Feedback

This is some of the feedback that we got from some of our classmates, we plan to fix all of the problems that have been commented on so that we can improve our video 

In order to make our music video better we are going to change the editing so that the drums are timed a bit better with the music, make some of the shots shorter in length and re-shoot so that we have another chance for our singer to get the lyrics right so we can appropriately place them in the video

We also need to shoot a lot more footage of our guitarist because a lot of the footage that we have of him cant be used at all because he isn't actually strumming the guitar so we need to remedy this.

Here is a link to a presentation that I have made about the planning for the filming of our final cut...

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Rough Cut

We actually faced a lot of problems whilst filming that we didnt expect to come across, we found actually finding the time to film really hard as well as organising not only our own time but the time of our actors aswell, as well as this we had problems securing a location. We are still currently trying our hardest to finish filming and get our music video up to a professional standard.

We eliminated the storyline of our video which we planned to do originally, and decided to do a complete performance video, we used the school hall because then we could use the projector and the lights. As well as this, they had speakers so we could play the song loudly which gave our actors more confidence. We borrowed instruments from our school's music department and set them up on the stage in the hall, we tried to use the lights and the stage to our advantage and use camera angles to make it look as though they were playing in an actual club, we feel as though we accomplished this in a few of our shots but not all of them.

Rough Cut Construction

We did the first but of filming for our media video yesterday, and are currently in the process of editing our video, we shot the performance part of our music video and here are some pictures of how it all went...

We used a projector to put the 'Foster the People' image onto the back curtain, we were going to buy a white bedsheet and paint on it but we figured that it would be cheaper and more effective if we used the projector because it would also light the stage a bit

We have used Final Cut Express to edit our video, we have used the speed control to add slow motion in our video and used the desaturate tool to make some of our footage black and white. Final cut has allowed us to ensure that our video is precisely timed and all the cuts are made on the beats and the miming is believable.

We borrowed a drum kit, microphones, a keyboard, a guitar and wires from the music department at our school and set them up for our music video, we used coloured lights that shon onto the stage which, we think, made the band look as though it could have been playing in a club

We asked our band to do a practice run before we started filming - especially our drummer - because he is an actual drummer so we wanted him to get the beats so that we could match them with the song easily whilst editing our video

The desaturate tool allowed us to make the middle section of our video black and white. We did this so that it would clearly separate the performance side of the video and the story side, this is the only 'story based' element of our music video and doesnt last very long but we wanted it to look like they were turning up to the venue.

 To create what we have of our music video we used:

• A tripod
• 2 camera's
• A projector
• A drum kit, guitar, keyboard, microphone and speakers
• A sound system
• Final Cut Express
• Youtube

Shot Composition Planning

In the performance part of our music video we are planning to have close up's of both the band, and specific instruments, medium close ups of the bands with their instruments and medium shots of the entire band playing. We also plan to have over the shoulder shots of our drummer and singer

We have taken ideas from some of The Killers' music videos as well as some from Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian, we looked at their videos that were performance based and looked at the way that the band and the instruments were represented and how the camera moved to flatter the band

We want some close ups of our band's faces similar to this one, we are going to film the close up from the front and side and see which one looks better and creates more of an effect, the main person that we are going to have close ups of is our lead singer so that is establishes him as the band front man.

We like the angle in which the camera looks down the bass guitar because it actually shows the instrument being played, we plan to do a shot similar to this but start at the body of the guitar then move the camera up to the neck to add camera movement into our video.

We want to have over the shoulder shots of both our drummer and our lead singer so that it offers a sort of point of view perspective to our audience, we want them to be able to feel what it would be like behind a drumset or microphone because even if you go and see a band live you dont get the availability of seeing everything.

 We like the close up of the hands playing the instrument and plan to get a shot similar to this in our music video, we would also like to have the lighting similar but will find it hard to recreate this with coloured lights so we are going to create an effect with white lights