Olivia's Media Blog

  Characters Female lead Male partner  Extras Options Because we decided to include the performance within the narrative, our casting choice was important as our female lead would also adopt the role of our artist. Originally we were considering one of Clementine's friends, Miyuki, who had expressed interest in being in our video. This worked well for us, as they had the right look we wanted our artist to have. They also study fashion design, so this would have been an advantage with costume planning and makeup. As they don't go to the same school as us, it was harder to communicate and we had to rely on messaging online. This meant there was a delay when we checked if they were free for filming, and led to having to postpone shooting quite a few times. Eventually, we found that we had conflicting schedules and had to find another actress to be our performer.  Lucy Churcher and Vedaant...

  Editing Clementine and I began editing as we filmed, so that any complications with filming wouldn't hold up the process of putting together the final product. After each shoot, we reviewed the footage, marking our favourite clips. This made it easy to come back to the best shots, and drop them in. As we had created a rough plan for what footage should go at each point of the song, organising the clips was easier. Once we filmed the projector clips we dropped them in approximately where we planned, aligning the lip-syncing with the correct parts of the song. This meant that even if we replaced the clips with a shot from another scene, we could at least see both options and wouldn't have to spend time aligning the lip-syncing later on if we chose to use the footage. As we dropped in footage from other scenes, we left the projector clips where they were. Instead of replacing what was already there, we layered the clips so that we could easily switch back to how it was before wi...

Introduction After finishing our rough cut , Clementine and I asked the class for feedback. We had a group showing of the music video before listening to their ideas to further improve our product. While we were listening, I noted down some of the key suggestions so that Clementine and I can come back to them. Some of the points of improvement were things we had already noted down and plan to improve, but overall receiving an outside opinion was very helpful - because sometimes it can be hard to recognise small details that need to be fixed in your own work. Areas for improvement In order to show the rough cut we had to decide on a point to stop editing, although the product is still incomplete. Once we had dropped all the clips in and no longer had any gaps, we chose to ask for feedback before doing any further editing, despite still having areas of improvement. Listed below are some of main areas of development that we are aware of, altho...

Introduction Clementine and I have finished filming a majority of our music video, and were able to use the shots to produce a rough cut of our music video. Seeing the footage in order has allowed us to reflect on the footage, and pick out parts that need to be reshot. It also helped us visualise the final product, and we have realised that it would benefit the video to change some of our original ideas. Although we still have some editing to complete, such as colour correcting and reshooting some clips to fill time or replace shots we weren't happy with, we have a product (although half-finished), that we can show our class and ask for feedback. Another advantage of finishing the rough cut, is that we have a better idea of our artists identity, and we can start thinking about ideas for our digipack and social media page.

  Introduction There are a few elements of health and safety we had to think about, from keeping equipment safe to making sure our actors were comfortable and safe. Prior to filming, Clementine and I worked out some potential risks that would have to be addressed while filming. As we worked in three different locations, we had to work out the risks associated with each of them. We used a template to plot out anything that may endanger our actors or equipment, and how to minimise those risks on the day. Additionally, we asked our actors to sign talent release forms. Safety Forms Talent Release Forms