All the ancillary tasks are completed and edited so we are very happy with them.
We only have a tiny bit left of editing for our music video and then we will make any final changes to it if we need to, such as tweaking here and there to make sure the timing is perfect as we have had some trouble with the timing of Niall's miming to the music. We have used shots of Niall singing to each verse infront of different backgrounds which we shot at my house the other day and during instrumental breaks or to fill in the gaps between verses, we have used black and white shots to represent Niall's thoughts and flashbacks which we filmed outside.
We are really pleased with how much we have got done today and I'm glad we gave up so much time to get it all done. We now need to focus on finishing the video and filiming our evaluation :)
Showing posts with label filming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label filming. Show all posts
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Update Blog
As Sadie has already said, we spent a few hours at my house yesterday doing all the filming we needed to get it sorted.
Me, Sadie and Niall filmed at my house, including shots inside and out. We took simple mid shots of niall miming to the song infront of different coloured walls so we can edit it eventually to make it look as if niall is singing in lots of different places. We also took shots out side of Niall walking and miming and some shots of me and Niall together.
Me and Sadie are working on our media all day on Wednesday and are staying behind if needed to sort out editing and our evaluation :)
Here are two pictures I took of Niall and Sadie in action:
Me, Sadie and Niall filmed at my house, including shots inside and out. We took simple mid shots of niall miming to the song infront of different coloured walls so we can edit it eventually to make it look as if niall is singing in lots of different places. We also took shots out side of Niall walking and miming and some shots of me and Niall together.
Me and Sadie are working on our media all day on Wednesday and are staying behind if needed to sort out editing and our evaluation :)
Here are two pictures I took of Niall and Sadie in action:
Editing.
Uploaded all our shots today and have began to cut some down and start to fit them together so it is looking good, there are one or two shots where the lighting isn't very good against the pink background and the white background so we might not use them or see if we can alter them to look better but the rest seem to have worked well. Our original opening to the video still fits in so that is ready and edited the rest just needs to all be synced with the lyrics which will be the hardest part, but i am having a day of media tomorrow and staying after school so have plenty of time to get it PERFECT :)
I want to do some more scenery shots though for the instrumental parts linking to time passing by so tomorrow at the end of break we will set up a camera on the crowds of pupils to then film them dispurse when the bell goes and we can fast forward that to make it more interesting and also get some more shots of the sky, birds etccc and we have the clock clips from our previous shots.
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I want to do some more scenery shots though for the instrumental parts linking to time passing by so tomorrow at the end of break we will set up a camera on the crowds of pupils to then film them dispurse when the bell goes and we can fast forward that to make it more interesting and also get some more shots of the sky, birds etccc and we have the clock clips from our previous shots.
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Filming.
We did our new filming with Niall last night and it went pretty well, although our video has changed a lot from our original idea's, we still want the element of time going by but him feeling like he's going no where, so we have filmed him miming but in loads of different places so with all different backgrounds and then for the instrumental bits we still use the clock going round shots and drink going down and then we filmed the sky and we want to speed it up and crowds moving round etc.
I am about to upload our shots onto the mac now so hopefully it will look good :)
I am about to upload our shots onto the mac now so hopefully it will look good :)
Some pictures of our filming yesterday,
I am doing this face because Niall was giving me back chat.
Niall in the first background - trying to learn the lyrics!
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Thursday, 21 January 2010
Filming/Editing.
Been pretty stressed about our media as it seems the further we get we're getting more critical of our work ha and wanting to re-do lots of shots to make it better but with Joel being in London and not being home till feb it creates problems cos obviously he can't just come home and miss uni for our video but we really aren't happy with a lot of it and we need more footage so (foolishly or not but with good intentions) we have decided to almost pretty much start again! We're going to have to use someone from Leicester to act as Joel and have them in our video beause this will be so much easier to just do a full day of filming with them and make it better starting from pretty much scratch!
Wish us luck!
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Wish us luck!
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Sunday, 10 January 2010
No life outside media till February.
Well atleast all media students are decent people anyway. We went onto the mac we had been using to add and edit the other clips that we'd re filmed over Christmas and our first half of our video with the track and everything had been deleted. The file had been re-saved blank, all our edited and unedited clips were gone.
SO ANGRY!!!!
Anyway we have gone through the whole mac and it's not there so some stupid horrible person has for some reason just deleted it all..we need passwords for our work!! Well we shouldnt need them cos people shouldnt do that but obviously we do.
Luckily i used a different tape to film the other shots so we definitely didn't film over our original shots or anything so we can upload them again but it is just so annoying that that's all our editing that we have to do again.
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SO ANGRY!!!!
Anyway we have gone through the whole mac and it's not there so some stupid horrible person has for some reason just deleted it all..we need passwords for our work!! Well we shouldnt need them cos people shouldnt do that but obviously we do.
Luckily i used a different tape to film the other shots so we definitely didn't film over our original shots or anything so we can upload them again but it is just so annoying that that's all our editing that we have to do again.
