Overal filming process

The filming process went very well, I stuck to my filming schedule, and also did some extra filming. When filming much of what I did was improvised, I think this gave the best result, as it is random, and odd behavior, this is one of the main reasons I filmed in the morning. The last day of filming I decided, to film a night shot, establishing the end of the music video, instead of my previous ending, I think this would work best as it gives the audience the impression I have been dancing throughout the day, and I think it brings the whole music video together. It was very frustrating filming, as many times, people would get in the way of a shot, it would be especially annoying when it was a difficult shot to to, so many shots I took, were done at least three times in order to get the best result. Most shots that I took were using the tripod, I think its very important to keep a frame still, unless your doing first person shot, witch create realism. Throughout the filming it was just me running through different scenery, using different camera angles and techniques in order to make it fast pace and exciting. When filming we found a sofa in a near by Allie way, this was a really good opportunity, to take some good shots, but after the second day of filming it was taken away, and so what I wanted to film I couldn't, but its a really good shot and so I still decided to use it, but in the music video, its kind of randomly in their, but due to my music video, being fast pace, its not very noticeable. I really wanted to film instruments in my film but, with the lack of the equipment I wasn't able to, but I don't think I hindered the music video in anyway, as my videos based on promoting the band as exciting.

Feedback after rough cut

After my rough cut I decided to get some feedback, it's not every piece of feedback because most people said the same things,

1. "The start needs to be more clear that you have missed the bus, use more shots"

2. "some shots would look better if in time with the music."

3. "shots needs to be in time with the music, more"

4.  "I think the ending could of been better, maybe show a shot in the dark too highlight more that it's been through the whole day"
5. "I really like the individuality of the music video, it's different and exciting"

6. "some scenery shots, could look better, a sense of where you are when re-filming"

7. "Even tho you have a variety of shot's, I think more would be better, quicker pace"

8 . "Can here the sound's, of wind, birds etc, need to get rid of it"

9. "I really like the concept of the music video, a happy vibe"

10. " I really like the variety of shots although there was to many similar shots of the feet, really like the shot of the ending on the roof"

After looking over my feedback a lot of them, can be a simple fixes, especially after re-filming. The last comment made me make a decision, witch would be best for the ending, as someone said the ending should be in the dark, as if it's over the whole day, witch i have decided I'm going go with instead as the concept of my music video is the most important.

Questions i asked after my rough cut

These are the questions I asked my self, 

-The ability to hold a shot, steady, where needed?

-Using a variety of shots?

-Shooting materials appropriate to task set?

-Editing so that they meaning is apparent to the viewer?

-Using varied transitions, and other effects?

-was the ending good?

So after looking at my rough cut, I thought their were some issues that needed to be addressed. I needed to re-film, and ending, as I thought it could of been better, for example one shot was at dark so as if the music video is throughout the day, I think I answered the questions, but I decided just to re-film everything again, so that I can get a variety of shots, I going to use a color correction, in all clips, just to make it look clearer, and more professional.  

Rougth cut

This is my rougth cut, I was very pleased with the result, but many improvement's can be made.

Rejected footage after rougth cut

After my first day of filming I wasn't able to film everything I wanted, due to time issues, and ideas that when watched back didn't fit with the song, and didn't look good, this isnt all the rejected clips but these are the main ones. For instance after asking my teacher and a class mate, they told me that the whole idea of stealing the ball of a kid, didn't really work, or atleast the chase scenes didn't, and after looking over them I have decided they look too commical and this isn't the impression I wanted to create, exactly but rather more an exciting video, and geared tawords, the excitement of the character and the frill of being free from the stress of a job, or everyday life. Their wasn't anything particularly worng with the shots, it was more that it didn't fit with the concept.

Muisc video/process, using the software

Before starting to make my music video, even thou ill was familiar with using other software I thought I would research some video on YouTube, and other tutorials on YouTube witch I thought were very useful. This is Just one example of the type of video I watched, in this particular video, it shows how to make the video have a cinematic look, witch I might not actual use but, it shows how to use the helpful effects, that can help the music video that little better, especially, if the quality of the camera isn't the best, quality. I decided to use my own colour correction after, playing around with the brightness, contrast etc.









This is me using the software, for the first time creating my first rough cut.

The video maker software I used was Imovie, and this is me using the software for my first rough cut, these effects you can use in between each clip.






Here I'm deciding weather to use a transition.  The list of transitions
-cross Dissolve
-cross blur
-cross zoom
-Fade to black
-spin in
-Doorway
-Wipe left
-Fade to white
-spin out
-swap
-wipe right
-Page curl right
-circle open
-cube
-wipe out
-Ripple
-page curl
-Circle close
-Mosaic
-Wipe down




These are the settings of the color correction I have decided to use, throughout my music video, when it's day time.

