Keeping up to date

So for the last few days I've been really struggling because We've had to adapt our magazine advert entirely and we've realy struggled to come up with new ideas that we both like. Finally we've banded together and come up with an idea that we think will work really well. However, this will require planning and a lot of very fast editing, picture taking etc. I think we are both ready to get our magazine advert done and dusted so we can get properly started with our evaluation and the completion of our film. So when we go and film and revise new shots next week, (in the process of organising this) we've also decided to take a few pictures to be in our magazine advert. For our new advert we only need one picture, but we need to take a few to ensure that we get the correct picture.

Firstly, our old idea. Originally we wanted this picture:

Then we were going to have 'we intertwined - the album' and then 'the hush sound written below it. These were going to be placed dead centre, directly in between Amber and Max. However we realised that this is a horizontal picture and would require a double page spread. We didn't like this idea as much because most audience members don't find double page spreads very interesting to look at. Also, the picture isn't high res enough and when we began to edit the colour we found that the picture began to go blurry the further and further we got with editing.

Our second and final idea is a picture of Max and Amber standing either side of a tree looking at the camera. We would take this photo when it's sunset and try and get the silouhette of the tree reflected on the ground. When it came around to editing the photo we would either have the writing inside the tree or below the tree. We want to try and fit in with as many natural and neutral colours and themes as we can, so that this ties in with our video and our digi-pak. 

We'll be taking these pictures next week at the same time as our filming. We're trying to organise this either for monday or for thursday depending on when Max and Amber can do. We also need to stay fairly late and on a day that is sunny so that the silouhette is shown properly and so that the sky looks pretty! We need to get on organising this asap. Meanwhile, in lessons we have been carrying on with editing and colour saturation etc. The video is really coming along and is nearing completion!

More to follow :)

Back from Christmas!

Ok, so we're back from the christmas holidays and we've realised that we really need to get on with our video and ancillary tasks. As we're behind form America we've got a lot to catch up on, lots of things to finish and a LOT of planning to do for our evaluation. I've made a little to-do list for me for the next few weeks. Our final deadline for everything including the blog is the 15th March! So here's my to-do list:

-Priority: FINISH FILMING. We still have three more shots to film and these are essential for getting our film completed otherwise there will be gaps, we've decided to arrange a meeting with Amber and Max to film the missing shots, which leads me on to my next point: -

-Organise a shoot with Max and Amber. This is also essential because we need to finish ourfilms as quickly as possible! This should be happening next week.

-We are currently editing the photos for our digi-pak, but I still have a lot to do in terms of what we're going to have on the actual digi-pak. Hopefully I should be drawing and researching a few things I can put on the digi-pak today.

-Begin the planning for our evaluation. We've only recently been introduced to the planning and the beginning of our evaluation. In the next few weeks we will be discussing and planning what we want to put in our evaluation in terms of different media technology. We've already decided that we want one of the questions to be in video form, and possibly one in the form of a blog post? However we still need to plan what to put into each question and then put those into writing etc.



I've got a lot I can be getting on with, so more to follow! :)

Planning; cd sleeve

So we're back from the christmas holidays and ready to finish both our video and ancillary tasks! 

Ok so I need to create the CD sleeve which I've already done a post on and also I've already posted about my research into existing CD sleeves. 

So I had done a draft sleeve on my laptop but unfortunately a lot of my documents have been wiped recently including that. I'm not too fussed as I think I can probably recreate it quite easily but I will be doing all photoshop stuff on the school computers from now on as I'm scared incase it happens again...


Here's my little to do list for the CD sleeve;

• Upload photo shoot photos onto school computers 
• Recreate basic CD sleeve on school computers
• Edit photo's ready to insert into the CD sleeve
• Add photos and logos/barcodes into CD sleeve
• Print off, put together
• Redo any bits that didn't look good.
• Make final!

Planning of fonts

So this is a post of the planning for the font on the digi-pak. As we are going for an earthy and natural font, we need to go for a fair colour, possibly with a swirly sort of font? So I'm going to find three different types of font, analyse them all and then decide on a final one.

Here's a powerpoint for you:

Font types for our digi-pak from rubygibson2

With our font decided, it means I can get straight to work editing the words on top of the pictures. However, the pictures that Carla's editing on photoshop are still in progress so I need to wait for her to finish those before I begin. They should be done very soon though!

More to follow :)

Planning for the digi-pak: Analysis

So at the moment we are fully immersed in working on our digi-pak. We've worked out our initial design that we want to go on the cd cover. Carla is currently working on the pictures in photoshop, changing the colours and manipulating the images to go with our nature theme. When we allocated job roles, I was allocated the roles of words on our digi-pak and magazine advert, and she was going to do the photographs and pictures. Carla is a photoshop wizard so she is working very hard on making the pictures the best that they can be!

