Filming; Instruments

In this session we as a group decided to film some shots of the band playing instruments, we decided to do this as it was a common trait that we had seen in Ska 2tone artists work, and therefore we felt it was an important part that needed to be included in our music video. This included some extreme close ups shots of Stacey pressing buttons on the saxophone and chords being played on a bass guitar.

We also filmed some long shots so that we could have Stacey playing both the guitar and saxophone at the same time. This would be more difficult to edit using Final Cut as we would have to crop some of the shot.

I felt this schedule was successful as we got a lot of effective shots that can be used in the video as cut a ways and the close up of the saxophone can be shown on the actually part where the saxophone is heard.

Uploading

We spent this lesson uploading our re-shoot onto our music video, this was because we needed this footage so that we could continue editing. As we had already done a lot of our video already when we realised we needed to re-shoot.

However I took this time to begin experimenting on Final Cut as I have never used it before, so I started by experimenting on a clip that we weren't going to use and worked on the using the colour corrector and making it change throughout the clip. After doing this we decided that we would use this idea in the music video.

Fliming; Re-Shooting

Today after school I re-shot in the recording studio with help from my other group members. We decided to re-shoot because the main singer (myself) wasn't in the appropriate costume of Ska genre, so for this session I thought about it and thought that shorts, a long cardigan and a scarf. after researching the Ska i saw that they wore tailored trousers and blazers, however to modernise it I came up with a colour such as pink and tailored shorts.

To achieve different shots types at the same time, we decided to set up cameras in different locations in the room. we had one in a mid shot of the singer, one on a tripod, one at a low angle and we also used a FIG-RIG to get close ups and moving shots. We also tried a shot hand held at high angle, which is conventional in Ska genres, were they did high angle shots of the lead singer and band. The amount of different shots that we did allowed us to gain interesting shots that would appeal to the audience, as the recording studio shots are used a lot throughout the music video, so using interesting shots would keep the audience engaged.

I am pleased with this session as I feel we got a lot of footage that we can use, I was also acting and performing the song. i am also pleased because we thought more about everything, such as the lighting, which were small flood lights which looked light spotlights all over the room.

Filming;

In this session myself and Stacey, took it upon ourselves to do some more filming as Sam and Thomas worked on doing some more editing on the music video.

I felt that it was a good idea that we filmed Stacey in the same way that we filmed me singing the chorus so that we could use split screen, so that we can put the shots in different squares on the screen so that it looks as if I am singing to myself. The split screen was reminiscent of Ska genre, as we had seen it in The Selector music video.

FIlming & Editing;

During today's lesson, Myself Tom and Sam went and filmed some sections that could be used for the music video.

-- We had the idea of having a man running across the screen, to add a comedic aspect to the video, we were lucky to found someone in the common room who was willing to help us out. We filmed him in a long shot running across a white wall.

-- We then filmed myself singing the chorus facing different places, (looking up, then down, then left and right) in close ups. Our idea is to put the shots in different squares on the screen so that it looks as if I am singing to myself.

We then uploaded to clips onto the Mac's in Final Cut were Tom tired to use the Chorma Key to lose the background , however the actors clothing wasnt contrasting enough for the effect to work. there was also a problem with shawdowing, so we have to re shoot this next lesson.

Editing

In this session we were editing and experimenting with the opacity of the clip were I (the main singer) is in the music studio, so that you can see me singing and my foot tapping at the same time.

We also had to re-construct what we had done in the previous session, as we were unable to save. however this was done quickly as we knew what we were doing.

Filming; Outside of School

For the line 'All the teachers in the pub, passing round the ready rub', we had decided that we were going to use stop animation to show a drink going down as if someone is drinking it.

I went outside of school and filmed a close up of the glass and the bottle of Magners so that it would add something to the shot. we decided to use stop animation as is had previously been successful in our music video and wanted to use more it as it would keep the audience engaged in what is going on.