Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Audience feedback on music video
Today a group of BTEC students watched out video and gave us some feedback which was beneficial to help us know what we did and what we could have improved on. There was some positive feedback such as how we used props well such as the photo's in the music video as a effect to symbolise the relationship that the actors in the video had. Also all of the students understood the concept of the music video and thought that the choice of music suited well to the music video. Also they also liked the locations of where the lip syncing scene were shot and thought that it provided a atmosphere. They also appreciated the various editing effects that we implemented into the music video such at the split screen effect and the time lapse of the clock as the main lead lip synched towards the camera. However the suggestions that they gave for improvement was that they would have liked to seen more lip synching in the video as the song is very lyrically rich. This is something we took on board and told them that the lyrics of the song has many verses which were repetitive and so we tried to insert more scenes which tell the story of the song. In general the whole group seemed to enjoy the video.
Monday, 3 December 2012
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Editing is complete!
Its been a long and hard process but finally the editing is complete and it has been all worth it as the final version of the music video I personally think looks great. When you look our video you can see that we have used editing techniques creatively and used various editing methods. Some of the editing tools I did not even realise existed until I experimented with them and I think personally I have developed my own editing skills which I am very proud of. However editing did have its complication at times such as at one stage we realised that we did not have important shot which was in our storyboard but we did not get the shot done due to the rain on the day of the shoot. So we had to shoot that small scene so that it fit in with our storyboard. We also shot a extra scene where we see the girl send the break-up text and I felt this was important to include in the video as I believed some audiences may be confused about who sent the break up text so that scene fills the gap that was there. I think the end result actually looks better than we predicted if you just look at the completed storyboard. The new ideas that we implemented improve the video as a whole. The process has been time consuming as editing always requires a lot of time and commitment but I think in regards of time management we did superbly! we finished before the editing deadlines and this meant that we could review our video and make any small changes that we though would be necessary. Now that editing is done I'm very pleased with my progression and how everything has worked out.
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Half way point of editing
Not long before all the editing is complete but there have been a few bumps in the road and I am learning day by day as I continue to edit the video so I am really pleased about that. There is more footage then we expected there to be but that is a positive thing as we can experiment and change things around if we think something doesn't works well. We haven't followed the storyboard exactly how we planned to because as you go along the process new ideas come up such as, I had the idea to use a time lapse in the video to represent that time is going back and this is the transition to show the audience the events of the past time so that they know that the next scene they will see was how things used to be when the couple were together. This was sandwiched together with a scene of the male lead lip synching and the clock is faded in the background as the artist sings. Also all the scenes that were in black and white represent the past and all the scenes with colour is the present tense. Furthermore, we used the hand held shots in the video which looks like footage from a home video which weren't initially in our plans but work brilliantly in the film as it gives our video a sense of originality sets our video apart from other pop videos out there.
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Starting Editing!
Today we started the process of editing our video. We uploaded our footage onto the apple mac and we looked through all our clips that we had recorded noting which clips we would defaintly use, the ones that we could potentially use and the clips that we would leave out noting all of them down on paper. We then uploaded the track onto the mac and we started putting together the beginning of our video. I find editing quite challenging but also enjoyable the reason why I find it challenging is that I am not so good with the software however by practising day by day using final cut pro I am beginning to come to terms on how to use to it and slowly becoming better. We have many ideas about what to include in the video hopefully everything goes smoothly.
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Evaluation & Reflection of Pre-Production
This is my soundcloud recording of my Evaluation and Reflection of My Pre-Production.
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Final day of filming complete!
