The screen grab shows our time line where we edited our footage.

INDUSTRY VIDEOS SIMILAR TO OURS

The first video we found that was similar to ours was Leanne Rhymes and Ronan Keating, 'Last Thing On My Mind'. There are various things in common to our music video's features, these are;

1. Both of them sing in different places and when their part comes on they sing so the editing is similar.
2. They are in different locations then they come together
3. He strokes her face when they sing together, this is similar to our shots because they are in love like our actors.
4. Some shots were set in a car driving along
   

Another video that was similar to our music production was Robbie Williams and Kylie, 'Do It For The Kids'. For Example,

1. The Shots at the start had close ups of kylie and robbie's facial features, for example her eyes, which is similar to what we did with dawn at the very beginning of or video also.
2. Kylie sings first, which is similar to our video as dawn is the first of the two to sing which makes more focus on the female.
3. They use shots of both of them looking at each other and singing together, which is similar to some of the end shots that we have used.
4. The video is very 'Grease' orientated for example them walking up the stairs together however our video does not have a certain theme, but the idea of romance and wanting someone fits into our video.
5. The video uses quick shots near the end when the beat becomes faster, which is like our video too.
   

JOB TITLES

PRODUCER
Phone Calls To Locations- We didn't need to make any phone calls as the places we shot at didn't need permission.

Organised Schedules- As a group, we sat down and organised what sort of times and days we could all be free for shooting.

Timing- We made sure everyone was in the right place at the right time.

Organised Transport- We organised lifts and got buses, so that we could all meet up on time.

Booking, Hiring, Borrowing Equipment- We had to arrange when we could hire out the camera so that everyone was present for filming.

Making Decisions- We made decisions about shooting and ideas in the planning stage.Í

DIRECTOR
Discussing and developing a concept- During planning and shooting, we talked about our ideas changing etc to get a better looking video.

Visualising- We all aimed for an overall look for the video, a specific identity.

Making Decisions, Shot Movements, Framing, Angles- We thought carefully about framing out all of the background etc, to make the shots look professional.

Encouraging Performances- The performers were encouraged to make natural but energetic performances to make the song come alive.

Overseeing The Editing Decisions- Lots of decisions were changed when we were editing the material we made, to make the footage look more alive.

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Working Out How To Achieve Directors Decision- We had to make sure all the shots looked good and had to think how its going to look when you get back to the computer.

Lighting The Set- Most of our shots were dark so we depended on light editing.

Overseeing The Operation Of The Camera- We had to be abstract and artistic when thinking about shots.

EDITOR
Uploading And Logging the footage- Footage was all kept safe so that we had all of our rough footage etc just incase we changed our ideas.

Organising The Time Lines- We had to arrange the timeline into seperate ones e.g. storyline and rough-cut time line and final time line etc.

Lip Syncing- Everything had to be in sync so that the singers were natural and looked professional.

Deciding Where To Cut- We were careful where we cut so that we wouldnt loose our footage.

Inserting Transitions- Transitions cut up our footage to make it look more interesting etc.

Trying Out Different Combinations Of Shots- We wanted everything to look the same,
however we liked the idea of using abstract shots.

Making Decisions Of The Overall Shape And Pace Of The Video- We aimed for a clear narrative and tried to make the pace fit to the beat of the song.

PLAYBACK OPERATOR- ENSURING THE CD IS RUNNING
GRIP- HOLDING THE TRIPOD
SET DESIGN- DECISING THE SET AND WHERE THINGS GO
COSTUME DESIGN- DECIDING WHAT TO WEAR

OUR FINAL VIDEO

Roughcut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaNS3nwwbko

Shooting Evaluation...

The filming over these past few weeks has been more difficult than we expected it to be. Locations were a problem and also finding time that we were all free to shoot also proved difficult. There we too other factors which affected our video which we couldn't control, such as the weather.

LOCATIONS WE SHOT AT:
-Dawn's House (Arbury)
-Outside E.g Walkways & Bushes
-Indoor locations such as Kitchen, Lounge, Bathrooms & Bedrooms.
-The Hall For Stage Shots & Floor Shots
-Corridors, For Blank Backgrounds

FACTORS WHICH AFFECTED FILMING:
-Weather; Days we planned to shoot on had bad weather which made it very difficult for us to gain bright looking, clear shots. However, we overcame this problem and used props such as umbrella's to create and effect.
-Spare time; This made shooting rather difficult as we had to cancel twice as the four of us all wanted to be present and take part in the work. But we did find two days in which we could all make it, and we are pleased that we had a good input into the work individually.

POSITIVE COMMENTS ON OUR FOOTAGE SO FAR:
- Our shots include various locations
- We have a clear narrative and hope to make it clear when we put it all together
- The costumes have been well thought out and there are three obvious clothing changes.
- We shot lots of footage and had to film over previous footage to fit all of our idea in
- We did test footage at the very start, to see what sort of shots worked and what didn't.

THINGS WE STILL HAVE TO DO:
- Edit all of our footage
- Include transitions into each clip
- Think about our planning and try to link our ideas to what we had originally planned
- Make sure our 'narrative' is clear
- Test out split-screens and fades to see if they work
- Edit shots e.g. tilts, zoom in's etc to make them more specific and abstract
- Change the colour of our shots, consider flashbacks colour being more saturated, maybe even black and white

OTHER IDEAS WE HAVE THOUGHT OF:
- We came up with the idea of the couple laying in different beds and using a split screen to show them looking at each other without realising.
- We also shot some scenes of them walking up a path, then turning different ways.
- And we used an extreme close up of their hands as they parted to focus even more on the idea of them 'breaking up'
- We used shots of their faces, up side down singing to add more effect

IDEAS WE STUCK TO:
- Shots of them singing against blank walls
- Drinking coffee
- Mirror Shots
- Waking up

IDEAS WE ABANDONED:
- We didn't use the idea of running for a train as we thought this would be in the way of the public and also too difficult to time it perfectly.
- We didn't use shots of them singing through crowds as it would be hard to find people who would want to be shot and also it would be difficult to find a street that busy
- Shots on the train, looking out the window and in a car we also didn't do, however, we did shoot some more interesting shots in the car of him through the mirror
- The photo dropping on the floor was also another idea that we had, we have however shot some shots of the photo so if we want to include it we can.

Our main objective when shooting our music video was to shoot more than we needed so that we had as much footage as possible. This was also so we could mess about with the shots when we got back into the classroom to give ourselves more ideas. We also tried to shoot in more plain backgrounds so that we could focus much more onto the singer rather than the location. However, we do think that location does make a difference in our footage.

PLANS WE HOPE WILL WORK:
- We hope the 'flashback' idea will work well with our narrative
- We aim to use tilting and more editing transitions which will make our video more abstract. This will make it more unique and hopefully more eye catching to the target audience.
- The filming of the two main characters which are similar shots can hopefully be made into split screen shots to show that it is happening at the same time and they are
similar to each other. This will help explain the narrative to the audience.



These images show the sort of shots we have included in our footage, we hope to make them look impressive.

rough roughcut