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Wednesday 28 January 2015

Editing

Me and Megan sat down and reviewed the footage shot on monday, we cut down all the clips making sure they didn't jolt of go out of focus and shot, we then created some sequences and then started matching the clips up with the music, carefully placing the most aggressive performance from Grace along the chorus as it is more upbeat and emotional. From these shots we have got some good takes and our music video is coming together well. 

Research into Filming Dance Scenes

When looking into other music videos using the same dance technique, we looked at the camera angels and the way the camera follows the dancers. One in particular is Sia -Elastic Heart with Shia LaBeouf, where the camera circulates around them, instead of waiting for them to move. This creates a more serious tone to the music video. Some of the ideas we have taken from this music video involving the movement of the camera and also the angles of which the dancers are filmed at also the amount of cuts to add pace to the music video. We have decided that when our chorus comes into our music video the number of cuts should increase, the add a fast pace atmosphere in order to match the music being sung.



shots of dance scenes

Aaron and Laxmi did some filming after school of the dance scenes last night using Grace, in the drama hall I was unable to attend due to other commitments outside of school. However from the footage I have viewed we have got some good shots using the 50mm camera lens, however some of the feedback I got from Aaron was that the camera used was the wrong one therefore the light coming into the camera was not as good as it could have been and furthermore the room we originally wanted to use was unavailable therefore we had to use another room which was smaller therefore it limited how much we could fit of Grace into the frame. Therefore we are going to re-shoot this time using a bigger room and the right camera, also this time Grace will be wearing proper satin ballet shoes. 

Monday 26 January 2015

Camera Used When Filming

Using a 1200 DSLR in order to film our music video as we are able to control how much light goes into the camera, however when filming the dance scenes we are going to use a 50mm lens in order to highlight the depth of field which we feel will give us a better feel to our music video we also plan on using a go pro to film the dance scenes also, using the depth of field when filming her dancing we plan on have focus on one of her feet where as the other is slightly blurred out, alike in a scene from the film whiplash where the character is playing on the drums and only one of his hands are in focus. 



We also had a go at using this technique and the 50mm lens ourselves, so we had a knowledge of how to use it before filming the dance scenes with Grace, also to see what it looked like when we changed the different angles from where we shot at. 

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Scheduling

We have also created another schedule for when we are next going to shoot and also who were going to film and where. 





Feedback on second screening

We screened our second version of what we have filmed and edited so far, we are aware that we did not have many shots and we are also aware that some of the sections where poppy sings don't match up with the song. We have decided that in preperation for our next shoot we need some more shots and also we need to make schedules where we are all free and furthermore stick to these. We also need to take the animatics out. 











Wednesday 14 January 2015

Editing Music Video

Today I went over the shots that were taken on the shoot yesterday and cut them down, placing them in time with the animatics. I have tried to narrow these shots down so they are quick cuts to add pace to our music video and also make it more interesting to the audience. The scenes I have worked on are the bedroom scene and the scene were Grace (our younger actor) is leaving dance practice and is waiting to be picked up. I have also used transitions in order for some of the cuts to flow smoothly into the next shot. 


Feedback on Blog so far

This is feedback from Sean on how my blog is looking so far. From the feedback I received I found that I should upload the feedback forms on the first cut we showed to the class. However some of the positive feedback I received was that my blog is very up to date and furthermore my planning for the music video is very organised. Therefore we have a good idea of what is left to be shot and when we are going to do this. 

Monday 12 January 2015

Music Video Shoot

Thursday 8th January 2015, we re-shot some of the scenes we previously recorded, this time changing the location to the gallery.  This worked better as we took on some of the feedback we received from our previous showing of the music video. We changed the colour of Poppy's top from white to black therefore it contrasts and stands out of the plain whet background. Which looked a lot better this time as we was able to use a solid white wall instead of a white screen. 

However when looking at the shots we got, once uploaded onto the macs, we found that the camera we used had been set on the wrong setting therefore our shots come out with a orange tinge to them, however we are looking into fixing these in post production editing the white balance. 

Wednesday 7 January 2015

Organising shoots

Today we as a group discussed and also made a visual plan of when we are all free in order to use when making plans for further shoots, we have also organised a diary of what days we plan to meet up with poppy and also our younger actor grace, in order to shoot scenes at our set  locations. 
We have also colour coded the dairy Callander in order to show which days we will be shooting Poppy's scenes and also graces.