Group: Final Cut

We have made some changes since the previous rough cut, such as changing the grading on some of the shots. Also in the last edit there was a serious issue with the sound, the bass was distorted, since then we have changed some of the sound settings and made it back to normal. Transitions where another thing on our to do list from the previous rough cut, this has enabled us to change some of the transitions to give it a disjunctive feel where it cuts on the beat jumps around creating a strong feel to the video overall.

Group: Advert final piece

Group: Digipack final piece

O.C-Progress Update

During this weeks lesson I have been working on the print work, with me taking up the role of working on the back of the digipak in Photoshop. I started off with the original photo, with the end product needing to be distorted. I took four different sections from the original which I would edit in a variety of ways. 4 different styles were used to edit the different sections, 1 was changed to black and white, 1 I changed the opacity and enlarged, another i changed the opacity and enlarged and the final one was changed to negative in black and white which made the end result white.

JB: Inspiration for Shoot 4

Since our last shoot, we believe the production has really started to come together as we took inspiration from lip syncing shots from Loyle Carners' latest release 'The Isle of Aaron', which really gave an insight into a final and decided meta narrative which related between breaking the fourth wall with realistic features mentioned by Dyer and also the unrealistic and idolistic shots where the charterer pretends the camera inst really there.

We were inspired by Loyle Carners newest single of 'The Isle of Aaron', as it presented examples of camera angles such as close ups, conveying emotion, as well as exploring techniques such as the rule of thirds where the character is placed off center. 

LH: Progress Update

Since completing our most recent rough cut where all the shots are on the timeline and in the right place, we have targeted the use of transitions aiming to make the footage flow as much as possible and work with synaesthesia with the beat of the track. Also we have looked at the printwork, setting the aim of completing this over the next couple of days, this job involves distorting the images we have to the most effective level, as well as this we have to create a new album from scratch, this means that we will have to make up a track list for the album altogether, we will have to link these to the meta-narrative of Loyle Carner to make the best digipack as possible.

O.C-Progress Update

After editing the lip syncing our timeline is now complete, as we filmed me lip syncing the whole song at various different locations we had a lot of footage to look over to decide which part would fill the gaps in our timeline in the best way. After we narrowed down which bits would work the best in the gaps in the timeline the next step was cutting them down to match the lip syncing with the music.
Using the cutting tool on Da Vinci enabled us to match the lip syncing with the visuals.

Group: Rough Cut 3

This is our shoot so far, Today we managed to get all shots onto the timeline and in time with the music. This means that we have done our target of completing the timeline. Over the rest of the week we will be concentrating on colour grading and transitions on Davinci Resolve in order to make our video as good as possible and adding the final finishing touches to the editing process. We will also be targeting more towards our printwork in order to be done by the end of the week. After watching back we can see that there is a clear issue with the audio of the track, the bass seems to be particularly distorted which makes it less watchable.

O.C-Progress Update

In the past week I took up the role of learning the lyrics to the Mufasa this was a task that was essential in enabling us to finishing of our timeline as clear gaps were forming. So by taking this role the gaps that were evident can start to be filled with the editing process being on going after we upload the footage we got form the shoot onto our timeline. Through the coming week I shall be playing a role in editing the lip syncing and therefore adding to the timeline.

Group-Reflection on Shoot

The shoot was more successful compared to the last lip syncing task we did, this was because we went there with clear ideas about where there were going to be gaps in our music video timeline. Also we figured from the last time we shot that the camera movement was to static and to enable us to break into top band marks for our filming that was something that needed to be adjusted. Also to break the fourth wall the performer needed to engage with the camera and through this make a direct connection with the audience this could be done through making eye-contact which makes a visual connection.

As our timeline is nearly filled we went there this time with a clear objective and specific parts we needed to film. The planning and preparation was now much more efficient as there was a clear goal and outcome that needed to be reached, this was filling the gaps in the production of the music video.

In conclusion the shoot went very well and we got the shots we needed and went for. At the Train station the only problem we incurred was the amount of  people walking in and out of the station but as the train is a public service this is a problem we knew we were going to face beforehand

O.C- Lip Syncing Locations

When filming the lip syncing the external location was thought about and whether the environment was rural or an urban. To form a link between location and narrative we wanted there to be a clear justification through the places we lip synced at. In our narrative our two main locations are the graveyard which we see as a rural environment and the train station which we look at as the urban location.

So when filming the lip syncing we wanted a balance between rural and urban, so we filmed at a train station and also in a woodland area. This certified a clear link between the narrative and the locations we used for the lip syncing. This all helps remove the ambiguity of the narrative with this further helping to form it also.

JB: Progress Update 01/12/16

I have recently begun focusing more on the editing side of the photo book part of the production. one of the main limitations we found with the original footage editted from after effects was that the smoothness of the track, even with the added 'wiggle' feature was too smooth in comparison to the rest of our footage which made it look un natural, the large frame also in my opinion made it seem a bit too perfect for something which was meant to have been filmed on a train, therefore,we began using inspector and samples of cuts like jump cuts, dips to colour and whip pans to connote the hip hop culture as well as the imperfections which would be present if we had of actually filmed on a