After uploading our music video to our computers. We loaded premiere elements and started to process. Gary gave me a quick tutorial as to what to do as i had never used any software of that sort before. He showed me how to speed up a clip, cut a clip, mute the sound of the clip and where the effects box was. Surprisingly i picked this up quite quick and before i knew it i was enjoying myself. Im glad we did it individually as i could have my own touch and the video then was mine. I decided to start my video at Moushold where George stood infront of a strong flashlight; i had cut quickly and on the beat which i think had a really effective affect. I then had a clip of George's eyes open wide when the lyric "wide awake i can't sleep now" was on. From this point on i have it so George is walking around anxiously around Norwich in the undergroud bit along st stepens that leads to ipswich road. When the track speeds up and heavy instrumental is introduced i sped up the pace of which George appears to walk so its all alot faster at points. We chose to all do our videos in black and white as our company YOUNIQUE is a black and white film specialist. Our song is about insomniac and i think black and white mirrors that in a way. If it was in colour it would clearly depict that it was daylight and would give off the wrong message. I used cross fade and dissiolve fade to different shots a occasionally but i made a conscious effort not to do this as much as i think too many effects can make a production look cheesy and overdone.
Doing this project alone i found helpful. I think it pushed me to work independantly and now i know how to use editing resources and i came to find i enjoyed doing so. Also its nice to see Jake's and Vikki's video in comparison to mine and to see what we all done differently and comparing and constrasting.
Friday, 23 April 2010
Account of filming our video.
Throughout the making of our music video we had difficulty in arranging official dates for us to record for our music video due to lack of motivation from all of us.
Also, we didn't ever film as a group. Jake (director) arranged meetings with the main character (George) and filmed on his own. Although this was irratating it prooved to be easier for us as i didnt have to come from Great Yarmouth. George is Jake's best friend so we concluded George would have performed at his most confident and easiest if only Jake was there. However, as opposed to this i wish i could have been involved as i would have learnt how to use a camera better.
Filming took place in the following: Elm Hill
Underground subway (St stephens street)
Anglia square
Mousehold
We had originally said to shoot a bed scene on Hewetts school field. This was subject to change because it wasnt practical we later found. We had no idea of whom to contact about this. To have gotten a matress/bed onto the field in this unpredictable weather was prooving difficult so we opted to leave this out of the video.
Also, we didn't ever film as a group. Jake (director) arranged meetings with the main character (George) and filmed on his own. Although this was irratating it prooved to be easier for us as i didnt have to come from Great Yarmouth. George is Jake's best friend so we concluded George would have performed at his most confident and easiest if only Jake was there. However, as opposed to this i wish i could have been involved as i would have learnt how to use a camera better.
Filming took place in the following: Elm Hill
Underground subway (St stephens street)
Anglia square
Mousehold
We had originally said to shoot a bed scene on Hewetts school field. This was subject to change because it wasnt practical we later found. We had no idea of whom to contact about this. To have gotten a matress/bed onto the field in this unpredictable weather was prooving difficult so we opted to leave this out of the video.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Gathering feedback on my video.
Group to request feedback from:
Friends:Gender
Groups (social status)
Appearance
Interests
Out of these four defining features i think i will mainly go by social groups and interests as although appearance can be an influential factor it doesnt mean necessarily what type of person they are and their likes and dislikes.
How to gather feedback (Method)
Internet based:Youtube
Facebook
Flickr
Myspace
Facebook would probably get the best views because of the fact that majority of people my age including friends and family will see this come up upon their facebook news feed as an alert. Then sparking curiosity snd therfore them resulting in watching my video.
How to focus feedback (Questions)
Questionaire
Quiz
Tally Chart
Either, Or?
I could either do a questionaire written paper then it would be abit more formal and would design the questions so that i got the kind of useful answers back as opposed to using a questionaire that is abit more free to write just random comments that eventually may not be as suitable.
Also, i want to get a certain type of feedback - particualary on the camera work, what style it may posses and how well it is edited and who they think the video will appear to. So in aid of this i posted my video on facebook. Although i did get feedback it was only brief feedback and i need for my analysis, comments that go into depth. I asked a guy from where i work who has a degree in music videos and is a vision and projection operator. This is what he had to say
Friends:Gender
Groups (social status)
Appearance
Interests
Out of these four defining features i think i will mainly go by social groups and interests as although appearance can be an influential factor it doesnt mean necessarily what type of person they are and their likes and dislikes.
How to gather feedback (Method)
Internet based:Youtube
Flickr
Myspace
Facebook would probably get the best views because of the fact that majority of people my age including friends and family will see this come up upon their facebook news feed as an alert. Then sparking curiosity snd therfore them resulting in watching my video.
How to focus feedback (Questions)
Questionaire
Quiz
Tally Chart
Either, Or?
I could either do a questionaire written paper then it would be abit more formal and would design the questions so that i got the kind of useful answers back as opposed to using a questionaire that is abit more free to write just random comments that eventually may not be as suitable.
Also, i want to get a certain type of feedback - particualary on the camera work, what style it may posses and how well it is edited and who they think the video will appear to. So in aid of this i posted my video on facebook. Although i did get feedback it was only brief feedback and i need for my analysis, comments that go into depth. I asked a guy from where i work who has a degree in music videos and is a vision and projection operator. This is what he had to say
Reflecting on Skills - What skills have you used/strengthened/developed during this project? What are you better at? What have you learned how to do?
Technical skills
Editing my video, previous to doing the music video i had never used any software of this sort. Surprisingly i enjoyed editing and picked it up quite quickly.
When having to use the video camera i found it alien at first but got to grips with it when helped by Jake. I now feel confident in using one sufficiently.
Client skills
When it comes to client skills i found i understood invoiceing quite quickly. Beforehand i didnt even know what a invoice was let alone how to produce one myself but eventually found it easy to do.
People skills, organisation and project management skills
I am quite a confident person socially and i found this helped when discussing and negotiating opposing ideas. I felt i could speak concisely and confidently and get my vision across well to both the client, my team and Gary.
Reflecting on your creative career - how could you use this production to aid career development in the creative sector? (Think in terms of working with clients;your portfolio and reputation;your project management ;your employability..)
I think i could use skills such as my leadership and good communication to aid me to get a job in management (stage, production, project). As management you have to discuss, promote and handle topical issues within a production overseeing things run smoothly; such as actors in the right place at right time. I think with my easy talking attitude and my observant eye i think i could eventually do something like this. My editing skills show my creativity and ability to pick up skills quickly. Benefiting both myself and my client.
Technical skills
Editing my video, previous to doing the music video i had never used any software of this sort. Surprisingly i enjoyed editing and picked it up quite quickly.
When having to use the video camera i found it alien at first but got to grips with it when helped by Jake. I now feel confident in using one sufficiently.
Client skills
When it comes to client skills i found i understood invoiceing quite quickly. Beforehand i didnt even know what a invoice was let alone how to produce one myself but eventually found it easy to do.
People skills, organisation and project management skills
I am quite a confident person socially and i found this helped when discussing and negotiating opposing ideas. I felt i could speak concisely and confidently and get my vision across well to both the client, my team and Gary.
Reflecting on your creative career - how could you use this production to aid career development in the creative sector? (Think in terms of working with clients;your portfolio and reputation;your project management ;your employability..)
I think i could use skills such as my leadership and good communication to aid me to get a job in management (stage, production, project). As management you have to discuss, promote and handle topical issues within a production overseeing things run smoothly; such as actors in the right place at right time. I think with my easy talking attitude and my observant eye i think i could eventually do something like this. My editing skills show my creativity and ability to pick up skills quickly. Benefiting both myself and my client.