Meeting 10th November

We had a meeting with George who is our actor for the music video. This lesson was really productive because we could finally schedule some dates to begin the most important part of our project which was the filming. We scheduled to do some filming the next Tuesday (17th November) which worked very well. We filmed all of the footage we needed for the indoor scenes which included both happy moments and sad moments.
 I believe this filming session was very successful. The next filming session will be tomorrow afternoon where are using all of tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday 25th November to film the country scenes and very last shot where the girl character places the flower on the grave.

Storyboard

Lip Syncing Practise

In our lesson recently we practised lip syncing to get used to singing along to the song whilst filming.

To begin with I found it very difficult to stay focused. So Jake and Lucy came into the shot too and tried the lip syncing with me which helped.
We found the best method of lip syncing was to actually sing the song whilst it was playing through the computer. Then we edit out our voices and place the song on top of the video. It was hard to try and get the timing correct and therefore slows the editing process down. But once we had got the timing of the video with the song right, we think it looks very effective and so was successful.

Location Searching

During our double lesson we took the time out of school to visit some of the locations that we had decided we would potentially be using in our music video. This short video shows two locations that we had thought about using: Daddyhole plain and Meadfoot beach. Both of these locations are in Torquay rather close to each other. We also wanted to look at a section of woods in Newton Abbott and Dawlish Warren beach which we will look at on a later date.

Music: Half The World Away, Oasis.

Band Website Case Study

This blogpost is about my findings of research into the websites of bands and artists similar to Oh Wonder. 

Ohwondermusic.com is Oh Wonder's website. This website is easy to navigate and to understand. Their tour dates are clearly stated on the homepage and they have links to all of their social media accounts on the homepage too.

On their website Oh Wonder have links to music, videos, merchandise, tour dates and a photo blog. Their merchandise is fairly priced at £25.00 for a sweatshirt and £12.00 for a canvas bag. 

I have researched bands/artists that have a similar music genre to Oh Wonder to discover whether or not similar bands have similarities in their websites.

Ben Howard 
benhowardmusic.co.uk is Ben Howards website. He also has a white writing on black background theme. The main focus on his website homepage is a constant rolling of his latest music video and song, 'I Forget Where we Were'. This is a good promotional idea that gets the audience intrigued before they've had a chance to visits his website properly. He has hyperlinks to tour dates and an online store.

Gabrielle Aplin
gabrielleaplin.co.uk has a short animation when you click on her website. It reveals her name centred on the screen written in white on a black background that slowly fades to reverse colours. We are then taken to her homepage. 

with hyperlinks of: including her new single, 'Light up the Dark' 

These screenshots show whats happens when I click on the hyperlinks. In my opinion Gabrielle's website is slightly more confusing to navigate because of how busy the page is presented. However she has a recent news page which keeps fans updated with her current actions. The other websites don't have this and I think it makes a good asset to the website.

Mumford and Sons

Mumfordandsons.com website is very appealing. When you click on the link you are taken to a page that has a large logo in the centre. If you scroll down you are taken to tour dates therefore is easily accessible for fans looking to buy tickets. 

There is a button that says, "Go to main site." When you click on this you are taken to the main site that includes many links.

You enter a type of news page on the home page of the website.

And by clicking on the links, the page redirects to the certain areas very quickly and easily. This is the store page.

Overall the website is easy to navigate and very appealling. I like that the tour dates are the first thing that is seen when you click onto the website.

Ben Howard music example:

Gabrielle Aplin music example:

Mumford and Sons music example:

How Weather Compliments Emotion

"Pathetic fallacy is a literary device wherein the author attributes human emotions and traits to nature or inanimate objects. For example, the following descriptions refer to weather and how it affects the mood, which can add atmosphere to a story: smiling skies, somber clouds, angry storm, or bitter winter."


Pathetic fallacy allows for videos to amplify the emotions of the characters. Here, I have introduced some videos that I believe show types of pathetic fallacy used to portray certain moods.

James Blunt- You're Beautiful




Coldplay- Paradise





Coldplay-Yellow





Oasis- Little by Little





Cheryl Cole- I Don't Care. At moments in this music video, Cheryl is playfully walking around the beach. She is happy and the sunset compliments the way she is spinning and turning.





The Script- The Man Who Can't Be Moved. Towards the end of the song camera shots are shown of Danny (lead singer) sitting through every type of weather in order to stay in the place that he first met the girl he loves. He is seen in snow, rain and sun. This shows his commitment and dedication and love for the girl. 

     

Story Boarding Time Lapse

We created a time lapsed video of our two hour lesson to briefly show our communication while creating our story boards. In this lesson we roughly devised our story boards to reveal each scene and how long this scene would be shown for. Next lesson we will be doing more detailed sketches of specific shots using the draft we did today to help us. 
Lucy was absent in todays lesson but we had a phone call with her to make sure that she was happy with what we were doing and/or had any suggestions.