 In my final music video, I have me walking down the a hill, to establish the end of the video, but this was filmed in the dark, witch was very different to the shot before, because it suddenly turns dark and so I decided to colour correct so the previous clips a lot darker, therefore the transition between clips looks cleaner.
 Personally I think that most of the music effects look really unprofessional, and the only ones I'm going to use Fade to black, Fade to white, dissolve and no effect. personally i think that no effect looks really good, especially as I want the quick pace, editing. This should help me with my treatment for my music video.

This is me selecting the black fade, this in my opinion at the start of a music video and at the end makes it look really professional.










This is the five separate Events, witch were separate filming times, my filming schedule states that I decided to film three times, but I was forced to film two more time, because I needed more footage.


























After finishing the rougth cut and final music video, you need to export it first into, an Imove folder, and then upload it to blogger. 

Arctic Monkeys Fluorescent Adolescent Video Analysis

The music video Begin's, with a hand held camera shot,   in the car following the other car. The shot is used as if your in with the chase, witch Ad's realism and suspense. The hand held long shot continues, as the camera man step's outside of the car, and starts to chase down the clowns from the other vehicle. The lyrics are reminiscing of how they use to be, witch link's back to the music video of them dressed up in clown costumes. "nothing as pretty as the past thou" this refers to again bringing up the past. There is another hand held shot following the clowns. This shot is used to show the chaoticness of the scene. The clown's are fighting the Mob, this could because their different or a feud they had a long time ago.

When the rival gang,s come face to face, the shot Begin's with a over the shoulder shot, then a shot reverse shot of both the leaders, is used to show theirs a stand off. A variety of shot's of long shots, and close ups have been used, when the clown swings for the mob leader. The next scene is another gang member fighting, showing that the fight is getting more serious. Theirs is a long slowed down shot, with a man hitting the wall almost hitting one of the clown's, this shows that the fight is beginning to get serious. A cut back is used with a panning shot, following the leader running away with the case, the focus point of the fight. Again Hand held camera shot's are used, the scene appear's to be set in the 1970's such as the Car and the style the mob are dressed in. The fight reminds me of the film Green Street, a football firm fight.

Theirs another cut back, of the main clown and gang leader, the shot's keep flickering between the to leaders, both a low angle shot is used and the over the shoulder shot, to show venerability, then a first person shot is used to show that he's got it, and the focus point. Subtitles are used when the clown speaks "how could it comes to this" followed by a flash back, of both the main character's as children, a behind shot, medium shot is used to show the scenery. They seem to be friends, at this point, how thing use to be, a close up clown child miming "where did you go", which goes with the lyrics. The next shot's show the gradual divide of the too characters, of them riding the bike's, it cuts to other children, other gang member's showing the feud. A cut back to the main fight, with the use of close-ups in the building, a panning shot is used when the gang leader is getting away, he continues and the camera follows, as if hes the focus point, hand held camera shot's are used. A variety of shot's are used at this point of over the shoulder shot, to close-ups and long shots. When he See's the clown a close up shot is used to show his emotions. A panning shot follows the car, showing action. The violence of the music video, is evident in the lyrics, "bloody Mary" and "likes her gentlemen not to be gentle", this shows why the use of a whole male cast.  A hand held shot is used when the clown Lock's down. A low-angle shot is used when the clown drops the lighter,  as it hits the ground, the camera then follows the flame, slow motion is used when the car explodes, the close up shot is used and Pan's around the clown and then a flash back occurs again.  After the flash back, the video shows the two boy's dancing, after another flashback is used of the panning around the clown, as if he is remembering the memory's, as he is the focus point, the pan reaches to an over the shoulder shot, of him facing the car.

After Analysing this particular Arctic monkeys music video, it,s very similar to the concept of my music video, and what I want to achieve, with the use of a story rather than the band playing or instrument's used, as this is the focal point in this music video which I want I'm my music video.

Software used

The computer we used was an IMac 21.5 inch wide screen, the computer is very easy to use and it has a simple deign. Imac have very simple software to use, and appeal to many designers and movie makers. Compared to the computer I used in GCSE its a massive improvement. The computer we used was very slow, and very frustrating to use when editing. This was the similar computer to what we used, very out of date witch made it hard to better the quality of the video, witch the new iMac is a lot clearer, as its in high definition.








For a good music video especially now, the use of technology is very important, to make a music video look clean, and clear, even for instance for a song that is aimed more towards a live band, the use of editing is still important, especially in camera shot the pace of the shots needs to be good, as a single shot of a band can look very boring for the viewer and good editing software can ensure you will get the best result for the shots, furthermore you can use filters that can make the shot look clearer, or depending on the effect you want to give, for instance if the clip you filmed was filmed in the past you can use a black and white etc.

To create my music video and animatic I used iMovie on an Apple Mac computer, personally I like working on a Apple Mac, its very easy to use and simple as you can see, furthermore I think that IMovie also is very easy to use. It has a lot of easy tools to use and is very simple to use. The downside is that it doesn't have the best software in terms of effects.












