Construction - Day 2 of Filmng

After running out of time on Friday, we decided to start filming early the following day which was a Saturday to give us a good 5 hours of filing time. On this day, we focused on filming my parts of the music video as we set target to get at least one minute of footage before our first deadline.

For most of the day, we filmed in barking as we set out to get my first verse done so in different location spots we filmed my same verse so that during editing we cut use as many cuts as possible to make the video more effective. Byran also had some footage of him done.

Furthermore we waited until about half 4 as we went over a bridge and filmed some cars driving by on the motorway. The reason behind this is for Byran to speed up the footage during editing as a form a visual effect we wanted to portray.

We didn't account for any problems which can be seen as a good sign that we are working well as a team as compared to last year.

-MICHAEL IKEJI-

Construction - Day 1 of Editing

Our first day of editing proved to be quite difficult. First of all our footage was stored on 2 different cameras so we had to upload the clips from both cameras on to our PC. The clips that were uploaded onto the PC did not all belong to our group so we then had to delete the files that did not belong to us. However our group faced another problem. The clips on the camera were of MOD format which is not compatible with Adobe Premiere. To overcome this we had to convert all the files to Mpeg format. This proved to be a time consuming process as there were many files to convert. Once this was done the files were ready to import into Adobe Premiere. We successfully imported the files and they were all ready for editing. We then had to retrieve all the files from the other camera. This was done in the same manner as the first camera but again not all the files were needed so we had to go through all the files deleting the ones that were of no use to us. The files on this camera were of a different format than the first camera. These files were of MOV format which are compatible with Adobe Premiere. We imported these files into Adobe Premiere so we were able to start editing. However we experienced a problem with the files on the second camera. We noticed that the footage lagged which would make it hard to sink the lip movements to the mp3. We were not able to find a solution to this problem, so we decided to cancel editing for the day and try to find a solution to the problem. We tried changing the frames per second which proved unsuccessful and changed the preset for the sequence but which also failed. Even though were not able to edit these files the footage from the first camera worked perfectly and we were able to edit some clips. We successfully edited the first 20 seconds of our video successfully. Even though we were successful in editing we did find matching the lip movements and the music tricky and time consuming. We hope to have found a solution to our problem by the second day of editing and work on our lip syncing skills.

-BYRAN FERROL-

Construction - Day 1 of Filming

First Day of Filming

We started filming our music video on Friday 25th November and it proved to go better than we expected. Compared to last year, our first day of filming is a great achievement that our whole group was pleased with. I feel that our first day of filming was good because we knew what we wanted to do before we actually started shooting instead of 'improvising'. Also we made use of the time we were given using every minute that counted which allowed us to finish earlier than the amount of time given.

During the first day of filming we set out to use a piano in the drama studio for Byran to use. The reasoning behind this is because during the beginning of our song, there is an intro with the piano being played that we wanted to implement in our video. However before we could start filming, we had to set up the piano and the scene we wanted to portray, so we set up the piano and dimmed the lights to give a spotlight affect on the piano so that the viewer will only be watching the piano and the person on it.

While Jeremiah was filming Byran lip sync, i played the track in the background in order to help Byran keep in sync and to allow syncing with the actual track easier in adobe premiere when editing. After filming the piano scene, we thought that we would have enough time to film a few more scenes so we went to a field trying various scenes and shots but at around 4 o'clock we deemed that it was too dark to carry on filming and we called it a day.

We learnt from the first day of filming that even though our time management was better than last year, we still needed better judgement to think that we would not have finished filming before it got dark.

-MICHAEL IKEJI-

Construction - Creating the Album Art

Creating the album art

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Construction - Production of the Radio Spot

Production of radio spot

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Planning - Album Cover Research

In order for our album cover to look professional and suitable for the music industry it is importnat that we research existing album and CD covers so we are able to get an idea of what is important for a CD cover and what makes it an effective one. The CD cover will be the visual representation of our chosen song and will be the first thing a customer will see if they were to buy it in the shops. Therefore it is to be eye catching and aesthetically pleasing making the customer want to pick it up. Below are some of the album and CD covers we researched.

