Monday 10 March 2014

Evaluation - 1. In what ways do your media products use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

View word document here: This is my first question, where I used a green screen and final cut pro to edit it. This enabled me to talk with images alongside to give examples or reinforce what I am saying. The music video at some point plays throughout however I slowed it down to fit it in with what I am saying.

Sunday 9 March 2014

Evaluation - 2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

View word document here: This is my second question where I chose to do a voice recording as there were a lot of images to show and I use these images to back up what I am actually saying within the video.

Evaluation 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback?

View Word Document Here: - This is my third question which I also edited in final cut pro and used the green screen for a similar reason. It allowed me to give examples of the feedback and speak alongside this.

Evaluation 4- How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning, and evaluation stages?

This is my final answer to the questions which I have put into a presentation on Prezi as I felt that I didn't need as many images to back up my point so I put it into a presentation for simplicity.

Thursday 27 February 2014

Evaluation process

I have completed the first question for the evaluation but I still need to read over it and edit certain sections of it. As its insisted that the evaluation is presented in different media based forms, I am going to film myself in front of a green screen and then talk through my first part of the evaluation. I am then going to insert a video in the background which highlights the different sections that I am talking about. I have also done my second question however I am going to present this through a video and use voice recording to talk over the certain parts of the digipak/poster/video that I am discussing.

final music video





This is the third draft for our music video, we are going to put it on websites for people to give us feedback on it so that we can use this feedback within our individual evaluations, however we are really happy with the way that our music video looks!

Editing last parts of music video

Firstly, we needed to make sure that for the first chorus there is  a shot of me singing which we replaced with a previous one of me singing 'suddenly I see' as this is a convention which we need to adhere to. We didn't want to repeat this shot more than once so we extended out another shot where we are spinning around, as this involves movement in the shot it does not slow down the pace so we are all happy with this change.


 I changed one of the 'suddenly I see' sections to build up the pace more by including more pictures infront of the previous shot as it is quite slow and we needed to build more pace on these sections as they are the chorus.

I also changed another one to more cars driving past which has been sped up to give it more pace, the previous shots were too slow and didn't look right so we are all happy with the change that we have made here. 

The section where there is a montage of images, the effect has been removed to speed up the pace of it as the effect slowed it down. 
We included the text for the name of the band and the titles but we need to move this around and also include the record label too, which will make it look a lot more realistic. I've moved around the text and also changed the font so that it is coherent with the digipaks. 



This can now be exported and we can put it onto social networking websites such as facebook and twitter so that we can get more feedback from outside people. This will be really helpful because we can get an outsiders perspective on our music video as they will not be aware of the genre so it will be interesting to find out wether this is portrayed to people. We can also all use the feedback individually in our evaluations. If there are any major recurring issues that are spoken about in our feedback we will discuss in changing certain aspects but at the moment we are very happy with the way that the music video looks, and with the feedback that we have already got from teachers and also people in our class.

27th February 2014

Today we presented our video to the class to show the changes that we have made to the final touches of our music video. We got some very positive feedback saying how we had improved a lot on our music videos and also by the editing too. They mentioned how they really liked the montage that we had included, of all the different types of pictures of us, which makes us seem really carefree and that we are all friends. However, we still need to build up the pace of the video as there are sections which are lacking in this and we need to do this through editing and also by changing certain shots and including more pictures ect. We also need to include the text at the beginning of the music video to indicate the band name and the name of the actual song. I'm really happy with the overall feedback that we have been getting and we will be making the changes to the music video. We will then post this on social networks to get more feedback.

Thursday 13 February 2014

Editing

Today a lot of changes have been made to the music video in order to speed up the overall pace of it. For example, there is a jump cut of us walking and inbetween the shots we have included holly playing the guitar. From doing this is speeds up the pace of the music video and makes it less boring and more visually exciting to watch. 
 Another part where I included more footage is the scene where we are in the arcade and some of the shots are quite long. Instead more shots have been included such as the following screen shots. It speeds up the pace of the song and also corresponds with the song too making it look a lot better!








Leanne mentioned to us for one of the singing sections the footage is too long and it doesn't fit in well with the overall pace as it slows it down a lot. We decided to use lots of shots for this section of older singing footage and cut different sections of it and put them all together. We think that it looks really good and also adds to the overall pace of the video which is what we have been advised to do.

We still need to include the titles in the music video, which can be easily done, and also include more pictures. We like the idea of having a montage of lots of images in the video but we need to workout how to go about it to make it fit in well with the video. By doing this is makes it seem a lot more fun and relates well to the genre of the video.

