editing

We are editing in sony vegas movie studio, because of the camera we are using and the format in the camera i would have to export the files from vegas into premire pro meaning i would loose quality whereas vegas works just as well as pro therefore we decided to edit in vegas.

Shooting Tomorrow

This shows a weather forecast for tomorrow. It seems as though it will be a cloudy day but the good news is that is shouldn't be raining.

We have managed to get everyone involved in the video together tomorrow so fingers crossed we should get all of the filming complete ready to start editing. We don't have quite as much time to film as we would have liked as I have work commitments, however, we have made sure we are organised and so we will hopefully get it done in the time we have.

Shot List Locations

We are not sure why this document hasn't embedded properly on the blog but if you click on the link 'SHOT LIST' about it then you should be able to see it more clearly.
SHOT LIST
This document shows our shots in a numbered order and specifies the locations we will be using to shoot each shot.

Devil AND Angel

In our music video as well as the Dad and Mum story we are also using the parents as the Devil and Angel-(the good, unselfness and the selfish violent and evil).
Most people are aware of this inner image of the spirit/angel and the devil/ego that sits on our shoulders. Alot of the time you are stuck in the middle therefore you have to choose who to go with .You get to decide which one to listen to.
While the ego is very aggressive and screams loudly that you should go with it, and fills you with fears of lack and scarcity, the Spirit is quiet and patient and waits for you to come to it but saves you from the ego when it can, and only wants what’s good for you, because it knows of nothing else but abundance and well-being.
Often times people tend to go with the loud one and think it is the most powerful. While if we turned away, without beginning to explain anything to the ego, and just give our full attention on the angel that sits on the others side, we would experience all that which we consider to be good but also be niave.
The devil tends to run away when it has the chance to escape, The “angel” on the other hand goes nowhere, and you can never lose your connection with it.
In our Video we explore this idea with the mother being the angel and we have made it so she is always on his right shoulder-as we see his come to terms and learn from his past.

Schedule and Equipment

Our final music video is due in on Friday 25th November, as this is less than two weeks away we have decided to plan what we are going to do in order to get it completed on time. As we have put a lot of detail on to our new storyboard it shouldn't take us too long to film as we will know exactly what we have to get done so we will just explain this to our actors and then begin to film each scene and shot.
14th-18th November: complete our new storyboard and finalise our ideas.
19th November: complete reshoots
21st-24th November: editing of the final version
25th November: check everything over for mistakes we could adjust and hand in our final music video.

The things we will need to take to our reshoot are: camera, tripod, guitar, docking station to play the song on in the background. We will also need to check that our cast members are wearing appropiate clothing to fit in with their character roles and the mise en scene.

Updated Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment 2

Filming Progress

As far as our final version of the music video goes, we will be pretty much be refilming all of it. There may be the odd clip we keep but this is unlikely at the moment. We decided to shoot the whole thing again as we weren't happy with our draft version and feel that we can achieve much higher. So far we have filmed so of the scenes with Guy in his bedroom and we are pleased with these, however we still need to do add some more shots we have planned in this location. The rest of the filming is being planned to take place this coming Saturday (19th November). We need to do a weather check throughout the week as most of our shots will take place outside so we are really hoping that it stays dry and somewhat bright. At the minute, it looks as though it should be dry with cloud, which will be ok. Although it will be hard to get an exact forecast untill a day or two before.

New Locations and Cast Update

Since looking over our draft version of the music video we have chosen to change aspects of the locations and character roles. The location in Katie's house which shows the memories in the draft version will stay the same however we will be reshooting elements of this. We will not be using the field in which we shot the band scenes as we feel the effects of this mise en scene didn't work well or give the effect we wanted, we are also gettin rid of the band scenes so we won't need this location anymore anyway. The new locations we are using will be inside Guy's bedroom, as this give the appropiate mise en scene we wanted. We will also use parts of a forest and a park. We have chosen to use more locations this time as we think it will keep the audience's interest up.
Guy will now play the lead singer, Scott will still be playing the young boy and Henry and Katie will still be playing the parents. The rest of the band members won't be in the video anymore as our idea has slightly changed in order for us to make the narrative clearer.

