Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Post Production
The last stage of the task was of course to edit the footage, this is when the group split into three so that each member of each group had enopugh time to become familiar with the macs and the editing processor.
Within our group even though some people edited more than others each member had ample time to become familiar with the programme and to understand it in the future.
There we no major complications when it came to editing other than the fact there were a couple of missing shots, this was resolved by making a few shots longer to fill out the space so that the footage fitted with the music.
I am happy with the outcome and feel as though the task has warmed me up for filming my real thing, i no that it isnt perfect and not edited to our full capability but it came out well.
Also it ment us using our storyboard through all the stages of filming. We had to make it in pre-production and then use it whilst filming in production and then relied on it when editing - Post production.
Now we have completed the task all we need to do is upload it to youtube and then post it onto our blogs.
I also now feel i am ready to knuckle down and am back into the swing of how things should be done and need to be done to get to a higher standard.
Within our group even though some people edited more than others each member had ample time to become familiar with the programme and to understand it in the future.
There we no major complications when it came to editing other than the fact there were a couple of missing shots, this was resolved by making a few shots longer to fill out the space so that the footage fitted with the music.
I am happy with the outcome and feel as though the task has warmed me up for filming my real thing, i no that it isnt perfect and not edited to our full capability but it came out well.
Also it ment us using our storyboard through all the stages of filming. We had to make it in pre-production and then use it whilst filming in production and then relied on it when editing - Post production.
Now we have completed the task all we need to do is upload it to youtube and then post it onto our blogs.
I also now feel i am ready to knuckle down and am back into the swing of how things should be done and need to be done to get to a higher standard.
Production.
As a groupo we all decided that using the e-learning centre would be more appropriate due to its size and the fact it had a black board (alike the one in the video). We began filming and thought that it would be easier to film all of the inside work first, this proved time effective as we completed the filming over 2 and a half lessons. There were not many complications throughout the time of filming other than the fact the first lesson the music had to be played out of a phone making it slightly harder for the characters to hear. This was later resolved when attatching the phone to the e-learning speaker system. This made things easier and clearer. The main problem i felt we faced was not having the video at hand to constantly refer to just incase a mistake had been made on the story board.
It wasnt until the second day of filming that things got a little more difficult......
members of the group forgot costumes and what not which ment a slight continuity error, and the big fact that one of the main characters decided to shave their heads over the weekend meaning refilminig was essential. This if course was not time consuming but the group knuckled down and got it shot.
All members of the group seemed to work well being lead by the 'Director' Aiden and the camera man/ woman Emily. I felt as though i was responsible to getting all the shots done and giving the details of the shot as we didnt have the immediate reference of the youtube video as i was reading the order and timings of the shots. This did result in a few shots not getting done or some being missed out. This did cause an issue later on when editing but nothing major.
When we ventured outside to film the outside dance sequence we had some members of the group that felt stupid dancing around. This called for me to call a friend and ask them if they would take part in the few shots, of course she did and helped the group out massively!!!! THANKS JO!!!!!!..... her role was to just dance around and have a close up shot taken. Other than the fact that myself and vic appeared in the back of a couple of shots this looked effective even though Mr Smiths encouragement was essential.
We decided to film the chorous 4 times once being sang individually by each member of the band ( Charlie, James, Matt) and then once singing it all together (as Busted) this seemed like the best most sensible option which I feel paid of when editing the music video.
It wasnt until the second day of filming that things got a little more difficult......
members of the group forgot costumes and what not which ment a slight continuity error, and the big fact that one of the main characters decided to shave their heads over the weekend meaning refilminig was essential. This if course was not time consuming but the group knuckled down and got it shot.
All members of the group seemed to work well being lead by the 'Director' Aiden and the camera man/ woman Emily. I felt as though i was responsible to getting all the shots done and giving the details of the shot as we didnt have the immediate reference of the youtube video as i was reading the order and timings of the shots. This did result in a few shots not getting done or some being missed out. This did cause an issue later on when editing but nothing major.
When we ventured outside to film the outside dance sequence we had some members of the group that felt stupid dancing around. This called for me to call a friend and ask them if they would take part in the few shots, of course she did and helped the group out massively!!!! THANKS JO!!!!!!..... her role was to just dance around and have a close up shot taken. Other than the fact that myself and vic appeared in the back of a couple of shots this looked effective even though Mr Smiths encouragement was essential.
We decided to film the chorous 4 times once being sang individually by each member of the band ( Charlie, James, Matt) and then once singing it all together (as Busted) this seemed like the best most sensible option which I feel paid of when editing the music video.
