Production Log - 26/01/15

I have continued to work on my music video ready for the final draft, however I have completed a photoshoot for the images for the digipak and the advert. I complete a photoshoot with my model in the studio to gain a large number of images which I could potentially use for my two auxilary tasks. For this photoshoot I made sure the settings were accurate and the lighting was set up correctly. Firstly I used continuous lighting which meant that it would not flash when the picture was taken. This was suitable to me as it meant that it would give me a much warmer glow and a much better finish against the black background to the image rather than a more bright picture. I also used a soft box which is a diffuser that makes it a lot softer and gentle than the white. If I was to use a flash for the images it would mean that I would have reflections which would mean it did not give more tone to the skin and more interesting lights. I also changed the camera settings to make them appropriate to the photography. I set the shutter speed to 15, F stop to 5.6, ISO at 200 and used a light meter to check how far the light was going. Below shows the set up to the photoshoot which I used:

Contact Sheet

This is my contact sheet of all the images which I took when I completed my photo-shoot. To make this contact sheet  I used the software Photoshop and then saved the files as JPEGs and then added them all to a PowerPoint. After doing this I saved the PowerPoint and uploaded it using the website slide share.
As you can see from this when I completed my photo-shoot I knew the kind of shots which I wanted to achieve and therefore took enough to ensure that I had a large choice to choose from but not loads that I had too many. In addition to this looking at the contact sheet the range of shots taken is evident where I took the pictures from many angles and positions, as well as some more close up than others. Finally when taking pictures I used two different costumes as I was most likely to use the images of Beth wearing the white dress however I wanted to make sure that I had a back up incase these were not suitable.

Production Diary - 23/01/15

Transcript:
I have been working on the drafting stages of my music video and constantly been making small changes to make the video look better. I have kept track of the improvements which I have been making through exporting my videos and uploading them to YouTube and keeping track of the draft number that the video is. I believe that by doing this when my video is complete it will help me to see the progress I have made and how the video has been edited. I aim to continue drafting to achieve the highest quality video. Some of the changes which I have made to the video is the speed of the shot changes. I have made the cuts quicker to fit to the pace of the music, and to ensure that it does not look boring. I also added zooms to the shots to make them more interesting and to keep the video entertaining the audience and not become boring.

Music Video - Draft 3

I have continued to work on my music video since my last draft. From the second draft to this draft I have made a range of changes. I have included quicker cuts between shots meaning that all the shots fit the fast pace of the song. In addition to this I have changed some of my shots. This is because they looked quite boring and my model wasn't really doing much. Therefore I replaced these shots with different ones making it look a lot more fun and interesting. In addition instead of just having my shots in the centre of the screen I added zooms where the shots would zoom in and out. This made it look a lot more interesting from my model being positioned just in the centre of the screen. Where I haven't added these zooms I have positioned the model to the side of the screen meaning she isnt directly in the centre. Not only this but I have improved the lip syncing to ensure that it is exactly in time. 

Music video - second draft

Here is my second draft of my music video. From my first draft to this draft I have gained more footage from filming again in the studio. This measn that I no longer have any black spaces in my video and now have a much wider range of footage. However I still want to edit this video more in order to achieve the final look that I want. To improve my video I want to have much quicker cuts of shots towards the end of the video linking to the fast pace song. In addition to this I want to include more extreme close up shots of the artist. Throughout the video I have been referencing the sparklers which links to the message of the song implying the progress of the artist and highlighting the start of a new beginning. From now until I go onto to my next draft I am going to continue editing as the lip syncing is not exactly in time. However I have noticed that when exporting this draft of the video, the lip syncing is not exact whereas when I was editing in Premiere the lip syncing was a lot more in sync. In this video I have still not colour edited the video as I am leaving this until I have completed everything such as all the lip syncing being in time and all the correct shots which I want.

Draft 1

Here I have shown my first draft of my music video. In this video there is no colour correction done to the video and the shots which I have included may be changed. There is also some black spaces within the video. This is where I have not yet finished filming and not decided which shots I am going to have in these spaces. By putting the footage which I have so far together it has shown me how much space I have left and what else I need to include. From doing this I have planned to shoot again with my model to get some more studio filming which I can add into the black spaces. From now till my next draft I am to improve what I have done in terms of the shots and will add in any of the extra footage I have to improve what I have done. I will not work on any colour correction until all the footage is in the video in the correct places and the lip syncing is exactly in time as this is my main priority.

Production Log - 21/01/15