Media Draft 3

Draft 2 A2 Media music video

6th 9th 11th November 2010

Today we decided to film a shot that would take a long time but be worth it if it came out correctly, we began filming the sky and sun from the top of the hill and waited until it got dark, the sunset lasted about an hour but using the editing software we fast forward it to give the effect of time going quickly, the shot came out exactly how we wanted, with clouds moving across the sky and the sun going down. The use of this shot is so that there is a transition from day to night in the middle of our video, it is also a technical shot and looks very effective as part of our video. This type of shot is used quite a lot in films and extreme sports videos; the shot looks professional and effective boosting the quality of our video. Another shot we filmed was of a car sound system that exaggerates the base, when filming this we played the track ‘Showdown’ so that we could sync the music with the video we had filmed. At college we used editing software to add in the videos we had filmed, we fast forwarded the sunset video and added in the shot of the base as an abstract part of the video. Also we added a blinking effect to the opening point of view shot of the character waking up and walking around his bedroom, as he looks out the window he blinks twice and the shot comes into focus gradually, by doing this we convey the effect of tiredness and that he has just woken up and his eyes are adapting to the light.

30th October 2nd and 4th November 2010

Robert and I began filming and editing our music video said to the track ‘Showdown’ by artist Dubfiend over three separate days. The day of filming was very successful and a good start to our project. We had checked the weather forecast a few days before we filmed to ensure that the sun was out and would give us the chance to get the best shots possible, the sun needed to be out in order to film our second shot in which there is a tilt of our actor standing there and then becomes a silhouette and the sun gets very bright and rays of light can be seen in the camera lens. A shot that appears to be filmed from a CCTV camera gave us some problems as we could not use the tripod to get a high enough shot to get the CCTV effect, to overcome this we sat on top of a nearby bush shelter and zoomed in, we then kept the camera in the same position and continued filming whilst our character entered a shot and then exited, the shot is very long but with the use of the cut tool and fast forward on the software song Vegas and premier pro, we were able to shorten the shot and make it look more effective and realistic. To get the camera to appear to be a CCTV camera, we used Sony Vegas and changed the shot to the TV effect given on the software. More simple shots such as pans and long shots were time consuming because the lighting in the chosen filming location was dim and quite dull, we overcame this by doing the white balance for each shot and taking a number of shots and angles to give us a large choice of which shot is most effective and looks best for our video. To further the quality of the image, we used Song Vegas again to change the Brightness/ contrast and also the vibrancy, to get a professional looking shot. The final shot we filmed was taken from the back window of a moving car, the idea that we convey with this shot is the feel of paranoia and being watched, the character walks quickly and is followed at the same pace by the car, the shot came out well, but we realised we could see the camera man in the reflection, we then re filmed and earned a professional and effective shot.

First music video draft

This is Robert and My first music video draft, we are still yet to get all the shots we need but the shots we have got make a good guideline draft and promising start for our final music video.