Update

Our draft video scored us 10/50 which is a level 1. We did expect this as we weren't completely pleased with our draft and there were many things we wanted to change and plan to do so before we film the final one. Since recieveing our feedback, we have decided to change many aspects of our video. We are re-storyboarding the whole thing to try and create a clearer narrative. Guy will now be playing the lead singer as the teachers thought he would be more convincing and we agreed. Also, we have decided to take the band element out of the video and just have the singer, as done in The Verve's 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' video. We will also be having Scott and Guy in some of the scenes together to try and empahsise that they are the same person, as we were told that this wasn't clear in the draft. If we can, we are going to have Scott in black and white to show that he isn't really there and it is part of a memory. Finally, when we reshoot we will think more carefully about locations and mise en scene and try and have a wider variey of locations to create and keep audience interest. When we have finished our new storyboard we will post it on the blog along with a new animatic.

Tube Chop of Techniques we are Using

We have posted this video onto our blog as we like the camera angles that have been used. We think they could work well in our video and will be taking a lot of inspiration from this in our re-storyboarding process. A lot of low angles are used and we have done this in our new plan for our video as we think it also suits are new story line and the way we are showing our narrative.

Tube Chop of Techniques we are Using

The parts of this Jessie J video that we like and want to use in our video is the way in which her thought and reflections are portrayed. The camera angles and her expressions make this work and we need to take inspiration from this to show the reflective thoughts we want to use in our video. This is very simplistic but works very well and we will be considering this when re-shooting our video.

Tube Chop of Techniques we are Using

This clip from the Arctic Monkeys video shows an effect that we want to use. A younger version of the main singer is used in the clip to show a memory. This is something we will do when refilming our video as we found that, in our draft, it wasn't clear that the singer and the young boy were the same person. Therefore, as done in this clip, we will have them in the same scenes together to make this element, and the overall narrative clearer. We think that we will also keep the idea of the swing and use this in our new video, we think this works well as it is a child like thing to so helps the mise en scene also fit well with the storyline. We will try and have Scott (the young boy) in balck and white to show that he is a memory and that Guy (the lead singer) is looking back.

Filiming ideas

After the feedback from Ford and Freason we realise what what we need to do to get up to the marks we need. We are thinking about re storyboarding it out and possibly changing people in the band.
We have looked at the inspirational material we had and have decided to do something which is a dark and complex idea, possibly back to the idea of an argument and a party and the after Mathe-the extras would be easily picked because we can use people which we trust and therefore people that we can manage! but also people who Will be natural in front of the camera! We do have the issue that the band members (excluding the lead singer) will not be in the film so we will have to think of a way to avoid this however (referring to Verve, Bitter sweet symphony) they only have Richard Ashcroft in there.
We have decided to use different software and hardware. We originally were filming with a Canon 500 D however we have thought about it and we do not like the effect it gives in terms of zooming in and panning. As the 500 D is a still camera it doesn't always focus well on moving things, the panning doesn't seem to work (for me it is static). We will now film with a film DVD recorder which we believe will give a better effect and in turn will give a clearer stronger image. We did consider filming to start with with the DVD recorder however and this is my own fault I thought out of being so naive that the Canon because of it having a better Len's and possibly because it is an SLR that i should use it and it would give a better image. I was wrong with these thoughts and I have learnt that I should use them as A. it damages the camera as you film because the Len's is not meant to be used like so, and B. It is an SLR so it will focus upon what you tell it to.
We will now begin to storyboard again and we know this is going to be hard work but I believe that it needs to happen! looks like alot of long nights and early mornings as the dealine creeps its way forward into the very very close future!