Final Video & Rejected Footage.

This is our final video Mumford and Sons - Awake my soul.

Our rejected footage has been attached to the end of our video , these are the shot and peices of video that we shot during our days with the camera , but decided not to use due to the poor quality of the shots , also some of the shots are not as we expected to look , as for example the shot of the actor sat on the wooden fence , we thought that this shot we could see the guitar and that this would add to the rustic and indie feel of the band as it looks like a tradional shot that the band would use. But we found that when we saw it in final cut Pro that infact you could not see the guitar and the shot was a bit to light and infact it was not as good as we first thought and indended , there are also a few more shot that we had decided not to use for many differnet reasons such as the shot may have been to light or may not have been the correct shot. these are some of the shots that we decided were not good enough to make it into our Video.

Creative Camera Use

In our Video we have used creative camera use , we have a few shots that are of particular intrest, As we have one that is a shot of the clouds through trees , we had this shot for about 5 minutes , we then sped this up so it makes it look as if the time is moving really fast , we also made sure it was at the time at which the sun went down so the shot got darker, we did this by using the FInal cut pro software on the apple computers, we used this to create all the effects that we created on our videos. this adds to the spooky and indie theme of our video, We also have alot of shot that have been slowed down , this is good as it makes the video look alot slower and more relaxed which again is some of the themes that we wanted to portray throughout our video. We also used Mulveys male gaze technique on some of the shots of the Girl in our video as we scanned from her feet upto her head , this makes the reader see in the eyes of the actors in the video.

Advert Flat plans

These are the flat plans that i created for my media Advert , I Chose this style of advert as i thought that it would go well with my Digipack and video that i have created , I think that the consistant theme of the folk and rural settings would be for the band , and are the same as previouse media peices created by this band. when i created these flat plans i took into account the colour and the way the photo is compared to tohers and I solved this problem by thinking that i would use the same colour that i used in my digipack so it will make again the themes coming through the whole peice of media.

Call Sheet

This is our Call sheet it helped me and my group stay in contact with all the members of the group and the people seen in the video, this will make it easier for us to get hold of people like our tutor in case of an emergency.

Evaluation of our Video

For my Evaluation i have decided to set it our as a series of questions , Please click on the links below to see each Question :

In what ways does your video use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages of all your products?

Shooting Scrips

These are the shooting scripts we decided to use , for our final shot we have decided to use a wide angle to show the three of us walking away , this will be able to show us all in the frame and will show us all walking away together in one shot. also we have used shots like close ups to show the emotion of the performer and make sure the audiance can see the artist singing the lyrics, there is also a pivot shot , when one of the performers is walking past the camera and the camera pivots on the tripod this is a good shot to make it look as if the performer is walking further rather than just walk straight at the camera. There is also some wide angle shots of the performers which is good as it shows the establishing shot of the three performers . and helps to put astheic images in such as the trees and water.

Shooting Diarys

When filming on the 18th of january ,we started by getting the base shots done so of us walking through the trees and things like that. We found as this was our first time of fimling that the number of shot that we had to create was overwelming , this was why we extended our shoot to further days, when at the shoot on the first day the lighting settings on the camera was hard to set up at first but when on the shoot you have to learn fast so over time it became easier and easier . For this Stage of filming I was in main control of the camera. On our second shoot on the 25th of january we decided that this would when we can do most of the overall band shots , this meant we have to bring in guitars and the lyrics ot help us , this was a bit of a challenge to overcome the stage fright but again we got used to it. and our final shoot on the 1st of febuary which is when we did our shot with the girl , we found the leveling of the ground , due to the rain alot more challenging , but by adjusting the tripod this was soon sorted out . and agian on this shoot I acted as the director so I could again as much expreince with different jobs as possible here is a more accurate view of our days of filming:

Before our group started filming we wrote up a shooting schedule in order to keep organised when booking the equipment, finding when both cast and crew were free and to make the day of shooting run more efficiently. The shooting schedule also helped us to keep on track with the film.

Shooting schedule - 18th January 2011

1:30pm - Group meet at chosen location, collect camera and other props (Guitar)

1:45pm - Group arrive at shooting location (Forest)

1:50pm - 2:00pm - Prepare location and look for any potential safety hazards

2:05pm - 2:20pm - Crew set up and prepare the camera whilst the cast prepare for the shoot e.g. costume and props

2:30pm - 3:40pm - Begin shooting the base shots for our videos, these were the most simple, as they only included the band members roaming around the forest, and a few mid/long shots of the lead vocalist playing the guitar

3:40pm - Lunch break

4:00pm - Begin to shoot the lyrical verses, this meant a mix up of close ups and medium close ups/medium long shots as we wanted to capture the words coming out of my lips.

5:00pm - The weather really starts to darken, so we as a group decide to get one last shot, which was the water shot, the weather was perfect for making the water reflect.

5:30pm - Weather conditions, being too dark, force us to quit filming.

5:35pm - Review the days filming and plan a second day of filming.

(We knew we wouldn't be able to capture every shot, so we made a new date for where we used the woman in our video)

Shooting schedule - 25th January 2011

1:30pm - Group meet at chosen location, collect camera and other props (Guitar)

1:45pm - Group arrive at shooting location (Forest)

1:50pm - 2:00pm - Prepare location and look for any potential safety hazards

2:05pm - 2:20pm - Crew set up and prepare the camera whilst the cast prepare for the shoot e.g. costume and props

2:20pm - 4pm - Shoot all the band shots together, also the shots of us looking around the forest for the girl. Primarily long shots and medium long range shots used. This helped the forest interact and create a feeling of being 'lost'

4:25pm - Weather conditions, being too dark, force us to quit filming.

4:30pm - Review the days filming and plan a third day of filming.


Shooting schedule - 1st February 2011

1:30pm - Group meet at chosen location, collect camera and other props (Guitar)

1:45pm - Group arrive at shooting location (Forest)

1:50pm - 2:00pm - Prepare location and look for any potential safety hazards

2:05pm - 2:20pm - Crew set up and prepare the camera whilst the cast prepare for the shoot e.g. costume and props

2:30pm - 3:40pm All the shots of the mysterious, purity woman are filmed. This inculded shots of her walking round the forest, but also a close up of her singing the second verse of 'Awake My Soul' - this helped the audience see this womans real beauty.

4:00pm - All shots have been finished, we watch over all our tape and it looks like we've captured what we need and have all the shots we intended on having. We knew if we needed to change any little things, colours etc, then using Logic software we would be able to add effects.




Shooting Diaries - -


Within our filming we felt we kept sharp focus, kept the whole procedure safe and well regulated. This allowed us to get efficient and wanted footage. We had all the contact details of people involved, and also used health and safety procedures to make sure we kept a safe environment. We realised that shooting over different days would inevitably leave us with different weather situations, but we knew with the software 'Final cut' we could darken/lighten up areas of footage. We also made sure that we were wearing the same clothes each time of filming. No problems occurred throughout, which lead to a successful 3 separate days of