Footage

Today we went out and filmed some extra footage of hands playing on a piano so we can add to our music video. We do not think we need more footage for the narrative but simply to fill empty gaps between our character's journey.

Footage

After editing today, our group has concluded that more footage is definitely needed. We found out that all the footage we filmed that included cigarettes or tobacco could not be used in our music video for legal reasons. More of our footage we previously thought acceptable, we have now agreed are not really suitable for the genre of music or the style of video we are making.
We need to book our camera for next week but unfortunately our entire group is not present today so we could not do this.

Today we are continuing our editing process with one member of the group working on the video, while another helps him with ideas and works on the blog at the same time. One member of the group is away. We have come up with a lot of new creative ideas for editing and are putting them into the video although it is becoming more clear that we are lacking in footage and could do with filming a lot more when we get a chance and have arranged it with all of the group members. To do this i think we will use some new locations such as under a bridge that is covered in artistic graffiti near college, and some close ups of lip synching without the gas mask for a few bars. We are lacking particularly in primary shots to cut back to as the main shot and also could do with a couple more activities for the main character to take part in to make the video more visually interesting.

Editing

Last week we began the editing process on our video, We have got lot of footage that needs to be cut leaving us with a little less footage than we would have liked. We will continue to make the video as best as possible and then we will film more footage when we get a chance.

Feedback

The overall opinion of our class about our video was that the camera work was good, our props and locations are good, and mostly our dancer was good, (One group disagreed-we don't like them.Nor do we find their opinions valid amongst normal members of the long road society).

Areas that need improving are things like editing, less boring shots, more special effects such as saturation and using more transitions.

Other groups claimed that too much of our video is our character walking around. In an attempt to remedy this, we will shoot more shots so that we have more footage and can be more selective about the shots we include in our final cut. In particular we need some lipsynching and more locations and activities.

Problem

We were unable to find a suitable Darth Vader mask for our video. They were either too cheap and unrealistic, or they were much too expensive. So we've decided to alter our plot slightly by giving our main character a gas mask instead.
We got our inspiration for this idea from a movie called "Dead Man's Shoes". Below is a clip from the film to show where we got our ideas from.

Animatic

This animatic contains only half of the storyboard we wanted to include in it and so the shots don't truly represent the timescale that we would like the actual video to follow. The rest of the storyboard is drawn up however, so we can follow it closely when we start filming.

Steps Forward

Here is a list of things we need to get done over the next week.

• Complete and upload Animatic.
• Decide on times to take camera out and film.
• Add more posts to the blog and edit some older posts to add more detail.
  
• Purchase props and arrange times for filming with actors.
  

101 Pianos- Lewis Parker

We forgot to upload our video at the start of our blog...so here it is.

Lip synch test shot

We filmed a test video of George lip synching a couple of verses from our song. The attempt was unsuccessful due to the fact that George was listening to the song through headphones. This created a problem because we now have no music to synch it up with and therefore we can not get the timing right and so have not included it in our blog. We will try it again before we start filming and hopefully will upload it at a later date if we get a chance.

Feedback from our reviews

After carefully going over our feedback for our blog, it's clear that a lot still needs to be added in the way of detail and more lengthy posts. For one thing, the storyboard and Lip Synch test still need to be uploaded. Much planning is still to be done, such as more shot lists and a time line. We also still need to plan when, and where exactly, we are going to film.
The feedback is not all bad though, the style of video people agreed was suitable for the genre of music and some of our ideas for shots could work well if filmed correctly.

• Upload test lip synch, time line, storyboard.
• Re-do Lip synch video.
• Research more on our shot locations.