I have experimented with different effects on the pictures and there is one called 'channel map' which dissolves the pictures into each other. However I am going to look and see if there are other ones which might relate better to our music video.



Editing

We have shown Leanne our music video and asked for her feedback on it. She has said that she likes the beginning and ending of the music video however there are some shots which are held for to long which slows down the overall pace of the music video.
I also agree with this, for example in the music video during the 'dance' section it needs to be faster and more fun. I also agree with this as the overall tone needs to be quicker and we are going to achieve this by including more shots and cutting parts in the video too. We don't need to reshoot anything however we do need to remove some shots as they don't look correct in the position they're in.

Friday 7 February 2014

2nd Draft Music Video!

Editing

Yesterday and today we have all been editing the music video. Yesterday Holly & Megan edited the new footage into the music video and today I have edited the colours and changed the order of some shots and also replaced some of the shots, and we have finished our second draft.

I changed the shot of us walking towards the camera as the colour of it really didn't fit in well with the music video, so I changed it to an older one of us walking away from the camera as the colour is a lot warmer.

I also changed around some of the positions of the shots to make it match the beat of the song better, for example I changed round the shot of the london eye and the shadow image as the pace of the song works better when they are switched around. We are really happy with the progress that we have made and we like the way that all of the shots have a similar warm feel to them. We will show this to people and ask them on any more changes that they feel we need to do.

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Reshooting (4th Feb)




Today we went to Danson to reshoot the sections that we needed to do. This included taking more shots of me singing the chorus section as we used the same one and it was very repetitive. We took a variety of different shots which we feel is a lot better, the weather was also a lot better and sunnier which makes it look better too, and even better than the first ones.

We filmed me singing the first section of the song as the teachers said this was needed, and we still used the map in the shot to apply to Goodwin's theory of a relation between the lyrics and the visuals.

We also took a shot of meg singing the background section as this needed to be replaced and also give her a part in the band as it didn't seem like she was doing anything.

We took more 'selfies' too as the teachers felt that this was a lot more fun and charismatic which is what we wanted to present in our video.


Friday 31 January 2014

FINAL poster and digipak


This is the final draft for my poster.



This is the final draft for my digipak. I have included two images so you can see the bottom left picture clearly and also to see the dvd better. 


Thursday 30 January 2014

Digipak Edited

I have made the changes to my digipak which included turning the top images around and then moving the spine. I have also shown clearly now where the extra cd (exclusive dvd) is going to be, and now you can clearly see the bottom image. I am really happy with the way that my digipak looks and I feel that it adheres to the genres of our band!

Changes for the music video

These shots need to be changed as they are repeated too much throughout the video. We are still going to keep them but we need to film more shots of me singing the chorus so that it doesn't look repetitive or boring.
Also, we need to reshoot the first section of the music video, as I need to be singing it.

 This part of holly is also going to be changed to meg, as holly is the guitar player and meg is going to be shown as the background singer.
People really liked the shot where we took a 'selfie' as it portrays the video as really fun and relates to the genre of the band. People think that we should use more of these in the beginning of the video as the 2nd half is alot more fun than the first.

Editing



Nobody said that there was a problem with this section but now looking at it the colour isn't correct and also it doesn't fit in well with the location. We took shots up London of cars that we felt would look a lot better so I have edited them into the music video. 

A lot of people mentioned that the colour for the music video needed to be edited to keep consistency throughout the video so today I have edited the video by changing the colours of certain parts, for example the fire section. I have edited this section by changing the colours that makes it look more warmer and fits in better with the music video. 

Feedback from first draft of music video

We presented our music video and individual digipak and posters to the class and teachers so that we could get feedback. For my digipak all I need to do is turn around the images and move the spines into the right position, and there are no changes to my poster. 








Overall from the feedback I agree with all that we need to change. We used the singing from the chorus too much throughout the video that makes it look quite repetitive and it could get boring. We are going to keep the two original shots but we are going to film me singing more parts of it so that it does not get too repetitive. Also, we needed to have singing at the beginning section of the music video too as this is a convention that we need to adhere to, which we can easily film. There is a shot of holly that we are going to reshoot as they commented on the lip singing so we are going to change this. 

