DVD cover

this is our 'finished' dvd cover

Final Magazine Advert

Our magazine advert

FRIDAY - DEADLINE DAY

Progress is going well, i think we will be done by the end of the day. Ben is ill and he was our main photoshop guy, so we've had to carry on without him, but i'm feeling confident

CLASS FEEDBACK

On the whole I think "we improved on the rough cut", seemed to be a popular opinion. Also the class thought we should use some of the shots of the video for our digipak/advert

final cut video

Here is our final video hope you like it

Progress

17/11/2009

we are so nearly finished!!!!!!
we are going to look past the fact we needed to film some filler yesterday, which we did not do, instead we are making the most of today and jack is scanning through footage with Ben while i am writing this.

The footage we filmed at the last minute has paid off because we think it looks beyond amazing. The balloons round the video off, they are the colour presence which was needed to make it even partially visually entertaining.

Response to Feedback

We are pleased about our feedback and they raise some good points. We definitely need to film some more footage, with different shots. We also need to completely finish our video. The feedback we got was very constructive and it has helped us see where we need to improve. we also found that people wanted a faster paced piece, with more action in the film

Artist Representation

Lots of closeups, nice closeups
Kicked a cone on the floor
it's in the forest
Lots of performance
shots of guitar
Not enough
i like it though

Group 03

Lyrics and Visuals - There are multiple parts where the performer refers to the lyrics, such us 'Down n Up' during the chorus, which helps bring a dramatic feel to the piece.

Your group seem to have stuck to your moodboard, shown by the pink Guitar, but you could try and get some footage of the college sight, spread around your locations to bring out the potential of the song. Some parts of the video don't completely feel right, almost random like you could have planned them further. In addition half the song is missing, so you don't get a real feel of what your aiming for.

Group 04

Music + Visuals

Good guitar miming, links well to music.
Jumping around and rebellious attitude link well to genre.

You could improve by making it a little more past paced.
Maybe film again in a different locations.

Feedback from group 05

It started of very well and the editing and singing was in sink. The group could look into filming in a wide variety of settings.
it fits the genre characteristics by having a performance also various images of rebelion such as smocking fit the stereotype of the genre.
the video included a good range of shot types. with close ups of the lead singer and extram long shot of running through the woods.
however the video is not yet finished so we can not really give a full review.

Roughcut Music Video

This is all we have for our roughcut. Chris were supposed to add to it during their free periods today, but have failed to do so and the video is therefore lacking the last minute. Ben is also absent from todays lesson

Rough Cut Feedback - TAW

You need to focus on getting a complete rough cut so that can others can get a good feel for your product from other people. You must try and get more planning idea on your blog to ilustrate how your video fits togeter with the other product in the project.

well

as we are given an extra lesson to finish up we are taking the opportunity to assess our video and take out the bits that we don't need, for example replacing pieces with other pieces that look better in time with the music, also we need to add in 30 seconds of footage which shouldn't take too long so we are nearing completion.

we have around 45 minites of random footage ideal for making a video like this so we have a lot of options where to go with certain scenes.

all in all we will be finished by tomorrows lesson.

Progress

All rough cut footage is filmed and we are in the process of uploading and trying to cut out all footage that is not relevant. We hope to finish editing at the end of this lesson 20/10/09 although we have a lot to get through and limited time due to not having Friday to enhance the quality of our footage.

Test Footage

Yesterday we filmed some test footage for our video. Here it is:

Contacting the band

We have successfully contacted the band through myspace and we are now waiting for a reply from them. We told them that we wanted to hear their ideas so we may add in parts of what they want to see from them

Storyboard 1

These are the photos from our storyboard. They were drawn by Chris.

Shooting Schedule

Next week we will start filming. We will start by filming a few test shots of us in the woods, and see what filters and effects we can use to give a 'drunk' feel to our video. After that we will hire out the cameras for a weekend and get the instruments in some woods. We are still unsure as to what woods we are going to film in, and where we are going to get some drums that we can put in the woods. We also need to plan what other shots we need because just performance may not hold the audiences interest. We have ideas for a narrative about a party in the woods, but we need to expand on this idea more.

Camerawork // Storyboard

Seeing as the video we are making has partying and drinking themes one of my ideas of how to shoot the narrative is with hand held camera shots to make it seem as though its from a view of someone who is partying with the band.

As the video progresses and the people get drunker and drunker i thought it might be a good idea to have different filters over the video to make it feel like you are in the head of the hand held camera person as though you are at the party with them and are experiencing what they are experiencing in their head.




also the storyboard is coming along nicely and timeline is being completed.

Teacher Feedback on Blog

You MUST remember that your blog is assessed by examiners and therefore needs to be academic at all times.
Your ideas are interesting and present an opportunity to create a video that is full of beautifully composed and lit shots. It is very important to plan in detail what you intend to film to ensure that this happens.
Your blog needs the auteur presentations embedding, it needs props, costume, location details with visuals. It needs some address to Goodwin through an analysis of a music video and more evidence of influences.
It is also really important to have some evidence of the initial ideas for your magazine ad and your digipak.
Good work so far, keep going.

Pitch Feedback

storyboard is coming along nicely, our pitch was okay some minor improvements are needed which can be achieved easily. some real narrative needs to be established and confusion over the performance will be solved soon.

MoOdBoArD

Props

We will need instruments for the performance part of the video. We already have access to a florescent pink guitar, so we only need a microphone and drums.

For the other scenes we would need stuff like alcohol bottles, tents, and other scenery.

hadouken get smashed gatecrash

We want to use some elements from this video since our song is about alcohol and this video shows people going out and just getting drunk and clubs. We want to have parts of our video like this.

Ideas

Party in the woods
Performance in the woods
Filming around town, handheld camera
Colourful clothes/ instruments
Colourful filters
Other stuff

Lyrics

The lyrics to our chosen song our as follows:

Well everyday's just a little strange, cause it's this and that,
and "I can't explain," 'cause we're down and up.
We're still lurking after clubs shut the door,
no one's tired and we can go some more
because we're down and up.

Living's so detrimental to the lives that live for no one:
we're so electric till it's gone.

Living like trash never felt so good,
just remember it's only chemicals,
because we're down and up.
Stumble around like it's some kind of trick,
pulling one in when you're bottlesick,
because we're down and up, up and down and up.

Living's so detrimental to the lives that live for no one:
we're so electric till it's gone.

Hey, just look around this old town-
so much debauchery's going on;
these city streets aren't ordinary,
bathroom kids say "What's the story?" and they lie.

Because it's positively posh chemistry. Positively filthy chemistry

They seem to be about alcohol and drugs, and going to clubs. We will probably base our video around this

WELCOME

Our group is consisting of the people of the group. We are Jack, Chris and Ben. We are going to pitch for Chemistry - The Adored.