Editing difficulties - again

We just attempted to show Mr. Ford our video and the computer froze. We will continue to stress our frustration of these computers until we have finished our music video to a standard we are happy with.

More editing difficulties

Once again we have been sat here waiting for the computers to load for a substancial part of the lesson. We have also been coming in in our free's to basically sit around and wait for the computers to load. We have had a lot of technical help yet it still doesn't have seem to solve the issue of the painfully slow computers. This has definatley been a restriction to our progress as we literally cannot do anything until premier elements decides it wants to work.
An example of this would be we have been in this lesson since 12:25 and it is 12:51 and premier elements has only just began to work. This is putting unnecisary stress on us considering the deadline is tomorrow. It is unfair as there is nothing we can do as we have done all of our filming and have the time to edit which is just being used up by waiting for the computers to load.

Editing Difficulties.

Yet again, reminiscing on our draft, the computer seems determined not to let us start. So far Adobe Premiere has frozen and shut down five times- everytime we go to save progress. However, we are trying to save it elsewhere which does seem to be helping for the time being.

Also the computer keeps hiding folders when we click on them, and they move up and down flickering meaning it is near impossible to select anything. We have only managed to get eight clips loaded onto our project so far and this has been throughout a combination of three lessons.

We hope to overcome these issues soon with some IT support.

Editing Progress

After spending two hours trying to do so I finally got the footage onto the computers at school. It was an extremely lengthy process due to the school computers being ridiculously difficult to work if you aren't given any assistance. An issue we will have to overcome with the editing is that the computers uploaded the shots in a random order so we will have to watch them all and label them all before uploading them to preimer elements.
When the clips were finally uploaded to the computer I watched them all to check we weren't missing any. I was impressed by the quality and we only need to edit the lighting on a few clips. Otherwise I was impressed and don't think we will have any problems with the quality.

Wreckin Bar Animatic

This is our final animatic video. This was completed just before editing began so it gave us a pretty good insight to the timings of our music video which weren't completely accurate on our storyboard.

New Storyboard

Here is the new storyboard that we created to help us make our new video. It was more thorough than our last attempt as I had previously gone listened to the song getting the timings for each line meaning that the storyboard covers all of the song and doesn't miss any out like our last attempt did in a few places.

Media storyboard

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Below are the ideas we put down before hand so that we could complete a better storyboard:

Equipment

This was the same model of camera that we used to film all of our shots. It was particularly good quality so we are optimistic that our video will look as good as we possible can make it.

We used a tripod to make our shots stable to maximise our shots looking more proffessional. We also found it helpful when avoiding the camera looking handheld.

We used our iPhones to communicate with each other when organising meeting up for filmings. We also took pictures of each other when filming using our iphones.

Filming Conclusion

After filming the rest of our shots last night we feel very pleased with the progress we have made. We scheduled it in a way that would save as much time as possible yet give us enough time to film the shots to a standard that we are satisfied with. We also filmed extra shots in case the shots we did film something that didn't work; we had backup. As most of the shots had to be sped up it was important that we filmed them for three/four times longer as we didnt want to have filmed them then for the shot to have ran out.
Another problem we had to overcome was to make sure the camera didn't move between shots as that could effect continuity and make it look over all more proffesional, we also had  to make the lads stand in the same place between the shots as te shots wouldnt have looked as smooth as we'd anticipated.
We also focussed on lip syncing as that would be a major flaw if it wasn't done correctly. We put the music on our phone, but as that wasn't loud enough me and lydia decided to sing the previous lines so that they coudl hear and knew when to come in.
We also would need to do a better risk assesment as Sam was hurt whilst filming on the park, although this wasn't our fault we feel that we would have to have included this in our risk assesment.
Overall I think that the shoot was succesful and everyone co-operated well as we were  very organised.

Final Filming.

Last night we (thankfully) found space where we could film in daylight. Everyone had a last free period (except me who talked to my teacher to arrange taking it off) so we were able to leave school at the beginning of lunch allowing us to get all our filming complete. As we managed to film the daylight scenes all in line with a tight schedule we were able to complete the dark scenes as well meaning we were completed by about 17:15. This meant Harry who was due for a birthday meal with his family to be able to film with us and go out. It all worked rather well after an initial panic.

The lighting was a lot better than expected for an autumn day, I was expecting to have to use car headlights to add to the light but generally speaking the sun was shining and light was in good supply. The weather was as good as we could of asked for allowing for a smooth run.