Today we finished off the rest of the filming of the music video. It was a day where the British weather really played about continuously changing from sun to rain which at times did prevent us from filming. We started off the day at Greenwich Pier and started off well filming the scene that we needed to. The scenary was as perfect as I remembered from when we visited it on the day we did our recce. After filming finished at Greenwich we made our way to Douglas Path to film the next scene and the location that we needed to film at was isolated and therefore there were no disturbance when filming and we were well on time with the production schedule. We then moved to Millwall park where we needed to film various shots and this was when it started to rain and effect our filming. We decided to get the shots under the bridge done first as it was dry under the bridge and we could film this easily. On our storyboard some of the shots show the actor and actress on the grass messing about but as the grass was wet and we did not want the clothes of our actor and actress to get wet and dirty we had to improvise. We decided that we should do a point of view shot from the male lead and create a home video style recording where the male lead is holding the camera and recording himself and the actress. This proved to work fantastically well as it now gave our music video a new edge and also a different kind of camera shot that we did not intial intend upon but was great as we now added a different element to the music video. We then moved onto the bench scene and again the rain started to slowly pour down but we decided to be persistent and get the scene shot and we managed to do this quickly as possible before the rain got any worse. We then carried on to our last location which was West India Quays and here we filmed the ending sequence which was a lip syching scene on the green bridge and where the main actor burns the photo of the two main characters in the film and walks away. We had trouble lightening up the lighter to burn the photos intially due to the cold weather and so we decided that the main lead should burn part of the photo and then he decides that he can't go through with it and chucks the photo on the floor and walks away. This proved to be easier and worked well. The day was eventful and challenging but we managed to complete the filming of our music video so we as a group were happy. We now move onto post production, editing our music video.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
2nd Team Meeting
Today we held a second team meeting before a second day of shooting tomorrow. Again we had both cast and crew present at the meeting and we went over what scenes need to be done tomorrow and where we will start from. We also made arrangements to meet up at the first location we are shooting at that which is Greenwich. This was a productive meeting as everyone knew what was going to happen at tomorrows shoot and was fully briefed.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Production Schedule For Day 2
Production Schedule Sheet
Saturday 27th of October 2012
Location 1: Walthamstow Mall
45 Selborne Road, Greater London E17 7JR
Location Map:
Location 2: Star Nergiz Café
604 Lea
Bridge Road, London E10 7ND
Location Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=star+nergiz+cafe+lea+bridge+road+leyton+london&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Location 3: Greenwich Pier
Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, SE10
Location 4: Millwall Park,
London, E14 3HP
Location 5: Douglas Path
London, E14 3DT
Location 6: West India Quay
Hertsmere road, London E14
EQUIPMENT AND PROPS
Panasonic
Camera – 1
Kodak
HD Zi8 – 1
Tripod
– 1
Lighter
Photographs
Phone
Wallet
N.B spare set of clothing will be required by
for the male lead.
PRODUCTION CREW
Actors
Tyler Dew - 07449310738 – tylerfdew1994@hotmail.co.uk
Charlotte – N/A
10.00 Sayed
and Stephanie meet at mile end station
11.00 Shoot Film
Scenes at Greenwich pier shots 21 to 22
15 .30
Film last scenes of the video at West India Quays shots 30 to 36
Saturday, 20 October 2012
First Day Of Filming
Today we filmed the first half of our music video. It was a day with many events but we successfully finished the first half of our video. To be honest it was a bit ambitious thinking that we would get the whole music video filmed within one day,considering the various locations that we had planned to use in our music video. The day started off at Walthamstow Mall where we shot the first flashback scene of the video. We spent more time then we would have liked at this location but this was due to problems we faced with the photo booth machine that we were using. Nevertheless, we prevailed in successfully filming the shots that we needed and then set off to our second location which was Nergiz Cafe in Leyton. After finishing filming at the cafe the battery of the camera we were using died. We had the charger with us and we all agreed that we should have a lunch break where we could sit down somewhere and charge the camera. We then moved onto the next location which was Stratford and there we had lunch and charged the camera. After the camera was charged we set of to Stratford Bridge. Here we occurred problems as we were planning to film on the bridge we were approached by a member of the Westfeild Stratford shopping centre who told us that we required permission from Westfeild Stratford management to film at the bridge. This was news to us as we were unaware that we required permission to film on the bridge yet Me and Yasmeen went up to the management office to ask for permission to film on the bridge. Once we arrived however the women on the desk told us that authorization takes up to 3 days and we reported this back to the rest of the group and after discussing it with the group we came to the conclusion that we should not film on Stratford bridge and find a new location to film the scene that we needed to. After coming to that agreement we also mutually decided that we should call it a wrap for the day as the day had gone pretty fast and it was past five. We all arranged to meet up next Saturday to finish off the rest of the music video and everyone was happy with that decision. Also the weather was good to us as it luckily did not rain. All in all we faced difficulties but I think we handed them well and every music video has there fair share of challenges. It was a productive day as we got two of locations that we had to film at done. I'm looking forward to next Saturday and continuing with the filming. Bring it on!.
Friday, 19 October 2012
1st Team Meeting
Today we held a meeting consisting of cast and crew. This was fairly important as it gave me the chance to brief the cast and crew of what the plan is for tomorrow. I went over the storyboard with the actor and actress so that they knew the general idea of how we are planning to film the music video and also what is required of them. In this meeting I also handed out production schedules to everyone and we all came to a arrangement of where to meet up tomorrow morning.
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Production Schedule
Production Schedule Sheet
Saturday 20th of October 2012
Working
Title: Take it All Away Music Video
Location 1: Walthamstow Mall
45 Selborne Road, Greater London E17 7JR
Location Map:
Location 2: Star Nergiz Café
604 Lea
Bridge Road, London E10 7ND
Location Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=star+nergiz+cafe+lea+bridge+road+leyton+london&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Location 3: Greenwich Pier
Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, SE10
Location 4: Millwall Park,
London, E14 3HP
Location 5: Douglas Path
London, E14 3DT
Location 6: West India Quay
Hertsmere road, London E14
EQUIPMENT AND PROPS
Panasonic
Camera – 1
Kodak
HD Zi8 – 1
Tripod
– 1
Lighter
Photographs
Phone
Wallet
N.B
spare set of clothing will be required by for the male lead.
