Thursday, 16 February 2017
Monday, 13 February 2017
Production schedule for the re-filming of our music video
Tuesday 3rd January- 2 hour filming session during lesson (Thamesmead- hill shots)
Wednesday 18th January- 2-3 hour filming session after school (Greenwich- night shots)
Tuesday 24th January- 2 hour filming session during lesson (Welling- final shots)
These 3 dates were all the shoots we did after our first draft in order to improve our video. On all of these shoots we used our director's camera with no other equipment.
Wednesday 18th January- 2-3 hour filming session after school (Greenwich- night shots)
Tuesday 24th January- 2 hour filming session during lesson (Welling- final shots)
These 3 dates were all the shoots we did after our first draft in order to improve our video. On all of these shoots we used our director's camera with no other equipment.
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Production Log Entry 12
We have now finished the editing of our final music video. Ghanshyam edited the video during class whilst the rest of our group were there available for opinions and any other way Ghanshyam needed us to help. We are very happy with how it looks and the editing that Ghanshyam has done.
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Final video feedback
Today in class we screened our final music video to our class. There will be slight tweaks in terms of the editing but this edit will be largely the final piece. The feedback was overly positive. Many people thought this edit was a lot better than the first edit.
One common theme in our feedback was good cinematography. A lot of the feedback said that the use of camera angles and different types of shots were effective.
Another positive were our settings. Many people thought the additional settings of Greenwich and the hill in Thamesmead were much more effective than some of the settings we had in the first draft.
One thing that a lot of people felt we could tweak and work on was some of the lip syncing with the lyrics. We noticed this ourselves just before we screened the edit to our class and will work on fixing that. Another improvement was some of the night time shots being grainy. This is purely because of the focus of the camera at night time, so to get around this we will look into colour correction in editing. Finally, the narrative of our video was slightly unclear to some people.
Overall, the improvements that people suggested are do-able and there were a lot of positives to take away from the screening.
One common theme in our feedback was good cinematography. A lot of the feedback said that the use of camera angles and different types of shots were effective.
Another positive were our settings. Many people thought the additional settings of Greenwich and the hill in Thamesmead were much more effective than some of the settings we had in the first draft.
One thing that a lot of people felt we could tweak and work on was some of the lip syncing with the lyrics. We noticed this ourselves just before we screened the edit to our class and will work on fixing that. Another improvement was some of the night time shots being grainy. This is purely because of the focus of the camera at night time, so to get around this we will look into colour correction in editing. Finally, the narrative of our video was slightly unclear to some people.
Overall, the improvements that people suggested are do-able and there were a lot of positives to take away from the screening.
Programs used during the creation of our project
These are the programs that we as a group used to aid us with the creation of our music video and digipaks. We used each one for different reasons and at different stages of our project. Blogger for example was used to document every stage of our project. YouTube was used as a means of researching into existing music videos and digipaks to aid us with the creation of our own. Dafont was used to download different fonts for our digipaks and the creation of our artist logo. Photoshop was used to put all of our photos from our photoshoot together and to create our digipak. Finally, Final Cut Pro was used to create the actual music video.
Production Log Entry 11
Today we filmed one final shot. This consisted of a close up of the girl that King J was shown looking at in the party scene. This girl represents the girl that King J wants and is a central character behind the romantic sub-plot of our music video. This shot was very simple and was simply a quick pan close up of her face. We done this during our media lesson and shot it so that there was a back drop of a brick wall so as to not confuse anyone.
Monday, 6 February 2017
Problems we encountered with this project
During the production of our music video we have encountered a few problems and setbacks. These have made the process more challenging, yet each team we have found solutions and ways to get around it.
One of our first problems was that some of the original shots were shaky and unsteady. This was especially apparent in scenes where the camera was following King J as he moved about. To fix this, we shot a lot of still shots with minimal movement of the camera. We also used dollys, tripods and tracks where possible, although a lot of our shots were handheld.
Another common problem throughout this project was scheduling times for filming and editing. As nearly all of our group work outside of school we had issues with finding time to film. To counteract this, we used most of our media lessons during school to go out and film what we needed, then come back and edit when it was possible to do so. In the future, a proper schedule and production log where we write down dates and times to film should be used.
We also struggled with the narrative of the video. A lot of people were confused with the narrative when we showed our first edit and it is something we have tried to work on. We originally wanted the video to show how King J has transitioned from a life of violence and gang troubles to money and fame. We originally included a scene with his former gang, however the feedback suggested that it was unclear that this was the gang and that the setting made it too much like a grime video. To get around this, we included a lot of shots of nice buildings and scenery and even shots on top of a hill overlooking the city. This particular setting suggested that King J felt on top of the world with his new found fame.
One of our first problems was that some of the original shots were shaky and unsteady. This was especially apparent in scenes where the camera was following King J as he moved about. To fix this, we shot a lot of still shots with minimal movement of the camera. We also used dollys, tripods and tracks where possible, although a lot of our shots were handheld.
Another common problem throughout this project was scheduling times for filming and editing. As nearly all of our group work outside of school we had issues with finding time to film. To counteract this, we used most of our media lessons during school to go out and film what we needed, then come back and edit when it was possible to do so. In the future, a proper schedule and production log where we write down dates and times to film should be used.
We also struggled with the narrative of the video. A lot of people were confused with the narrative when we showed our first edit and it is something we have tried to work on. We originally wanted the video to show how King J has transitioned from a life of violence and gang troubles to money and fame. We originally included a scene with his former gang, however the feedback suggested that it was unclear that this was the gang and that the setting made it too much like a grime video. To get around this, we included a lot of shots of nice buildings and scenery and even shots on top of a hill overlooking the city. This particular setting suggested that King J felt on top of the world with his new found fame.
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