Filming Journal -

Day 1 - 

• On the morning of filming day 1, my dad and I drove over to our friends house to collect the drum kit we had arranged to borrow for filming. After collecting this we continued on to collect Sav (The Singer) from his house.

• After arriving home Sav and I began to clear the room and set up ready for filming.

• Once the other band members had arrived at about 1pm, filming started. 

• I took lots of shots from different angles and distances and some extra shots just in case. I took shots of the band as a whole as well as individual shots of the band members with their instruments. 

• We finished filming just after 3pm and packed away all the equipment and put the room back together. 

• I then retrieved all the footage off my camera and saved it to a folder on my computer so that it didn't get lost. 

Day 2 - 

• On filming day 2 I managed to get the shots of the glasses of pink lemonade before anyone arrived. This meant when they did arrive we could spend as much time as possible on getting the shots of them. 

• Unfortunately on the day of filming my tripod broke. This meant I had to film all my shots free hand which caused some of them to be shaky.

• Once everyone had arrived we began filming. This was at about 1pm. 

• The first shots I took were of the lemon being cut and squeezed. This was fairly quick to shoot and meant there was plenty of time for the other shots.

• The next shots I got were of Janni (the main male actor) with the glitter. To avoid making too much mess I placed bin bags on the floor. This helped collect up the glitter. 

• The next shots I filmed was the argument scenes. Janni and myself stood behind the glass and shouted at each other to create a convincing scene. We took a few different takes in order to get a variety of shots. 

• Lastly, the shots of the lemon sucking were filmed. We took a few different shots of this as it would be repeated throughout the video. 

• We finished filming around 4:30pm.

Day 3 - 

• On day 3 of filming it was just myself. 

• I filmed all the extra shots that didn't require other people. This included the shots of the front and bedroom doors, the pouring of the drinks, the photographs, words spelt out in glitter, arrows, record player. 

• The shots of me blowing the flour, drinking the gin and sugar on my tongue were filmed by my dad. 

• These shots didn't take very long to film and I was able to film most of them unaided. 

Bloopers Video - 

These are some of the out-takes across both filming days. I have edited them together in Adobe Premiere Pro and used the song "Lets Dance to Joy Division" by "The Wombats" as the background music. 

Third Edit Music Promo -

Third Draft - 

This is my third draft of my music promo. I have added more effects and transitions in order to make it more interesting. I also decided to play around with the colours on some of the shots in order to create some synergy between my music promo and my ancillary tasks. I have tried to vary the pace as well to make it less predictable and encourage the audience to watch all the way through.

Feedback - 

Second Edit Music Promo -

Second Edit - 

After receiving feedback from my focus group, I created a second edit applying the feedback I was given. I have tried to make the shots shorter and add variation to make it more interesting and keep the audience engaged. I also added some more shots of the argument in the hope that it made the narrative more clear.

Feedback - 

• "The edit on the first record player shots is a bit choppy and disjointed."

• "The second lemon shot moves too fast so I can't really see whats going on."

• "The second lemon sucking shot also moves too fast and too much, maybe use the same effect but slower."

• "You could use a variety of more effects to make it more interesting and maybe play with the colours to make it link to your other products."

First Complete Edit -

First Complete Edit - 

This is my first completed draft of my music promo. I have been editing using Adobe Premiere Pro and trying out slowing down, speeding up and reversing shots in order to make it more exciting. After completing my first edit I showed it to my focus group and got some feedback to help me improve.

Feedback - 

• "The lemon shots are too long, maybe add more movement by changing the pace of the shots and repeating them in reverse or add some effects."

• "The timing on some of the shots of the band are off and are not believable."

• "Some of the shots of the singer are too long and flat and make the music video a bit dull."

• "The shots of the record player are too long. Maybe try speeding it up and adding some effects."

• "You could add some more shots of the argument so that the story line is more clear and you can tell that they are falling out of love."

First Edit Music Promo -

This is my first edit of my new music video. I have only put in footage of the band as I haven't uploaded the rest of the footage from my camera. 

The steps I followed in order to get to this stage are: 

• Import the footage.

• Watch through footage to see if there is any footage that I can't use and if so get rid of it.

• Match up shots to storyboard.

• Place shots in correct postion on timeline.

• Trim shots to correct length.

• Make sure the lip syncing matches up as accurately as possible. 

• Render In to Out.

Filming Update -

Over the holidays I had planned to film all the footage for my music video. However, each time I arranged a date people dropped out at the last minute. This means I have been set back in my filming and am instead working on my ancillary tasks in order to not waste time. The new dates for filming are the 06/01/18 and 07/01/18. 

Filming Day 1 Update -

Update - 

03/12/17

Today was supposed to be day 1 of filming. However, the drummer is unwell and so cannot make it. I will now have to find a time when all four band members and myself are able to film. This could mean that the other filming has to be pushed back.