Progress

The lighting has now been fully edited to what we think is the right standard. We of course will need final feedback from our teacher for any last minute changes to improve the video before the hand in tomorrow. As we have completed the majority of the editing with time to spare we have also looked at evaluation in relation to the work we have done.

Progress in Editing

We have managed to fully edit the video to the song in time for Friday. The next few days will involve getting feedback for further improvements and adjusting the visual aspect of the video in order to improve our mark and the quality of the video as much as we possibly can. We have decided against adding in different colours as we felt that the video was enough as itself and we did not want to 'over-edit' it. This has also allowed us more time to hopefully perfect the final product. We feel the video has been much more successful than our draft and the re-filming and reconsideration of editing has led to a big improvement of the final product.

Progress over the last few days.

Since we filmed on Wednesday, we have now begun editing. We labelled the clips that we needed and uploaded them onto Adobe Premiere Elements. This is the software that we will be using to edit the whole of our video. We have found that the lighting, quality and variety of shots used have improved immensely since filming our draft video. Using just one location makes you focus more on the band themselves so no objects become an immediate distraction. The acting also looks a lot better as the band members are much more enthusiastic and look like they are having fun. They interact with one another which makes the video captivating and interesting throughout. At this stage we have edited roughly 2.5 minutes of our video and we still have around 1 more minute to edit. Once all of the clips are in order and in time with the music, we will then go on to edit the finer details such as lighting, contrast and colours of each shot.

Filming finished!

Yesterday we filmed the whole of our video in the drama studio. We started setting up the kit at around 3.10pm and this included setting up the instruments, sorting the lighting and organising the set itself such as drawing the black curtains behind the kit and removing any other visible objects that we didn't need. The main problem that we found in the drama studio was trying to avoid the posters on the walls as it is normally a classroom but to get round this we made sure they weren't visible in the shot before actually filming. In some shots they are slightly visible but we feel they are not a direct distraction as most of the shots are only a few seconds long. We started filming at roughly 3.30pm and began with the wide shots of the whole band performing. This was because we had more of these than any other shots. We then went on to film the individual band member shots, then the additional performance shots from different angles. As a whole we feel that the filming went very well and was a huge improvement since the last draft video. The lip syncing and acting was much better as the band members were more enthusiastic which made the shots look more realistic and fit into a traditional indie music video. They really got into character, they looked the part and had a lot more fun with it. The variety of shots also looked more effective as it keeps the video interesting throughout. We finished filming at around 6.00pm. We are now beginning to edit the video so we have just over a week to finish the video. This is good as we now have plenty of time to edit each individual shot in the way that we want it to look like. Editing will be the most important part in the construction of our video as we need to alter the brightness, contrast and colour of the lighting to achieve the look of the other video by The Vaccines that we aim for our own video to look like. This is so that each shot looks as effective and realistic as possible.

Plan of action for tomorrow!

Tomorrow we are aiming to shoot our whole video in the drama studio from 3.00pm-5.00pm roughly. We have 116 shots to film to time may be a problem although we feel that we have planned quite well so everything should run quite smoothly. Tomorrow morning I will be bringing the drum kit into school at about 8.00am and storing it in a room all day until we have to use it. The guitar that I am borrowing off of a friend will also be stored with the kit. We will begin to set up at the end of the school day and hope to be filming by 3.15pm at the latest. This way we should be able to film all of the shots in time.

Update on video

As planned in our schedule we begin filming as of tomorrow. We have planned the more finer details in the last week including the clothes to be worn, various extra props, booking out the camera and tripod and what roles me and Steph will be taking on in more specific detail. For example, who will film which shots. We have also had to make sure everyone was able to get to the location. We have arranged all this through either text messages with everyone involved or face to face, mainly during school hours or lesson time. Hopefully this planning will help filming to run smoothly.