Paint scene

I randomly found this video and I think it captures the what would look amazing with the paint but I do not have the location for it as I can't get paint on the school class room. Also unfortunately Rob has a basket ball match today and tomorrow so it looks like I'm going to have to cancel filming again which I do not like doing at all. Especially as my dead line has passed. 

Record label logos

I need to design my old record label logo as I have to use non copy right images these are examples

I was thinking about combining these 2 ideas and calling my record label back street records and copying the conventions of the black and  white but challenging the angle that it is positioned and making it angled to the left.

unfortunately this would copy a record company that already exists so I will probably change my idea to backstreet credits with the same idea. I Googled this and found no existing copy with the same name.

Extension of rough-cut deadline

Luckily, Mr Michie will give me an extension I do not know until when but I will film the rest of the narrative section this Thursday and The bands chorus section on the first Monday back as the room probably won't be in use as my group won' be using it as our exam will be finished.

However, issues have occurred in my footage for example I forgot that Imogen had to turn around in her close up shot to look at the clock but that should be easily fixed on Thursday. Fortunately, I decided to swap the protagonists as in the animatic the male character was on the right but in the footage Imogens on the right. Thus, if I needed to re-shoot the Imogens close up she is most likely to turn up. Also it does not spoon feed the viewers into thinking the target audience is male as in the narrative section the female protagonist is predominant compared to the male. However, even though this is counteracted in the performance section females could still like the band because of sexual attraction because the males are young. Perhaps too young as I have said already if I were to redo the project I would have chosen older musicians as if they were reflecting on their childhood. Nevertheless, pop punks main audience is 17-25 and considering all the males in the band are 18 it appeals to the lower end of the target market making them quite niche.So my ancillary task is going well and I will book the mac out a he end of today to edit what I have over the week end and finish the Digipak at least.

Editing is coming along slowly but surely because it is taking so long to render the shots. This is due to the fact that I filmed all the bands shots all the way through the song without cuts. Thus it has a large amount of frames to render when I import just one shot into to time line. I have adjusted the clock shots to make them go slower as a metaphor for time going fast when you have fun but obviously the students are not having fun in the detention but when they start having fun the pace quickens due to shorter shots and the pace of the music.  

Now it is the 13th Feb and I wanted to film the last chorus with the band and the protagonists but unfortunately Oscar is working and if I can't get the whole band it won't work. So I will have to leave it until next term. I was hoping that I could fit it in between the end of school and the trip because school finishes at 15:40 and the coaches pick us up at 16:45 which gives us more than enough time. Never mind I'll get it done eventually I think this is going to be the most difficult bit because I need to get 7 people together all of which are doing different things at different times. Then again the paint scene will prove difficult as well as I will have to try and not get paint everywhere.

5th day of filming

Yes! finally I have got a section of my narrative done. Unfortunately, I had to miss a performing arts rehearsal even though my exam is this Tuesday the dead line for my rough cut is sooner; Monday. Hence it takes full priority in order to finish filming. However, I completely forgot I still need to film the whole band with the protagonists and I'm filming the rest of the narrative section today which means I can either do tomorrow after school which no one will want to do considering its Friday Monday is the dress run for my performing arts Exam Tuesday is the Exam which means Monday I will be rehearsing until six again and Tuesday I will be at the Beck theatre all day. I may be able to film it Wednesday but my self and Imogen have a theatre trip to see Henry V in London for English literature A-level. we are getting a coach there so we may be able to film while we wait for the coach it depends what time we are leaving and if we have time to eat something before we go. Therefore, that only leaves Thursday next week because then its Friday again and everyone is busy on Fridays. Also the school is not available on the weekends I thought it would be easier to use the school because that means we do not need to travel anywhere but it just makes it more difficult to film stuff as we cannot come in on holidays without a member of staff - the end of next week is half term which is really irritating. Nevertheless, I Saturday to finish editing the footage I have got as I will sign the mac out over the weekend and then Sunday I am practising at the Beck again for performing arts. I was thinking it may be easier if the Chikara is free to meet at 8:20 in the morning if people could get the earlier bus in. It's asking a lot from teenagers so I won't get my hopes up but the year 13s are use the room on Thursdays so it doesn't give me much choice.

My ancillary task is well under way but I may need to retake Oscar and Luis' photos because squeezing them on the the front cover of the Digipak has proven difficult I may just need to make them small but the problem is more of the way their feet are positioned. I think in my research I did too much on the front cover and not enough on the rest of the digipak so I may need to go back on that. Ok so I Googled digipaks and only four panelled ones came up I googled six panelled ones and guess what I was sent to a link which sent me to a blog so I decided to look in the course work archive of past students work.

The bit I have missed in my research is the photos I will probably divide my band with either a photo of Luis and Oscar on one side and Josh and Jonny with the splatters of paint in the back ground but this may be too busy I will try and test my ideas before cancelling them out. I could go the other way as to just have one of them blue and green but this may be too simple thus I might meet in the middle and have to band members separated with one green background and the other blue.

