Lesson plan 8/11/12

The plan for today was to finish of the last of our directors commentary. Due to needing a extra bit of time we are able to finish it of completely. We also plan to make sure everything is on the blog and put final touches to anything that is incomplete.

7/12/11

As a group we have to carry on editing the music video together to enable us to finish it by the end of the lesson. We have included some of the music under the titles and also added more clips into the evaluation.

Lesson plan for 28/11/11

Plan for the lesson was to spend and hour writing out our evaluations. We would then each individually upload them and take the best points from each and make it into our script. We would then each individual answer one question each on camera which will give everyone the chance to voice there opinion.

Lesson timetable

28th nov-timed response to evaluation questions
30th nov-no lesson
1st dec-filming your script 45 mins in studio ( D3 at 2.40)
5th dec-editing
7th dec-editing deadline
8th dec-peer feedback
12th dec-finalise the blog

After Lesson 18/11/11

As a group we found it really challenging using photoshop. Due to not using the progamme for a while it has taken us time to try and get used to the tools again. Things we have done:

• We have decided to use a image from the Music video and also we have kept it in colour.
• On the back it will feature what looks like a film strip running across with photos from the music video in black and white. 
• We have started to include the images and hopefully we will have these done by next lesson. 

Ideas For The Cover And DVD

Due to the time being limited for our DVD and Advert task, as a group we have come up with the main ideas that we would like to see for our ancillary products. These are things we need to consider and also remember whilst putting it all together:

• Possibly a professionally photo taken of the singer not a screen shot from the music video. (so that it is a clear image not fuzzy) 
• Having the background and photos etc in black and white
• Using editing techniques to prove skills on photo shop 
• Quite a large and bold title 
• Maintaining consistency with the dvd and advert
• Ensuring that it is relevant to the music video
• Actually looks like something that we would buy and that potential customers when walking into a music shop would want to look and buy 
• Abbie to be on the front 

Analyse Of Video, DVD and Advert

1. The video to The Hush Sounds song Wine Red is set in a very natural scene with alot of greenery and dead plants showing a contrast between old and new. The video shows the band but mainly focusses on the lead singer who is playing a piano covered in moss. The band is always shown against a background and the shots are always medium to close up of them playing there instruments. The video also features a narrative showing an elderly mans thoughts of when he was a younger man with his girlfriend. The CD cover for their album Goodbye Blues shows all the members of the band the colours that have been used are bright but have been grey scaled out, giving it a bit of a grainy/matt look.

An example of an advert for a band is the virgin advert promoting a Maroon 5 album. The advert shows the album cover, the price of the album and the store where you can purchase it from. The advert is meant to promote both the band and the music store that it is in utilising different forms of marketing to promote both parties. They use contrasted colours as to try and draw the attention of the consumer.

Lesson Plan for 17/11/11

Now the music video is out the way we are able to focus on the rest of our coursework. Things we hope to do in tomorrows lesson:

• See a small presentation from Hollie of past students work.
• Go out and get pictures of Abbie for the front covers which we are able to use.
• Look at the type of style we want to use for it.
• Think about the colours and effects we want to use.
• Come up with a rough plan of what we would like.

Due to only having 3 lessons to do this, we know we are going to have to work quickly whilst keeping a high standard of work. This means we are going to have to concentrate on the task in hand. Things to remember will be:

• Make sure it looks like what its meant to be.
• Keep it unique whilst keeping continuant with the music video.
• Keep the costume the same. 
• Bare in mind the surroundings.
• Choose a location which will reflect the music video.
• Keep it focused on what work we have already done so it doesn't look our of place. 

Our Feedback After Reading The Reviews

As a group we have discussed the comments we have been given back from the feedback. We feel some comments wernt particularly constructive however some we feel we agree with and if we had more time we may take action on:

Things we dont agree with:

• We feel that having the song words on the stand whilst Abbi sings, wont be seen by someone who is just listening. The clip is only on for a small amount of time and you would have to really look to be able to notice it.
• We feel after spending time filming Abbi and getting her into the right frame of mind. That for people to say Abbi isn't very convincing is a bit unfair as she has worked hard to be able to get into the role and feel confident on camera.
• We feel the ducks showed separation between a couple and we feel the group who said it may be just nit picking.
• ''you could perhaps have edited the lip syncing more accurate because at 2.49 there was lip movement but no song.'' We feel this is irrelevant as she was only smiling/laughing, it wasn't meant to be singing. Therefore it was never meant to be lip syncing.

Things we would possibly take action on: 

• Split screen for the running towards of each other would be more effective than what we did.
• We feel possibly we could have added more advance transitions, however we didn't want to go over board with the transitions and effects .

Lesson Plan for 16/11/11

The plan for the day is to -

• Get feedback from other groups on our final product.
• Have a group discussion on what we felt went well and not so well.
• Make sure blog is still up to date.
• Talk about our digi pack.

Final Cut-Music Video

Monday 7/11/11

Our plan for the lesson is, Charlotte to start the editing process and adding in the additional footage previously shot.