As far as the words and fonts go, I still need to plan what goes on to the digi-pak. I've found a few examples and I'm going to analyse them so i can see what words or specific logos I will need to include on our digi-pak.

So for this digi-pak, there are little or no words, and the main focus is on the pictures. However on the back cover they have included a barcode and a logo next to the barcode. This looks very professional as it relates it to being sold in shops etc but also makes it look like a retail product. Also the inclusion of logos and the EMG logo, makes the product look as if it is being sold in shops, but also relates the sale of the music to a record label. Some audience members will care what record company the band comes from, and with the integration of a very famous record label, makes the product seem popular and very 'in the now'.

The inclusion of the song names is vital. On all CD covers, there is always a track listing, to let the audience know which song is which, but also helps the audience remember the song if they're showing it to other people etc. It also increases the artists and the albums popularity, as more of their songs will be shown to more people, gaining a wider following and fanbase. We need our song titles to be earthy and natural names, as we are going along with the natural theme echoing throughout the entire song. I will give examples of names in my next post.

So all in all, I really like this album cover because it makes it seem very professional and also immediately increases my interest in the band and songs.

More to follow :)

Filming update!

Sp yesterday we filmed pretty much all day! There were some massive complications at the start of the day because we only were able to get a few of our actors assembled, and had to wait for an hour to gain access to our location! We were slightly worried because of the continuity in terms of light and the time of day. We were worried that if we started filming certain shots with certain extras and actors, then the shots would be getting lighter and lighter then there would be a really dark shot, and the continuity wouldn't flow, so we decided to wait to gain access to our location so that we could film all of the shots in sequence. Max was due to turn up in an hour so we started with Amber's shots and filming all of those in sequence. We started off at a decent pace because we needed to get everything done! We managed tog et all of the shots involving Amber finished. We then started on Max's shots but had to finish as we all had to be back at school! However we got some fantastic shots, and made changes to a few which I'm going to tell you about now.

Firstly, the shot where Amber clicks the laptop on and the song begins to play, I caught sight of Amber's face in the hand mirror next to the laptop and I suggested that we could position the camera on purpose so that you can see Amber in the mirror. This could be one of the few times that we actually see Amber's face during the entire video, showing us both characters and establishing the audience's opinions on them both.

Another shot that we decided to change was that of the shot where Amber gets caught between two people. We decided instead of making the shot an 'awkward situation' that we would choreograph the movements in time with the music. This was to give links between music and visuals and to parallel the editing, which will be in time with the music the entire way through.

The last shot that we decided to change was the one with the music notes. Originally we wanted only the music notes in the top of the shot, not a person then when we got to filming the shot, the extras couldn't hold the music notes above Amber's head without hurting themselves! So we decided to include Jazz in the shot. Wee thought that this actually looked better anyway, as there are extras in most shots and by doing this makes it link to the rest of the shots but also carries on the theme etc.

At the moment we still have just under half of our footage still to film, and we plan to do that asap. This should be done by the end of this week and then we can get really stuck into editing! I also feel like I need to get to grips with final cut a bit more, as I am very unfamiliar and prefer to use imovie, even though final cut is tenchnically better for effects etc. So I plan to have a  lesson this week where I play around with final cut and then I will show you what I've learnt from it. This will help my overall editing technique and will gradually improve as the project carries on. Watch this space for a blog post!

Both me and Carla are getting stuck right into working on our digi pak and magazine advert. I am currently researching typical things that are included on a magazine advert and what we should include. I have also been given a template for the magazine advert and need to discuss with Carla which template we decide although I have chosen which one I would like to work with. Carla is currently editing the photographs that we took for the digi-pak and magazine advert on photoshop so they should be finished fairly soon! All in all, we are happy with our progress and we plan to overall, have most things complete by the end of term, before christmas.

Watch this space, more to follooooooooow :)

Video update

So we've filmed a video update this lesson telling you what we've been doing and what we have done in detail, enjoy!

I personally enjoy the thumbnail quite a lot!

More to follow :)

Start of our filming!

Yesterday, we began our filming by shooting the shots that are in the 'dream sequence' of the video. Our main difficulty throughout the day was the massive amount of fog that followed us around for the entire day! The fog was so thick that we had to postpone filming until the very end of the afternoon, by then it had cleared slightly but not that much! However we still went ahead and filmed just to see what the shots looked like, and they turned out looking alright! The shots were clear and you could see all of the action happening in the shots, so we decided to keep them. If we decide to re-shoot these specific shots then we will do so after shooting the main bulk of our footage on monday.

The first two shots are the shots that involve our two main characters, Max and Amber, spinning round holding the camera.

