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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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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