out cameras and organising which days our actors would be available for filming.
We are editing our video in lessons and finishing it off before Wednesday, the final deadline for the rough cut. Matty is currently doing the editing, whilst Michael is managing the block and completing any unfinished pieces of work.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 2:
Today we are carrying on with our music video rough cut and finishing putting the last few edits together.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 3:
It is the final day for our rough cut, and we are making sure our video is finished and uploaded on time.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 4:
Today we are watching ours, and everyone elses videos. We have recieved feedback from our teachers and students, whilst comparing our rough cut to music videos of other bands, seeing how they compare to ours. We have heard feedback about what people like and dislike about our video, which we will take on board.
Diary Entry: Week 6, day 5:
Today we are planning on re-shooting the majority of our video, after hearing the feedback. We are using todays final lesson before half term to book out cameras and organising which days our actors would be available for filming.
Diary Entry - Week 5
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 1
Today we are booking out the camera and asking our actors if they can definitley be in our video. We have made a filming timetable with the days we have the camera highlighted in yellow and we are using it to see which days we can film and when our actors are free.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 2
Today we are finding props and costumes to use and we are checking if we can use certain locations. These certain locations are the casino in town. The props we require are a poker set, table and musical instruments.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 3
It is raining today therefore we cannot film the beach scene as the weather is not suitable, or any other scenes as our actors arent free. We are therefore spending this time uploading videos of our market research and working on our filming timetable. We are also transferring all of our groups data onto a hard drive, including the animatic.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 4
We are filming different scenes for our video and organising actors, locations and props.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 5
We are planning on filming some of the video over the weekend. We are organising actors and booking out the camera. We have decided on locations to film, which we will start editing next week.
Today we are booking out the camera and asking our actors if they can definitley be in our video. We have made a filming timetable with the days we have the camera highlighted in yellow and we are using it to see which days we can film and when our actors are free.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 2
Today we are finding props and costumes to use and we are checking if we can use certain locations. These certain locations are the casino in town. The props we require are a poker set, table and musical instruments.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 3
It is raining today therefore we cannot film the beach scene as the weather is not suitable, or any other scenes as our actors arent free. We are therefore spending this time uploading videos of our market research and working on our filming timetable. We are also transferring all of our groups data onto a hard drive, including the animatic.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 4
We are filming different scenes for our video and organising actors, locations and props.
Diary Entry: Week 5, day 5
We are planning on filming some of the video over the weekend. We are organising actors and booking out the camera. We have decided on locations to film, which we will start editing next week.
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
List of Roles (Rough Cut)
Rough Cut
Michael Scrafton
Michael plays the main male character in the narrative.
Nicole Mckay
Nicole is the woman character in the narrative, the wife too Michael in the story.
Matty Petherbridge
Lead singer in the band.
Tom Curry
He is the guitar player in the band.
Robbie Lewis
He is the drum player in the band performance.
Monday, 17 October 2011
Diary Entry - Week 4
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 1
Today we are finishing everything on the blog and finishing off the animatic. I am also beginning to collect back some of the market research in order to begin making the pie charts and graphs. We are also updating and working on the pitch, and working on the animatic.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 2
Today we are working on the animatic. We are continuing with our market research and asking different types of people to complete our questionnaires. We will also use different ways aside from questionnaires in order to present our market research results, such as podcasts and filming different people answering the questions and seeing their reactions.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 3
Today we are making sure everything on the blog is in order and up to date, and finished to the best it can be. We are also discussing which actors we could use for our video, and deciding on the different settings of our video.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 4
This afternoon we are finishing the animatic, and working on the blog. We are looking at digipacks and thinking about ideas for our own digipack, and thinking about our brand image. Today we are putting more things on the blog. We are creating lists of props, lighting, settings, costume and makeup and writing the reasoning behind our choices.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 5
Today we are making the graphs and pie charts from the results we collected from our questionnaire, for our market research. We are also filming different people talking about their opinion and we are also going to make a podcast.
Today we are finishing everything on the blog and finishing off the animatic. I am also beginning to collect back some of the market research in order to begin making the pie charts and graphs. We are also updating and working on the pitch, and working on the animatic.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 2
Today we are working on the animatic. We are continuing with our market research and asking different types of people to complete our questionnaires. We will also use different ways aside from questionnaires in order to present our market research results, such as podcasts and filming different people answering the questions and seeing their reactions.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 3
Today we are making sure everything on the blog is in order and up to date, and finished to the best it can be. We are also discussing which actors we could use for our video, and deciding on the different settings of our video.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 4
This afternoon we are finishing the animatic, and working on the blog. We are looking at digipacks and thinking about ideas for our own digipack, and thinking about our brand image. Today we are putting more things on the blog. We are creating lists of props, lighting, settings, costume and makeup and writing the reasoning behind our choices.
Diary Entry: Week 4, day 5
Today we are making the graphs and pie charts from the results we collected from our questionnaire, for our market research. We are also filming different people talking about their opinion and we are also going to make a podcast.
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