 We thought that this created a state of euphoric happiness and also made the dream sequence very cliche and cheesy, which is the sort of romantic attatchments that happen in a dream! We wanted these few shots to be as cheesy as possible! We also felt like the fog and the mist surrounding the shots makes the shot look 'dreamlike' and unrealistic because of the haze on the screen. We are also planning on editing this shot on final cut, to give it a more dream-like feel. I want to blur the edges of the shot so it looks like Max is projecting it into a dream thought-bubble. This will make it stand out from the rest of the footage because the audience will know that these few shots are in a dream.







The next shot that we did was of Max and Amber taking a picture of themselves. We struggled with the timing of this shot and carla suggested that we shoot a bit more than we actually need and then when it comes to the editing process we can chop off the bits that we don't need, as long as we get them taking a picture of themselves. We made them do very cheesy smiling faces as if they're in love! So cringey!

Looking at this picture I think we might edit the shot so that it looks brighter and happier, to reflect the moods of the characters!

The last shot that we did was the shot where Max and Amber were meant to be at a picnic. However, we realised that as the day was quite overcast and foggy we couldn't really have the pair having a picnic as it wouldn't reflect the settings or the weather. We were a bit stuck for something to include in the shot, and the we spotted the leaves! As trees and leaves are a recurring theme throughout our entire project, digipak, magazine advert and video, we decided to incorporate the leaves. We had Max and Amber shoot about fifteen seconds of throwing leaves up and jumping and laughing in them. We also recognised this as very cliche and cheesy, so thought that it was perfect for the dream sequence shots! We also decided to move it to slow motion so that the cheesy factor was emphasised even more! It also shows a new editing technique for us within final cut, which we can incorporate into our video.

So that concludes the post on yesterdays filming! we're filming the rest of our footage on monday so we're in preparation for that. At the moment we're focused on our magazine advert and didgipak research as we need to really get into the research and planning involved with that.

More to follow :)

Planning; ancillary task - CD sleeve

Obviously I need to do some planning for the CD sleeve before I can design it, I won't be planning any of the wording because thats what Ruby is going to be doing!! 

For the inside I think I'll use a base colour using a brush on photoshop then perhaps use a variety of different downloaded brushes to create a tree and vines coming down from it - I then have the idea of taking silhouette photographs of both Amber and Max and having them either side of the tree. The bottom most foldout will be the roots of the tree which I think will look really interesting. On this fold Ruby is going to create a band biography which we can add on top of the design!

For the outside folds of the CD sleeve Ruby and I thought for the 'front' cover it would be interesting to have trees and leaves around the outside and then in the middle it would be a cream background with the band and song name in font that connotes vines and leaves. I'm really keen on this idea so will probably do this with brushes again. For 3 of the folds we are going to have photos of Amber and Max against a tree and leaf background  -  I've actually already taken these photos and will upload them when I'm on my laptop. They look really good and I think they will go with the rest of the CD package. 

I really want to get onto photoshop and start designing now - I'm going to continuously update blogger on how it's going with some screen grabs and i'll talk through exactly what I'm doing!

Planning; photographic storyboard

I have created a photographic storyboard as of last weekend, however I've been having multiple problems with exporting it from windows movie maker; if I attempt to export it into the correct type of file it will look as if it's exporting however when it's finished I will open the file and it will only be the music with a blank black screen. I've tried doing this about four times now into different types of file.
I talked to my teacher about this and she said perhaps if I can find no other way then I should record the video on my phone and then upload it to blogger which is obviously extremely annoying as the quality wont be anywhere near as good after I spent such a long time creating the video!
However I still really want the photographic storyboard up on here, so I've done just that.. of course we didn't have our extras with us today so Ruby, Ryan and I stepped in for them but it gives a good idea of what we've planned for our video!

update after Americaaaa

So we're back from America! We've been planning a little bit but its been hard for us to launch straight back into our routines but we're getting there! We made a to-do list yesterday of all of the stuff that we have to complete in the next few weeks. The main priority for us in the next few weeks is the making and completing of our ancillary texts. We haven't begun planning for our ancillary texts but we have chosen to do a cd cover and a magazine advert. We have already chosen the layout for our cd cover:

We decided on this sleeve because it will show a range of different artistic techniques that we could possibly show. It will also leave room for a bigger photo and more special editing techniques on the photo. I think Carla has posted a picture of our initial layout that we would like on the cd sleeve. I will describe it but if you want more detail, look at the picture that Carla's posted!! We plan to have a tree that begins in the middle with the roots and spreads to all four folding layers to make the tree llok massive! Also we want Amber and Max on either side of the cd sleeve to remind people of the video but also to draw them in to watch the video! We want to have a lot of neutral colours with trees and birds and a lot of natural elements in the design to give the entire album a laid-back feel and a happy ethos. 