We needed to make sure that the colour scheme throughout the whole music video is continued throughout which I also agree with, as this can continue the indie/folk genre throughout. We are going to make some of the shots look a lot warmer by using the colour editor. The teachers said that the first half of the music video was not as fun as the 2nd half so we need to make sure that we spread this throughout the music video so that all of it is fun instead of one section. They really liked the 'selfie' shot as it's quite fun so we are going to take more of these and use them in the beginning section of the video to portray this 'fun' look. Adding to this, we need to make sure the overall pace of the music video matches the beat of the music too. We have discussed this as a group and we are going to make all the changes to the music video. 




Music Video First Draft





This is our first draft for our music video, and we have presented it to the class and we are going to make the changes that were suggested in the feedback.

Wednesday 22 January 2014

Poster and Digipak



This is my digipak and poster that I am going to show to the class and get the feedback on it, in case i need to make any changes to it. I am very happy with it so far as I feel that the genre is portrayed within both and that there is consistency throughout my digipak and poster, and also the music video. 

Tuesday 21 January 2014

Editing


I have converted the clips from the filming that we done on Sunday and Monday and me and Megan have split the editing process between us. There are some parts that we have changed as we feel that some shots are more suited to the overall feel of the music video. There are a few shots that needed to be included which Holly is going to do but that majority of the editing has been finished today and we are happy with the overall look of the music video.

20th January 2014

Today we filmed the fire section of the music video which was the last part we needed to film. It was quite difficult to actually get the fire started but when we eventually got it started we got some really good shots that apply to Goodwin's theory of visuals and lyrics. This now needs to be edited into the music video and for the rest of it to be edited and then presented to the class.

Sunday 19 January 2014

19th January 2014

Today we went to London to film the majority of our music video, we went to London Bridge, The London Eye, Trafalgar Square, South Bank, Waterloo, Piccadilly Circus and more. We took shots for the first section of the music video which we changed to pictures instead of shots as they are not shown for long.

For a certain section of the music video we were using the intertextual references but we are going to use a section that we filmed in London which we feel is more fun and relaxed rather than being quite posed. We got a lot of different shots in different locations, from different angles, and we feel that this will suit the music video more as its more diverse and fun to look at. We tried to stick to the story boards however when we were there we came up with more ideas that we thought would look really good in the music video.

Thursday 16 January 2014

Editing

Today I converted the clips that we filmed yesterday and I also took out the 'why the hell it mean so much to me?' section as we reshot this. I also tried lightening one of the shots as it was really dark and now it fits in a lot better. We are all editing different sections of the music video so that we all get to have a chance at editing, however we are all discussing the editing together.

Wednesday 15 January 2014

15th January 2014

Journal: 

Today we filmed at Megan's house, we re-filmed the section where I sing 'why the hell it mean to much to me?' and we are really happy with the way it looks as it's a lot brighter and more comfortable. We also filmed other parts where we run to the camera but it was getting dark so we might have to reshoot or film it again. We filmed the other sections where I need to sing and of the cars driving past which we will speed up. We still have more filming to do, we are going to London on Sunday and we have the whole day to get lots of shooting and locations done. I am quite happy with the progress we are making and we are going to edit. what we shot today, tomorrow.

Friday 10 January 2014

Digipak Editing


For my digipak I have included a spine and used the same typography to keep it consistent. I also used the image of the guitar above the text to convey the genre of indie/rock/folk as this is also in the main title. I changed the 'exclusive dvd inside' to black so that you can see it a lot better and makes it stand out conveying why the audience should by this unique digipak.

Editing Process


Today I converted the clips that we filmed yesterday at Danson and we reviewed the ones we liked as a group. As I haven't done any editing yet I done the editing for today and we are going to split it equally so we all get a part in doing it as a group. It was quite difficult to fit in the lip singing in with the music and there were parts that we had to speed up for it to fit in. Overall I am quite happy with the singing section apart from one part.


There is a lyric which I am singing as the lead singer 'why the hell it mean so much to me' and the shot that we have for it doesn't work well with the rest. We are going to retake this section as it occurs a lot throughout the music video and I feel that it needs to be more coherent with the rest. Either we're going to do a closer shot or a further one. 

Thursday 9 January 2014

9th January 2014

Journal:

Today we went to Danson to film for our music video. We got a lot of shots done and we are really happy with the way that some of them look. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great but we still continued to film and we will use the footage as it is the performance section which is separate to the rest.

We still have a bit to film but we have planned when we are going to do this.
Next Tuesday we have a few more bits to film and then on wednesday we are going to two locations to film. Our last and final filming needs to be done at London which we are planning to do hopefully next Sunday as we need to get it all done.

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