In this post Olly has evaluated the editing technique we are considering to use in the final chorus of the music video. We had the idea of using different boxes and playing different footage in different boxes with the colours of the band in the spare boxes.
In the first box part olly felt the size of the main video for the section was too small so olly is going to make this bigger. In the third part the main box is a lot larger than in the first part and it looks a lot better.
Another aspect we might change is making the lines between each box white instead of black. This is because some of our footage has a black background and the lines aren't very clear.
In regards to the coloured boxes. Olly is thinking we could make a colourful animation of a moving pattern to put in these sections as they look too plain at the moment.
Our teacher feedback also suggested we put text into the video to line up with the lyrics especially in the coloured boxes.
Overall, we are going to use this idea however we are going to make some alterations.
Digipack Feedback From Teachers
Below is the feedback from Mrs Field and Mrs Brookes on my groups digipack (1st Draft).
The smoke bomb collage is ugly and doesn't synergies with the three images above and it distracts from the nice images on the front and back cover of the digipack.
The fonts need to be the same on the back and the front covers.
Find another picture of Olly where he doesn't look so "zoned out"
So what Nathan is going to do is assess what we can do to still incorporate the smoke within the digipack for synergy from the video but in a way that makes it look more like smoke and not a "little chef table" or a "hospital gown" in the collage state that it is currently in.
Also for the text Nathan wants to make the word appear as if from an old label maker to mix in the vintage vibe that comes along with the modern sounds of the band.
The smoke bomb collage is ugly and doesn't synergies with the three images above and it distracts from the nice images on the front and back cover of the digipack.
The fonts need to be the same on the back and the front covers.
Find another picture of Olly where he doesn't look so "zoned out"
So what Nathan is going to do is assess what we can do to still incorporate the smoke within the digipack for synergy from the video but in a way that makes it look more like smoke and not a "little chef table" or a "hospital gown" in the collage state that it is currently in.
Also for the text Nathan wants to make the word appear as if from an old label maker to mix in the vintage vibe that comes along with the modern sounds of the band.
Reflection Of Filming
Avenue 1
This was our first planned filming day and we had this idea right from the start. We wanted to kick off the video with a well thought out and well planned starting scene. The ideas come from all of us and we had a location in place. when we got to the avenues we realised there was a few more cars than we was anticipating. We scoped the area and thought this wasn't the place for us. We got back in the car and went to another avenue called 5th avenue. This was much better and there was a lot of trees the sun was shining and there was fewer cars. We was here for about 30 minutes as we got set up and did a few run throughs to make sure we had the best footage. Then we walked down the avenue and saw a bridge over a river and we thought this was a good location to shoot some dancing and us hanging off the bridge which looked very good when we got back to school. Also we saw a park on the walk back which looked sunny and had bright colours. We had many ideas here like mucking about on the see-saw and on the swings and on a slide and on a round about. These were nice filling shots to use. That concluded our first filming ay which wad an overall success. We had the idea of starting off our image
Avenue 2
We went back to the same placer to shoot some more shots cause we thought it was such a good location. We did a in time of use 3 walking down the avenue in the middle of the road. Also we had the idea of 3 of us running down the road. There was a bench in the play ground which we thought we could do a load of random photos that would go in time with the beat where there is no signing. This worked really well and due to Nathans camera the shoots looked really nice. As you can see by the photo. the sun was out it was nice blue sky and it looked exactly the same as the first day of filming which was nice to match.
Drama Studio
The drama studio was a simple idea of us playing instruments and Jk singing along. We would all be in blue jeans and a white top. Also we would have a hand print of our designated colours. Harry is blue, Jk is red and Olly is green. These shoots were simple with a black background and we had to idea to black and white everything else out expect our face paint. This looked really good as the colour stood out and popped. We got single shots of us all dancing and on our own to fill in the video if we needed it. At the start we had the task of getting and good print on our face. This took about half hour as we watch Ollie attempt this and it didn't looked the best. We had to get this perfect before we had our hour slot in the drama studio as there was lesson either side so we got prepared the hour before and got in and filmed efficiently.
Dance Studio
The dance studio was another idea thought up by Nathan and Olly. They had the idea of us sitting down and then Jk would through a white sheet over the camera and when it falls back down it would reveal a different scene of us dancing together or just one of us. This effect would happen a few times which looked really good when edited and the effect was nice and smooth. We was in full suits again and in the same accessories.
