Rough Cut

Here is a rough cut of our footage. The second verse isn't in this version.

Day 5 of shooting

We arrived at Leigh-on-sea at 11:00. We were all enthusiastic about our filming day manly because of the ideas we had to offer and the fact that we wasn't really familiar to this neighbourhood. We planned to shoot a few scenes by the sea, establishing shots of our chosen location, cobbled street and a few additional shots just for any emergencies. When we arrived at our destination, the first thing which caught our eyes was a sort of hill with houses at the top of it. The hill gave an illusion of being up in the sky and also it provided a  really stable establishing shot. We filmed a few shots of this and then we went on our way to find our next destination: A cobbled street. When we found this, we immediately filmed a few long shots of our actress walking on the cobbled street while lip syncing. we had a few disturbences of pedestrians getting into the shot and occasionally parking their car in our frame shot. In the end we filmed a decent footage. Luckily the cobbled street was right next to the sea however when we got to the sea the tide hadn't risen yet so we filmed a few scenes of me running on the sand, picking up the sand, sitting on the sand. We really thought about different angles because we got varied shots of these.

Overall, we filmed everything we planned to do and we even got in some additional shots. The weather was nice and not too cold and this made filming much easier because we were not affected by the cold weather.

Shooting: 11/12/10

The start to our shoot could be summed up in one word: Nightmare.

We went to shoot the scenes at Leigh-on-Sea. We planned to meet at West Ham Station for 10am to get to Leigh-on-Sea for around 11am. We all met up as planned and got on the train. We were about 10 minutes away from Leigh-on-Sea so we decided to get ourselves ready by putting the tape in the camera. However the camera kept displaying an error message saying: REMOVE THE CASSETTE. This was unusual as we had never seen this message before, when we removed the tape to our horror we found the camera had chewed our tape. We had some spare tapes and hoped that it was a problem with the tape but we put in another tape only to have the camera chew that one too. 

Luckily I had my FlipVideo camera on me which we were forced to use to film our footage. This wasn't ideal but it was better than going all that way only to have to come back with no footage. As we were at the seaside we checked the tide clocks the day before to see when the tide would be coming in. The tide was very far out when we got there so we planned to film scenes on the cobbled streets around the village whilst we waited for the tide to come in. Thankfully, the rest of the shoot ran smoothly.

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Experimenting with Photoshop - Magazine Advert 1

This is the magazine cover which I created on the day of the photoshop workshop. This is the practice version I created. This image was taken in our media classroom on Tuesday but using photoshop I blurred the background and brightened the artist to make her stand out. I chose to do the artist name in this font and design as I got the idea from my magazine research. The magazine cover that had Hawksley Workman at the front had the layout like this and therefore I got the idea from this and decided to try it on this cover.

Experimenting photoshop- Advert 3

In this lesson, we experimented with photoshop in order to get some practise when doing our digipak and magazine advert. Even though it's not finished and is a working progress i think it taught me how to use lighting, layout, and colour to create an effect image

Weather and Tide time

We have decided to film on this coming saturday. We will be going to Leigh-On-Sea to film our remaining footage. As we will be filming by the sea, it is important to be sure of any weather conditons.

13/12/2010

Time Type Height (metres) 0405 High 3.7 1024 Low 0.8 1649 High 3.5 2231 Low 1.4 Tide information for today and the next six days. Times in GMT. 13/12 14/12 15/12 16/12 17/12 18/12 19/12 In the interest of safety, tidal predictions should be read in conjunction with the tidal graph displayed.

Experimenting with Photoshop - Magazine Advert 2

Today we had a magazine designer come in to teach us the basics in how to use Photoshop. The image above is the advert that I began making in the workshop. We looked at the typical things you'd find in a magazine advert during research from a previous lesson. Although, the advert isn't finished it does include the main things you'd expect to find on a magazine advert for example the name of the artist, the album release date and where the consumer could buy the album.      

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Planned Shoots

08/11/10
We have decided to re shoot the scenes in Trafalgar Square. After uploading our footage, we realised that whilst there we failed to get a establishing shots or any shots of famous landmarks that we could cutaway to. In addition, as this scene is a time lapse scene, it was important that our actor stayed completely still for a long length of time so that when the footage is sped up, she is still throughout. However, we didn't film her standing still for long enough.

09/11/10
On Thursday, we have decided to go and film the scenes for the first verse and chorus. This is the argument scene between our two actors. We had originally planned to do this at Sonia's house but Sonia mum wasn't as keen on us filming there so we changed our location to my house.

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Magazine Advert Research

The research that I did in class was looking at 5 different album posters and see who the artist is and what genre, the images and effectiveness and which elements from each of the covers would i be able to put into my on album cover.

