Filming- 30/11/11

Day 4 of filming-

(30/11/11)

Today  there was a teachers strike so we were granted a day off school and decided to take advantage of this by filming thought the day.

The scenes that we shot are-

Filming Day 3-(25/11/11)

Today we shat scenes- 4B  2A and 2B

We shot 4B on Wembley high road where we encounter many difficulties, pedestrians would continually look directly at the camera which would take away the natural authentic feel of the video, they would also walk directly in front of the camera in the middle of the shot. Also it was very windy causing the artist hair to fly in her face causing he to be unable to sing in time to the music.

Our original idea for the shot was to keep the camera in a fixed position and pan whilst she walks, however we are unable to do this because of pedestrians walking in front of the camera so we had to improvise and track with the artist which was difficult as we had to try and keep the camera steady to get the best possible shot.

2A and 2B were shot at a friend’s house, so it was in our best interest to finish the scene as quickly and efficiently as possible as out equipment was causing an incontinence to some other residents.

The problems encountered when filing these scenes;

• Our original plan was to have the artist writhing the lyric’s in time with the music onto the mirror however there was a timing issue where the music speed and the handwriting speed of our artist did not match. Therefore we improvised and wrote the lyrics onto the mirror first and had the artist sing along .
• Another problem was that we under anticipated how easy it was to write in lipstick and so in our first few attempts the writing was not readable.
• Because of the many failed attempts of writhing with lipstick we ran out of lipstick when it came to shot 2B and so had to find another lipstick of similar colour.
• We also had to change the shot types  due to space problems. However we did try and be consistent and kept both shots as over the shoulder medium shots.

Over all the day went well we had finished all that we had planned, although we encountered a few problems we have now learnt from them and in the near future before filming we will consider spacing and the public’s reactions to our filming.

Revised Schedule

Mise-En-Scene Used In The Magazine Advert

Mise en-scene

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Constructions of Ancillary Text

Final Magazine Advert- Annotated

Annotated Magazine Advert

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Finial Ancillary Texts

Final ancillary product

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Production log (11)

Having now drafted some ideas for our ancillary texts we will make any adjustments before handing in our final ancillary text. Although we are delayed with the complication of our ancillary text from our previously made schedule we aim to recuperate the time lost in another area of production.

However i feel we will need to revise our schedule in order to accommodate for this delay. 

Drafted Magazine Advert

Drafted Magazine Advert Ideas

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Magazine Advert- Title Practice

Here i tried out a number of different ways of writing the title i then took each title and placed it on the various adverts that had neen constructed and came to the conclusion that the first one looked the best.

Selected images Magazine Advert

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Rejected Images Magazine Advert

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Ancillary Text Drafting - CD - Back Insert

CD Back Cover Ideas

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Ancillary Text Drafting - CD - Inlay Inserts

CD Inlay Ideas

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Ancillary Text Drafting - CD - Front Insert

CD Front Cover Ideas

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Production log(10)

As well as filming we are also in the process of constructing our ancillary texts which consist of a CD cover, CD back cover, CD inlays and a magazine advert to help promote the newly released CD. As a group we have split this task up where one member is constructing the front cover one the back and one the magazine advert and we decided to construct the inlays as a group. It is important we communicate our ideas between one and other to ensue the ancillary text looks like one and work effectively with one another.

Filming Day 2- (12/11/11)

After yesterday’s experience of losing footage and being forced to delete footage we decided to come prepared, we had bought a spear battery and a spear CD. We also asked our cast member to come earlier so the lighting would be batter. We met at Wembley Arena to film the actors/actresses with break dancers as part of our music video. We plan to use this as a memory (refer to storyboard). We then made our way to Harrow, where we shot discreetly in St.Ann's Shopping Centre and the local vicinity. Where we met a local police offer who granted us permission to film within the centre as long as we were quick and did not cause an inconvieance to other shoppers. We found getting permission to shoot a very difficult task and it took longer than anticipated. We are now a day behind schedule dude to difficulties faces on day one.

Filming Day 1- (11/11/11)

Today was our first day of filming so we went to Brent Cross Shopping Centre after school to film the first and last scene of our music video. However we were unaware that filming was not prohibited within the centre and were forced to erase all the footage shot by security guards. We were quite disheartened as this would change our storyboard ideas significantly.

After leaving the shopping centre, we decided to visit a retail park close by. Learning from our previous misfortune we asked permission to film from the store security, and were successful. The light conditions were not ideal - it had become quite dark and we were afraid the footage would not come out right. However we did shoot regardless. Towards the end the camra was not fastened to the tripod properly and had fallen so when I ejected the disk tray to check whether the disk was damaged or not. We found that the disk had been moved from the holder. When we switched the video camcorder we found that the footage had been wiped. As were shooting our final take the camera battery had also ran out. So we thanked the Next security guard and went home.

At the end of this day we concluded that despite the fact that we lost the footage, we had learned valuable lessons - we learnt that we were to ask permission from the centre beforehand. Another lesson that we learnt is that we should have carried a spare battery. We now knew how to film the footage with practice that we had on this day.

Production Log(9)

Having now completed our story board we are going to start filming tomorrow. We also photocopied the story board so each member of the group is a viable to have one making it easier on filming days. 

Story board + Visual codes to be constructed (finial)

Storyboard This is the finial draft of out story board, we will use this to help create our music video as it shows the camra angle and movement as well as posining of charaters and props. It was important for us to have a well detailed pan as it will help save time when it comes to filming.

Production Log(8)

Over the next few weeks I aim to finish filming and editing my vox pop as well as completing the finial story board and lyric analysis. Allowing filming of the actual video to take place quicker.

Album cover attempt 1

 

Photoshop steps:

- Paste Photo from folder onto Photoshop. (Some Photoshop versions do not accept just copy pasting picture from a folder. So you might need to print-screen and crop it)

- Name the layer : 'Original Picture'

Black & White Effect

- Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Make saturation 0

- Rename layer: 'Black & White Picture'

- Duplicate 'Black & White Picture' layer and rename (should have already been renamed) into 'B&W Pic Copy'. Set this new layer into Overlay.

- In the 'Black & White Picture' layer, use the smudge tool with opacity 77% and smudge around the person (sandhya) so the person is not smudged but the buildings are.

Crack effect

- Use this tutorial to help you make the cracks - http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/photoshop/how-to-create-a-realistic-crack-effect-on-face/

- After using the previous tutorial, you should have the cracks as a brush. Use the brush to put cracks on the face and shirt

Font

- 'Still Not Broken' font - Champagne & Limousines Size 36

- 'Sandhya Acharya' font - Champagne & Limousines Size 12

Camera Angle/Movement Test

This is some of this footage we shot in class in order to understand how the camera angle and camera movement would look, this was also a test to assess the quality of the equipment. Now that we have done this we are able to add greater detail in our story board creating a stronger plan.