Editing Day 2

As we had a productive day of filming yesterday this means that we now have a lot of footage to work with and can now start piecing together bits of our music video. However, we haven't finished filming everything so this means that when we're editing there's going to be gaps in our music video until we complete the filming but at least we can make a start with the footage we have now.

Filming: Day 2

We filmed in the studio with our new actor which was quite successful considering we only gave the actor 2 days to learn the lyrics. We also went to other locations both indoors and outdoors to shoot other pieces of our music video. Overall today was quite productive as we made up for the failed day of filming last week.

New Actor(s)

Lesson Update 

Our main actor previously let us down which has resulted in a lack of trust so during the lesson we spent time talking to various different students in the college mainly AS to see if they were able to fill the position of the main actor for our music video. We gave each potential actor a copy of the lyrics highlighting the bits that they need to lipsync and exchanged details in order to keep in contact with them. We now have a couple options and hope that although it is sort of late notice for the potential actors that this won't affect our music video. This also meant that we had to get them to fill out the talent release from to give us permission to use them.

Testing out the effects

As we didn't have any further footage to edit because of filming on day 2 not going to plan, Kyra and I fiddled around with the effects such as the video transitions and the video filters to see which ones we think would suit our music video and made a note of the name of the effect.

Copyright Clearance

This was the conversation that was had with the artist in order to ask for permission to use on of his tracks for our media work. Him being a ex media student from our college meant that he understood that the use of his track would be strictly for educational purposes and meant that the copyright clearance process was straightforward.

Filming: Day 2 Failed!

We booked the TV studio and the camera equipment a week in advance to film the studio scenes with the actor today. Due to the error with the bookings and our actor not showing up on time it resulted in us having to change our booking time from the 12.50pm to 2pm. Although the time changes meant that it would give the actor more time to get to the college he still didn't show up due to his lack of communication about having to attend a meeting on that day. This effectively meant that today was VERY unproductive as we were unable to shoot any footage and also means we may have to find a new actor as our current actor seems to be unreliable.

Editing: Day 1

After converting our files to make them fully compatible with Final Cut Pro we began editing. The footage we have so far is for the opening of scene one which shows various locations in Hackney. We started by downloading the track and putting it on the timeline and placed the shots in according the timings we have on our storyboard.

Reviewing Footage

We reviewed our footage to see what we have so far from our first day of filming. However, we found that when transferring footage straight from a DSLR camera to final cut pro, the software struggles to play it back properly and often renders. To over come this problem we need to transfer the files to MPEG Stream clip in order to convert them and make them fully compatible for Final Cut Pro to make our editing experience more straightforward.

Filming: Day 1

My group, Kyra and I decided beforehand that on the first day of filming we will shoot the scenes where none of the actors are needed so that by the time it came to shooting the scenes with the actors we'd be more experienced in using the DSLR camera. We went to various locations in Hackney such as Dalston and Hackney Town centre as we planned and as it got darker we had to adjust the camera settings such as the shutter speed to allow the camera to let in more light so that the footage was clearer. Generally our aim for that day was to tick off all the scenes which focused on the location which we mainly achieved.

Shoulder Mount Instruction

The technician demonstrated how to set up the shoulder mount and how to fit the camera to it as we need this piece of equipment for some of our shots. This equipment will enable us to do panning movement for scenes such as when the artist is walking down the street. He pointed out that zooming whilst using the shoulder mount would be more difficult than when using a tripod as its hard to keep the zoom whilst keeping the camera steady.

Research and Planning: Reflection

Introduction to DSLR camera

The technician explained and demonstrated how to adjust settings on the DSLR camera to get the best footage such as how to adjust the camera settings to let in more/less light to match the lighting on day as if it's bright outside we need to adjust it to let in less light so our footage doesn't get flooded with lighting. He also showed us how to pull focus to make the the object focused and the background blurry and vise versa which can be used to make the artist the main focus or to make the setting the main focus.




In the video the technician showed us how to change the setting whilst filming to add special effects to the footage such as making it black and white by changing it to monochrome. However he did advise us that this it is best to leave it in normal colour until the editing stage as it can be tricker to restore the colour after in the editing stage.

Booking Rules

As there are a limited supply of equipment and studio locations within the college there are rules in place to ensure everyone has a fair chance to film which are as follows:

1. Use booking forms to specify when you want to book the camera and which other related equipment you wish to use e.g shoulder mount
2. Must book the DSLR 24 hours ahead
3. Speak to the technician if we wish to book the tv studio
4. Make sure you have sorted out the filming details beforehand such as knowing what scene you're filming and props etc

Pre-poduction: Booking form and Permission slip

A booking form must be filled in before we can access any camera equipment. This allows them to monitor which equipment is in use, by who and when and therefore makes us responsible for any damage or loss of any camera equipment. Each group is only allowed 1 weekend along with weekdays to film and this helps us to be more organised with our timing.

In order for us to be able to bring an outside actor on to the college premises to film we had to get permission from our media teacher which must be shown to the security on our actors arrival.This form states that we are now responsible for ensuring our actor behaves responsibly and that we will supervise them for the duration that they are on the college premises.

Pre-production: Release Forms

Pre-production: Risk Assessment

This is our completed risk assessment form which outlines the possible risks/hazards which we may encounter whilst shooting the music video and how we can over come this to ensure everyone is safe for the duration.

Pre-production: Props

Props needed for our music video includes:

Pre-production: Recces

Pre-production: Costume Idea's

Female Costume

 

Whilst completing the storyboard it came to my groups attention that we need a female actress aswell as there is reference to a female in the lyrics. So as a result we went on to discuss what we wanted the female to wear and the kind of image we want her clothes to portray. We decided that we want her to wear clothing that matches today's fashion trends so therefore we came up with rough idea's for the outfit to give her a casual look with a classy finish.

Male Costume 

 

For the male costume we decided that as the genre of the music video is grime and set in Hackney we wanted to give the male actor a look that is conventional of this genre such. Also we wanted the clothing to watch those of the target audience so that they can identify with the artist in the music video. We discussed getting the actor to wear some form of  smart clothing in the outro scene of the music video to signify a new beginning but we haven't finalised this idea.