This week my partner and I have continued to edit our footage and it is coming along very well with only minor hiccups in our editing due to our artist being slightly out of sync with our footage because we did not have speakers playing the music out aloud while we filmed him like we should have. The lip syncing isn't a huge problem and we have been able to resolve these problems fairly easily.
This week I was also able to re film the bedroom scenes with our actress. Although I only re filmed certain scenes the music video already looks much better because all the lighting has the right continuity and I was also able to film some new shots for new ideas that I devised while looking at our preliminary cut our music video that didn't go well for example the quick cuts of our actress wiping her make up off has been re filmed to her putting on make up on her eyes and lipstick in two different scenes which we have now edited into one to move the video along at a quick pace.
Shots of the computer screen in the bedroom scenes were left as they were and not re filmed because I didn't believe they needed to be re filmed and once put into our edit should blend seamlessly.
Our editing is coming along nicely and should be complete before Friday next week, tomorrow I am also going to take photographs of our artist for our digipak hopefully because the last few weeks we've been unable to due to time restraints while filming or he does not have the right attire but we should hopefully have them by tomorrow night so we can add them into our existing design so far.
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Production- Week 10
This week my partner has helped me edit the footage that I had recorded previously while I also continued to film more shots for the scenes of our artist in the hall. Filming this week was very productive and I was able to refilm scenes that we thought could have been improved while also getting more of the shots we needed.
All the scenes of our artist in the hall have been completed and we now have all of our shots finished however myself and my partner are considering refilming scenes of our lead actress in her bedroom because they don't seem to be framed correctly in some shots and some scenes take far too long then we had planned and when edited in our video seems to ruin the flow.
This weekend my partner and I considered to do some filming at Brick Lane but decided not go forth with the idea as our actress was not available and our music video running time is already slightly over and we felt that these shots were expendable because they didn't get the message of the video across any clearer then the shots we already have had.
This week our current video edit was reviewd by other groups and all the notes of our filming have been improved on in our filming that occured this week while the few shots that were told be redone or corrected will be done early next week. These shots include refilming some of the bedroom scenes and having our actress look at herself in the mirror analaysing her body instead of pushing plates of food away which our audience didn't understand the meaning of.
Next week I have one day of pick up filming to complete ,a photoshoot for our digipak and several days worth of editing.
This week has been very productive and as long as we stay focused we shall complete all our tasks quickly and effectively.
All the scenes of our artist in the hall have been completed and we now have all of our shots finished however myself and my partner are considering refilming scenes of our lead actress in her bedroom because they don't seem to be framed correctly in some shots and some scenes take far too long then we had planned and when edited in our video seems to ruin the flow.
This weekend my partner and I considered to do some filming at Brick Lane but decided not go forth with the idea as our actress was not available and our music video running time is already slightly over and we felt that these shots were expendable because they didn't get the message of the video across any clearer then the shots we already have had.
This week our current video edit was reviewd by other groups and all the notes of our filming have been improved on in our filming that occured this week while the few shots that were told be redone or corrected will be done early next week. These shots include refilming some of the bedroom scenes and having our actress look at herself in the mirror analaysing her body instead of pushing plates of food away which our audience didn't understand the meaning of.
Next week I have one day of pick up filming to complete ,a photoshoot for our digipak and several days worth of editing.
This week has been very productive and as long as we stay focused we shall complete all our tasks quickly and effectively.
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Production- Week 9
This week I have been away due to extremely poor health. My partner while I was away has completed our magazine ad from a photo that I emailed her. The photo surprisingly enough wasn't one of the photos from the SLR camera but one that I took from Roberts Iphone 4.My partner also notified me on areas of our music video where music is not in sync.
While I was away I have been organising filming dates and dates for us to take more photographs of our artist so that next week we have a smooth week and make up for work that has been lost out on in the last week due to my absence.
