Stop Motion

After reviewing our video so far we felt it was missing something and could do with more elements contributing to the project making it more watchable. From remembering back to one of our earlier side projects of using stop motion animation and how it was received by audience we decided to add a small clip into our music video to break up the running and band scenes. We did this by getting two pairs of trainers and took pictures of them a number of times after each slight movement. We had to focus while shooting this as one mistake could mean ruining the whole sequence. After taking all the photo's Luke uploaded them to the Mac where they was imported into the programme Istop motion and edited to create a short sequence after we had finished creating this we exported the file so it could be dragged into final cut and be edited into our music video.

Audience feedback on Rough edit

Production week 6

On Monday due to unknown technical problems we could not access our work however instead of wasting the time by doing nothing we updated the blog slightly and went over footage we had on the camera discussing ideas about what we want the final piece to look like. We also managed to download the alarm clock sound we plan to incorporate into our video.

On Tuesday the technical problem had been patched and we could continue editing our piece. This meant importing the Alarm Clock sound we had recently downloaded for this project.

On Wednesday after some trouble i was finally able to upload our rough edit and will soon add some writing to it in the days to come i also uploaded the video onto facebook so we could get some a wider range of feedback and hopefully create a better final piece. We also continued with the edit and believe we should be able to finish the basic edit soon and then move on to the more technical side of using after effects etc.

On Thursday we continued with the edit and started to look at how to use after effects in our work.

On Friday we focused on editing and started to plan out what needed filming over the weekend and also on Monday to help improve our work

Rough Edit of Music Video

This is a Rough edit of our A2 Music video project.

This is what we have produced so far however we already acknowledge that we need to make numerous changes to improve the work and intend to do so in time.
One of the main changes we need to do is go on re-shoots for a number of different reasons. One of these reasons is because we believe that the band footage is limited and that it could look better this has also been brought to our attention via feedback. Because of this we have actually changed the costume for our band scene and intend to shoot it with the whole band wearing white T-shirts where in the edit we will add colour to them as an extra to the performance.

Production Week 5

During the festive break we had hoped to finish the re-shoots needed and add shots suggested by audience feedback received about our rough edit piece. However due to our actors schedules over this period we was unable to do this and had to wait for a time when we was all available.  Instead of doing nothing we decided to plan everything which needed to be done and also shot a few scenes where no one was needed EG. When the phone alarm goes off.

On Tuesday we continued the editing process and started making the recommended changes suggested to us by the viewers of our rough edit. We also went over the shooting schedules for tomorrow and made sure we had the necessary equipment to film the shots we needed and wanted.

Once Wednesday came we didn't have to waste anytime trying to organise what was needed and could get straight into filming. This proved to be essential as filming was cut short by an unforeseen event however this wasn't a problem for our group as we was able to finish everything with time to spare. This lead to us being creative and filming some shots we thought could add to the value of our work however we will need to review them. We also took new photo's for our digipak and poster

On Thursday we returned the used equipment and began editing what we had filmed on wednesday. After viewing the new footage we had shot we was impressed with what we saw and continued editing. After editing the majority of the new footage trying to make it fit with what we had already done, we had a flick through the new photo's we would use to create our groups digipak and liked what we saw.

On Friday we returned eager to continue where we had finished editing the new footage yesterday. While also editing on friday, Luke uploaded the new band photo's writing a small paragraph under them explaining our views and ideas on them.

Soundeffect for Alarm

While editing our original footage of the bed scene we opted to add some non-diegetic sound an replace the real alarm sound for a more generic sound which our audience could connect to more.
After a lot of searching numerous sites we decided to use the alarm clock sound from Youtube titled Alarm-Clock Sound!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNpXCzaWW1s&feature=related

New Band Shots

 

After reviewing our earlier photo's and footage from the music video, we decided and was also advised to re-shoot the band scene and take some new photo's for our digipak. When comparing our new and old photo's we thought they offered two different styles. We will get some outside audience feedback before selecting the final photo's for the official digipak.

With the new photo's we plan to edit them and add some colour to the bands t-shirt's as that was the reasoning behind all wearing white T's.