Starting Task 8

Lesson Update

In today's lesson we uploaded the final finished version of our music video and moved on to task 8 where I started finding three cd digipacks with a similar genre to mine and started analysing it. I started producing this work on Word however once its completed I plan to move it on to another programme so that is produced creatively.

Rough Screening Audience Feedback

Amendments

After receiving feedback from the class my group made the relevant changes to our video such to make it look professional as possible. We did find that we weren't able to work on one bit of the feedback which was changing the exposure level of the shots with the white background to ensure that it wasn't flooded with light. We found that when we tried to change the lighting it gave the footage a  different effect which we didn't want.

Rough Copy of music video

Final Editing Before Rough Cut Screening

Technical Issues

Whilst in the process of fixing the title scene, final cut pro closed down unexpectedly which meant we lost the work that we did on the title scene. This isnt the first time this has happened whilst editing however, we are relieved that it was only a small section of work that was lost.

 

Editing Day 7

As editing comes to a end soon we're trying to finish all the bits and pieces of our music video so that we are able to present a version of our music video that we are proud of to our classmates next week Monday. We corrected the colours on some of the outdoor scenes and tried to fill in the gaps in our music video which we struggled with a bit due to lack of footage with the actor however we did manage to fill in the gaps.  We then experienced a loss of work due to the fact that final cut pro crashed and although we didn't lose huge amounts of work we felt disheartened as we lost all the work that we did that lesson which would have left us in a position of being almost finished. Nevertheless we are keen to put everything back in place next lesson and it taught us that we should save our work after completing a section just in case.

Editing Day 6

In a previous editing session we used the 3 way colour changer to remove some of the orange form the clip and add more of a calm tone to clip by adding more blue, however we felt that the colour was abit off so went back and changed the colour slightly

Editing Day 5

Online Booking Form

This is our first time using the new online booking form to book the computer to do editing outside of lesson which is quite straightforward however, this system doesn't allow students to see when the room is free which can lead to the space being double booked.

Editing Day 4

In today's lesson we mainly concentrated on syncing up the studio shots which at times was a bit tricky as if the actor didn't lip sync the lyrics on the exact time as its said in the actual track then when it comes to editing it doesn't look right which was the trouble we faced for certain shots.

Double booked space

The problem that we previously identified with the booking system was proven true as we booked to use the space at 11.40 today however our teacher's BTEC class were using the room to review their music video's. This caused inconvenience due to the fact that we weren't able to edit because their music video's are saved on the same computers we use to edit.

Final Day Of Filming

After arriving at our first location and setting up our tripod we noticed straight away that the clip that is required for the camera to slot into the tripod was missing. As its the weekend we aren't able to resolve this problem because we can't get access to college which means we're going to work around it and film without a tripod. This could potentially affect the standard of our footage and make it look shaky even though this isnt the effect we're trying to create. Also, the deadline for filming is on Monday which means we have to complete our filming this weekend.

Last Day Of Filming Plan

We booked the camera for the weekend in order to get the rest footage which we couldn't get yesterday. Also, after reporting the incident to our teacher we were given a battery charger and a spare battery in order to prevent this incident from occurring again which makes us feel more confident for filming tomorrow. We arranged the time and place that we're meeting over a group chat to ensure that everyone is available and we also discussed the locations that we will be filming at and for which scenes. This is helpful as it ensures we're prepared for tomorrow and therefore filming tomorrow should be quite straightforward. 

Editing Day 3

Despite the camera battery dying which limited our progress to a certain extent, we still managed to get quite a lot of footage which took quite a bit of the lesson to convert and means we didn't spend much time editing this lesson. We managed to start fixing the lighting on certain shots which was flooded with light. We did this by applying a 3 way color changer to the footage and changing moving the clicker over the colours until we were satisfied with the tone and whatever we applied to one footage we had to apply to the others to make it the same. At first we weren't sure of the easiest way to do this so we copied out the information  manually however we eventually found that we were able to copy and paste the information to each clip.

Filming Day 3

After checking our progress earlier on in the week, we realised that we that we had a couple more studio bits to shoot and also had to re shoot some of the studio bits we previously did as we felt it wasn't up to standard. We also planned to travel to a different location after filming in the studio however we weren't able to do this as the camera died twice. The first time we were lucky to catch the technicians before they went home however as they didn't check to if the battery they handed us was charged enough, soon after the battery died again. This effectively means that we're going to have to arrange a time to shoot over the weekend.

New Booking System

We have been informed that there is a new online booking system for booking equipment which makes it easier and more straightforward for us to hire the filming equipment we wish to use for filming. Also, as filming comes to an end we will be spending more time editing and will therefore be likely to spend some of our breaks editing. As there are two classes it isnt possible for everyone to edit at the same time so in order to make it fair for everyone the online booking system is also there for us to book the Mac computer in advance to edit during our free time.

Checking our progress

Lesson Update

As we had a week away for half term, we needed to refresh our memory so in today's lesson we looked at the storyboard and matched it up against the footage we have so far to pinpoint which shots we have left to film or which shots we may need to retake. We made a list of the filming we have left to do and booked a camera and the studio for later on in the week in order for us to get this done.