Planning to Film

As I had to postpone my filming with Connor due to bad weather, I have rearranged it for this Sunday (1st April) which is forecast to be good weather. I have also planned to come into school on the Monday (2nd April) to edit what I film on that day together in my music video so that I will possibly be able to finish the entire video. If I still need to film more after the Monday, then I have the easter holidays to do this; and I can also come into school on another Monday (16th April) which is still in the holidays.

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I have also edited part of the next chorus after the instrumental I have already edited together of the band footage. I have used my chalkboard footage again, and using the cross dissolve transition; I have also added quick shots of the band performing between each line of the chorus. I have used the cross dissolve transition between the shots because the shots of the band are so short that it would look too rushed if they did not have a transition at all; as with the cross dissolve they fade in and fade out smoothly with the chalkboard shots.

I also added more chalkboard footage after this, using the cross dissolve transition again to overlap two different pieces of text but so that they run smoothly together. I also did this because the & symbol on one of the pieces of text is only for a very short length of time, so using the cross dissolve made it fade out slower, but to still have the new text coming in before it has fully gone. In this section of the music video I have used quite a lot of the chalkboard footage compared to the rest of the music video. The reason for this is because I am going to mainly use footage of the actors in the music video for the rest of it. When I film with Connor for the remaining few shots for my video, these are what will be filling in all of the gaps I have left whilst editing. 

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After having filmed with Joanna, I imported the footage I collected onto my mac and edited sections of it into my music video. I put parts of this into the chorus, but had to leave gaps of where I wanted to put the new footage I am hoping to film of Connor in the Easter holidays. I have also edited the instrumental part of my music video using the band footage I filmed a while ago. I am pleased with this editing and section of my music video, and once I have filmed with Connor I will have all of the footage I need to complete the editing of my music video. I will then need to look at my chosen music channel, which is Kerrang, to see what I will need to add to my music video to make it look like it is shown on that channel, for example a background logo in the corner of each frame etc.

Todays Filming

I am still going ahead with filming today with Joanna at about 4pm, to film various shots of her by herself rather than being with Connor or Matthew. This should only take about half an hour to one hour, and I will be doing this in daylight to get the best natural lighting.

Postponing Filming

I have had to postpone the filming I was meant to do on Sunday with Connor due to the weather, as it was raining most of the day and this would effect continuity. As Connor is only available at the weekends/school holidays, I will have to wait until the easter holidays to film, and focus on editing the rest of the footage so that this is the main part I will have left to edit when we come back after the holidays. I am on Duke of Edinburgh expedition this weekend coming up, so this is why I will have to film in the holidays.

However, I am still filming with Joanna wednesday after school at 4pm, and I have looked at the weather forecast and it is supposed to be sunny, so there shouldn't be any reasons why I do not film on this day.

Arranging to Film the Rest of my Footage

I have contacted Connor and Joanna about filming the rest of the footage for my music video. I have arranged to film this Sunday afternoon with Connor for approximately an hour, and I have arranged with Joanna to film one day after school next week while it is still light. On Sunday, I am planning on filming Connor lip syncing in outdoor locations to different parts of my song.  With Joanna I am planning on filming various shots of her walking in outdoor locations. I also may need to film with Matthew again next week however I will arrange this after filming with Connor and Joanna as I will have a better idea of what I will need to film.

Watching Through Footage

I have watched back my footage from my music video so far, as I have to film more footage before I can continue editing. I have added several transitions into the music video, and also taken some out so that I don't overuse transitions between the shots. I am not happy with all of my footage which is in my music video, however I am unable to film the same shots again due to actors or locations not being available before my deadline. Therefore I will have to use the best footage I have got, or use video filters to add an effect to remove any out of focus shots or grain in the video. I have edited half of my music video together at this point.

Whilst watching my footage back, I made it so that it was full screen; in doing this, I noticed that it was much more grainy than I originally thought and was quite pixelated. Although this is a problem, there is nothing I am able to do about it and therefore I will have to leave it as it is unfortunately.

At my next filming session, I am going to film Connor lip syncing to some of the verses in the second half of the song, and the chorus. I am going to do this outdoors, from many different angles and proximity's. I also want to do this in daylight so that the footage looks better, therefore I will do it either on a weekend day, or straight after school at about 3.30pm; so that I have as much natural light as possible when filming these sections. Going back to my storyboard, I know that I need close ups of lip syncing, and a variety of different lines from the song; mainly including 'your love is just a lie'. I also need to get footage on another day of Joanna and Connor together walking, therefore I will have to wait until next week to do that, as Joanna is currently on holiday. I have contacted Connor and he has said that he is available to film when I need to, therefore I am hoping to film within the next week to two weeks, so that I am able to complete my editing of my music video.

20/03/2012:
I have tested my video camera filming other things other than my music video, and changed the focus manually etc to test whether or not the grainy-ness of my footage is for a reason. When I watched the footage back on my laptop full screen, the footage was grainy as it was in my music video, therefore it is due to the camera quality rather than what settings I had put it on. I do not have time to film again with a different camera, so I will just have to leave the footage how it is, however there is a fault with the camera meaning I may have to return it to the store; however I will ensure that all my music video footage is uploaded onto the mac before I do this, so that the footage is consistent throughout my music video.

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I have continued with editing my music video together, and have added more shots with the chalkboard writing down the lyrics in time with the music. However, I need to film more footage before finishing the majority of my music video. As the deadline is approximately the 30th March, (The last day of term before the Easter break), I only have about three weeks left to complete the music video. This means that I will need to film within the next two weeks maximum, the next week preferably; so that I will be able to finish my music video in time.