Organisation

This weeks I have experienced some trouble involving my project. As you know I have to create a music video and I choose the program Movie Plus 6. I have been encountering some problems regarding this program. When I try to 'render' the video to `ensure it is of a good quality and looks as professional as possible it has slowly became more choppy and unfortunately it is a problem which is hard to overcome. I have moved onto working on my Auxiliary product which is to create a digipak for my artists album. I will explain my ideas in different blog posts while I, with the help of my teacher, try to overcome the rendering problem.

Drafting and Planning

I have now created a idea for the front cover of my digipak. It will feature 3 items which are shown in the music video. The child's letter, the mother's cigarettes and the dads bottle for whiskey. All shown below. It will then show text across the front of these items saying 7 Years in bold red writing

Drafting and Planning

As previously discussed in my last blog post I came up with an idea for the front cover of my digital. I have been thinking about more ideas for a digital which I can include in my final piece. I now need a photo for the inside and a picture for the back. Inside I was thinking about having a still from my music video for he child looking very sad and on his own. Then the photo on the back k would be him with his new family looking very happy. This will help to tell the story of video and also believe it has positive connotations of an inside music video. I will start work on my digipak soon. But I am trying to ensure that my second draft is good.

Organisation

I completed my first draft of my music video and handed it in to the teacher so that I could receive some feedback. He said that there was some very positive footage which I had shot and that some of the cuts went well with th genre if an Indie music video. He said that it was good but needed to now be turned into a story. I will do this by ensuring that all the cuts that are made are made on the beat. Hopefully, when I hand the next draft in he will be pleased. Next week I am going to begin work on my digipak for the video as the final deadline for the whole project is on the 7th

April

Organisation

This is my first draft of my music video. As you can see its current state it is a very basic edit. It have used a limited amount of cuts. I only used fade cuts and straight cuts at the moment. Some of these cuts are also off the beat so I will re edit these to ensure that they look professional. Secondly, Some of the shots are very shaky  therefore I am seriously considering re filming. I believe for a first draft it was quite successful as it clearly has a narrative that can be followed but at the moment it may look poorly shot and very immature. This video below is one which i was heavily inspired by. As you can there is very little shaking and clearly a tripod has been used they also use a wide variety of shots therefore I have tried to imitate this.

Organisation

I want to show a full range of skills in my editing. I will do this by adding a variety of different effects which include some featured in this video. Due to the amount of times I filmed I for each shot I now have a large amount of film to choose from featuring different angles and types of shots which I can put together using editting. I particularly like like idea of a wipe transition. I think it shows yours skills well but also adds a cool effect to the video. I have used a lot of jump cuts in my scenes as well as fades therefore I think a wipe transition would change my video round and break its own a little bit more.
Editing Techniques 

Drafting and Planning

As I have been focusing mainly on the emitting process due to the final draft needing to submitted in one week I have also been thinking that the characters which I created where somehow not a bit a vague therefore i don't think the video will make sense unless I show that the Grandad character is the little boy but grown up. After much consideration on how to show this I decided on two different things which make it look like he is reminiscing on his life. Firstly, All the shots featuring the Grandad will be in black and white showing how he is now older. I am also going to use a ripple effect suggesting time is now going backwards

Drafting and Planning

I previously mentioned how to ensure that I achieve top marks that I would have to use a variety of different camera angles and shots. After filming my video I firmly believe I have achieved this well. 3 different shots which I have used are :

•  Over The Shoulder Shot
• Tracking Shot
• Establishing Shot

Tracking Shot This shot will be used for the last shot in my piece, shot 31 as I follow two characters walking down the street

Over the Shoulder Shot

I will use an over the shoulder shot for shot number 22. where we see the father abusing the little child. It will be over the shoulder of the child.

Establishing Shot
I will use an establishing shot to shoe Clevedon Pier to give the audience an idea of setting and location and a feel to the mode of the scene it will be used for shot number 18

 

Research into Similar Products

Lucy Spraggan Tea and Toast
This song has a very similar beat and flow to the song which I am making my project around. If you listen you can hear it also has a very powerful meaning behind it and make the audience think.

I was heavily inspired by parts of this video. I'm most of it the lead singer is flicking through her old photos Album which is where I got the idea to show the Grandad reviewing his life while looking at pictures. Lucy Spraggans video uses alot of lip syncing and I do not use any but overall I have been heavily inspired by this video.

Organisation

You can clearly see that I have a variety of shots even from just one shoot. There is only 12 shots which needed to be filmed therefore I believe I have chosen the best ones to ensure that I put the most realistic and professional shots in my video. I have to ensure that the shots were not shaky or blurry. I have to also follow media rules such as the 180 degree rule to ensure the audience were not thrown off and lastly demonstrate a wide variety for different shots which allowed me to show joyfully mage of media skills and techniques.