Production Log - Completing my magazine advert

In today's lesson I carried on with the creation of the magazine poster for the album that my music video belongs to. Last leasson I created a template that is seen in the first image then today I added in an image that I found online that is similar the to the photograph that I would like to take. I created two differemnt versions as seen below then got feedback from my classmates and teacher who liked the layout of the first one but the opacity of the second one. I therefore decided to add an image of blossoms in the background with just under 50% opacity. This is continuous of the whimsical theme and adds to the effectiveness of the poster.

Album Poster

Raw footage of location

Here is a video of my raw location footage that I made using Adobe Premire.
The video contains photographs and video recordings of the location and is paired with an instrumental soundtrack of Christina Perri's 'A Thousand Years' which is also the song that I will be using for my music video.

 

Pairing the music with images of the location allows me to get a feel of what the video will be like. The location is in the Rose Garden in Hyde Park and has a very ethereal feel, which immitates the tone of the song well. This will allow my video to have a sense of continuity in the tone and theme.

Filming/Editing Schedule

Scene One: Hyde Park

Filming – 10^th October 2013, 12-4pm

Editing – 11th - 25th November. Editing will continue after this until the first draft of the entire video is complete.

Details: On this day, I would like to have shot the majority of the footage from the Hyde Park scene. This includes footage of Monique walking through the archways in the rose garden and part where she finds the letter, as well as a few close up shots of her feet taking steps through the park.

Scene Two: Black Recital Room

Filming – 12th December 2013, 3.15-5.15pm

Editing - 13th - 18th December. Editing will continue after this until the first draft of the entire video is complete.

Details: This will be the studio shoot that will be shot in the black Recital room at my school. There will only be one prop- a black chair or stool. There will be two spotlights and Monique will be sitting in the middle of the darkened room, singing the lyrics of the song. I will try to get footage from several different angles in order to make the footage look diverse when put together in the music video.

Scene Three: Hyde Park

Filming – After 5^th January 2013

Editing - 8th - 15th January. Editing will continue after this until the second and final drafts of the entire video is complete.

Details: Once I create my first draft and receive feedback, it may turn out that I need to include more of the Hyde Park footage, such as the Bandstand scene. Therefore, I will have to return to Hyde Park after Winter Wonderland has finished in order to film this.

Production Log - Visiting the location

I have just returned from visiting my location so decided to vlog about it. I went to visit the Rose Garden in Hyde park and took some footage/photographs of the location which I will make into a short video on Premiere.

Production Log - Refining research and storyboarding my ideas

This week I have been trying to refine the research tasks that I completed over the summer holidays and upload them to my blog, adding commentary under every post. I have used my free time to do this as I felt it would be a better use of class time to complete one of the planning tasks instead.

This week I started working on my storyboard which I will use to help me when filming my video. Having done the script and shot list before hand, it has been much easier to create the storyboard as I am literally just bringing my ideas to life through drawings.
As my art skills are not the best, I will ask one of the art students to re-draw the shots for me once I have completed my first draft. I will then go on location with the actors and take photographs to also make into a storyboard.
Creating several drafts of the storyboard will help me to understand the best way to film the video as well as making it easier as I will be able to use the storyboard as instructions for filming to ensure that I get the right shots needed to make my music video look as realistic and professional as possible.

Health and Safety

Health and Safety

This is a risk assessment that I had to fill out before commencing any filming for my media coursework music video. This risk assessment allows me to ensure that all health and safety precautions are taken to make sure that all risks are avoided or have a plan if they need to be dealt with, which will make the filming process more efficient.

Actor Release Form

I asked my protagonist, Monique Todd to sign an Actor Release form to confirm that she agrees to me using photographs and footage of her throughout my media studies coursework, entitled 'A Thousand Years'.

Storyboard

Anamatic

Anamatic from Neha Raithatha on Vimeo.

Production Log - location ideas

Through my research, one thing that I have found to be very important in setting the tone and helping to specify the genre of a music video is the setting. As the song my video is set to is in the Pop genre and has a very ethereal feel, I thought that it would be appropriate to set my video outside. I would like to use a setting with several trees and bushes where I would be able to hang fairy lights. I would also use the branches to hang some of the clues that the protagonist would find, leading her to her lover.

I believe that the simple, yet embellished setting would allow the audience to understand the story without it being distracting and would militate the intimate, ethereal theme of the song too to ensure that there is continuity editing throughout the music video.