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.

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.

Production Log Entry 10

Over the last few weeks our group has re-filmed nearly the whole of our music video in order to meet the deadline of this week for the completion of the final edit. We have began to edit together the final product and are very close to completing it. Ghanshyam has been our editor and will complete the edit, with the rest of our group giving feedback and advice where needed. We feel confident that the shots we have re-filmed look better than the original ones did on our first draft and we feel the video as a whole looks a lot better.

Production Log Entry 9

Today our group finished re-filming our music video. We only had one shot left to do which was roughly a 20 second long take of the "hold the phone" section to our song. The reason why we had to re-film this bit was because we scrapped the gang scenes from our first draft. Also, in the first draft, the camera panned up slightly too early to show off the name of the shop that King J had just come out of. This was because I couldn't hear the song as it was busy and we were near a main road where lots of cars were going past. This meant I couldn't keep in time with the song and didn't know exactly when to start tilting the camera. The shot came out good in the end. We made Jacob stand in front of some garage doors of a set of nice looking flats so that it looked high end and showed off how far he has come since his days of being in a gang.

Production Log Entry 8

Today our group travelled to Greenwich in order to film some scenery shots and some shots of King J including the opening scene. We went after school because we wanted some scenes for our video to be at night because of the song title. We also chose to go to Greenwich because we wanted the shots to look nice and classy which Greenwich offers. After today we only have one or two more shots to re-do and then any other corrections that are suggested to us by our teachers or class mates will be considered. The shoot went very well and we got some good shots. The night time really suited our shots and there was a nice layer of fog which made the shots look even better. We filmed several shots in front of the University in Greenwich and then a few in front of the River Thames by the barrier.

Production Log Entry 7

Today we began re-shooting some of the scenes for our music video. We travelled to one of our locations for our photoshoot in Thamesmead to film these scenes. We filmed a variety of different shots of King J and shots of the scenery around where we filmed just for some additional shots to fill any gaps in our video. The shoot went very well in conclusion, we worked together to get some nice shots and were very happy with the location and the weather on the day.

Production Log Entry 6

Today we filmed the final scene for our first draft. This consisted of a short close up of the same girl who was in the party scene. This shot fits into the lyrics of the song where King J is talking about "the girl he wants". The shot was relatively successful and we will add it into our first draft. When we went back to class we put it all together in our edit and finalised our first draft. We feel quite happy with our first draft but we know there are lots of improvements to be made such as refilming and additional shots. We will start this after we show our first draft to our class.

Production Log Entry 5

Today our group filmed the starting scenes for our video. We enlisted the help of an extra from our Sixth Form to help with the gang member scene. We felt that the shots were good only we should have used a steadi cam or shoulder cam as we only used it handheld. Because of this the shots were a bit shaky and we will need to refilm these after our first edit. Other than this we had some good ideas and the shots were good, we only need to sort out the shakiness and these shots should be fine to include on the video. We were able to film in the local chip shop as well for one of the scenes in return for promotion of the shop in our video. We made an arrangement with the owner of the shop to promote his shop in return for unlimited filming time there.

Production Log Entry 4

Today we filmed a scene of our artist in a recording studio. We decided to use the music recording studio because it was very realistic and easy to get hold of to film in. Once we got permission from the teachers we set up our camera on a tripod and a studio light. We then turned the main lights off to just keep the separate light on King J to emphasise who the focus is on. We then filmed King J singing the song as if he was recording it. We decided to do this so that if the concert scene doesn't go to plan we have a backup idea. We felt that the shots were good in terms of lighting, however we are having some problems with the lip singing of the song. We keep finding that our performer is often out of time with the actual song and sometimes even forgets the lyrics. This means that a lot of our performance shots will have to be redone because the performer is out of time with the actual music.

Production Log Entry 3

Today all of our group went to Thamesmead during our 2 hour media lesson to film some more scenes for our video. We shot one of the scenes that comes in between the concert shots towards the end of the video. We felt these shots were good as we experimented with different ways of filming it. However, we originally intended to use a dolly so that the camera could follow King J when he was walking. We found that the ground was too uneven and it wouldn't have been possible to get one long smooth shot by using the dolly as it was getting stuck on the pavement. We instead decided to use the camera handheld to follow King J. Although this was quite shaky we decided we would stabilise it in Final Cut when it comes to editing. If it remains shaky we will have to reshoot with a dolly in some other way. We also shot a short scene of King J standing in front of a car and some extra shots of the car and the surrounding area. These shots weren't particularly necessary but they will useful to fill any gaps if there are any in the video.

Production Log Entry 2

Today our group filmed the party scene for our music video. We used a room in the drama department which we were able to book out for 2 hours in order to complete this. We then moved all of the tables and chairs and brought in our own props to make it look like a real party. We used different coloured lighting, sofas, casual clothes and a smoke machine to make it look realistic.The shoot was relatively successful, however in hindsight we could have got more people to have extra shots. Also we could have used more lighting to make King J stand out more, especially in the shots where it is supposed to look like he isn't enjoying himself whilst everyone else parties around him. Despite this we got quite a few good shots which we will use in the video, some may even make it into the final edit after we re-shoot some this scene.

Production Log Entry 1

Today our group all met up for our digipak photo-shoot. We decided to do this in Thamesmead as we felt that this location suited our genre well. We shot at 3 different locations and made sure we had a variety of different pictures which we could choose from. Overall we felt that this shoot was successful as we managed to capture many different pictures of our artist which we felt suited the genre. Here are some of our location shots from our photoshoot: