Music video thus far - 31/3/11

Today we showcased our music video to the rest of our media group with a very rough cut. Uploaded above is the unfinished version, with, unfortunately, was exported at a low quality. The music is extremely 'boomy' for an unknown reason, which we did not have time to fix. However, it does give an idea of how the editing and shots are coming along.
The large black holes are where we have not inserted footage. Once we had all the gig footage, we cut the useful pieces and inserted them where they fitted. Therefore, the video has random pieces of the gig footage inserted. Also, due to our pre-production brainstorming, we had ideas of where we wanted certain shots to go, and thus we put those where we felt fit. We decided to edit this way rather than going through doing shot by shot and leaving no gaps, as then we knew how much we had to fill in and where. This also gave us an indication of how progressed the narrative was.

Update - 19/3/11

Today was our final filming date outside of school for the London narrative. We managed to get many more close-ups and extreme close-ups today, which we lacked in our last filming date. This will keep our music video interesting by varying shot types. We also captured a few more close-up establishing shots. This was perhaps our most successful London filming date, as we had the previous experience and knowledge of exactly what we wanted to obtain.

Update - 24/2/11

Today was used by narrative filming in London, mostly in Camden. We obtained many establishing shots, and some action shots, however watching back the footage much of the camera work was poor, and was not focusing in on the characters. Therefore, in the next media lesson we shall, as a group, go through the shots we have and filter through the good and bad, and see what is left for us that we need to film on a final filming date.

Update - 17/2/11

As referred to in a previous update, some items we shot were unsuitable due to the mise-en-scene not representing what we were envisaging. Today, Louise has filmed some establishing shots and herself and another character waking up, which will be put in the first section of the music video. As she has only filmed them today and contacted us using our media Facebook group, I have not yet seen the shots, however I am sure they will show what we want, and shall definitely go into the final video.

Update - 13/2/11

Today we filmed a section of the narrative where our rebellious group are waking up. We attempted to make each person look like they were waking up in a relatively disorganised area, which meant us setting up the scenery to have a teenage lifestyle mise-en-scene. Some sections, however, may need to be re-filmed in other locations, as we believe as a group that a few of the shots were too clean for what we were trying to portray. Other than that, the filming generally went well, and we also got shots where the individuals meet up and start their journey.

Narrative filming

The group has now begun filming the narrative within school. We have decided to split the narrative into two for the storyline - the first section is a group of teenagers who truant from school to have a day in Camden, then to go to the Skints gig in the evening. The second section is another teenager who is a friend of those in the first, however chooses to stay in school and to have a regular day. However, his day gets worse and worse, and eventually the character becomes too frustrated and decides to bunk the rest of the day to join his mates in Camden.
So far, we have filmed two small sections of the second section, where the character's day is going badly within school. First, his school mate trips him as he is walking, and the second we have filmed is his teacher giving him a F for an essay. We are trying to keep the problems down to earth, so that the video is generally realistic and fits with the theme of the lyrics themselves, of an East London scene.
Choosing a school scene has been really useful, considering we can use a fully real scene for it, adding to the realistic mise-en-scene. We'll also be obtaining permission to film in other London areas for the other section of the narrative.

Update - 17/1/11

Whilst clearing my room today, I found a phone which could be used to smash in the video. We also started to organise a filming date as the 29th of January, however it appears some participants may be busy during this day, so we will have to reorganise.

Update - 10/1/11

Facebook discussions took place today for what we should include in the school narrative between myself and Louise. Ideas put forward were:

• Tripping up Bradley, who is having a bad day during the narrative
• Bradley breaking his phone
• Receiving a bad grade for an essay
• People throwing things at him

Update - 22/12/10

Discussions on what to include in the music video were made today via the music group Facebook page. The ideas were shared between the 3 of us, and each person came back and said which of the ideas they believed worked and didn't work, and any which we could alter to make better. These included:

• messing around in shops, trying on hats etc.
• food fighting
• drinking, smoking
• playground, acting like children

Update - 15/12/10

As a way to keep the group in contact, I created a Facebook group so that ideas can be shared and posted easily via the social networking website. We can also remind each other of dates and items which we need to find and bring to certain events, and hopefully this will keep progression moving.

Filming - Success

The filming of the gig was a success on saturday. We got the 3 desired shots - one from the front of the gig in the audience, one from a balcony at the left side of the stage, and the third at the back on a balcony for long and mid shots. The bassist, who I originally contacted for permission to film, was able to get us a backstage pass which allowed us to get the shot from the side of the stage, as this was part of the VIP section.
We have now watched every clip we have recorded,  and cut out the clips which are too shaky, are blurred or are generally not usable. I have also made a shot list of all of the sections which, as a group, we felt were the best shots of each section, which you can see below.

Update - 6/12/10

The venue has alowed us to film, as well as the band themselves. We have now booked out four of the school cameras for the weekend, of which 3 will be manned by the group members. Everything is now set and ready for the filming date.

Here is a link to the gig as shown on Facebook