18/09/2017
Today is the first day Sophie, Ale, Renae and Pip all sat
down together and discussed what song we would like to do and what themes we
would like to portray within the music video. We first came up with the idea of
having one person act as the artist and be the focus of the video, however we
found multiple songs such as "i won't" by little mix, of which all
three girl would participate in the music video to make a girl group. We
thought this to be the best idea, as our thoughts all linked together and we thought
this would be a good idea for the whole of the music video.
19/09/17
Today we were making our presentation that we have to
present to the class tomorrow. Within this presentation we have to include what
music videos have given us ideas for our music video. We have also included
songs which we have considered and then also the two songs that we have
narrowed our choices down to. Also in the presentation we have spoke about the
props we hope to use in our video, the settings we hope to film in and also the
costumes we will wear. We have also discussed a few band names and are hoping
to come up with a few more tomorrow so that we have a wide range that our peers
can choose from to help us decide.
20/09/17
During today's lesson we all sat down and analysed student
music videos and decided what level we would put the video into. For example,
we looked at ex-student videos from our school that made their music videos
last year as well as from other schools such as Hertwood House and Latima. In
addition to this, we got set a separate task where we had to find 5 other
student videos and list the positives and negatives of each of the video and
decide what level they would be.
21/09/17
We have finally finished our group pitch videos and we are
now ready to present. Within the lesson today, we pitched our ideas to the rest
of our class and received feedback from our class mates of which they enhanced
our ideas as well as gave us suggestions that we have considered but may not
incorporate.
22/09/17
Today we all sat down together and recapped on what we have
to do according to our lap charts, for example, checking all of the blog posts
that are there have been completed. In addition to this we have all gone over
our timetables and decided which days we can all shoot and meet up and we have
dedicated every lesson as well as frees to film this music video. We have also
decided on who will do which job, for example with Ale being the director and
filming the whole music video, he is also going to do the research and analysis
into the website and digipaks. However, we have also separated all of the other
tasks between Pip, Renae and Sophie.
25/09/17
Within the lesson, Sophie started the Stealomatic Task which
is an ongoing task which will take around a week to complete. Pip was filmed by
Renae, doing the Lip sync task which each of us will have to do it as well.
Then she started to edit it to have the song played along side it to see how
well her lip syncing was. Ale was getting up to date with his blog and also
completed the days production diary.
26/09/17
Today Renae, Sophie and Ale completed their lip sync for the
lip sync task while Pip filmed it and then when finished edited the lip sync
task into a video to upload on our blogs. Sophie then carried on with the
Stealomatic Task and then Ale and Renae completed blog work.
28/09/17
Today we focused on planning who was going to sing each shot
in the video, we created a presentation on this with many different slides
deciding how many shots we were going to have throughout the whole video. We
know that this will be a big help when filming our music video because it means
that we will be prepared for every shot.
29/09/17
Today we planned which of us girls was going to sing each
part of the song, this is a vital part of our planning because before we start
filming we have to make sure we know who is lip syncing which part of the song
so we can prepare correctly.
02/10/17
Today Ale is doing research for our digipak and the website,
Pip is continuing with the lyric breakdown to ensure we know exactly what parts
of the song each of us are singing. Sophie is researching into the artist of
our chosen song (Little Mix) and into similar genre websites and CD covers.
5/10/17
During today's session Pip started the storyboard for which
we will use whilst we are filming to give us guidance. This storyboard
including the actions for which we will carry out throughout each lyric and how
long each act would last for. This consisted of us understanding who will sing
what bit.
6/10/17
In addition to individual work for the band, our teacher
introduced us to the software 'screencastify' of which we looked at a variety
of artists websites. Our teacher showed us how we should use this software in
analyzing the website. We was told to have a look at what type of websites
inspire us so that we could get some ideas for our own creation when we make it
on wix. In addition we all made our own scripts so that this can be spoken
whilst we talk over the website. Renae analysed little mix, Pip analysed Fifth
Harmony's, Sophie analysed Rihanna's and Ale analysed Oasis.
9/10/17
Today is our first day of filming, pip drove us all to
hylands park where we filmed in a variety of locations around the park. For
example we all individually sung the song against a wooden wall, then we all
performed together and tried to do a lot of camera shots such as pans,
tracking, low and high angles. We all had similar looks within our checkered
shirts, jeans and boots, of which we all had signature hairstyles as we wanted
to look different but within a country location. We got enough footage, as well
as this, we took a lot of photos in order for us to build our website,
magazine, Twitter/Instagram pages and digipak.
10/10/17
Tuesday's lesson consisted of us analysing the footage that
we had recorded on Monday, and we did import some of this footage onto our
editing software Premiere Pro. This was so we could get an idea of what the
footage looks like along with the audio from the song we chose. In addition,
Ale made a start on the digipak by going through the images we took and he
selected our strongest one from that day to make a start on.
