Production Diary

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.