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

Mise - en - scene

In our video , the props are only very small and limitied as this is the simplistic style that we choose , There are two acoustic guitars in out video , these give the effect that the performers are playing the music live and to you the audience so will make them feel more in touch with the band , this is also in line with the style of music and the way the band plays the music with the guitars being acoustic , the genre of the music is folk and we have made sure that our rustic guitar are inline with this theme. The clothes that the band are wearing throught the video do not change , this is becuase the shooting was done in one day and we feel for the nature of our video would not be relivant. When picking each specific outfit we made sure that it looked similar if not the same as what some of the band themselves wear , for example brown tight trouseres and a grey hoodie is a standard wear for this artist. and is representative of the image of the band. The location of the bideo is in a wooded area , this area has been specifically choosen to go along side the themes of the video , as the video is based on a old rustic song and uses older instraments we tried to make the video have a old feel and through this decided on a woodland area as this will be correct for the style and ideas of this style of music. The colour of the video , we have made it so it is in a gloomy location with darker light image , this is to make it look a bit more mysterious and scary as this can go along side the themes of the video , and along side the darker lyrics of the song. we will not make and editorial changes to the coloour of our shot and will only use natural lighting.

Completed Advert

My advert is a mix of one of the original pictures i used with my Digipack , this will mean that the fans can make reference from the digipack to the advert when it is seen in shops or on television, The style of writing i have used is again the same as the digipack to and i will make sure this is consistant throughout the project , for me this makes it alot neater and smarter, I have also faded a picture of the bands faces into the photo to make the fans know what the artist looks like so they can find out who is behind the music, I also made sure i included the Website so that people can visit the site and potentially sell tickets to the tour blog's etc, and the fact it is an exculsive digipack and that it is avalible straight away , this will make sure the fans know they can get something more for there money.

From this part of the task i have gained skills in using Photoshop as I have learned to fade the photos and crop different images into the photo , this will be important in all aspects of media production, i have also learned how to edit the colours within photos so can help.