Smoke Bomb Scene - Field
This was a big scene. We ordered the smoke bombs months ago. We had the ideas in our head from the start and we hadn't set a day to film cause we wanted together all he other scenes done first. We put a day and it was very lucky we did wait as the sun was out for the 2 hours we was over there and blue sky's as far as the eye could see. We strolled over in our suits with equipment in hand. We had toe cope out the area as the sun was in a different place compared with the location scout therefore the direction we were going to film was not useable anymore. We did a few practise shots and filming run throughs so we had it our head what we was exactly going to do. As we only had 30 seconds of smoke to get all the shots we needed. The first attempt we had Nathan scoping around us then when he was behind us we would lit the smoke bombs. Harry had trouble the first time but got under way after a few attempts. Jk and Olly did it first time. We held the smoke bombs then through them. We thought i was going to create a wall of smoke inn the 3 colours but this turned out not to be the case. The wind was strong and going towards the camera so the smoke ran along the floor. Us jumping over the smoke didn't have the same effect as planned. So we re-grouped and thought of a way the smoke will fill the screen like we wanted. The second take everyone lit the smokes bombs when they needed too no hassle. Instead of throwing them we would hold them while we run and then wave them about so it would cover the frame. This would be us lip syncing and dancing to the tune. Secondly we had the idea of us jumping down onto the camera so it looked like we was flying in mid air. All we needed was a blue, sunny sky. Overall we had a a very successful day of filming.
This was our first planned filming day and we had this idea right from the start. We wanted to kick off the video with a well thought out and well planned starting scene. The ideas come from all of us and we had a location in place. when we got to the avenues we realised there was a few more cars than we was anticipating. We scoped the area and thought this wasn't the place for us. We got back in the car and went to another avenue called 5th avenue. This was much better and there was a lot of trees the sun was shining and there was fewer cars. We was here for about 30 minutes as we got set up and did a few run throughs to make sure we had the best footage. Then we walked down the avenue and saw a bridge over a river and we thought this was a good location to shoot some dancing and us hanging off the bridge which looked very good when we got back to school. Also we saw a park on the walk back which looked sunny and had bright colours. We had many ideas here like mucking about on the see-saw and on the swings and on a slide and on a round about. These were nice filling shots to use. That concluded our first filming ay which wad an overall success. We had the idea of starting off our image
We went back to the same placer to shoot some more shots cause we thought it was such a good location. We did a in time of use 3 walking down the avenue in the middle of the road. Also we had the idea of 3 of us running down the road. There was a bench in the play ground which we thought we could do a load of random photos that would go in time with the beat where there is no signing. This worked really well and due to Nathans camera the shoots looked really nice. As you can see by the photo. the sun was out it was nice blue sky and it looked exactly the same as the first day of filming which was nice to match.
The drama studio was a simple idea of us playing instruments and Jk singing along. We would all be in blue jeans and a white top. Also we would have a hand print of our designated colours. Harry is blue, Jk is red and Olly is green. These shoots were simple with a black background and we had to idea to black and white everything else out expect our face paint. This looked really good as the colour stood out and popped. We got single shots of us all dancing and on our own to fill in the video if we needed it. At the start we had the task of getting and good print on our face. This took about half hour as we watch Ollie attempt this and it didn't looked the best. We had to get this perfect before we had our hour slot in the drama studio as there was lesson either side so we got prepared the hour before and got in and filmed efficiently.
The dance studio was another idea thought up by Nathan and Olly. They had the idea of us sitting down and then Jk would through a white sheet over the camera and when it falls back down it would reveal a different scene of us dancing together or just one of us. This effect would happen a few times which looked really good when edited and the effect was nice and smooth. We was in full suits again and in the same accessories.
Science Room
We had an idea of doing a science experiment that would bubble up and be colourful. We went to the science room as this had all the equipment and the mise en scene fitted the idea of a science experiment. The white background of the wall looked good and made up pop more. We did have an idea of using science jackets but the science room didn't provide us with them as they had one but didn't have the others. They sent us all over the place saying there was more here but this was not the case. So we just rolled up our sleeve son our suit and took of our suit jackets. We had other ideas for the video as we was in these locations. We thought of us dancing on the table and getting our feet moving. We had a dance move mapped out that would go along with the lyrics and us dancing as we lip synced the lyrics.