This is another example of the green days digipak  I will have the back of the of mine either black or red with the text vise versa. Its decided front page all band members with splattered paint one square will have just splattered paint another just 2 band with green background the same again but with the 2 other band members and blue back ground back page music production company with list of songs with black font and red background to match the font on the front page.

Project continues

Ok slightly freaking out because my laptops gone missing it should be fine the year 12s have probably signed it out so it should turn up but now that is stopping my progress. Its just irritating that the media laptops are not linked with the schools hard-drive because then I could use any computer in the school and my work would be more secure. This is teaching me a good lesson with backing up my work but the thing is I haven't got enough room on my memory stick so I may need to get a hard-drive of my own. This is really annoying because it is stopping progress with editing. I am going to film the class room scene on wednesday and the paint scene on thursday if it kills me because I need next weeks time to edit my rough cut together as my deadline is approaching thick and fast. I now have nothing to do for an hour because I don't have anything as everything from the raw footage to the ancillary tasks photos are on that one mac. I can't sit here and do nothing so I spoke to my teacher and he said its up to us to keep things safe and if people don't put things back its not he's problem... but its my problem and I'm stuck now...

What do I do if it doesn't turn up? right all the footage is still on the camera as I didn't delete it so I just need to look on all them cameras and upload them all to another mac then re-edit all the editing I've already done. but I deleted the photos off the SLR cameras so I will have to retake them photos and photoshop them again. Lastsly I will back it all up! Although, this will take time I'm glad I didn't do what I was told and deleted the raw footage from the cameras as I would have to reshoot everything again. and yes I used 2 different numbered cameras so 1 has the first section of footage and another has another bit of footage which is another reason I wanted to keep the camera Mr Michie's office to keep all the footage together. I think there are about 8 HD cameras in Miss Collin's office which could have my shots on. I am probably letting my imagination run away with me but its definitely worth thinking about.

Successes and failures

Right I've finally got the photo of josh the second guitarist in the bands music video despite all of fate preventing us from meeting as he was ill for a few days, I have duke of Edinburgh meetings, then he had band practise and I've had performing arts rehearsals as Josh's music exam and my practical exam is on the 11th February because he is playing the music for the performance. This wouldn't have happened in the real world of work as we would each be working on one project at a time instead of having all the course work and exam deadlines appearing at the same time which annoyingly always seems to be at the end of a term. 

Even though people are probably bored of hearing me complain about this project I have to explain my problems I've faced in production in order to get a good grade. Rob unfortunately could not attend today's filming session for reasons not yet clarified. I'm sure he has a valid explaination but it's just so unfair when my grade is based on team work. Everything was ready I had the room the equptment and the female protagonist but not the male protagonist. My deadline is fast approaching and hopefully the protagonists can make it tomorrow because I want to split up my filming sessions as I know I won't be able to film the antagonists and protagonists shots all on one session of filming and we can't stop in the middle of the paint scene because it will mean we'll have to wait for the costumes to be washed covered in paint again and then filmed which will take extra time and effect the continuity of the product. However, my ancillary task is well underway. 

Editing

Unfortunately, I have not been able to progress in my project that much recently because I think I need to become more organised. This is because I need to make sure I ask for permission when I need props, actors and rooms. For example I was only lucky that my actors do A-level music other wise I would not have been able to access the drums as I did not give enough notice to Mr Munster the head of music at the school Chalfonts community college. Also I need to redo my shot list as it is quite unprofessional of me to keep rescheduling all the time. However, if I was making any form of media in the real world of work then I would pay my actors and they wouldn't have any prior commitments such as A-levels, Gcse's, after school clubs, socializing or work. This is due to the fact that they are volunteering and would commit more if they had a reward which is why I will be rewarding them with pizza at the end of filming.

Nonetheless, I do understand josh has been ill over the past few days which is why I will b taking his photo for the ancillary task on Monday at break, despite the fact that I have rescheduled that Several times. Meanwhile, I have a large amount of editing to do with the performance part of the music video. I just need to remember to get the SLR Monday morning because I will need to take the equipment back to PVA (which by the way stands for the photography video animation department which I forgot to mention before) every time I have finished with it and then collect it when I need it again. I kept some equipment for about a week because I kept rearranging filming times as things keep getting in the way such as parents evening yesterday which meant I couldn't use the room. The biggest problem is how busy everyone is I have performing arts after school every Monday and Tuesday until 6pm except this Tuesday because I have a university interview and then Mr Smith my antagonist has rehearsals with year 13 drama on Thursdays and people have plans on Fridays. I thought about getting another teacher who can do Thursdays but then remembered I book a driving lesson on Thursday as I knew we would not be able to film on that day. This is because Luis my lead singer does Drama and is in year 13 so wouldn't have been able to make filming either. I think if I were to make this promo again from the start I would have asked male teachers to be the band as this would have broadened my target audience and followed conventions more.