Editing Day 11

Editing Day 11 

We thought a good effect to add to the last section was a cross fade when my shot begins and his one ends e.t.c. During these shots we both really look as if we are putting are heart and souls into it, which in its own right reflects with the emotional lyrics in the song, and the spirit of Rock music itself. The cross fade really fits in between these two shots, standing out from the rest of the song, and helps to bring the end of the song to fruition.

Rough Cut Feed Back

Feed Back

The feed back that we received suggested that we are making good progress and that we have got footage. The only thing that was suggested that we needed to change was the last minute of the song; The shots need to change more between me and Nathan, the singer, because we are both doing solos. It would also look better if we were both on screen at the same time, like a split screen shot, near the ending.

Editing Day 10

Editing Day 10

Today we changed the shots at the ending so that they are more of a question and answer between the guitarist and the singer, both matching in time with the beat of the music, and with the lyrics of the music. Not only that, but as the song nears the end it picks up the tempo a bit, especially after the long guitar solo.

Stages of the Poster

Stages of the Poster


The final Poster! We've added a multi
coloured font to keep in with the rock love
theme. We have made that rose and the
shadow the same colour as it makes sense
the shadow reflects him and the rose his love
together they isolate and show that he is in love
and on his own.  Also we wrote that this was the
début album and we kept the same signature font as
it added a personal touch.

Editing Day 9

Editing Day 9

Everything is now perfectly in time and we have re-added the black and white effect throughout the music video in video, and this goes in tandem with the threshold effect seen below. We are now deciding if the shots for the ending work or if we should change it up a bit, because as it stands, it's just the singer for the ending after the guitar solo, w a slight bit of guitar every now and again.

A2 Media - Sweet Child O' Mine - Rough Cut

Ancillary Task Drafts

Album Art

Magazine Advert and Album Art

Here are the two drafts for the Ancillary Tasks, on the left we see the Album art, both inside the case and on the back.

On the right we see the Magazine advert art, and the art that will be used on the front of the album. These are both still to be worked on, for example the magazine advert needs a release date for the Album itself, and the album art will have

a list of the songs being played in the

album.

Stages of the Poster

Stages of the Poster

Decided to add bigger text as it was clearer/more readable. Also considering it's a poster it needs to be quite big and bold.

Editing Day 8

Editing Day 8

We've been making sure today that everything is perfectly in time as it would look rather unprofessional if the miming on the vocals or any of the instruments was out of time. Though we did actually play the parts it was all overdubbed. This is why each shot change needs to be on the beat. Timing in any music video is one of the most important and key elements of any music video and we feel that we have achieved this during this day of editing.

Editing Day 7

Editing Day 7

We have decided to add a Threshold effect into the shots such as the solo e.t.c. as the effect it gives really reflects on the drawn silhouette of our poster. Not only that but the effect itself also matches the kind of 'overdrive' look you expect when hearing a rock guitar solo, which in its own right matches with the Media conventions of a Classic Rock Genre style of music.

Editing Day 6

Editing Day 6

We have finished our rough cut, and we are just making sure that all of the shots are cut in time with the beat of the song. We have removed the black and white effect for the time being and will experiment with other effects to see what we like, and what we can use for the final product.

Editing Day 5

Editing Day 5

We started out trying to use as many of the story arc shots as we could but in the end we have just deciding on using just the one to give an initial idea on what the story is about. Though some different location shots are going to be used throughout to explain the narrative of the story. Therefore we are going to focus mainly on band shots which is still following the conventions of the classic rock genre.

The Stages of the Poster

Stages of the poster 

 Added the smaller text which is the name of the song
originally "Sweet Child O Mine" by Guns N Roses.

Editing Day 4

Editing Day 4

We are nearly half way through the initial editing. We have decided that a lot of the story arc shots don't work as well as we had hoped, so we are just using what we can with that and deciding whether or not more filming is needed. If so then we will plan another day to film what is needed, and edit this in accordingly.

The Stages of the Poster

The Stages of the Poster: Stage 5 

In this stage I started experiment with back grounds
to see what fit the theme also added a shadow to reflect the loneliness of the character.

Editing Day 3

Editing Day 3

This is a screen shot of the first two minutes of edited footage. This is us syncing the song in time with the raw footage and adding a black and white effect for the band footage, which as mentioned in the last post was quite a nice effect.

The Font

Example Font  

The Font: Viner Hand ITC

For our ancillary task we have decided to use a signature style font. This is to keep in with the theme of love that we are trying to achieve, a signature is quite personal to someone as is love so we wanted to express that through this.

Our Font 

Editing Day 2

Editing Day 2

At this point we have chosen the majority of the shots we wish to use, we have started laying them out into a single track and choosing the effects we wish to use, Sam recommended a black and white effect to use on he video, which in a preview looks quite nice. Next week we will begin to sync the footage in time with audio.

The Stages of the Poster

The Stages of the Poster: Stage 6

I added the Black background do draw attention to the character and to create the feeling of isolation. I also shaded the shadow red to keep up with the theme of love that we are try to achieve but I am still experimenting with the exact shade of red that I want for both the rose and the shadow. Also as you can see here I have put up an example of that the signature font.

The Stages of the Poster

The Stages of the Poster: Stage 3 

The third stage was about adding texture to both of the drawings and defining the darker shakers and beginning to paint the rose red.

The Stages of the Poster

The Stages of the Poster: Stage 4

I have added more texture and toning to the edges and I have improved the texture and color of the rose and added a shade of green for the stem and leafs.

Editing day 1

Editing Day 1

Today we went through all of our footage and started to remove the bad shots in order to see what we have to work with. This allowed me to start lining the shots up in order and also to eliminate any potential problems that could arise from bad shots. As I lined the shots I used several rows worth of footage in order to get a rough semblance of how the final product may look.

The Conventions We Used

The Conventions We Used

During the production of our music video we aimed to match several Rock Music Video conventions. This post will outline the ones we used and how.

• Storyline

During our filming we used the idea of a storyline to back up the emotional lyrics of the song. This is a huge part of any music video alone and is a strong convention when it comes to it.

• Live band/recording sessions

A lot of rock music videos consist of the band playing in a recording booth, or live at a gig. We went for the recording booth idea as we could utilise the schools own recording booth, and this helped us to come up with a strong idea of how the video will go

• Guitar Solo

An important piece of any rock music video, as most could argue, is the guitar solo. We matched this by using a separate location for guitar solo in order to allow it to stand out, to achieve this we used Bluebell Hill. During the guitar solo we employed the threshold effect which added to the feel of the guitar solo being more powerful.

• Theme

A lot of music videos use a certain theme, such as love, or anger, which always ties in with both the lyrics and the storyline. As our storyline revolved around love we kept this 'love' theme by having Sam "Write" the song after his break up, showing his love for her, and how she is his 'sweet child'.

The Stages of the Poster

The Stages of the Poster: Stage 2

The second stage was to draw me but we added a twist
of a rose which then in turn connects and reflects with the love shown
in our music video.

The Stages of the Poster

The stages of the poster: Stage 1

The first part was taking a picture of the character so that it could be drawn to drawn.