EDITING DAY

Today we were given the opportunity to spend a day editing together our music video. This gave us the chance to really look at what footage we have previously filmed and start to piece together a rough cut. After a morning of editing a decision was made to go out and film some more shots to give a bit of background story to the song, therefore we headed to the park to film some shots which we want to add in as his memories of his ex and as we liked the effect of stop motion we thought we'd add more context to the memory clips by using photos of him with the girl. Overall the day editing and doing some final filming was really successful as we now just need to add transitions and choose the best ending.

EQUIPMENT

In order to get our filming done to a very good standard it's important we use the best equipment available to us.


This camera is one of the two we are using, while it is designed to take photos the footage it films is of a great quality and will also allow us to capture close ups and have bokeh backgrounds as well as in and out of focused shots.


The second camera we used was provided by the media department at school and was a handheld canon camera. We thought it would be useful to use two cameras as two of us can film at the same time which will make the filming process less time consuming and a lot more beneficial. This camera can be easily attached to the tripod to make sure it captures a steady shot and it will film the necessary shots needed for our music video with ease.

A tripod is a useful and necessary part of our equipment as it will allow us to film good, steady and unshaken shot. We will be able to film at a varying heights, as the legs can be adjusted accordingly.









To edit our music video and access our blog we have been using an apple iMac. This is a really beneficial piece of equipment for us to use and from previous work on it and having owning one at home I am completely at ease using it.

FILMING

 Yesterday we got our filming done! The picture to the right shows where we decided to film the indoor shots of our artist performing. As he talks about home in the song it could either be read as his actual home or the place he feels at home when he is with the girl. This could act as both. We decorated the walls with picture frames to relate to the lyrics 'pictures still hung up' and the cameras hanging from the ceiling were also put there because of this as they take pictures. The use of The Beatles poster and sign were put on the walls to show not only that he likes them but his audience will too as indie bands and artists get a lot of influence from past musicians, and as a band they are popular within our artists audience whether it be through listening to their music or just wearing clothes with the signature name on. Other little items were put around the chair as they were retro pieces and would fit into that vintage style indie artists give the impression of. The old telephone was in there to represent the relation to calling her and use of phone lyrics in the song. Over all I think the use of props in this location was effective.