Production Diary 02/12/11

This week I have continued to put together my music video on Adobe Premiere, which has proved a time consuming task as I want all the cuts to be in perfect time. I have also been collecting together all the documents needed for my coursework, such as Actor Release Forms, which means I have the permission of the actor to use any footage I gain and they fully understand my aims to use it in my work, which is important as sometimes they may argue that they don't like it and don't want me to use it when I have already created the video, which would prove a serious problem. I previously also created a form of all the personnel details of those will will be involved in my video, so they know their jobs and what they need to do. I posted this onto the Facebook group I created for my music video to make sure they all ad easy access to a copy.

I have also been considering creating an introduction for my music video, as the chosen song is very short, only around one and a half minutes. I recently saw Summer Camp's video for the song 'Down' which consists solely of GIFs, which I think has created an interesting effect for the audience as it differs from normal music videos. Furthermore I think this could be successful as it may appeal to my target audience of teenagers and young adults due to the fact GIF's are very popular on the internet, particularly social networking sites such as Facebook and Tumblr, people will often create them for humour.

Intro Ideas

I have decided to add an intro to my music video as the song is very short and this will make my work of a higher standard and allow me to use different skills. I am considering continuing with the theme of looking, seeing and photographs as seen in my digipaks and parts of my video. One of my ideas is to do something similar to what is used in the video 'Down' by Summer Camp. I have never seen such an effect in a music video before and I think it is very effective and original, however it may be hard to do myself.

Personnel Details

Personnel Details

Actor Release Forms

I had to get my actors to sign a form consenting to being in my music video and eriefing them so they know what it involves.

Production Diary - 25/11/11

Recently I uploaded my footage and began to edit and cut it, as well as renaming each clip to make them easier to find and organise. I have began to put together my music video with the clips and the music, making the first draft of my video. This is important as I will be able to improve it and also I know how much more footage I may need to shoot, for example if certain shots are out of focus. Additionally I continued to receive audience feedback from people who fit my target audience.

Floor Plans

As I am conducting shoots in two locations, I created two floor plans, one for each place, to help me set up efficently and quickly when it comes to the actual shoots.

Floor Plan

Floor Plan2

Production Diary - 19/11/11

I have now shot the initial footage for my music video, I took the Canon 550D away at the weekend and shot the main actress getting ready all in close ups and extreme close ups. I felt this went fairly well, as I got a variety of shots and as I shot in her room the lighting was very warm and went well with the bright colours. I did struggle at first with shooting in shallow focus however I feel some of my shots looks very effective and will be useful in my video.
I also shot on Wednesday after school in front of the green screen with one group of my actors, as well as miming the lyrics I also got them to use balloons, bubbles and silly string. I feel this effective in that not only does it make my video more fun and exciting, but it also helped my actors to relax and feel more comfortable in front of the cameras. This made them appear more natural and less rigid in their performance, thus making my footage appear more professional. However, I plan to shoot another bit of footage using a different group of actors, as my audience feedback suggested it would be difficult to direct a large group of people thus I divided my actors into two groups so I would still be able to have the variety of actors in my video.
I also craeted floor plans for each of my shoots that helped me in terms of placing everything correctly and helping my visualise what the shoot would look like and how it would work.

Prior to shooting my video I made an equipment list of everything I would need including cameras and props. This made sure that I did not forget anything on the day and that I had bought everything I would need so I would have no problems shooting.