Such as software like sony vegas pro 9 which i have personally used for other projects away from school, but it can be very difficult to use as shown it looks a lot more compicated, and for a project like this I think the simplicity of the software, will only benefit the music video as trying to use to many effects will make the music video look unprofessional.






This software allows me to add music and footage and enables me to sync the footage with the music plus add various effects and changes. In a very simple way, and is very user friendly.


Compare to the GCSE software we used witch was studio 8 it is a lot better, you have more editing software to use. 




To enable me to, work at home and at school I used, the internet and a memory stick in order to transfer the data quickly without any complications. This would help me do a greater amount of work. 

Equipment used

To make a good music video using the right equipment is important and is essential to make a clean and professional music video. Due to the advancement of technology, more and more people are able to make music videos, films on a low budget and even able to share them with Facebook, Youtube and other social websites. 

Firstly, the camera we had to use was a canon LEGIRIA FS200. It's very easy to use, the quality isn't so great and so I wanted to use my own camera and planned to do so, but because of some technical difficulties I wasn't able to, but this wouldn't effect the quality of the film that much.

To get a really clean shot, for camera angles such as a pan, or a still shot, I am going to use a tripod, I have previously used a tripod, in both my in AS and GCSE projects and I fount it very simple to use and it make for a very good shot, and this is why I chose to use one. This is the one I used. 

 The range of technologies I have used at this stage of the project have been highly beneficial to my final products, because they have aided different parts of the project making it a stronger project overall, for instance a smoother shot. A very good video I found on YouTube, gave me a great idea to use a rubber band on the end of the tripod handle to act as a shock absorb er. Its a very cheesy video but its to the point, the YouTube channel has many great tips. 

 

Throughout the music video, Digi-pak and poster I will be using both the I mac at school and my laptop at home.

Shooting schedual

The planned schedual was to film over three seperate days, the first day was to film a really scetchy rougth cut, and basically get the feel for the music video, a rougth idea of whats happening, after the feedback, I'm going to shoot my second, day depending on what's needed for the music video from my feedback, and the third day, was to tweak any shots, that didnt go according to plan, or could be shot better, after more feedback. If needed I might film for a fourth day, but this might only happen if I get a better quality camera, because I think that alot of shots that I am thinking of after my location shot would benefit from better quality, but i think this isnt a must and therefore would only do if I have time, the idea is to film over a month period. Even thou the music video is only 2.42 seconds I still thought it was important to film shot more than once, in order to decide witch shots were better. Here's the schedule I have made, its very simple.

	Time	What filming	Where/locations	What I need/props/costume
1st Saturday/Sunday	6:00 am onwards	Using my story board/location, shooting all shots I think I’ll need.	Explained in my locations.	Camera and tripod, suit
2nd Saturday/Sunday	6:00 am onwards	After feedback ill re shoot new shots	Explained in my locations.	Camera and tripod, suit
3rd Saturday/Sunday	6:00 am onwards	After more feedback if shots are needed	Explained in my locations.	Camera and tripod, suit

I think keeping it simple is better, and it allows me to experiment when shooting and re-shooting. As the schedule is simple, ill explain that the locations, what Im filming, equipment used, and costume will be other post such as locations. The reason why I'm filming in the morning is because a lot of shots and ideas that I want to use involve running around on busy roads, and also me being stupid, witch personally I don't want people seeing me. My brother will be helping me with shooting, every morning, he's also a media student.


The photo shoot for the Digi pak and magazine cover would be done on one of the Saturdays after filming is finished, it will just be some pictures taken in different locations, probably shots from locations in the music video.

The Kindness boomerang and remake Music video

This music video is really something unique in my opinion, and is another video that is very inspirational for me, to pursue media. The video has got a lot of elements that im interested in and would like to use in my music video, even no it's not an indie song, but it has element's I want in my music video. Firstly I really like the concept of how the music video is taken in one shot, this must of been really hard to shoot, but I think this is really different, and a really like it when I see something new. The music video, has a message it give across, how kindness is like a boomerang, the video is also shot on one street, but camera motion has been used to allow only parts, of the street, seen at once, so it still keeps it new and refreshing, witch is very clever. Personally I want to give a message in my music video, similar to this, I think that their is no need for a band or singing in a video like this, much like my treatment for my music video. Here's another video of a similar concept made with a much smaller budget witch, I fought was well done.

Possible/location

Before filming I decided to take some picture of the main locations im going to use in my music video. When thinking of locations I used my storyboard in order to find what shots I needed, but due to it being a storyboard it didn't have to be exact and therefore I'm able to improvise, and so these are the location shot I took in order. I think that my locations are important to get the music video concept across. Also when taking the location shots, I used my concept of my music video in order to get the best shot, to show what i want to convey such as excitement. All these locations vary, witch keeps it interesting. Obviously I cant shoot every location, but theses are the main ones, I will be using but whilst filming, ideas can change and new locations could be added. Many shots from different angles, will be used in these locations. A lot of the locations, were very open, witch I liked, as I could add, various shot's in each location.