Possible location shooting 2

In these shots i like the plain blue background but its corregated which adds texture.

Possible location shooting 1

I wanted to try and see if there were any possible locations around school that were feesable to use in my music video. I am happy with a few of them as they convey the necessary 'dark, dank and creepy' feel in the shot.

Planning for Digipak

These are a few of the preliminary pictures that helped toward the creation of my final digipak cover. They show the planning and progression of my thoughts that I had about the digipak.

Diary 20/09/12

I have discovered today that due to a bad internet connection at my school various differtent blog posts have been corrupted and subsequently I have lost the work that I had done.
These include:

Diary 02/07/12
and
Storyboard

I am trying my best to locate them however I will have to do a more thorough search when I am at home as the schools' computers do not allow students to use the Microsoft 'Search' feature.

Mood Board

I made a quick mood board to help me invision the kind of images and colours I want to be most dominant in my music video. However I still have not decided wether to film these colours or to add a filter to certain scenes when editing afterwards.

Mood Board - Colour Connotations

Sony Music Request Form

I wrote an E-Mail to Sony Music who represent Bullet for My Valentine.
This is merely a courtesy E-Mail as the school have a license that allows the media students to use any song we desire for our coursework.

Recording Sound

Recording detailed high quality sound is key for success in my music video. In order to make sure I understand fully the best ways to pull this off I have done some research into what I need to do while filming with the DSLR camera in order to get the best sound quality possible. Below is a video I have found that really helps with this.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/17863627

Codes and Conventions of a Music Video

Codes and Conventions of a Music Video

History Of Music Video

History of Music Video

Crew Selection

In order to get decent shots, good angles and a clear sound in my short film I have enlisted the help of two of my peers to help me out and work as crew for my music video. having the both of filming at once will enable me to get a wide variety of shots and angles. Also It also allows me to film behind the scenes of the short film which helps me to easily demonstrate its production effectively. The two people I have selected to be in my crew are Matt Thomas (left) and Corey Mason-Seifet (right)

Electronic Signature

Today I needed to put my signature on a form but instead of printing it off and scanning it back in to the computer I decided to write it on plain paper and scan it in to Photoshop. I cropped it out so that I can now input it on to every form that I need and can print off many copies and even still edit the text if needs be without having to re-print and then re-scan again.

Diary 18/09/12

This week our teacher showed us all the tasks that must be completed by the end of September and I realised that whereas I am ahead of most of my class, I still have a lot of work to catch up on. Therefore I have decided that I am stepping it up a gear and working as hard as I can to complete it in the next 10 days or so.

Diary 13/09/12

This week I have worked hard to ensure that I am on schedule with all my coursework because I aim to start filming very soon.
I have made a definite decision to stay with the original version of the song rather than the acoustic as I feel it's a more emotive song expressing anger but at the same time feelings of undying love.

Running order/Timing sheet

This is a timing sheet of the running order that I created telling me what happens during the song (left) and the exact time it happens (right)

This will help me majorly in the filming and editing of my music video as I will have an understanding of how long each segment will need to be.

Audience Research

1.       My key demographic would be a young generation generally in the C2DE group of the NRS social grade. They would generally be ‘metal-heads’ who constantly listen to music while travelling to work or gigs on public transport or in their cheap cars which serve no purpose other than transport. The target audience will particularly enjoy Heavy Metal that is not over the top with screaming but with good quality Metal and singing as well as impressive guitar and drum solos.

2.       Metal heads are usually spotted by their looks. Usually denim jeans (Blue or black), band shirts, long hair/shaved hair, etc. The metal heads truly are the stupidest group of people to pick a fight with, we may be the quiet type, but metal heads could easily wipe out multiple kids, and have a short temper that goes along with that. The metal culture however has dropped quite a bit, seeing as how the "hip" thing is to listen to rap or other modern catchy songs.

3.       I questioned some people from the general public and also some people from outside a ‘Bullet For My Valentine’ concert. I found many interesting things including the fact that Black and Red are the most relatable colours to the heavy metal culture and that the body positioning and/or poses that the Band members make are the most important feature. The second most important was found to be their appearance, mostly clothing.

Analysis of previous student's A2 video

Analysis of Previous Students A2 Video by Max Tide Dowling

Pitch for my ideas

My music video is 75% performance and 25% narrative. There will be many different elements to it as I want it to look like a real metal band. The video begins with a slow motion over exposed shot of a girl; the main female protagonist. This shot will introduces one of the main characters and the effects used will help to signify the reminiscent memories that the main male protagonist has of her. The narrative in the music video will show the good memories of the relationship that the male lead has and then the bad memories of the turning point when everything went wrong, showing the journey the took together. My storyline is linear and it will start with the good memories and end with an ambiguous image of a dead-end sign signifying that they’re relationship has run its course. I will vary my shots with close-ups to follow the codes and conventions of a music video, allowing the audience to get closer to the band and also medium to long shots to show the grouping of the band and also to signify the distance the characters now have from maintaining the course for a healthy relationship.

Alterations made along the way

During the course of the creation of my A2 Media Coursework so far, I've encountered several problems but also some good ideas concerning the quality of my Music Video.

I felt that my initial idea to not include a band performance was foolish and that it was the only way I could truly convey the true metal genre as 95% of the Metal videos I've seen contain at least some band performance.
I also decided that for the editing part of my coursework I would prefer to use Sony Vegas Pro 11.0, rather than Adobe premiere CS6 suggested by the media teachers, as I am more confident with it and I have previously found it to be simpler to use and faster at rendering.

Analysis of Magazine Adverts

Health and Safety Evidence

For my music video I decided that I will be using slow motion footage of smashing various objects such as  box TV's, DVD players etc.
Due to this I had to ensure that my crew were happy with the health and safety precautions that I would enforce.
I made sure that they will all have protective goggles, protective glasses, long sleeved shirts, long trousers, shoes and hard hats for times of severe risk. For example when cleaning the backdrop of debris whilst a TV would be suspended above their heads.