Pre-Production.
As a class we have been given a group assignment to prove we are capable of all aspects of the work load in the a2 coursework year. We have been asked to re-create the music video 'Thats What I Go To School For' by pop group Busted.
The groups initial reaction was slightly dissapointed as Busted are not exactly what people out age still listen to (not admitting to ever listening to them) but after being shown the video clip and further explanation of only having to do the first 1 min 14 seconds the group came round and actually all worked as a unit to try and complete the project.
Our task was to re create the first 1 min 14 seconds to make a complete replica, this included getting our own props and costumes and using the designated spaces provided (the e-learning and the schoool carpark). #
Props and Costume list;
- 3 electric guitars
- ties
- shirts
- Pencils
- Pencil Skirt
- Red lip stick
- Red Nail Varnish
Alongside the above we had to decide on character roles and roles within the group (i.e. camera man, director)
- Teacher - Vic
- James - Neil
- Charlie - Andy
- Matt - Harley
- Director - Aiden
- Camera Man - Emily
- Story Board scribe - Myself
- Unnatractive Smiling Girl - Liv
- Walking by girls - Sophie & Laura
- Dancing sequence Cast- Everybody else including Joanna Parr.
Unfortunately before being able to get on with the fun stuff we split of into smaller groups of 2 or 3 , I was in a group with Emily and Vic. We had to repeatedly watch the music video and make a story board. This was a lot harder than it seemed as the amount of shots against the amount of time we were given to complete the first half of the task was contrasting. in the end though we seemed to have a pretty good storyboard containing the times of each shot and the lyrics that go alongside it. our good work resulted in our storyboard being the one the class folowed when it came to filming later on.
And one of the last tasks we had to complete was to do a risk assesment.
The groups initial reaction was slightly dissapointed as Busted are not exactly what people out age still listen to (not admitting to ever listening to them) but after being shown the video clip and further explanation of only having to do the first 1 min 14 seconds the group came round and actually all worked as a unit to try and complete the project.
Our task was to re create the first 1 min 14 seconds to make a complete replica, this included getting our own props and costumes and using the designated spaces provided (the e-learning and the schoool carpark). #
Props and Costume list;
- 3 electric guitars
- ties
- shirts
- Pencils
- Pencil Skirt
- Red lip stick
- Red Nail Varnish
Alongside the above we had to decide on character roles and roles within the group (i.e. camera man, director)
- Teacher - Vic
- James - Neil
- Charlie - Andy
- Matt - Harley
- Director - Aiden
- Camera Man - Emily
- Story Board scribe - Myself
- Unnatractive Smiling Girl - Liv
- Walking by girls - Sophie & Laura
- Dancing sequence Cast- Everybody else including Joanna Parr.
Unfortunately before being able to get on with the fun stuff we split of into smaller groups of 2 or 3 , I was in a group with Emily and Vic. We had to repeatedly watch the music video and make a story board. This was a lot harder than it seemed as the amount of shots against the amount of time we were given to complete the first half of the task was contrasting. in the end though we seemed to have a pretty good storyboard containing the times of each shot and the lyrics that go alongside it. our good work resulted in our storyboard being the one the class folowed when it came to filming later on.
Also another task we were given before we were able to get on with filming the actual exercise, we had to perform a lip syncing task. In the groups we made our story boards in we had to lip sync the words to Thats What I Go To School For.
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And one of the last tasks we had to complete was to do a risk assesment.
- Ensure knowbody looks directly into the light of the projector
- Make sure that Vic doesnt fall over in her heels.
- Ensure that knowbody falls over the wires and what not that may be lying around the room
- Ensure that every body is careful when moving desks and chairs when recreating the scenery.
- Ensure that knowbody gets ran over in the car park or when making the way through or arouynd the carpark.
- Making sure that Vic is careful when standing up and crouching on the floor.
- Careful when boys are handling and jumping with the guitar
- Careful when handling paper
- Vic be careful not to scratch the boys when stroking his arms.
- Make sure that Vic doesnt fall over in her heels.
- Ensure that knowbody falls over the wires and what not that may be lying around the room
- Ensure that every body is careful when moving desks and chairs when recreating the scenery.
- Ensure that knowbody gets ran over in the car park or when making the way through or arouynd the carpark.
- Making sure that Vic is careful when standing up and crouching on the floor.
- Careful when boys are handling and jumping with the guitar
- Careful when handling paper
- Vic be careful not to scratch the boys when stroking his arms.
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