RB - contribution so far...

-Digi-pack mock, including poster and booklet.
-Record smashing shoot.
-Helped edit the video after the first rough cut.
-Tested certain shots at home (speaker shots).
-Filmed the flour drop shot
-Filmed the flour on drum shot.
-Filmed the flame shot.
-Final Digi-pak prototype

JD - Completed Tasks

So far in the production I have done:

- 2 minute rough cut
- Hastings shoots
- Drama studio shoots:
+ Instruments
+ With Tina
- Speaker shots
- Other half page advert
- Took photographs for Digipak

RB - The record smashing shoot.

During a lesson last week we shot the record smashing sequences. we started off in the studio but the records wouldn't smash on the wooden floor, so we went outside to smash them on concrete :).  Trying to smash the records proved quite difficult as they were very plastic-y so trying to throw them hard enough and at the right angle accurately was quite hard, but we got it done. Here are some pictures from the shoot:

SA - Looking at a Music Video

At this point of production, we were advised to look back at a music video that appeals to us and just look at the bigger picture of what a music video should be and look like. When producing and editing our own video, it is easy to get lost in your own footage and lose what the overall picture of the video should conform to, or not if applicable.

• I looked around for a music video that broke with the normal conventions of a music video because our genre doesn't usually make music videos, although more are coming through nowadays.
• I found 'Power - Kanye West' and this is completely unconventional as a music video, it is a continuous slow pan outwards with extreme CGI and super slow-motion. It has Kanye west in the middle looking straight at the camera and there is rapping over the top but his mouth in the video never moves and neither does his body.
• The video is only 1:42 minutes long making it extremely short as a music video, also the super slow motion and high definition of the video makes it a really rich video to watch.
• Below is the video:

SA - My Completed Tasks in Production

So far in the production I have done:
- The Hastings Shoot
- The Drama Studio Shoots:
1. instruments
2. with Tina
- The Record Smash Shoot (at school)
- One of the half-page adverts for a magazine
- Co-edited with Jake

JD - Studio Shoot #2

Overall I feel that this shoot went very well.

- We used mainly red light to get the same feel as the shots with the intrumetns and it helped to link them together.

- We directed Tina, our singer, to show more emotion in her singing due to the feedback we got form our rough cut.

- When we first started shooting we were using only the red light at full power, but after a few shots we found that this created very stark shadows under the eyes, so we got Tina to move backwards so the light was more infront of her than above her. We also reduced the power of the red light and turned a white light on that was facing her to help eliminate the shadows.

- We could have tried to use different coloured lights rather than just red to give a variation through the video.

Feedback #8

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SA - Further Mag Advert Development and Final Advert

Here is the further development of my magazine advert for our music track.
Starting from the top left the progression goes across and down.

I have changed the font style and position, and added the song name. I also added both record labels to the bottom left of the advert to make it seem more professional, also I have added the websites of the bands and the main record label. These little details will make the advert more realistic and make it look like it could appear in a music magazine.

I have also turned up the contrast of the background so there are darker areas that create a more dramatic look to the advert, I felt the original image lacked a certain look.

THIS IS THE FINAL ADVERT:

RB - Mock Digipak write up.

These images are of my mock digipak. I used images that are all similar to each other and edited them on photoshop to make them black and white and I blurred them abit using gaussian blur. I also used photoshop to create and arrange the images in the correct orders. I then used a fullsize template to arrange the images in such a way that allows me to fold it up to create the main digipak without cutting any of it. In the final digipack I will be using my own images and one or two images from either Sam or Jake due to different cameras/lenses needed to create a certain effect.

The only problem I have found with creating this digipack is trying to get the booklet to be the right size after it has been printed, cut and folded. With the final digipak the booklet will be alot bigger. The correct size will be worked in the coming week.

The material the digipack will be printed on will be thick card to closely resemble existing digipaks and to make it seem as realistic as possible. I will also be using one of the plastic disc trays in the digipak to make it seem more professional. This is the final layout and design before making the actual digipak.

JD - Rough Cut #1 (With Feedback)

After showing our 2 minute rough cut to the class the feedback we got was extremely helpful.

Strong Points:
- Good Syncing
- Variety of shots
- Bright colour work well

Weaker Points:
- Loud points of vocals not carried over in performance
- Need a variey of close ups
- Camera movements need to be faster
- Not enough first person mode of address