We completed the following scenes/locations:

• roundabout on park
• swings on park
• field shots
• shop shots
• car park/trolley shot
• bus stop shots (which we omitted for a shelter giving the same effect)
• garage shots
• underpass shots

Although we basically forgot to take any shots of us filming Harry and Jake each took a few whilst they were waiting to be shot so here's a few quick images of yesterdays filming:

Although we actually missed out a few shots we took alternative ones to fill the space that we thought would be more effective. Hopefully when editing it should come together nicely.

When to Film.

As I keep discussing in my posts it is becoming really difficult to find times to film as day light is in short supply at the moment, by 4 o'clock the lighting just isn't good enough. I only arrive home at 3:45, and Izzy even later than this meaning daylight shots are becoming increasingly difficult. There is actually no day apart from this Thursday and the next Thursday that everyone is free and this Thursday it's Harry's birthday and next it is the day before the deadline. Even so we'd only get about 15 minutes worth of shots which is hardly worth it anyway. We really need to film at the weekend but Jake (in the band) and Izzy both work almost all of Saturday and Sam and Jake both also are working on Sunday. The only solution I foresee is filming early Saturday morning, although I need to check this is ok with everyone as I am unsure when they actually begin work. Hopefully there is going to be a gap open up for us to film! We did contemplate getting new band members before the new shoot however as this didn't happen and we have already started to film. I really do think we need to reconsider this though as I personally see no other way around it and I don't want to get to the deadline and find it's too late. Obviously I need to discuss this with Izzy.

Filming Update

We did some more filming on Thursday evening with the band members, however we did not get nearly as many shots as we would like to. This is because it is becoming increasingly difficult to get us, me and Izzy, as well as the three band members together at one time. This is for a variety of reasons but mainly is due to people having part time jobs after school meaning it is limited when we can film. Izzy also works Saturdays and Sundays so we are unable to film at the weekend. Again more reasons include our band members featuring in other music videos for other groups meaning we have to compromise when we can film and also our band members have school work they also need to fit in. Basically we are limited to Thursday's in respect to when we can film. But since the Thursday just passed we could only do about an hour worth of filming (because Sam had to leave) it has meant we have more to do for the coming Thursday (which is already having to be cut short because it will be Harry's birthday) and the only Thursday left before the deadline therefore is the day before it is due in which is no good in terms of editing. We are really struggling for time in that respect but are continuing to do the best we can.

Shots we did complete on Thursday were night shots and we had to use car lights on full beam to light the scene. It worked alright although when watching the clips back the lighting is compromised and hopefully we will be able to edit them to correct this if not we will have to refilm ASAP.

Filming Today

Today we did the first shots for our final video. I feel it went quite well as we took more time over doing them meaning that they weren't just 'good enough' but they were actually satisfactory. It took a lot longer than anticipated though, for several reasons including:

• Driving to get around places ended up being quite time consuming as we went between Whetstone, Enderby, Blaby, Croft and Fosse Park. I also accidentally took a wrong turn meaning we also were headed to Desford at one point which, when in rush hour, was far from ideal. 
• When filming the sky going dark about 10 minutes into the shot the wind blew the tripod & camera over. This meant we had to restart the shot. Luckily the sky hadn't darkened too much by this point and the remaining 30 minutes we did capture does show a change in lighting. 
• Getting the dog to do what we wanted was only an issue in that we had to tire him out to prevent him doing whatever he pleased. Therefore we had to run around with him and let him play for about 10 minutes before we could actually take the shot. However, he did actually cooperate quite well and we managed to get the shot we wanted by the third take. 

As a whole though the filming went well and we achieved everything we wanted to. 

Pictures of Izzy filming facing Croft Hill (this was a change in location to where we originally had planned the sky to go dark):

Here is the new location for the sky going dark. The camera faces Croft Hill. 

Izzy filming. On top of a picnic table to gain extra height.

Location and Izzy filming. 

Music Video improvements mindmap

After receiving basically poor feeback for our video we decided to make a mindmap identifying all of the issues we previously had and how we can improve them. This was helpful because we could pinpoint what we were going wrong on.

Photoshoot

These are all of the images that I took for my digipack and advert. I decided to have my model (Lorna) dressed in the way she is as its suits the genre of our band and the 'look' I was trying to acheive for my digipack/advert. I wanted her smoking and drinking as again, it most represents my genre and completes the look of my model. My favourite ones were the ones I used in my digipack eventually - however it helped me to have a wide choice of pictures to chose from as I wasn't stuck for ideas.