Chris will film Abbie and Ed in the music room for the last part of footage we need. This will take half the lesson, therefore when Chris, Abbie and Ed return we will all look at the footage shot.

We will then carry on the editing process, just before the end the lesson we will discuss our thoughts and feelings as to what the video looks like and if we think we can meet the deadline.

How are additional filming went

As a group we all turned up to lesson at 2.40, we picked up all the equipment and decided that we would stay local for more time to film. The guided bus route was the closest place and our origonal idea so this seemed perfect for what we wanted.

We all took a walk down and put all our stuff down and started the filming.

Ed and Abbie were the actors, while Charlotte and Chris took turn in filming and giving directions.

We managed to get some moving footage, close ups, extreme close ups and general shots. These were all things people said we needed to add in or think about.

We also got some clips of Ed and Abbie arguing which meant we could use this to show they have broke up.

Due to the piano room being used we were unable to get the footage.

We were lucky to get all of it done before it got to dark. On Monday lesson Charlotte plans to start editing the footage together. Whilst Ed, Abbie and Chris will go into the music room and get the very last of the piano footage.

As a group we know our deadline is Friday 11th which means we only have Monday and Wednesday to edit and be in a position were we are happy. If by Mondays lesson we feel we aren't going to make the deadline, we will arrange a time to come in as a group and spend that extra bit of time to really give it the best chance we can.

Additonal Filming/ Thursdays Lesson 3/11/11

As a group we have decided our additional footage evening will be Thursday. We will take the camera out at 2.40 and will start filming early so it doesn't get to dark. We will meet at the lesson ready to leave straight away  We hope to get:

• Running up and spinning around footage(Tracking)
• Hand shot holding hands
• close up of piano 
• close ups on the bridge
• close ups of leaves
• close ups in general 
• movement shots

We also plan to take out a stills camera with us, so we are able to get some pictures ready for our digi pack.

We need to remember to collect and bring-

• Costumes 
• Camera
• Stills Camera
• Trypod
• Music
• Lyrics

Feedback From Other Groups On The Rough Cut - The Not So Good Points

They are:

• The Fades and Dissolves could be smoother
• Can be seen as not very realistic
• More close up's of piano
• More effects need to be used
• Some more shot variety
• More close ups of Abi, hands and other things
• Use moving shot types
• Use Pan's and Tracks
• Make more of the fact that she has been dumped - key part of the narrative, significant when she is alone - Abi and Ed could be walking and Ed disappears
• Make some of the shots longer in their length going between narrative and piano
• Sometimes when Abi was just playing piano with no lyrics, she looked a bit bored, so could add additional footage to cover that or re film it
• Could be greater variety of shot types
• It was good!

Feedback from other groups- Good Points

Good-

• Lip syncing was good 
• Good Shots
• Like the past in black and white 
• Twist at the end
• Cuts really good
• Love Flashbacks
• Clear storyline
• Shots between girl and boy are clear
• Good filtter
• Very cute videoGood use of colour
• Good use of emotion
  

Ideas After Looking Back From Our Rough Cut

Ideas-

Close up of hands
Close up of the pair together
throw the leafs up
throw leafs in eds face
make some of it darker
arguments
new first part
crying
running up together and then spinning round, whilst the camera is spinning the other way. Then pulls them back from each other.

Acting Emotions

when it came to filming there where some challenges i had to over come as an actress. These difficulties where things such as learning the lyrics to the song, to overcome this we played the song out loud on chris's phone so i could sing along to it, which worked well as i could show the emotion from the song easier. The other advantage was that i couldn't hear my own voice so i didn't end up laughing and wasting the little filming time that we had. I also had to make sure Ed wasn't visable as he made me laugh every time he looked at me. This problem kept on occurring with the strange looks we got from onlookers especially the yellow back pack Spanish tourists. i also had to remember to do my hair the same each time we filmed and bring the same clothes, this wasn't so hard to remember and didn't really become an issue. it made it a lot easier to act as my group where extreamly professional about it and did not muck around. Over all i thought the whole thing was a success, however if we where given more time i would have liked to have shot some more of the flash back moments and get a closer shot of ducks.

Attempt to contact artist

We attempted to contact The Hush Sound to show them the video we have composed to their song You are the Moon. We found their email address at THEHUSHSOUNDBAND@GMAIL.COM this was the email address they quoted on their myspace account. We are still waiting on their reply with comments on how they think it fits in with their type of music and the feelings they wanted to portray to the listener.

After the Filming on Wednesday Evening

After college at the end of the day, Chris went to pick up the camera and we had planned to meet in the music room at 4:10.

Although we had planned to have a full group it only ended up being Chris, Ed and Abbie. Charlotte's train was cancelled and had no way to get into college. So Charlotte worked on the mood board for the group instead and put in put into the project that way.

All was ok though and Chris did the filming with help from Ed with Abbie playing her role.

The filming went pretty well and we got some close up footage of Abbie playing the piano at different angles and all the way through, giving us a point at which we can work on the rest of the video.

We filmed until about 6:15 pm and had a successful session in our minds.

Chris held onto the camera and will have it back to the media office in the morning, Thursday 13/10/11 before 9 am!