While I was away I have been organising filming dates and dates for us to take more photographs of our artist so that next week we have a smooth week and make up for work that has been lost out on in the last week due to my absence.
Production- Week 8
This week my partner and I have jumped head first into the heart of production and have been hard at work. We began developing all three of our texts at once by starting with our digipak and creating an abstract panel of words relating to our artist, this has been a much more time consuming process so we're very happy that we've begun work so early because if we started this later it could take up valuable time that we would require.
I also stayed back after school to film scenes in the hall with Robert which has taken off a large percentage of how much we now need to film. With the hall scenes now 75% finished this has taken a huge amount of our workload off and has put myself and my partner back into safer territory although we must stay on top. The hall is in constant use though which was the cause for our late filming and may also be a problem in the future so I must keep checking when it is free for future filming.
In addition to filming in the hall I've tried to make use of multiple forms of technology and used Roberts iphone4 to take multiple photos of him which will be used for our digipak and magazine ad. At first I was reluctant to use the iphone over an SLR camera but after researching the frame rate of the camera I was happy to give it a chance and I believe that this shows how the marketing for our artist is kept cheap to keep the budget low.
Our actress also came into school so I filmed the majority of all her scenes in the school with my partner which also reduced our filming load drastically. The shoot of this day was overall very easy and smooth however we did encounter some problems with the tracking shots of our actress through the hallways although this was easily sorted as I used a tip I had previously learnt from "Robert Rodriguez's Ten Minute Film School" on how to make a tracking shot easy.
Rodriguez in his making of documentary for "El Mariachi" says that he used a wheel chair and just held the camera while someone pushed him about for his tracking shots so we did something very similar by having the lightest person available sit in a chair with wheels holding the camera while I pushed them alongside our actress. The trick was very effective and gave us shots that were steady and manageable, only spiralling out of control once.
Zarna pointed out that our actress is wearing a different costume in the scenes at the school than she was at the scenes in the house. Next week we will begin to put together a rough cut as we have enough footage to begin doing so, with this cut we will be able to determine if the mise-en-scene is out of place enough to require a re-shoot or if it's not noticeable.
I also stayed back after school to film scenes in the hall with Robert which has taken off a large percentage of how much we now need to film. With the hall scenes now 75% finished this has taken a huge amount of our workload off and has put myself and my partner back into safer territory although we must stay on top. The hall is in constant use though which was the cause for our late filming and may also be a problem in the future so I must keep checking when it is free for future filming.
In addition to filming in the hall I've tried to make use of multiple forms of technology and used Roberts iphone4 to take multiple photos of him which will be used for our digipak and magazine ad. At first I was reluctant to use the iphone over an SLR camera but after researching the frame rate of the camera I was happy to give it a chance and I believe that this shows how the marketing for our artist is kept cheap to keep the budget low.
Our actress also came into school so I filmed the majority of all her scenes in the school with my partner which also reduced our filming load drastically. The shoot of this day was overall very easy and smooth however we did encounter some problems with the tracking shots of our actress through the hallways although this was easily sorted as I used a tip I had previously learnt from "Robert Rodriguez's Ten Minute Film School" on how to make a tracking shot easy.
Rodriguez in his making of documentary for "El Mariachi" says that he used a wheel chair and just held the camera while someone pushed him about for his tracking shots so we did something very similar by having the lightest person available sit in a chair with wheels holding the camera while I pushed them alongside our actress. The trick was very effective and gave us shots that were steady and manageable, only spiralling out of control once.
Zarna pointed out that our actress is wearing a different costume in the scenes at the school than she was at the scenes in the house. Next week we will begin to put together a rough cut as we have enough footage to begin doing so, with this cut we will be able to determine if the mise-en-scene is out of place enough to require a re-shoot or if it's not noticeable.