Above is the album cover for B.o.B's album Strange clouds. The cover is dominated by the photograph of the artist and the graphics behind him. It is clear that the images have been manipulated in some way to get the desired effect. This may mean that we will have to use Adobe Photoshop for the creation of our software to also achieve the effects we want. As well as a photograph we may also want to include graphics like this album cover as I believe it gives it an abstract feel making it pleasing to look at. At the very top the artist name and the album name can be seen. An idea that we may well incorporate into our album cover.

I believe it is important that we research CD covers into our chosen artist so we are able to get a feel of the direction that the artist will take in making a CD cover. Below shows Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak CD cover.


The selling point for this CD cover I believe is the simplicity. A simple image in the middle of the broken heart with the name of the artist at the top and the name of the CD at the bottom. However I don't believe the colour chosen for the writing at the bottom is the most effective as white on light grey makes the writing hard to see therefore hard to read. Seeing this we will be able to diverge away from this and not make this mistake. As a group we liked the idea of the broken heart in the middle and this will be something that we will most definitely include on our CD cover. We also think that we will also match the simplicity as this will match the theme of the song, the sombre tone and the subject of heartbreak.

The last album cover we researched was by a fellow Rap/R'n'B artist, Drake's Take Care. It was important that we looked at other album covers within the same genre so we know what other artists are doing and how we can improve on what they have done. Below is the album cover:


This album cover also proves to be simple. So simple that Drake's name is not even featured on it. The striking feature of the art work is the consistent colour scheme. The gold colour scheme makes it stand out and will definitely catch your eye if placed on a shelf at a store. The group discussed the concept of having a colour scheme for our CD cover to not overwhelm the customer. We were all in favour of this but the specific colour scheme has not yet been decided. Another striking fact about this album cover is that a photograph dominates the entire frame. I believe this is important to the overall feel of the CD cover as it gives it a sense of reality in comparison to using graphics. We believe that this will be something that we will want to incorporate into our music video however ours will serve as a background with maybe graphics layed on top.

-BYRAN FERROL-

Planning - Website Research

One of the media texts which we have to create is a website. For our website to be as good as the real world websites out there today it is important to conduct research into existing websites. This will help us to know what to include in our websites and trends that these websites have that our own one can keep in line with. This will make sure our website is at industry standard and convenient for the world today.

The first website that we researches was Rihanna’s. Rihanna is a very contemporary artist and is currently at the height of her fame meaning her website will be the perfect example of what to include on our own one. Above is a screen shot of the home page. It is very iconic making use of photos and graphics to make it aesthetically pleasing. This will be some to consider for our own website as if it is pleasing to the eye then people would want to come back and visit the website.

On Rihanna’s website was a navigation bar placed at the top of the page. This was common among a number of other music websites that we visited. This will be something that will we have to consider for our website, therefore affecting the outcome. We can also take ideas for what pages we will want to include by looking at this.

Twitter is a very popular social networking site at the moment and on these artists’ website twitter is commonly integrated into them. An idea that has a risen from this is to include a live twitter feed so people that visit the website are able to know the latest news about Kanye West.

Another website that we researched was Eminem’s. This was done as we wanted to research a website that was in the same genre as our chosen artist. In this case the rap genre. Below is a screenshot of the home page.

The photograph on the home page is very dominant, something that we may want to consider for our website. There is a video reel on the right displaying the latest videos uploaded by Eminem so they can be easily accessed by the visitors. This would be great for us as we may want to include our new music video on the home page so people are more likely to watch it. Again there is a navigation bar at the top. Also the artists’ “logo” can be found in the top right hand corner on both Rihanna’s and Eminem’s sites. For our website we may want to create a logo and include it in the same position. The black seems to be the dominant colour scheme of the website maybe due to the genre of music. Seeing as our genre is the same we may want to have black or a similar dark colour as the main colour scheme for our website.

-BYRAN FERROL-



Planning - IT used for project

IT used for Project on Prezi

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Planning - Common Motifs for our music video

Common Motifs for our Music Video on Prezi

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Planning - How to create an effect using Adobe Premiere

How to create an effect on Adobe Premiere

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