Final Music Video

Improvements ~ First Edit

• One improvements is to make sure next time we film Paper Shop Dave is that we film more aspects of the band singing because looking back on our draft we actually haven’t captured many close ups of the lead singer which I think we need to do to get the highest grade possible.
• Another improvement we have identified is that we need to make the shots within the shed brighter as we think it simply looks too dull.
• Also looking back on our music video we have noticed that we have included numerous of zooming in and out shots which we didn’t intend to do because we definitely don’t want to include any of these movements as we find that it loses focus.
• We have also decided that we need to involve some sort of ambient sound at the beginning of the sequence as we think this will work and blend into the music much better especially because we think it will match the location accordingly to make the opening more efficient.

Editing ~ First Edit

Unfortunately I and Jordan didn’t have the time we had planned to fulfil all the wishes we wanted to within the editing process as we hadn’t managed our time very efficiently. First of all when we came onto our editing process it was the day after we filmed our first location with the band, we straight away uploaded all the footage onto the computer and got rid of the videos which was not needed and began to rename the shots we decided to use as we found that this would help later on within the editing software as we knew what video was of what. After uploading the videos onto the editing software we firstly decided that we would start to put together the opening which is where Jordan is in the car and when he gradually walks to the shed. We spent a lot of our time doing this but thankfully we thought it paid off as we are very pleased with the outcome. As a group we decided to do an introduction like we have because we find it helps to create an atmosphere that it is simply a band practice which involves a group of close friends.

The instrumental of the song first comes in as Jordan opens the shed door as we found helped to build and create positive feeling and tension. At this point we had recently gone away and filmed our second narrative at our second location which involved Jess acting as Arabella. We then realised how close our deadline was and how much we had to edit in the short time we had which caused us both to get a little worried. From that we began to rush the editing process and not spend as much care with the little details which we had planned as we decided as a group we simply wanted to meet the deadline and we could re film what we needed after the deadline as we realised we have half term coming up. As shown above we did meet the deadline for our first draft which brought our spirit up as we felt more confident that had identified what we wanted to change and improve. 

Within our editing process we involve a lot of dynamic effects one of which is fading, we found this works really well within our video because we was very careful whilst editing our shots together and we have realised that it helps to prove our music with a smooth and relaxed feel to it instead of straight cutting every single shot. Although we found that the introduction looks much more professional that we have straight cut every shot because it looks more fast paced and gives of the feeling that the actor is wanting to get to somewhere important quickly.  

Filming ~ First Edit

As our chosen location was a shed within one of the band members garden we didn’t have too much trouble having to book anything out to rent although because the shed wasn’t sound proof we had to be careful of how much sound we was making and had to make sure we didn’t film late at night as we found that may be disrespectful so we resulted in filming our first lot of filming of Paper Shop Dave during the day. Thankfully the weather for this day of shooting was nice and bright which was one of the obstacles we were worried about that we may have had to overcome.
One of the couple of troubles we came across was that whilst filming we realised that we hadn’t deleted previous footage off the memory card so we had to take a break and sit down and delete footage which was not needed which resulted in our time scale being altered. Another problem we had was that we struggled to find good angles straight away in the shed as it isn’t an open space so we struggled to be able to fit the whole of the band members within the shot. Finally another minor problem we had to overcome was the battery went whilst we was filming so we had to delay the shooting for a short while to charge the battery which was also very time consuming so we decided to make sure that we had two ready charged battery’s for next time we filmed. For our first location we finally completed the filming up to the standard we wanted and were happy with so we then went onto edit the beginning of the music video.

As well as the shed we planned to have another location which was Attenborough Nature Reserve where we planned to film the second part of our music video which was with Jess playing ‘Arabella’ within our music video. The weather for this day wasn’t ideal as it was freezing cold which therefore created an attitude which wasn’t positive as we felt like we wanted to simply get it over with at the beginning. Fortunately after I and Jordan got into it we felt more comfortable within our roles of directors and producers. We also found the positives within the weather as we did want Jess to dress as she was in winter so it helped emphasise this reason. Because this location was outside we didn’t plan to use any other lighting sources which I thought was a good idea because it wasn’t needed. Whilst filming Jess we told her to simply act herself because we didn’t want her to look structured which is why our filming of Jess is simply short shots of herself sitting on benches, walking along a bridge and standing around. Within our planning we decided to involve a close up of Arabella texting someone followed by a smile which would give off the affect that someone within the band had texted her because we thought we could then film the band at this same location. Unfortunately our time management wasn’t good enough for us to pursue this so we decided that for our first draft we wouldn’t involve this part as we hadn’t had chance to film the part of Paper Shop Dave performing at Attenborough Nature Reserve. Within our filming we thought we had used a numerous of shots to outline our skills including of an establishing shot, Close ups, Pans, Tracking, Extreme Close ups and the list continues so overall we was quite happy with our first draft because we had already pointed out ourselves what we wanted to change and what we needed to re film to enable for us to gain a good level without our feedback from our teachers and peers.

Music Video First Edit

Below is mine and Jordan's first edit toward our music video 'Arabella':