Storyboarding.-Jack

We are sitting down today as a group (for as long as we can , considering as emily is going on a school trip) and beginning to storyboard. I am thinking at this moment in time the process wont be too long considering we are all bringing new creative ideas to the table. 


We have also decided that if there are any disagreements we are going to film all of our ideas (which we realise may take more time, but the ideas do not differ too much) and then see which one looks more effective when editing. 

Here is am editing on the mac and searching the blog for any ideas that we may have previously stated. 

Here are Emily and Vic working hard on illustrating the storyboard and writing down step by step whats going to happen. 

We have decided to work on post-it notes because things can then be moved around easier and what not. We will eventually take rough photographs of what we are going to do scene by scene and make an anamatic story board to upload onto the blog. 
Post-it notes also enable us to make mistakes and add in any other conflicting ideas underneath one another.

Location Shots - Vic

Over the weekend I went to the chosen location and took a variety of shots to show the rest of the group the location in detail. The shots of the location look really effective and I believe we can achieve our vision by using this location i.e. grundy and deserted. Here are several of the photos which I took, I sent Jack all of the photos and we created a slideshow on his 'Macbook'.

I believe that this location will look effective for our own music video because it looks deserted and grungy. The positives to filming at this location is that we will not be interupted by individuals as it is 'off the beaten track' so therefore it will be less likely for individuals to get in the way of filming.  

The large open space can work both positivly and negitivly. Positivly in the sense we have a large areas to film, the set will not look cluttered and squashed however the negative side to the location is that we will need vast amounts of people to create a 'party scene' or it will look empty. A further negative to the location is that we will struggle to get an light inside the barn so therefore the video may end up looking too dark. However to overcome the darkness issue,                                    we can use one of the other barns

 which is more open so therefor allows more light to enter the barns, for example the barn to the right allows alot more light than the other barn (Images at the top of post).

We need to film on a bright crip day to ensure we have enough light for the shot to look clear and effective, this is a crucial element to creating any type of video.

Experimenting Effect- Jack, Vic, Emily.

As a group we shot a few short scenes containing numerous angles and shots. We then uploaded them on to my mac and edited them on imovie. We added different effects and color washes onto them just to experiment for our final video. We also did it to get back into the swing of using my mac. 

25 word pitch feedback. Emily

On the day of pitching our filming idea to the class, unfortunately Jack was ill so unable to pitch. Me and Vic therefore did it together, and we found that there was a very positive response to our idea.
There were many questions which the class brought up to highlight the strengths of our idea and the weaknesses. Me and Vic both feel that the pitch was very successful and that our idea is very strong and if we stick to ideas the location and work well as a group we could create a video of extreme high standard.
The problems that were highlighted were about:
The narrative.
The characters and there costume.
And lighting up the location.

The strengths that were highlighted were:
The overall idea.
The location.
Themes that we have picked out.

Video Effects.-Jack

Also the video rewind idea i think looks excellent speeding some moments up and givin them almost an adrenalin impulse. In my opinion just makes the video look a bit more exciting an fast paced. The colour scheme of this video is excellent aswell, exactly what our group likes.



-Here is a shot of the fast rewind sequence and a short snippet of the colour  scheme.

My favourite part of this clip is when she has the blonde cropped hair, it makes it feel haunted. I think the more themes there are then the audience will broaden, the more audience the appreciative they will be of the video hopefully.


- Another Fast shot that almost looks like what the sound of a scratched CD is like. I think it looks crazy and slightly insane but a easy effective way to make the video look clever. 




This clip is full of little effects and clever things, all of which i am interested in copying. I like the small flashes of light and of course the rewind/fast forward effect.

Hopes For The Day Of Filming. -Jack

As we all no the deadline is creeping up on us, so as a group we could really do with sitting down and setting a date, so we can therefore ask and organise for our actors and actresses to turn up, to gather all of the props together and to dress the location. There have been minor complications so far, for instance one of the girls (daisy) is in the latest stage of recovery from an operation, she has re-assured us she is going to be fine, but as a close friend I cant lie that i'm slightly worried about her. But we have to continue planning as though she is going to be there and then if she isn't have to find a somebody else. I have had words with a few other friends and Alex Lovatt has agreed to help us and stand in last minute if needs be which is a massive re-assurance to the group. 


Also the weather. Ideal weather for the shoot would be a cold but bright day, preferably no rain, but of course we can not control the great British weather. I like the idea of the girls maybe being in big coats, maybe fur or thick leather biker jackets with studs which probably would look right if the weather was hot (fat chance of it ever being hot). 
As myself and Emily have yet to go to see the location (we have seen pictures and video's so don't worry too much) we would be interested to see if a car could fit on the inside enabling us to light the room, so that it stays consistent for filming. We are all planning a few meetings before the actual shoot so the girls can see wardrobe looks I have pulled and to collectively look at what we have all done to hopefully decide on an amazing plan. We are still unsure wether we will be filming for more than one day so we are hoping if that happens that the weather stays as consistent as possible. We also think that making Trinny come before the other girls is essential as she will be in the majority of the shots and we dont want the other girls to have waisted their time. Even though on saying this i would like Hannah their to asist her wardrobe and makeup this presuming that myself Vic and Emily will be too busy sorting out the location. 
After talking to the teacher ablout weather apps and sun up and down times and how to add them onto the blog may seem helpful to indicate the weather times and how long we have to film in the day.

Constructive Audience Feedback-Jack

I have been told that it would be useful to add friends to follow our blog and encourage them to leave constructive criticism. This will help the group become more aware of audience feedback and to ensure that our project is going to be pleasing it viewers. I hope to add a large group of friends to follow the blog as the more feedback the better in my eyes.