Research into Music Theory

Diary 31/01/13

I am drawing to the end of all the research and planning.
All that is left for me to do is finish the filming, editing and analysis parts of coursework.
I am determined to have all three finished in the next 3 weeks so I can go over my blog and double check everything is as it should be for the final fortnight before the deadline.

Research into Music Channels

Diary 29/01/13

I recently went to film the 'Destruction' part of my music video. It took hours of lanning and preperation, ages to pack up the car with equipment and travel to the location and even longer to set up all the equipment. When we were finally ready to film we set up the camera only to find that somebody had taken the tape out of the slow-motion camera. I decided to film in 50 fps instead so I could slow the footage down halfway and still have HD footage. We filmed for 4 hours and spent another 40 minutes clearing up and a further half hour to pack the car up agan. I began the editing of the 'Destruction' part of my music video and from the 4 hours of footage was able to incorporate fewer than 10 seconds of footage. I am not going to let this get me diseartened as I am a perfectionist and determined to achieve the best quality music video I can.

Filming Location 1 prep.

I am collecting up all the props I'll need for tonight. So far I have
3 TVs,
protective gloves,
protective glasses,
hammer,
sledgehammer,
broom,
step ladder
and a DSLR.

What is a DIgipak?

Tracking an Artist Through Their Career

I chose Metallica because they are one of the greatest metal bands of all time, as many of their albums have been rated number one. So I thought as I will be making a metal music video, I should study the career of a successful Metal Band.

Location Shoot 1: Warehouse

For my first location i'm going to be using a warehouse in order to safely smash TV's. I'll be filming in slow motion for footage to use in my music video.
I will also be utilizing certain safety precautions to make sure nothing bad can happen.

Research into music director

Shot Planning 1

I was considering some shots which would be effective when filming the 2nd part of my music video: the band.
I drew a quick sketch so I wouldn't forget.

Second Draft

This is the second draft of my music video. Luckily I was able to get my video to render with Sony Vegas Pro 11.0 on an alternate PC. There were issues with my Graphics card and therefor my computer was unable to keep up with the video's demands.

Slow-Motion testing

This is a short video of me testing the slow motion effect on the schools Sony HDV 1000e Camera.
I intend to use this effect in my music video in order to capture high speed images in an effective way.

First Draft

This is the first draft of my music video. I have a lot of issues to sort out, the most obvious being the rendering. I am worried that I will have to attempt to re-create my music video using Adobe Premiere CS6 as it has new features which allow it to cope with the streaming of heavily compressed videos thanks to the codec reader.