Final music video for; 'Everywhere.'

This is the youtube link for our final music video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i6dB2PY0Ew

We did some re-filming and final editing.

Today we have done some re-filming. We did not think we needed any more singing clips because we already have the whole song sung the whole way through. We just needed a few clips here and there of the artist in genereal. When we went in search of something to film; Lysette had a good idea of holding the camera up and spinning around. Looking at the trees, the trees are starting to blossom so it did look quite nice. We did not need much else, we just filmed a few shots here and there of myself (the artist) smelling flowers so we could use shots like thesr to fill the gaps. When it came down to editing the last few bits. It took a lot of hard work because everything needed to be exactely in sync. The first clip we needed; needed to be 44 seconds long and we added the clips of the trees in here. Though it was very long, we slowed it down and just cut it a bit. We made sure it went along with the first verse of instrumental notes at the beginning. We noticed that we did not have a lot of tranisitions in the editing or effects. So as we were adding new clips in we were adding in different transitions like fading in and out, black and white and slowing down or speeding the clips up.

Editing what we already have.

Today we have been editing our music video. As I have said the first 44 seconds we have got rid of and are going to re film. The last scene we are also going to replace. Though we have got the footage that we need for this, from filming originally. So we edited in the last scene and made it suit well with the rest of our footage. We also had a few clips that we added in. Like when the artist was looking in the mirror; we added in quite a long clips on this but we thought it went quite nicely with a similar clip a few clips after it. We also added in a few clips of the artist singing; we didn't have to re-film these because they were already good enough.

We need to re-film or edit this...

Looking at the music video. There are exactley 44 seconds of footage that we are going to replace at the beginning. This is because these are the scenes where the class said it was very shakey. We talked to our teacher and she said that a particular part of our video was good but it would be better if it was filmed a different way. The scene where the camera shows a close-up of myself the singer, it focuses on the eyes and the lips and is quite shakey. Though we quite like it the way it is, our teacher felt it would be better a different way. Being shot individually, making it not as shakey. We quite like it how it is already but when we come around to it we will make our minds up then. Also in the last 43 seconds we will repalce the footage because they are very shakey as well.

Looking back at our music video.

Today we have been looking at our music video and what we will have to change or re-film. We obviously want to edit the video so the lips are perfectely in sync. We are not sure if we are going to re-film some of the singing parts, this is because we have a lot of singing parts filmed already we just didn't use them when we first completed the video. We have also decided that at the beginning and the end of the video some of the shots are quite shakey. So we are going to look at what we have got and if we can use what we had originally. Tomorrow i will be blogging what we need to re-film or add in.

Digi pack, advert and music video; Going back to our work to make improvements and changes.

Key:

Level 1: Minimal

Level 2: Basic

Level 3: Proficient

Level 4: Excellent



Today we have been looking back at our digipacks and music video's to see what we can change to achieve the best marks we can get. To see what area we are most lacking in. We have been given a marking criteria for our music video's, adverts and digipacks. This is for the construction; It consists of; 40 production marks for the main task which is the music video and 10 marks each for the ancillary tasks which are the digipacks and adverts.

When looking at the marking criteria for the course work on the whole there are four areas with different marking schemes. The first area is the for 'the presentation of the research' which is the blog; this is worth 20 marks and split up into four levels as the others are.

The second area is worth 40 marks. This is for the construction of the music video and looks at things like; holding shots steady and editing well.

The third area is worth; 10 marks. This is the contruction of the digipacks and adverts (posters). This are looks at our ICT use and camera skills.

The last area is worth; 20 marks. This is the Evaluation of everything that we have produced.

Music Video: Feedback

(First of all in the music video on youtube it has made the lip syncing very out of sync because it has moved the clips.)

Today in class we looked at everyones music videos and gave eachother feedback. I have to say that all of the groups music videos are very good! When we looked at ours Mrs Howlett gave us some feedback as well. The main thing that she brought up was that some of the clips were a bit too long. She suggested maybe we put these long clips in here because we didn't have enough footage to use. Our teacher also said that maybe we used a bit too many tracking shots and panning along with other shots. All together my group (myself and Lysette) got 7 feedback sheets back for our music video.

Feedback sheet no.1

• Really good lip syncing and mise-en-scene.
• Like the use of the notes- good storyline.
• Close up of mouth bit wobbly.
• Like the camera angles/ tracking.
• Good effect with fog and followable storyline.

Feedback sheet no.2

The fog gave a really good effect, liked the scene where Ade was looking in the mirror. Lip syncing needs editing and a bit more footage needed but the footage you've got is good. Like the use of notes.

Feedback sheet no.3

1. Shots were a tad shaky: P
2. Nice framing: P
3. Variety of shots- a tiny bit long: P
4. Like the material- the notes (really liked that): P
5. Good mise-en-scene: P
6. Editing-liked the running: P
7. Variety shot transitions: P
8. Synchronised well: P

(In class our teacher gave us a markscheme on how to mark eachother. The three levels are; Basic, Proficient and Excellent.)

Feedback sheet no.4

I liked the storyline. It fitted well within the song. Good shots- some a little too long.

Feedback sheet no.5

• Two clips were too long.
• The fog went well with the music video.
• Liked the notes and the message on the mirror.
• Needed more to the storyline though but overall good.

Feedback sheet no.6

• Liked the setting and fog in the field.
• Some shots went on for too long.
• Liked the idea of the post stick notes.
• Used variety of shots.
• Some variety of shots.
• Some framing of shots were off.
• Lip syncing was near enough to perfect throughout.
• Shots were steady in most of the video.

Feedback sheet no.7

1. B-P; some shakey shots
2. P-E
3. P
4. P
5. P-E
6. B
7. B-P
8. P

(REFER BACK TO FEEDBACK SHEET NO.3 TO SEE THE LEVELS AND AREAS OF THE MUSIC VIDEO.)

The singer was very good and I liked the post-its and the story. Some shots were a bit long and also some problems with editing, some clips were cut short.