The first artist I found was a solo artist named Paul Weller, I didn't know what music genre he was so i assumed he is either rock or country music. The images used in the cover was there was a huge picture of the artist playing the guitar and also there were still pictures showing the extra documentaries about him. These images were very effective as they gave us an idea of what sort of instruments he uses but also shows us there are special features included such as the documentary about his life. Therefore this shows the what people miss out on when they download rather than purchasing an album cover which includes extra features, documentaries. The elements which we may be able to take from this cover are the still shots from the music video and also the layout and font size and colour.

Another artist I found was Crowded House Intriguer, the images used in the cover was of a bear which was very effective as it makes people want to find out more about it. The picture and the font colour and size stood out which was an effective way of getting audience attention. The elements that would probably be used from this cover would be the size and colour of the font and also the release date, sponsors.
Another artist was Hawksley Workman, the image on his cover was rather large of him holding a guitar and there was his name in a large format going across him. All of these covers had the release date, band website and other websites like amazon.

The elements we could take from this cover would be the layout as in having the artist stand or sitting with the name of the album going across them.

The fourth artist i looked at was Hearts and Minds Seth Lake, there weren't many images on this cover however the unique font they used was very effective  to catch the audiences attention. As this looked very effective it will be one of the elements we could use for our album cover and also the plain backgroung color which makes the font stand out.

The final artist I looked at was Gogol Bordello, his cover was of him holding a guitar and standing in front of a lampost and and a wall which had the words 'Gogol Bordello'. What was effective about this cover was the layout of him standing in front of a lampost and wall which clearly made the name stand out. We could use this element of the cover in our own album by having our artist stand in front a of a plain wall and the use photoshop to customise it. Our photoshop class will be held on Wednesday so we can learn and practice our ideas.

By Mirza

Magazine Advert Research

Studying 5 magazine adverts from different artists allowed me to understand what we could possibly use in our magazine advert. From looking at a variety of different adverts, I was able to understand the common features of an advert.

Manic Street Preachers

This advert by Manic Street Preachers is effective as it shows a man taking a photograph using a polaroid camera something that is rare in use today. This gives the advert an edgy look. The advert uses star ratings and comments from well known magazines and newspapers as a persuasive technique in order to convince readers that the album is good so they will buy it. This is a main feature of the advert and takes up a large part of the page.  

Weller

This advert by Weller as it makes the artist stand out as a solo artist as it shows all eyes are on him, the image is very dominant and the use of strobe lighting and spotlights add to this. This is also used to advertise his documentary and as it is a CD/ DVD box set, this gives the reader an extra incentive to buy the CD as they are getting more. We could also give the reader something extra to persuade them into buying our artists album and not just download it.

Warpaint

Just like our artist, this is Warpaint's debut album. It is interesting to see that the image of the band is the most dominant on the page. This shows that they are establishing themselves as a band to a world that is unfamiliar with them. The use of star ratings from magazines makes the advert persuasive the magazine's have a good reputation in the music industry and so their opinion would be taken seriously.

Hawksley Workman
The image of the artist is the background image. This is effective as the image is dominant and makes the artist stand out. Also, the album image is also effective as it allows the audience to make the link between the artist and album, so they know what to look for when buying the album.











Crowded House
This advert uses an animation of a bear, unlike the other adverts there is no image of the artist. This makes it seem as though their name speaks for itself and because they have such an established fan base they don't need to show their picture. 













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Analysing Advert Research

In the lesson we looked at CD advertisements on different artists. Looking at these adverts helped to highlight the significance of album covers as they all had their own original ideas to suit their audience type.
The following information explains my understanding of CD advertisements:
Manic Street Preacher: This is an image of a half dressed man taking a polaroid photograph in black and white. This image is effective because it clearly stands out of the page and the man is holding a polaroid camera which we don't use much nowadays.  I think that doing this shows that the artists may be into the style of music that existed in the 60's as that was when it became common for everyone to use. It caught my eye straight away because of the size of the image and the fact that the man is half dressed. I think that the advert focuses on the artist image. It would be a good idea to also focus on the artist image because we will be promoting a new artist so having an image of the artist shows any consumers what the artist is like.
Warpaint: This is an image of four women dressed in hippie style clothing, each representing their individuality. This image of the band is bigger than the album cover. This therefore shows that the band are trying to promote their band for consumers to be familiar with them. Taking this to mind we would also use and image of our artist to show establishment.
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Rough Cut Footage - Verse 2

 

Hey guys, we would like get some feedback from you concerning our music video

1) Watching the music video, what do you understand from the narrative?

2) Is the location suitable for the narrative?

3) Does the artist look like another artist in the indie-pop genre?

4) Is there anything else you would like to see in the music video?

5) What do you understand from the narrative in this clip?