Task 2

Task 10

Task 10 - PRODUCTION DIARY Name: Chelsea burrows Production: Team: Sheet no. _____ . Date: 15/11/2013 Location: Gateshead Time (from – to): Activities: Personal Roles & Responsibilities Undertaken I have finished off some of task 6 and 7 which is the Pre-production Brief Description of Experiences: (including problems encountered, teamwork, & what had been learned)i have learnt to keep on track with my work. Date:29/1/13 Location: Gateshead Time (from – to): Activities: Personal Roles & Responsibilities Undertaken: Finishing off final props for the video. Brief Description of Experiences: (including problems encountered, teamwork, & what had been learned)We worked together as a team picking out different clips from the videos we took at the party, we then decided where to put them and how we wanted the final video to look. It was good to see the whole video after placing in short clips. Date:15/01/2014 Location: Gateshead Time (from – to): Activities: Personal Roles & Responsibilities Undertaken: I added my own ideas to the story board and our mind map where we wrote down our initial ideas. Brief Description of Experiences: (including problems encountered, teamwork, & what had been learned) this was a team work effort, so we worked together and filled out the sheets and storyboards that needed to be done. Date:24/01/14 Location: Gateshead Time (from – to): Activities: Personal Roles & Responsibilities Undertaken: I have finished off task 5 and now completed my evaluation

Evaluation

Single camera techniques: Evaluation Planning the video – We talked about what song we would use then once we had chosen our song we began to come up with ideas for what we were going to do for our video and where the location would be. We came up with the idea to have a ‘house party’ at a group member’s house because the song we chose (Sub Focus – Turn it around) is quite a dance, up lifting song and we thought having a house party theme. Afterwards we then discussed the camera angles we would use, the equipment/props we would need, the lighting that would be used and then who was actually going to be in the video. Once we had finished planning we then started to get the props and equipment we needed so we got drinks, fancy dress items and other accessories that we would use for our music video. Pre-production documentation – Before we shot our video we did lots of planning. We created a story board to plan out each scene. We filled in risk assessments to make sure that all videoing would be done in a safe manner and we created cast and crew member lists. It was important for us to do this before we started filming because we needed to have a structured plan on how the video was going to be set out with each person in the video. The risk assessment sheet was to make us aware of the hazards that could happen while filming. Filming - `When it came to filming we arranged a night a night where would all be available to go through our ideas once more and to make sure if anyone had any more ideas we could do through together. Once we were finally ready for filming we set the house up as part scene by blowing up balloons, preparing drinks, putting out some food then waiting for people to arrive. Then as everyone arrived we began filming. We decided not to take long shots but to just take lots of little clip bits then put them together when it came to editing. We did it that way because we felt everyone could have a good time and not distracted by the cameras being out all the time therefore by allowing everyone to just be themselves it was creating a more natural scene rather than have something that looked like a setup which is not what we wanted. Equipment – The equipment we used was a Nikon D3100 to film our music video and a couple of party props which was supplied by Hayley. Problems – The only problem we came across was that our video ended up being too long for the song so we had to either cut some clips short or delete some clips out. Other than that we all worked really together as a team and our video turned out just as we wanted it to. Post production – The post production went really well as it was easy to edit the clips together, the music fitted our music video idea and we all helped out to make it happen. We also made sure that it wasn’t just one person doing the editing, we all did it together and said our own thoughts on which clips should do where and which scene the music video should start and then end with. What worked? – I think the whole music video worked because we all agreed on what to do so we were all 100% on getting involved and wanting to put a piece of our own ideas in the video which proved because it was successful and we got the video all filmed in just one night. What didn’t work? – There wasn’t anything that didn’t work. All the planning and filming went how we wanted to and there were no major struggled along the way. Skills – I have gained much better editing skills when editing videos and also to work better in a group by communicating better. How will I approach it in the future? – I haven’t really made many videos in the past so I was slightly sceptical before making this video; however I really have enjoyed making this video so in the future I will for sure be approaching it with an open mind and more confidence.

Task 6 - music pitch video

This is the powerpoint presentation made for the pitch

Task 8 - music video

Our music video. Music by Subfocus

Task 7 - pre-production

At the beginning of the video we are going to set the scene at house. We then are going to capture a scene in a moving car to capture the journey to the party. We will be then filming everything back in the house. The final thing we did was risk assessments, we made these a main priority as we needed to protect the cast as there was quitea few risks involved within our music video

Call List
 25th October 2013
 Cast Hayley Crone Megan Copeland Emily Hackett Chelsea Burrows Stacey Astley Sam White Simon Hall Kaan Kurt Owen Briggs Emily Monaghan James Monaghan Reece Monaghan Holly Robinson Sophie Gibson Nicky Mowbray Sam Diamond Kayley Burnett Alex Byron
Crew
 Hayley Crone Megan Copeland Emily Hackett Chelsea Burrows Stacey Astley
Storyboard
 We decided to make some storyboards to follow so we knew what we wanted to do in each shot.

Task 3 - Narrative structures

Task 3 - Narrative Structure Linear (Sequential) Narrative • A linear narrative is a story which its events happen in chronological order from the start to finish. The plot of the narrative is usually told without using flashbacks or flash-forwards. A good example of this is Of Mice and Men. Non-linear (Non-sequential) Narrative • Non-linear narrative narratives don’t run in chronological order and they can flash forward and flashback through the film. It is a disjointed narrative. A good example of this would be 500 Days of summer and Pulp Fiction. Flashback • Flashback is a scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point that the story has reached. In television and film, camera techniques and special effects are used to show the viewer that a flashback has occurred. This helps to avoid the viewer becoming confused. For example ‘How I Met Your Mother’ use flashbacks in every episode, and the TV show ‘Lost’ used flashbacks as a main element. The films ‘Time Travellers Wife’ and ‘Titanic’ were also told in full flashback. Realist Narrative • Storylines that are believable to the audience, this is because they appear real, or they are based on a true story that has happened in the past. This is often used in horror films as it makes the audience feel more scared if it could have happened in the past. Soap operas are a good example of this as the storylines follow things that would normally happen in real life. Anti-Realist Narrative • An anti-realist narrative is something that doesn’t happen in real life. For example the Cadbury’s gorilla advert from 2007 is an anti-realist narrative as gorillas don’t play the drums in real life. An example of a film that uses anti realist is Donnie Darko. Open Narrative • An open narrative is where the story is left wide open, the viewer has to guess what happened. They are often used in crime dramas to keep the audience on their seats and guessing what will happen in the next episode. An example of this would be in a soap opera such as eastenders as normally storylines are left open at the end of an episode. Closed Narrative • A closed narrative has a beginning, middle and end. Like a story. The audience are aware that they are watching a story and they will expect and ending. Films like this would be Titanic, Of Mice and Men and Sweeney Todd