Production Diary - 23/03/15

Now that I have completed both the main task and the auxiliary tasks, I am now going to continue writing my evaluation questions. Although I drafted these before I had completed my two tasks I now need to go back and add to these evaluation question and find a suitable way to present these. When presenting my evaluation I am going to ensure that I use a range of different methods for example videos, prezi and magazines. By showing these in a range of different methods highlights my interest in media technologies and will make my work more interesting to people reading it.

Production Log - 20/3/15

Today I completed my final Digipak for my album. I decided to keep this very similar to my advert and music video to ensure that the audience know that they all link together and all promoting the same album. The front cover of the Digipak is kept simple, drawing the readers in through the boldness of the name of the album, and the mid shot of the artist. I believe the shot on the front of the Digipak is highly suitable and highlights the type of artist that Beth is. Moving onto the inside of the Digipak I kept the whole thing to studio pictures, but had the artist looking more directly into the camera. As well as this I included a note from the artist and her hand written name, once again making the audience more likely to want to buy the album. Finally on the back cover I included the management details and the barcode as well as the track names as this was the most suitable place to have all of this information. The white dress she is wearing is featured in the music video therefore making the audience notice what the promotion is for.

 

Production diary - 5/2/15

Transcript:
I have continued working on the drafting stages of both the Digipak and the album advert both at home and in school. Whilst at home I have continued to look at existing products to gain ideas for my own work. Due to using the software InDesign to make my Digipak and album advert I am only able to complete this at school and in lesson time as I do not have this software at home. As a result of this I have been staying after school to work on all three of my products to give me more time to product the highest quality work. I am to continue working the way I am at the moment drafting my products and trying different things to see what works most effectively to create something unique and different to existing digipaks and album adverts.

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:

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.

Production Diary - 18/12/15

This week I have worked on the drafting of the album advert. I have taken the rough sketch and turnt this into an InDesign version, where I have decided on fonts and colours. However as I have not yet completed a photo-shoot I will use an image which I already have of Beth, however this will be changed as soon as I complete the photo-shoot.

Production Diary - 04/12/2014

Today I filmed more footage in the black box room. Filming in this room has enabled me to achieve a studio looking scene. I used 3 lights and positioned one behind my model and two either side of her. Doing this made my model stand out against the black background. For this shoot I wanted beth to stand out, therefore she was dressed in a royal blue skater dress with pink lips and eye shadow. I didn't want to take the focus of her dress and the lighting therefore I kept the make-up stuttle but sticking to the pop genre music theme.

I have continued to add the footage which I have already filmed into premiere and been working on correctly the lip syncing so it is exactly the same as the song. Below I have shown a print screen on my work in premiere.

Production Log - 20/11/14

I have continued to edit my footage for my music video in premiere. As well as this I have created a short video where i have shown all my raw footage that i filmed in London. Within this video I showed a variety of shots that was filmed including the footage which will not neccassarily be included in my music video. I have also shown the footage which had errors that I made. With this footage I went back and filmed again and improved showing the progression which I had made. However in this raw footage there was a lot of background noise therefore i removed the sound from the footage and added a Ellie Goulding song in the background. From watching my raw footage it gives a wide understanding of the location where I filmed and when I have finished making my music video I will be able to watch this raw footage back and see how I was able to develop the footage in order to make it look a lot higher standard in a music video, meaning the video would be more enjoyable for the audience to watch.

Production Log - 20/10/15

Over the past week I have continued working on the different tasks and posting these onto my blog. I have completed a task called editing software which has helped me for when I get onto the development of my tasks. I was able to research these and find out how I could use them when I come to making my three tasks. I presented this in a PowerPoint meaning it is easy to understand and I can refer back to this in the future if I need to.

Production Diary - 9/10/14

I have continued working on my planning sections of the coursework. I have worked a lot on this at home to try and get it complete as soon as possible so that I can focus on editing my music video. I have completed the equipment list which highlights all the eqipment which I neededed in order to film my music video. Whilst on location filming my video I took some pictures of the different locations. I have shared some images on my blog of the locations however I still have more to show. In additon to this I have written abou the essentials which I need for my music video including costumes and props. The most recent thing which I have worked on is the media language. Although Ihave not yet edited my video together completing this task has allowed me to think about my video to ensure that I make a successful video.

Production diary - 3/10/14

I have begun to edit my video. I have downloaded my song for the music video and put it into premiere. I have also started to add my footage in to the places where it goes. As I am working on my video in lesson now as I do not have the software at home I have been working on my planning at home. This have included the production documents such as equipment list, contact with the artist and health and safety. I will also meet with my artist to complete a model and actor release form.

Production Diary - 23/09/2014

Production Diary - 15/9/14

During the past week I have continue to set myself weeking class work and homework. In class I have worked on research into companies, research into genre and research into the artist. I have also completed three tasks for homework where I researced what a digipak was and analysed two digipaks. I used a range of powerpoints and prezi's to display my work. I have set myself another set of homework for this week to complete an analysis of a previous A2 students work, and analyse a band or artists magazine ad.

Production Log - 11/9/14

In my media lessons I have continued working on my research and planning. This week I have focused more on the research side and set myself homework to complete 3 planning tasks. For my research work I began working on the research into existing labels where I researched many different music labels. Doing this gave me a much wider understanding of the different record labels. Secondly I worked on the research into an Artist. For my artist research I decided to use the artist who I am using for my music video who is Ellie Goulding. Researching my artist means now I know a lot more about her such as the basic facts to how she became famous and her different albums. Finally I created a prezi where I displayed the work I had done on the pop genre. I was able to research the different aspects of the pop genre in order to find out a lot more information. I also researched the social norms and cultures of pop music as well as giving background on the pop genre.

Production Log - 5/9/14

Throughout the summer i have been working on filming my music video. I decided to use Beth as my model and picked the outfits that she would wear very carefully so that it clearly linked to the pop song. The first location where I filmed was camden. Here i was able to find a graffiti wall and I had Beth infront of this. In camden I also filmed at the canal and on a bridge which over looked the canal. Due to camden being a bright location I had Beth wearing a bright yellow playsuit. I then done some filming inside on the sofa which looked very effect with the red pillows. Finally I filmed in London where I was able to go to the top of city hall to over look London and tower bridge. Here beth was wearing a girly dress which was sparkly and had her hair curly which looked effective with the location. I still have some filming to do which I will complete in the next month. I have also been working on my research and planning for my music video.

Production Log - 02/07/14

To begin this coursework I have been thinking of possible songs which I could use for my media music video. For my initial ideas planning task I have made a powerpoint where I have spoken about the possible songs which I could use. Within this powerpoint I have discussed what I like about each of the song choices and what im not too sure about. Similarly by doing this it has made me more aware of the song I would like to do for my final idea. I have decided to use the song Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious for my final song choice however for filming I will be getting some of my ideas from the song Big when I was little.