Along with our music video we also have to produce media products relating to the music video. This is called our ancillary tasks, we had to choose two products to design and produce. I chose the magazine article advertising the music video and a CD cover.
This week our group started to decide on the font, colours and logo we would use. This was tricky because we had to get the right mood across to the audience, because our music video is very sombre and is about heartbreak we had to choose colours that would suit this, mainly black, grey with a little bit of white. We had already taken the photos for the ancillary tasks so now all we have to do is produce these tasks which we will do over the next few weeks.
We had several different ideas for our logos such as:
This week has been a rather busy week for the group. On Tuesday the 1oth January we did some more filming in our second location unfortunately Daisy wasn't able attend the shoot but me and Dean . This location for the music video is supposed to look like a club, so we had to find a location like this that we had access to and so for this we chose our school's drama studio but we had to make it look like a club so we covered the windows and mirrors to make it look dark. We had a single spotlight which would be on Katherine and we were instructed by our teacher to not include the floor in filming but do it from the waist up so it gives the effect of a club.
The equipment we used was a video camera, the dolly and the tripod. We encountered quite a few problems when filming such as we had been given a camera with only a few minutes of battery left so we had to find a charger for it but we couldn't film properly because the charger lead was too short so we had to find an extension lead but then that kept getting in the way when we were filming so Dean had to stand behind me and move the lead out of the way as i was filming. We encountered these problems but we learned how to overcome such problems in the future.
The next day on Wednesday the 11th January we decided to edit the filming we had done the day before, there were a few good shots that we used but it was a group decision that we would need to filming for that location to get more shots that we need.
This week we started to edit the film clips that we shot in London to do this we used the Adobe cs3 premierpro software on the video editing machines in class. First we created a folder for a group which will be where all of our film clips will go then we started editing.
To start off we added the song of the music video and then we cut down certain clips which matched the song and put them in sequence. This has to be very precise because the words of the song have to match what has been sung in the video and sometimes it is very hard to get little bit of video in sync with the song.
We will continue to edit the music video as we film more and more.
Today was the London shoot and we got all the filming that we needed done and very quickly too which is excellent and this means that we can get started on editing the material that we have and then focus on our other shoots. We encountered several challenges today, which included timing of the shots, carrying the camera equipment from place to place and also location, we had to change the location for a small bit of the music video but this change of location enhanced the mood and atmosphere that we are trying to create.
The equipment that we used was the video camera, Jib, stills camera,the dolly, the tripod, charger and steady cam. We also used a variety of camera shots including long shots, mid shots, low shots, closeups and high angle shots. The equipment was very helpful when shooting from different angles such as when we wanted moving shots we would either use the tripod and dolly if we didn't want a moving shot and the steady cam when we wanted a moving shot. The jib was very helpful when we wanted a high angle shot because this is a crucial shot and moment in the music video and we would of been unable to have a high angle shot without the jib. Some shots didn't require any other equipment such as the point of view shot we just used the video camera this is good because it shows the audience what the character is seeing.
Overall the day went very well, we finished filming in London and we can now start editing the material. Here are some location shots below.
We have decided that the first shoot of our music video will be on the 28Th November and we will be filming in London at several different locations including London Bridge and Moorgate. We decided to do all of the filming we need in London first because this will be the hardest shoot because of the camera, equipment and scheduling. We will all be meeting (including our model Katharine) before 10:00am to get the 10:10am train to London Bridge and we expect to be filming until 2:00pm.