12/10/17
We have now got a rough idea of the other locations we would
like to film in, for example setting up a set within our school in our drama
studio with a plain background and fairy lights, we are also waiting for a
response from Marsh Farm and we would also like to film at a golf club that is
based in a country area, a long with being a barn. We also came up with a range
of names for our band with out teacher and we had the people around us vote for
the ones they liked the most. The contenders now are Trinity, Blue Moon and
French Vanillas. 16/10/17
Today was spent planning for our next shooting trip to marsh
farm. This included gathering information about how we would get there, what
specific locations we wanted to use and what outfits and props we needed to
bring with us. Ale and Sophie also focused on producing out social media
accounts so that we could publicize the making of our music video.
17/10/17
The Marsh Farm Shoot was booked for today so all four of us
went. We spent the whole day filming and had perfect lighting just before the
sun started to set while we were filming in the corn field, giving us amazing
lighting and superb shots to include in out video. We filmed in various
locations such as in the barn with the animals such as the pigs and the horses.
We also filmed within the Maize Maze where we managed to film from a variety of
angles and shots.
18/10/17
From returning from Marsh Farm yesterday, we had a lesson
where our teacher spoke to us about Cross Media and Synergy and how this should
be used within our planning and work for the video. We analysed Daft Punk from
their album covers to their teaser video and official videos. From this we
learnt that we need to incorporate the same colours, costumes and themes
throughout all of our work in our digipak, website, and promotion for our band.
We also went through all the footage and images from yesterday. Ale has also
made a start on our website.
19/10/17
Ale wasn't in today's lesson therefore it was only the
girls. Renae and pip made a start with the editing of the first draft of the
music video, and Sophie finished the cross media task, edited the vlog from the
Marsh Farm shoot day, and also edited the photos of the outfits we wore at
Marsh Farm. Pip also continued with the plan of the lyric breakdown which
helped Renae with what shot to put where within the video.
20/10/17
Today, Pip is carrying on with adding some more footage onto
Premiere. Ale is doing website research in order to make our website the best
matched to our band. Sophie has been working on making the magazine so she has
been doing some magazine research to ensure we have included all of the right things. I have been
analysing the photos that we are planning on using for our digipak.
30/10/17
We have now returned back to school from our half term
holiday, of which we have undertook various tasks individually. In addition,
pip was absent today however Ale, Sophie and Renae did work within the class.
Our teacher caught us up on work that we needed to finish before deadlines such
as the halfway evaluation on Friday.
31/10/17
Sophie continued with the editing of the music video today
to ensure that there is a first draft done for the halfway evaluation. Pip has
finished the storyboard images and is now taking photos of it ready for it to
be filmed. Renae has continued with other work such as presentations. Ale has
also carried on with the website and has made a large progress with focusing on
the tour and biography page.
02/11/17
We finally decided we wanted to go back to hylands to gain
some more footage, such as long shots and establishing shots. We wanted to
shoot these as a chance to build up our music video and add in an opening to
make the video look more put together. Renae, Pip and Ale all went to hylands,
whilst Sophie stayed editing the music video and finishing off extra pieces of
work. Pip also started on the editing of the storyboard and Ale progressed with
the digipak designs.
03/11/17
Today Sophie is editing and adding in more footage onto the
music video, we are trying to get as much as we can done with the video in
order for the halfway evaluation deadline. Ale is finishing of the album cover
today and also working on the website. Renae has been working on the halfway
evaluation Prezi, it is important to do this as it allows us to see where we
are as a group and whether or not we are on target to finish on time.
06/11/17
Today we presented our halfway evaluation prezi to the
class, this was a grat task because it meant that we gained feedback from our
classmates on what we needed to work on and also what they thought was good.
08/11/17
Today Sophie is editing more of our music video, Pip is
finishing off the storyboard, Ale and Renae are working on the digipak and
planning when we can have our photoshoot for this. We struggled to complete all
of the tasks or the presentation therefore by ale and Renae both focusing on
the digipak we knew it would be finished to a great standard.
08/11/17
From the feedback of our presentation we were missing a lot
of things from our website including he merchandise therefore ale spent this
lesson producing images of the merch we were going to sell and promote though
our website. Renae got started on the digipak focusing on the lay out and we
decided we need to re-shoot to get better quality images for the final digipak.
Pip wrote out all of the feedback and Sophie carried on with the editing.
13/11/17
Pip finished the feedback and publishes it on the blog. Ale looked
an improving the website from the new feedback we were given. Sophie added to
the editing and then moved on to add her improvements to the magazine cover. Leaving
Renae to cack on with the digipak.