PRODUCTION CREW
Stephanie Wong – 07825701737 – steph.wong@hotmail.co.uk
Yasmeen Melius – 07903267976 – yasmeenmelius@gmail.com
Actors
Tyler Dew - 07449310738 – tylerfdew1994@hotmail.co.uk
Charlotte – N/A
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9.30 Production Crew meets at
Walthamstow Central Station, team briefing takes place making sure all equipment
and props are ready.
10.00 Actors arrive at Walthamstow
Central station.
10.10 Shoot Film Scenes at Walthamstow Mall. Shots of 17
to 19
11.30 Arrive
at Nergiz Café, shoot shots of 11 to 15
12.30 Take train from Leyton
Station to Cutty Sark DLR station.
13.10 Shoot
film scenes of 20 to 22 at Greenwich Pier
13.40 Shoot
scenes at Douglas Path shots 24 to 31
14.30 Lunch
Break
15.00 Shoot
scenes at Millwall Park shots 1 to 10
16.00 Take train from Island
Gardens DLR station to West India Quays DLR station
16.30 Shoot scenes at West
India Quays shots 30 to 35
17.00 Actors
leave
17.30 Production
Crew shoot Cutaways if necessary
18.30 WRAP
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Risk Assessment
This is the risk assessment form for the South Quay location where we will film at.
This is the risk assessment form Island Garden Park
This is the risk assessment form for the location in Greenwich Martime Museum
This is the risk assessment form the cafe that we will be filming in at Leyton
This is the risk assessment form for Walthamstow Mall
This is the risk assessment form Island Garden Park
This is the risk assessment form for the location in Greenwich Martime Museum
This is the risk assessment form the cafe that we will be filming in at Leyton
This is the risk assessment form for Walthamstow Mall
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Re-draft of storyboard
This is our updated storyboard which I have created a week after the original first draft of the storyboard, we will use this storyboard as our basis of how to film the music video and will follow it scene by scene.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Talent Release Forms
This is the actor in our music video Tyler Dew release form who has given permission to be part of the video.
This is the actress Charlotte Read's Release form who has given permission to take part in the video.
This is the actress Charlotte Read's Release form who has given permission to take part in the video.
Monday, 15 October 2012
Recce
After discussing locations with the group we set out to
visit all are locations to see if they were suitable and to also plan on how we
would frame our shots and where it would be best to position our actors. We
also looked at other factors that may affect out filming such as lightening and
audience. This was extremely beneficial as we could get to know our locations
and get the feel of the atmosphere and prepare ourselves for when we start
filming. The picture on the left is a location at Greenwich Pier this is where
we film one of the lip synching scenes to the chorus. The reason why we chose
this location was in the background the scenery is quite spectacular with city
scrapers visible and the river Thames in the background, also the position of
where the actor will be standing which in on the corner of the glass barricades
means that there will be no interference from the public in the background and
so the shot will only feature the male lead. In this shot the male lead will be
lip synching towards the camera while his facial expression show pain and
despair. 
At the start of the music video we are going to use Millwall Park where we film certain flashbacks as well as some lip synching scenes. The park is big and spacious which means that there is a lot of open area that we can film in. The picture on the right shows where we plan to position our actor and actress, they will be lying on the floor looking happily at each other while the camera shows a bird’s eye view shot of the couple together. We will also show a long shot of the stone ball on the top of the mini hill where the actor and actress will be sitting next to and this will provide different and unique scenery to that of many other parks.
We as a group decided
that in one of the scenes we should have the male lead sitting under a bridge
singing the chorus but he is looking upset and distraught and looking down at
the floor and slouching against the wall of the bridge and we would film this
by using a low angle shot. We found this bridge next to Millwall Park and
though it was perfect as the lightening is not effected that the scene would be
too dark and also because the bridge is wide enough so that is enough space to
film the shot. The male lead will be walking towards the bridge but then
sitting down alone looking very saddened and alone. 
We
also needed café to shoot one of our flashback scenes and we found this café in
Greenwich Café Rouge which we thought would be the ideal location. The café has
a somewhat 60’s feel to it and the lightening in the café is also very good.
There were many tables and chairs and we found a place in the corner that we
could use to film. In this scene the male lead will be with his former lover
and this scene is to re-create there first ever date however he then revisits
this café by himself to revoke old memories and then he envisions the time they
spent there only to later realise he is only having an illusion. 
Our
last location of the shoot we chose was West India Quays the reason why we
chose this location is because the backdrop is amazing as there are tall
skyscrapers everywhere and then there is then this odd green bridge that goes
against everything that is in the shot. This shot is the ending sequence in
where the male lead walks up the bridge and burns the photo of him and the
lover together and then throws it in the river while the camera gets a close
shot of the burning of the photo and then follows the photo and it flickers
away into the river and this is where the song ends. We then see the male lead
walk away from the bridge and the camera shows a long shot as the male lead
disappears into the distance.
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