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Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Filming over Christmassss :)
After editing our previous shots we created a shot list of the ones that we needed to re-do and the scenes we needed to film still.
The shots we filmed at the boys house in the bedroom didnt have the look we wanted as the room wasn't the plain one we had imagined,it didn't look like a young males bedroom and then when we made the shots black and white it looked really dark.
So today we used Joel's room at my house, and we will just show him walking up the stairs in the other house then cut to his room, i changed the covers on his bed to all cream and even tidied his room for him to make it look as simple as possible without going through too much minging mess ha!
I took his blind down because we having him looking out the window down to the girl outside, but obviously we will use the outside of the boys house so will have to try and make it look like the same window.
The lighting in Joel's room was really really good because we filmed in the morning and it was a really clear day so with the light coming in from his window it should hopefully look effective. And although we have been having snow we have had a lot of really clear bright days recently so i am hoping that we can finish our outside shots with similar lighting when the snow has cleared.
We did lots of shots in his room, with him just sitting on his own, lying down, miming, with birds eye view, looking out the window, playing his guitar along with the backing music of the track and checking his phone.
We will edit these shots when we are back at school in our free's and then finish our outside shots when we can use the boys house, because they have been at work during the week and Daisy and I both work during the weekend so it has been hard to use it in day light but we will sort something out soon :)
Happy New Yearrrrrrrrr :D
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The shots we filmed at the boys house in the bedroom didnt have the look we wanted as the room wasn't the plain one we had imagined,it didn't look like a young males bedroom and then when we made the shots black and white it looked really dark.
So today we used Joel's room at my house, and we will just show him walking up the stairs in the other house then cut to his room, i changed the covers on his bed to all cream and even tidied his room for him to make it look as simple as possible without going through too much minging mess ha!
I took his blind down because we having him looking out the window down to the girl outside, but obviously we will use the outside of the boys house so will have to try and make it look like the same window.
The lighting in Joel's room was really really good because we filmed in the morning and it was a really clear day so with the light coming in from his window it should hopefully look effective. And although we have been having snow we have had a lot of really clear bright days recently so i am hoping that we can finish our outside shots with similar lighting when the snow has cleared.
We did lots of shots in his room, with him just sitting on his own, lying down, miming, with birds eye view, looking out the window, playing his guitar along with the backing music of the track and checking his phone.
We will edit these shots when we are back at school in our free's and then finish our outside shots when we can use the boys house, because they have been at work during the week and Daisy and I both work during the weekend so it has been hard to use it in day light but we will sort something out soon :)
Happy New Yearrrrrrrrr :D
x
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Editing. JOINT BLOG.
This lesson we have been editing the shots that we have and making them all black and white and lighter because they were too dark and we think this lightning is more effective and makes the shot less boring. We also added our track onto it to get the miming in time. We still need to do our outside shots and also add some more inside shots to use a more varied amount of angles, particularly the first shot of Joel singing in the kitchen.
The bedroom shots we did, looking at them again we aren't happy. They are too dark and the bedding doesn't fit with the rest of the mise en scene even though it was still in his friends house. So we are going to use his bedroom at Sadie's house because it is pretty simple and much lighter and then it will be easier to do all the other shots we want when we are free for afew hours instead of having to check we can use the boys house.
Hopefully Joel is home this weekend so we will have a time where we are all free to do those shots and possibly the outside ones if we have time and it is appropriate lighting and weather.
We have made a new shot list and to do list of everything we need to do, shots and editing wise. Until then we can focus on our poster.
For our poster ideas we are still trying to decide whether or not to use a blurred shot of a crowd of people in the background and a focussed picture of Joel infront. We have played around with a few images to practise and see what looks good and we will then apply our ideas to our final photos.
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The bedroom shots we did, looking at them again we aren't happy. They are too dark and the bedding doesn't fit with the rest of the mise en scene even though it was still in his friends house. So we are going to use his bedroom at Sadie's house because it is pretty simple and much lighter and then it will be easier to do all the other shots we want when we are free for afew hours instead of having to check we can use the boys house.
Hopefully Joel is home this weekend so we will have a time where we are all free to do those shots and possibly the outside ones if we have time and it is appropriate lighting and weather.
We have made a new shot list and to do list of everything we need to do, shots and editing wise. Until then we can focus on our poster.
For our poster ideas we are still trying to decide whether or not to use a blurred shot of a crowd of people in the background and a focussed picture of Joel infront. We have played around with a few images to practise and see what looks good and we will then apply our ideas to our final photos.
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Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Friday 30th October
After school we went to Leicester to film all the indoor shots of Joel at his friends uni house.
Surprisingly, considering there were 3 young men living there, it was very tidy and perfect for our filming.
We started with the shots and close ups of the glass emptying on the kitchen worksurface.
We then took shots and close ups of the clock changing time.
After we finished these simple shots we went onto film Joel miming for the first verse in the kitchen.