This was a big scene. We ordered the smoke bombs months ago. We had the ideas in our head from the start and we hadn't set a day to film cause we wanted together all he other scenes done first. We put a day and it was very lucky we did wait as the sun was out for the 2 hours we was over there and blue sky's as far as the eye could see. We strolled over in our suits with equipment in hand. We had toe cope out the area as the sun was in a different place compared with the location scout therefore the direction we were going to film was not useable anymore. We did a few practise shots and filming run throughs so we had it our head what we was exactly going to do. As we only had 30 seconds of smoke to get all the shots we needed. The first attempt we had Nathan scoping around us then when he was behind us we would lit the smoke bombs. Harry had trouble the first time but got under way after a few attempts. Jk and Olly did it first time. We held the smoke bombs then through them. We thought i was going to create a wall of smoke inn the 3 colours but this turned out not to be the case. The wind was strong and going towards the camera so the smoke ran along the floor. Us jumping over the smoke didn't have the same effect as planned. So we re-grouped and thought of a way the smoke will fill the screen like we wanted. The second take everyone lit the smokes bombs when they needed too no hassle. Instead of throwing them we would hold them while we run and then wave them about so it would cover the frame. This would be us lip syncing and dancing to the tune. Secondly we had the idea of us jumping down onto the camera so it looked like we was flying in mid air. All we needed was a blue, sunny sky. Overall we had a a very successful day of filming.
Magazine Cover - 1st Draft
In this post Olly have placed an image of the first draft of our magazine cover along with the inspiration we used to create it. As you can see we added the logo in the same place along with the Oasis part at the top. Another aspect we looked at was highlighting the text in white and making the artist names taller than the other text.
We tested using a white background but it looked quite empty. We used inspiration from our music video of having the coloured smoke bombs in the background as it plays in big part in the video. In feedback we have received people say it makes theres eyes hurt with the mixed colours. However, we were happy with this as our first draft and we will take this feedback onboard when doing the next draft.
Location Scout 2
Below are some photographs from the seconed location recce where we will be filming our 'smoke bomb scene'. The first image is of the first location we looked at, we decided this location wouldn't work because there was too many trees and telegraph poles in the area. There was also a road which ran close by the field and as we were using smoke bombs we did not want to alarm any people driving past.
We found a nice secluded area which can be seen in the 2nd to 4th images. Our only query was which way to film. The images demonstrate the different possible areas.
We found a nice secluded area which can be seen in the 2nd to 4th images. Our only query was which way to film. The images demonstrate the different possible areas.
Halfway Evaluation Feedback
Everyone gave back information and feedback on which parts and aspects of our video we could improve on.
Video - Many people liked our video and said there wasn't much we could do. someone said the shots were a bit similar and we should try and vary this is the rest of the filming. Everyone said they would watch our video again. Also the outfits we have used people liked the look of and the image we have created. The use of the colours in the background and the atmosphere we have made people really enjoyed. furthermore people said the shots were very good persistently and photos we have are good to use. Finally one said that the shots in thew drama studio were too much.
Digi pack - Our digi pack was not completed at this stage so we had a lot of feedback about what we could do and improve upon our digi pack. We have idea that we presented and people agreed with the ideas we had. The logo we put on people liked and was effective.
Website - The photos we used in the website everyone liked and the colours made the page pop. The links we had were hard to read so quite a few people said to change the writing to make them clear for everyone.
Brand image - The group liked the friendly happy vibe we created in our work. Also the group liked how we carried this out through all our platforms. One said we needed to stop swearing. Finally people said again that they liked our suits.
Everyone but 1said they would view our photo again.
Last Chorus Inspiration
Oliver and Nathan discussed how to increase the editing within the video, in the last chorus of the song.
They talked about editing similar to this artwork and like the screenshot from the old students music video.
A Hard Days Night - Beatles
This is another idea for our video. We will have use jumping down onto the camera. We also added the though of jumping onto a sofa in our formation. The sofa would be in the middle of a random area such as a field or car park or a road.
Band Meeting - The Road Ahead
We thought we lost our path in the previous few days we got to lesson and decided we was going to scope out what needed doing and get back on the path we needed to be on to achieve our best work again. After this meeting we got straight to work and Avenue are back on track.
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