The day has arrived and we have spent our time scrupulously ensuring that all the performance shots were in time with the music.
Luckily we made duplicates of every shot that we filmed during the whole project process which turned out to be extremely useful today because as we were running through our final edit we could edit down all those shots if we found that we had gaps. All and all there were only one or two and we were very pleased with how the piece came together.
Personally when reflecting back on this year's process in comparison to my AS work, i feel that i have progressed in many aspects. The quality of my filming skills are vastly improved and i have learnt a lot about editing techniques and skills from my groupmates.
I felt that we were all able to bring different competant skills to the project which helped us produce such a successful piece of work.
Friday, 11 February 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Final filming
As the deadline draws ever closer, we looked at our music video so far with extra critical eyes.
we realised that we needed to lip-sync a few lines in order to fill the last remaining gaps and to pull the whole piece together.
Therefore i wrote down all the lines that needed to be synced and James and i planned our final filming slot for yesterday.
James arrived dressed in his white shirt and black tie (to keep continuity) and we began filming on and behind the school stage which was where most of our performance shots were filmed.
James focused on moving his lips at exactly the right tempo so that it would fit with the track we were using and i focused on filming him in the same way we had done for all the other shots. (Again for continuity)
There were a few lines that we wanted to film several times in different locations because the line was repeated as the bridge in the song. The line was "He's a shifty so and so/ you'll never get to heaven if you don't say no."
So i filmed a backwards panning shot of james walking behind the stage for the first bridge/ James walking down some steel stairs (which looked great when desaturated on final cut)for the second bridge/ James sitting at the bottom of the stairs for the third.
All these shots were filmed several times to ensure we got the best shot possible and to make sure that everything was framed correctly. James then took the SD cards home so we could begin our final editing the next day.
we realised that we needed to lip-sync a few lines in order to fill the last remaining gaps and to pull the whole piece together.
Therefore i wrote down all the lines that needed to be synced and James and i planned our final filming slot for yesterday.
James arrived dressed in his white shirt and black tie (to keep continuity) and we began filming on and behind the school stage which was where most of our performance shots were filmed.
James focused on moving his lips at exactly the right tempo so that it would fit with the track we were using and i focused on filming him in the same way we had done for all the other shots. (Again for continuity)
There were a few lines that we wanted to film several times in different locations because the line was repeated as the bridge in the song. The line was "He's a shifty so and so/ you'll never get to heaven if you don't say no."
So i filmed a backwards panning shot of james walking behind the stage for the first bridge/ James walking down some steel stairs (which looked great when desaturated on final cut)for the second bridge/ James sitting at the bottom of the stairs for the third.
All these shots were filmed several times to ensure we got the best shot possible and to make sure that everything was framed correctly. James then took the SD cards home so we could begin our final editing the next day.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Filling Gaps
At present we are looking through our video on final cut and we are scrutinising our editing in order to make it as good as we possibly can.
So far we have made distinct changes to the concentration of posterising on all of our shots, after some constructive criticisms from our teacher we decided to tone down the contrasts so they looked less like a black and white Andy Warhol inspired shot to something that more closely resembled 50's tv.
This fits with the general retro theme we were going for whilst still retaining the black and white convention of the genre and how it is most commonly represented.
We are also looking if we need anything re-filming. so far we have decided that we just need to film some lip syncing shots with James Ward. The lines we need to sync are:
1. I could dance coz' my friends had gone home
2. but she was laughin' at that circlin' shark
3. He's a shifty so and so
(You'll never get to heaven if you don't say no)
4. I've got angel wings upon the top of my head
5. He's got devil horns upon the top of his head...(end of song)
6. I would have given up on her but
the thought of him and her was turnin' my gut
7. i wasn't down being down on my luck.
Particularly for number 3 (and also for a few other syncs) we want to film the same lines at different intensities and locations so that we can reuse them as they appear several times throughout the song in the bridge.
So far we have made distinct changes to the concentration of posterising on all of our shots, after some constructive criticisms from our teacher we decided to tone down the contrasts so they looked less like a black and white Andy Warhol inspired shot to something that more closely resembled 50's tv.
