Editing Progress

Because, when we filmed we were unable to film certain shots and filmed extra shots, our final product will be different from our original storyboard. Also we realised that our storyboard had a very fast cutting rate so some of our shots in our final piece will be longer and therefore some shots have had to be removed as we cannot fit them in.

We are also having trouble making our iphone footage recognisable as being filmed on a phone and we are looking for ways to possible get a "recording" symbol in the corner of the shots, or possibly having a multiscreen showing all of the footage at once. We are also looking into filming another shots of our artist looking at the footage in his phone and then zooming in to blend the shots and then it will be obvious that is is phone footage.

RIsk Assesment

Not filming at school means that there are many risks that we need to take into acount.

Risk: Going to far out to sea and equipment/actors being pulled out into deep water
Precaution: We shall only paddle in the shallow water and not tke any equipment into the water.

Risk: Filming the last shot in the road and obstructing cars
Precaution: we will have one person looking out for cars in the roads at all times and will warn us if there are any cars coming

Risk: getting burnt or catching fire to things whilst lighting and filming with the tea lights
Precuation: we will take extra care when lighting them, making sure there is no hair or clothing in the way and will also have one person checking the tea lights whilst filmiung is taking place

Risk: Our artist dropping the girl whilst he is spinning her round
Precuaition: he will pick her up in the proper manner and we will stop frequently so that he can put her down and not hurt himself

Risk: Sitting on the sharp rocks or falling off rocks
Precaution: we will look around the various rock pools and pick the safest and most suitable place for him to sit, making sure that it is level

Risk: falling when trying to sit on top of the beach hut
Precuation: someone will help Harris climb on top of the beach hut whilst someone is watching and standing beneath him in case he falls

Risk: filmer or actor falling off the beach hut whilst filming
Precaution: somone will be watching them whilst they are filming whilst another stands beneath the hut to advise the two where to postition themselves

Filming Schedule

Because we only have this one day to ilm we thought it would be a good idea to plan out our day. It will also help us sort our footage and make sure we have all of our shots.


9:00am - everyone meet at my house to set off for Frinton.

11:00am - arrive at Frinton beach.

11.10am - Shoot the car scenes, have our artist drive the car, park up and get out with female.

11:30am - Check the shot list, and check that we have all the relevant car scenes.

11:35am - Go down to the beach and start filming all of the beach scenes.

1:30pm - Check that we have all of the relevant beach scenes.

1.35pm - Start filming all of the rock scenes, making sure that he sings the full song through for every shot that we do.

2.30pm - Check that we have every rock shot.

2.35pm - Start filming all of the beach hut scenes, and again make sure that he sings the whole song through for every shot.

3:00pm - Check and make sure that we have all of the beach hut scenes.

3:05pm - Start filming the kite scenes (have to make sure that the weather isn't too dark to film this, as the kite needs to be very visable)

3:30pm - Check and make sure that we have all of the kite scenes that we need.

3:35pm - film the pavilion and ice cream shots. 

4.15pm - Check and make sure that we have all of the pavilion shots that we need to have.

4.20pm - Film the tea light beach scenes, making sure that it is the right light. This means that we need it to be dark enough to use the tea lights and have them visable, but not so dark that you can't see our artist whilst he is performing.

5:00pm - Refer back to the shot list and check that we have every shot that we need. Check the shots and make sure that they are a good quality and that none need to be re-done.

Final Props and equipment List

The final prop list for our filming day at the beach are:

-CAR
-GUITAR- electric and acoustic
-SMALL GUITAR AMP
-KITE
-ICE CREAM
-IPHONE
-TEA LIGHTS

The equipment we will need is:

-CAMERA
-TRIPOD
-REFLECTOR BOARDS
-STRIP LIGHT
- CAMERA CHARGER

Digipack- practice wallpaper

Having come up with a concept for our front, back and two of the inlays of our digipack, we decided it would be good to test out the wallpaper idea. We bought some brick wallpaper and wrote the lyrics on it. More wallpaper was then stuck over the top ready to be torn off.

Digipack Font Research

OUR ALBUM TITLE

Photoshop Tutorial - Filters

For one of the inlays of our digipack, we are creating a production montage. For this particular inlay we want to add a sepia type filter to all of our photos. Having not had much experience with Photoshop, I decided to look for a tutorial to find out how to add filter layers.

Video Narrative

Music videos often have a mix between the narrative and the performance. This narrative has to have some relation to the lyrics of the video.

Indie videos in particular have a connection with the lyrics and often tell a relatable story that the audience can identify with. They often tell a love story or a story of desperation.

This is evident in Ed Sheeran's music video for The A Team.

This video tells the story of a young girl caught up in drugs and prostitution. The use of a handheld camera adds to the sense of poverty that the video emulates. It is shot much like a film and follows the day of the young girl. This is something that we want to take and use to follow our artist throughout the last day from the morning to the evening. Although the story of the video may not be one that audience members can directly relate to, it is an everyday problem and highlights sadness which is a common feature of indie music.

Illustrating and Amplifying Lyrics- Joshua Radin

Illustrating lyrics directly depicts the meaning of the lyrics in the video, whereas amplification shows the meaning but through symbolism and other meanings.

Joshua Radin's video for Rather Be With You does both of these.

The very first lyric of the song is illustrated as "sitting here on his lonely dock" and he is seen sitting on a dock by himself. The idea of illustrating lyrics gives a direct correlation between the video and the lyrics of the song.

Amplification is also used. For example the lyric "you waited on me for so long" doesn't actually show her waiting for him, but the reaction that they have when they see each other. Showing that they have been aart for a long time.

We also hope to use a mixture of amplification and illustration in our video to give meaning and links between the image and lyrics.

Filming

Unfortunately we have been unable to film over half term like we had planned because of various reasons from all of us. We plan to therefore film this coming Saturday  In the mean time we will start working on our digipack as we are not using any shots from our video to do this.

RomComs

Our video will share a lot of features with RomComs so I thought it would be good to have a look at some of their conventions

Features of RomComs on Prezi