Production- Week 7
As this last week was half term I wasn't available to film and have been told by my partner that she was unable to film some of the vitals scenes of the music video which were supposed to be filmed at Brick Lane. With this news in mind when I arrive back in college my partner and I must immediately begin filming the other scenes of Robert and edit the footage that my partner managed to get off our actress in the bedroom and home scenes. While I was away I did manage to get some typography ideas which I have told my partner about and have begun analysing. My partner and I are behind and need to get on top of our extensive workload as soon as possible.
(Pre Production) Week 6
This week myself and my partner decided to focus on improving the majority of our pre-production work as areas of it were not particularly strong and felt it hindered us like our original focus group.
We improved the final focus group by re filming it in the style of a pod cast because we didn't feel we received enough information from our target audience and that it wasn't presented in a format that allowed us to decipher the essential information from our target to a mainstream audience well.
Instead while my partner went prop hunting for a Sea Kelp bottle and prepping Internet pages for filming, I contacted as many members of my target audience and filmed a vodpox with them answering questions that we felt we needed answers to from our target audience. This new vodpox has been very beneficial as it not just gave us all the information we needed but is presented in a structure which makes it much easier for us to extract the information required.
To still make our previous focus group have some impact on our pre-production we have decided to use the focus group as research as to what a mainstream audience would like to see in a music video and what they'd expect to see in a music labelled with an indie artist.
Our final shooting script is still being redone as we've now inserted too many shots into the script and must find a way to cut it down.The new script is laid out easier to understand for whoever is directing as it color coordinates the shots to location which makes it easier to cipher through when filming.Once this is completed we will begin filming immediately.
The shooting script now though features far more movement and more cuts between the performance and narrative as I felt that in the previous shooting script the video felt as if it lacked pacing,life and energy. The new shooting script better expresses the grief and strain the character goes through while keeping Robert as a main focus point.
My partner and I also completed a Recci on the locations we intend to use so that we can analyse the advantages and disadvantages of possible locations we're considering to use. The Recci has proved very useful as it has helped us narrow down our search for filming locations and will make filming smoother as we can play a journey to each location to film and will help us avoid backtracking to and from locations when filming.
Due to prior commitments I will be unable to film Friday and through half term as I'm not in the country. I've given my partner some shots to try and get over the week so we can begin editing them while I'm away. I will plan out our digipak in more depth and try to get photos of Robert to use before I depart.
We improved the final focus group by re filming it in the style of a pod cast because we didn't feel we received enough information from our target audience and that it wasn't presented in a format that allowed us to decipher the essential information from our target to a mainstream audience well.
Instead while my partner went prop hunting for a Sea Kelp bottle and prepping Internet pages for filming, I contacted as many members of my target audience and filmed a vodpox with them answering questions that we felt we needed answers to from our target audience. This new vodpox has been very beneficial as it not just gave us all the information we needed but is presented in a structure which makes it much easier for us to extract the information required.To still make our previous focus group have some impact on our pre-production we have decided to use the focus group as research as to what a mainstream audience would like to see in a music video and what they'd expect to see in a music labelled with an indie artist.
Our final shooting script is still being redone as we've now inserted too many shots into the script and must find a way to cut it down.The new script is laid out easier to understand for whoever is directing as it color coordinates the shots to location which makes it easier to cipher through when filming.Once this is completed we will begin filming immediately.
The shooting script now though features far more movement and more cuts between the performance and narrative as I felt that in the previous shooting script the video felt as if it lacked pacing,life and energy. The new shooting script better expresses the grief and strain the character goes through while keeping Robert as a main focus point.
My partner and I also completed a Recci on the locations we intend to use so that we can analyse the advantages and disadvantages of possible locations we're considering to use. The Recci has proved very useful as it has helped us narrow down our search for filming locations and will make filming smoother as we can play a journey to each location to film and will help us avoid backtracking to and from locations when filming.
Due to prior commitments I will be unable to film Friday and through half term as I'm not in the country. I've given my partner some shots to try and get over the week so we can begin editing them while I'm away. I will plan out our digipak in more depth and try to get photos of Robert to use before I depart.
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