Editing Update

The video has been completed and looks really good. We managed to work with the shots that we had to create a suggestive approach to sexuality without revealing too much. I'm really impressed with what has ultimated out of all our hard work which we put into the producing, conjuring up the video and all of it's ideas.

Editing Update

We have been working progressively on our music video and have started cutting pieces and putting them together to create a rough cut. We were not expected to create a perfect rough cut with an exact storyline.

Editing

Editing wasn't something I was directly involved in as we split up our roles within the product construction. I was more apart of making the website. Charlie took charge of the editing process because he's a member of Film Academy thus meaning he has experience.

Homepage Work

Two of us have been working on the homepage for our artist whilst the other are completing the editing task. I like working on the homepage because it means that we get to help give our artist a star image through the different fonts, layouts, written work and images. This time around I wrote out the bio for it:

I grew up in a small town in Northern Ireland and was very detached from any mainstream multimedia or any real access to go out and have a good time. This meant that because I was so distanced from any kind of opportunities to go out and make something of myself,  I had to find my own sound individually. I sand every day and knew that if I loved it that much it was worth making a go of it! I always had a desire to perform and broaden my horizon so as soon as I was 18 I moved to London and got a job as a waitress which, although wasn’t very great paid for my singing lessons and kept me going whilst I tried to find a more suitable job for what I wanted to do. I learnt eventually that, you just have to put yourself out there and go for it! So I went for loads of tedious auditions which I really didn’t care about but I knew it would be the best thing to do because not only did it give me practice but also experience. I then started to get little jobs like backing vocals for some singers and then one day after lots of backing vocal jobs, I got a job singing in a jazz club which was perfect for me. I think it was the best job I ever had! I worked there for 4 months and after not too long got picked up by a record label that changed my life. It was the best thing that’s ever happened to me and I’ve had so much fun producing my own songs and working with new and exciting people, travelling all over the world and experiencing new things. If there’s anything I would ever recommend it’s to always go for things in life and don’t hang back because you can achieve anything if you have the right mind set.

Research and Planning Powerpoint... Plus The Parts Which Wouldn't Save As A Prezi

When it came to shooting our later part of the video we had to go outside onto the balcony which links to the car park. Therefore we had to arrange a safe and organised way of having all those extras in the same area as all the cars. We made the extras stand to the side on the grass, away from the gravel which was for the use of the cars. We had cones alongside the grass which indicated the barrier. We also had a Bentley arriving that day which meant we had to make sure that no other cars would be coming or arriving for purposes of the shot. We also had two of our actors that would be arriving in the Bentley for the video, so we had to make sure that when the Bentley was driving into shot, nothing would be in the way so we had two people organising the crowds, one directing the Bentley and the driver, and the other on camera so we would know what was working and what wasn't.

Write Up Of Shoot Day

Write up of Shoot Day

            Before the day of our music video my group and I were nervous and although we had done everything felt uneasy and naturally unprepared. We didn’t really need to set up anything major because our set was outside and could only be done the next day when we were having a break from filming in the studio. Instead we had to make sure that we had all of the right props and that our actors were still breathing. One thing which we were all very apprehensive about was the inflatables. We had ordered in a lot of inflatables of different shape, size and colour and had absolutely no idea what they looked like, or whether they would look any good in the studio. When it came to setting them up all went very smoothly. Because we are not at an age where we are allowed to use the electronic equipment, one of the guys who was comfortable with the technical side, hung them up for us and all we had to do was direct them where to go. When we finally put the lights in and selected which one we wanted where we blew them up and saw what they looked like and the results were very pleasing. All we had to do after that was ensure we had champagne flutes and masks for our extras.

    On the morning of our shoot I felt really excited and sure of everything we were doing. We were really well prepared when it came to our actresses, lead singer and extras. However we were told a week before our shoot that the two girls we wanted to use as our main characters were unavailable and there was absolutely no way we could use them which was incredibly annoying. We found two other girls who we liked but not everyone in our group felt 100%, so thankfully we were allowed our two original girls again which was really lucky. We had to make sure that Franny (our lead singer) had all the clothes she needed as well as hair and make up looking how we wanted it to. When it came to costume there was a slight dilemma; one girl in our year had promised us that we could borrow her fur coat, and even though we had double checked with her the day before, on the morning of the shoot we went up to her and asked for it and she told us she wanted to wear it. This was really frustrating because there wasn’t anything we had done wrong and nothing that we could do to solve the problem so instead we had to go ahead without it. It worked out in the end.

The studio was lit up with inflatables against black which gave it a very space-like feel to it. It looked really cool and meant that we hardly had to use any lighting and the group as a whole was all round impressed. We split up our roles and generally switched but more or less stayed the same throughout the day; I was the director, Charlie and Bel were on the camera and Charlotte was on playback. This worked fine and there were no arguments or disagreements. Our lead singer worked so well and was no fuss whatsoever. Our actresses as well, even in the freezing cold didn’t complain one bit.

            We had two major problems in the day, one of which was solved and the other didn’t really resolve itself. Our main guy Freddie had left his suit at his boarding house which meant that Luke had to drive us back to go and get it. But the main problem was the fact that we only had an hour and half shooting time of the masquerade ball. Our actors were absolutely freezing and were wearing dresses because they were supposed to be at a ball. I felt so guilty and inconsiderate so there was no way we could let them stay on after school hours. This effectively meant that we hadn’t recorded an essential part of our music video as we didn’t have enough time to film all we needed. 

Even though we weren’t able to film a lot of what we wanted or needed, it looked really good on the camera and everyone worked so well together that it didn’t really seem to be an issue (even though it is). The one major problem which I’m a little nervous about is the fact that we’ve probably not got a very good plot line due to having had to miss a lot of it out. It’s something that I’m nervous about editing. However besides from the story line I’m excited to edit all of it as it looked really good. I had a really good day.

07/11/12

I was thinking about a good way which we could shoot the 'lesbian' scene and how we could make it sexy yet classy and fun at the same time. I was browsing through films and clips on YouTube when I remembered The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. In this film there is a scene in which Lisbeth is at a bar on her own and sees a girl she fancies across the room. The girls see each other and the noise and people around them are drowned out through the medium close up cross cutting from the girl at the bar to Lisbeth.