Editing: 21/11/09

A quick update on my editing is going. I think we have done some really good progress, we have now finished our sequence, well we filled in all the shots anyway .

Need to do:

• Get miss to give feedback on our project
• Grading all the shots
• Change the contrast of them all

Also, whilst we are finishing off the small touches to the video we were also starting up our website (Myspace) and also starting the album cover (digipak).

As there are 3 of us in our group we thought it would be a good idea to split up these 3 tasks to do;
Tom- because he is more experience at Photoshop started the Album cover
Hannah and I- then alternated between doing the Myspace and carrying on with editing on the Video.

This makes it easier to make sure everything is atleast practically finished before the deadline.

Editing

The editing is going really, we have a few gaps left now but haven't quite decided what shots we are going to put where.
Having so much footage and so many takes made it a lot harder to pick a couple of shots that we liked and edit them in, because there were many that we really liked.

Also, in our music there are numerous parts where there are 3 quick beats.
So we decided to write down how often and where these came in.
We thought this was the best way to go through our footage and find the shots we are looking for.

This is when we edited the 3 fast tight cut shots of Sian in the pink jumper.
And after getting our feedback it was a shot that many of our target audience liked!

Meetings

As you know we did our pitch to our class last Thursday.
We introduced our song, played it half way through, explained our treatment & then played the rest of the song. This way people were able to base our treatment to the song after hearing it.

I think it went really well, everyone seemed to like our treatment and thought it would suit the song we are doing, very well. There wasn't any criticism giving, just a lot of helpful feedback.

Feedback:
Our idea of a blank set could work, altohugh miss suggested using a green screen and then putting in the white background, however this will have to be tested a couple of times before actually following it through, therefore being able to alter anything needed to.

Our main location- if only location- will be London itself, therefore we may have the drawback of having to ask permission to film. However because we are not planning on filming in the same spot for the whole day we think it would be easy to get all equipment and run if need be. So we could work around not asking for permission very easily.

Many people in the class asked 'what if it's crowded?', to be honest the more crowded the better. This will add to our idea of a busy London a lot more. & therefore meaning our actress would look much more colourful around a crowded London or business workers in suits and smart clothing.

Reference: Gorilla Video done a couple of years ago.

BLK feedback

Danni can you pop in and see me on tuesday? I've tried to fix your text but it is a bit weird! I need to see the original word document, I think that is where your problem lies. I have posted something from word as a test and it posted fine so there must be something else wrong with it.

BLK feedback

Some high quality research and analysis posts so far Danni on The Wombats and Michael Jackson, but that's it really! You really need to push on with your independent research and analysis. But a good start nonetheless to the background work for this project.

You are also rather behind though with last term's class work, there's lots missing and you need to catch up fast, as it will get very busy once we are back at school.

We also need to get you using/applying advanced theory when you analyse music videos, think Vernallis for now, although you will also need to get to grips with Goodwin in the new term.

For now, your short term targets are:
1. Link your lip synch and workshop video to your blog
2. Post your workshop and lip synch evaluations
3. Post the work you have done for Miss T on Vernallis; see her post on the music video main blog for details
4. Post your track research/ideas – we need to see what you have got in mind for your own video
5. Put some inspirational/useful weblinks up
6. Sort out your navigation links, you need to link to the main blog for example.
7. We need a photo/info about you please!

All instructions are on the main blog if you are not sure what you should have done. There will be a lot happening when term starts so the sooner this outstanding work is completed, the better.

We really need to see some progress on this blog Danni, the sooner the better ok!