Update - Establishing shot effects

Today we tried out some effects on the establishing shots that we took. This included colour correction and speed adjustments. We then looked at these shots with these effects enabled and decided what we were going to use for the majority of our music video. We decided to go with a grayed out look that had blacks slightly heightened and the colour saturated.

Update - Filming in music studio

Today we did filming for the performance part of the video. We filmed for 3 hours we were given and got quite a lot done, although we may need to go back there to film more.

Update - familiarization with final cut pro

Today, my group and I tested various different effects which were contained on the Mac computers at my school. These ranged from various light effects to controling the RGB density. We tried to gain a dirty looking effect and while we gained some success we did not get the desired effect. We will try again at another time but I think it is imperative that we do not lose anymore lesson time over it.

Update - Establishing shots

Today we filmed the first of our shots. These were establishing shots which would set the scene for the rest of the video. They would also act as shots that we would experiment with try out different effects.

Presentation on the categories, genres, conventions and gratifications of music videos

Pre Production Planning on Prezi

Shooting schedule

Session - Practice shots, practice lip syncing. 12th Sep
Session - Ensuring that locations are suitable. 15th Sep
Session - Begin filming the storyline. 23rd Sep
Session - Continue filing the storyline. 18th Oct
Session - Stock Footage 20th Oct
Session - Main filming session. 29th Oct
Session - Main filming session. 8th Nov
Session - Filming the final parts. 10th Nov
Session - Finalising 11th Nov

Locations list

We will be filming in a variety of locations, some of these locations are as follows;
- Bus stop - This is to represent the traveling made by Simon on his way to suicide
- Long Road - This is to represent the journey from one part of his life to the next
- House (dark) - represents both the rock genre and the characters emotions and how he is trapped in darkness
- dark bedroom - This is to represent his loneliness while trying to relax
- Several smaller roads - this is to represent different decisions along his life
- Scream Studios - This will be for the performance part of our video

Crew list

Behind the scenes
- Marcus - Main filmer, editor, digipak creator
- Scott - Filmer, editor, digipak advert creator, digital aritist
- Jack - Main Filmer, Main editor,
- Stephen Main filmer, Main editor, actor
- Jason (Technical Support)

Starring:

- Stephen - Bass player
- Tom - Singer
- Ryan - Drummer
- Jack - Guitarist
-Simon - Actor for narrative

Storyboards