Then followed the shots of Joel walking through the lounge, up the stairs and into his bedroom.
We then did the birds eye view shots of Joel miming on the bed and some quick shots of Joel playing the guitar.
After this we did shots of Joel walking down the stairs and back through the lounge and past everyone in the kitchen.
This last shot will eventually lead to the outdoor shots of Joel and his girlfriend which we will have to film in a few weeks when it is light outside and Joel is home from London.
Surprisingly, considering there were 3 young men living there, it was very tidy and perfect for our filming.
We started with the shots and close ups of the glass emptying on the kitchen worksurface.
We then took shots and close ups of the clock changing time.
After we finished these simple shots we went onto film Joel miming for the first verse in the kitchen.
Then followed the shots of Joel walking through the lounge, up the stairs and into his bedroom.
We then did the birds eye view shots of Joel miming on the bed and some quick shots of Joel playing the guitar.
After this we did shots of Joel walking down the stairs and back through the lounge and past everyone in the kitchen.
This last shot will eventually lead to the outdoor shots of Joel and his girlfriend which we will have to film in a few weeks when it is light outside and Joel is home from London.
Wednesday 28th October
Today we were given the opportunity to focus on our filming.
We were meant to be travelling down to London to film Joel at his University House, however we realised we were being a bit too optimistic and decided to film Joel at one of his friends houses in Leicester instead over the weekend when Joel is home.
Because we couldnt do any proper filming without Joel being here, we did practise shots at my house for the types of shots and camera angles we want to use for our final product.
The shots we did were:
Close ups on the glass emptying.
A close up on the clock changing time.
Up the stairs shot for when Joel will be going upstairs.
Birds eye view shot for when Joel will be miming on the bed.
A High angled shot out of the window for when Joel will be looking down to his girlfriend.
A Low angled shot up to the window for when Joel's girlfriend will be looking up to him.
A still shot with people walking behind so we can practise applying the speeding up and slowing down effects.
We were meant to be travelling down to London to film Joel at his University House, however we realised we were being a bit too optimistic and decided to film Joel at one of his friends houses in Leicester instead over the weekend when Joel is home.
Because we couldnt do any proper filming without Joel being here, we did practise shots at my house for the types of shots and camera angles we want to use for our final product.
The shots we did were:
Close ups on the glass emptying.
A close up on the clock changing time.
Up the stairs shot for when Joel will be going upstairs.
Birds eye view shot for when Joel will be miming on the bed.
A High angled shot out of the window for when Joel will be looking down to his girlfriend.
A Low angled shot up to the window for when Joel's girlfriend will be looking up to him.
A still shot with people walking behind so we can practise applying the speeding up and slowing down effects.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Filming.
This weekend we were able to get the majority of our filming done however not our outside shots. This was due to the fact I had work on saturday and prior commitments Joel had which was the reason he was coming home anyway. Most our video is inside so it was okay and we have plenty to edit in the mean time and then we will be able to film then ending part of our video in two weeks time when Joel will be home again.
The filming went really well and our location was perfect also being able to use his friends in the background was really good they fitted in perfectly and made us able to have a lot more footage.
Didn't come across any problems during filming, just need to put it on the macs and hopefully edit tomorrow.
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The filming went really well and our location was perfect also being able to use his friends in the background was really good they fitted in perfectly and made us able to have a lot more footage.
Didn't come across any problems during filming, just need to put it on the macs and hopefully edit tomorrow.
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Thursday, 29 October 2009
Our practise shots.
As we had a camera for yesterday we decided to make use of it even though we couldnt film with Joel, so we did some practise shots at Daisy's house so then we could see how they looked and know the best way to film them with Joel on the weekend. We tried all sorts of angles for shots we will use in the real thing. We also filmed the drink going down and clock going round so that we could see if we could edit it to look good. We have media later today so we can hopefully put the film on the mac's and test editing it to then upload to our blogs.
We planned completely what we are going to do and made a shot list so that when it comes to it we will be more efficient and know exactly what we need to do with Joel. We were hoping to head into Leicester to pick some locations for outside filming but Daisy had a driving lesson in the afternoon and we wouldn't have had time to go in and get back but most of the filming is inside but then we can find our outside locations on Friday as we are going to town to look around before we meet Joel off the train to go to his friends house.
Joel should arrive back in Leicester around 4.30pm so this will be too late to do outside filming, but we are going to try and fit in a lot of the inside filming and then complete the rest on saturday.
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We planned completely what we are going to do and made a shot list so that when it comes to it we will be more efficient and know exactly what we need to do with Joel. We were hoping to head into Leicester to pick some locations for outside filming but Daisy had a driving lesson in the afternoon and we wouldn't have had time to go in and get back but most of the filming is inside but then we can find our outside locations on Friday as we are going to town to look around before we meet Joel off the train to go to his friends house.
Joel should arrive back in Leicester around 4.30pm so this will be too late to do outside filming, but we are going to try and fit in a lot of the inside filming and then complete the rest on saturday.
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