This fits with the general retro theme we were going for whilst still retaining the black and white convention of the genre and how it is most commonly represented.
We are also looking if we need anything re-filming. so far we have decided that we just need to film some lip syncing shots with James Ward. The lines we need to sync are:
1. I could dance coz' my friends had gone home
2. but she was laughin' at that circlin' shark
3. He's a shifty so and so
(You'll never get to heaven if you don't say no)
4. I've got angel wings upon the top of my head
5. He's got devil horns upon the top of his head...(end of song)
6. I would have given up on her but
the thought of him and her was turnin' my gut
7. i wasn't down being down on my luck.
Particularly for number 3 (and also for a few other syncs) we want to film the same lines at different intensities and locations so that we can reuse them as they appear several times throughout the song in the bridge.
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Filming
With the video deadline looming, we have really upped our work and have filmed several extra narrative shots to fill in the gaps in our video.
Firstly, i wanted to expand on the idea i had about the band exiting their dressing rooms with their instruments and walking around to the front of house. So whilst the boys were tweaking the preliminary edit to get it in sync and looking proffessional, i went off with the actors and filmed at the location(thanks to the exams officer who kindly let me use the main hall even though exams were happening that afernoon!)
I set up the camera on the tripod and filmed (panning backwards) Martyn, followed by James and then Louis coming out of 3 doors round the back of the stage. Each was holding an instrument or impliment associated with their role in the band. EG. Louis held a Bass guitar, James held an electric guitar and Martyn held drumsticks.
We uploaded the footage into the end of the timeline on final cut pro so that we could cut them down and edit them appropriatley when we had the rest of the footage.
A few days later after extensive organisation and planning we got all the actors and the whole media group together to film our "resevior dogs" inspired shots. We went out to the front of the school down by the botton carpark, i set up the camera on the tripod at its shortest setting in order to get the correct angle shot to try and replicate "RD". On the other side of the road in front os a nice red brick wall, Ewan James W, Louis, James L, and Martyn were lined up dressed in black two piece suits and fashionable mens attire so as to appeal to our intended audiences.
I filmed them walking from across the road walking across the shot from right to left at various speeds and angles. i then filmed each of the boys' faces/shoulders in a medium close up shot walking towards the camera, again as i was shooting i was quite close to the actors but walking backwards, following their movement. After that i filmed them walking towards the camera(long shot) and then away from it.
We took the new footage into the editing suite and uploaded it onto our mac wherein we started to desaturate the colours of our shots and overlay a posterize effect to fit with the aesthetic of the rest of the video.
Firstly, i wanted to expand on the idea i had about the band exiting their dressing rooms with their instruments and walking around to the front of house. So whilst the boys were tweaking the preliminary edit to get it in sync and looking proffessional, i went off with the actors and filmed at the location(thanks to the exams officer who kindly let me use the main hall even though exams were happening that afernoon!)
I set up the camera on the tripod and filmed (panning backwards) Martyn, followed by James and then Louis coming out of 3 doors round the back of the stage. Each was holding an instrument or impliment associated with their role in the band. EG. Louis held a Bass guitar, James held an electric guitar and Martyn held drumsticks.
We uploaded the footage into the end of the timeline on final cut pro so that we could cut them down and edit them appropriatley when we had the rest of the footage.
A few days later after extensive organisation and planning we got all the actors and the whole media group together to film our "resevior dogs" inspired shots. We went out to the front of the school down by the botton carpark, i set up the camera on the tripod at its shortest setting in order to get the correct angle shot to try and replicate "RD". On the other side of the road in front os a nice red brick wall, Ewan James W, Louis, James L, and Martyn were lined up dressed in black two piece suits and fashionable mens attire so as to appeal to our intended audiences.
I filmed them walking from across the road walking across the shot from right to left at various speeds and angles. i then filmed each of the boys' faces/shoulders in a medium close up shot walking towards the camera, again as i was shooting i was quite close to the actors but walking backwards, following their movement. After that i filmed them walking towards the camera(long shot) and then away from it.
We took the new footage into the editing suite and uploaded it onto our mac wherein we started to desaturate the colours of our shots and overlay a posterize effect to fit with the aesthetic of the rest of the video.
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