We haven't properly discussed the magazine advert yet but today I'm starting some research into different band adverts to see things that we should include and designs that are appealing. I want to link it with our video and album cover so probably something to do with nature etc. 

We're filming tomorrow, monday and possibly thursday after that, so our footage should be completely shot by next thursday! then we need to get on with the editing as we plan to finish the editing and get a draft in way before we break up for christmas. We have lots to be getting on with in preparation for our filming!

Happy to be back!

More to follow :)

Storyboard table

So I have made another table! I have a penchant for tables, if you haven't already noticed! Last week we went out and took photos for our storyboard, which Carla has been busy with. She's been putting them to music and making them into a photo slideshow. Carla's actually hit some technical difficulties with uploading te footage, so we're trying to work these glitches out asap. If all goes well, we should have them up before we leave on saturday.

So I' ve made a table describing the shots in detail just to go along with the slideshow, so that if we ever need to refer back to the storyboard during filming, we have our initial photographs but we also have written evidence to refer to. So in this table I've included the number of the shots because in the shot list, the numbers of the shots were all jumbled up, and this is them in order! Also I've included what happens in the shot, so when refering to the shot list, we can double check the table and work out exactly what we need in that specific shot. Lastly I've included the framing/angle of each shot and also any specifics I need to remeber when it comes to editing and filming. These will both help when filming/editing as we will be able to refer to specific techniques that we're going to use when filming such as still shots, green screen and split screen, but also to help us remeber what each shot looks like in detail!

Here's a basic key for the table because, as I'm sure you know, I like to use colour coding:
Red  - Split screen
Black - No specific editing technique used
Green - Green screen

 

Shot no.	Action	Camera framing/angle	Extra info (specific editing, special effects etc)
1	Max is in bed, he gets up	Mid shot
2	Max walks over to his laptop	Mid/Long shot
3	We see the laptop clicking 'play' on 'We intertwined' on youtube.	Close-up	Split screen
4	Max pulls a jumper over his head	Mid-shot
5	Amber pulls her head out of her jumper	Mid-shot
6	Max picks up his keys as he leaves the house	Mid-shot/close-up
7	Amber picks up her keys and then leaves her house, closing the door/gate in time with the music	Mid-shot/track
8	Max walking out of his drive	Mid-shot
9	Amber walking away, we see back of her head	Mid-shot
10	Max stops directly in front of the camera, singing to it, looking in his pockets for something he's lost	Mid-shot
11	Amber stops, looks in her pockets	Mid-shot
12	Extra enters and physically turns Max round	Mid-shot
13	Amber is turned around by an extra	Mid-shot
14	Still shot, with Max and Amber singing	Mid-shot	Split screen, still shot
15	Two maxes singing, one facing forward, one backward	Mid-shot	Split screen, still shot
16	Two Amber's, one facing forward, one backward	Mid-shot	Split screen, still shot
17	Back to Max and Amber, Max forward Amber backward	Mid-shot	Split screen, still shot
18	Extras pop into shot miming backing vocals whilst Max lip syncs	Mid-shot
19	Extras leave the shot leaving Max confused, carries on singing	Mid-shot
20	Still shot, back of Amber's head	Close-up	Still shot
21	Still shot, Amber is a closer angle to the camera	Close-up	Still shot
22	Still shot, Amber sideways on	Close-up	Still shot
23	Still shot, Amber even closer to the camera	Close-up	Still shot
24	Extras pop into shot as Amber finds herself facing forwards, confused	Mid-shot
25	Max singing to camera	Mid-shot
26	Extras blow bubbles into Max and Amber's way	Mid-shot	Split screen
27	Extras put their hands over Max and Ambers eyes	Mid-shot	Split screen
28	Extra gives Max and Amber a balloon	Mid-shot	Split screen
29	Pan to both balloons floating into the sky	Long shot/pan	Split screen
30	Amber walking	Mid-shot
31	Max singing and walking	Mid-shot
32	Max and Amber see themselves and turn, confused	Mid-shot	Split screen
33	Max and Amber yawm	Mid-shot/close-up	Split screen
34	Max and Amber walking	Mid-shot	Split screen
35	Max singing, stopped walking	Close-up
36	Music notes pop into shot above Max and Amber's heads	Mid-shot	Split screen
37	Max and Amber continue walking with music notes above their heads	Mid-shot	Split screen
38	Max and Amber out their right leg forward	Mid-shot	Still shot, split screen
39	Max and Amber put their left leg forward	Mid-shot	Still shot, split screen
40	Max and Amber put their right leg backwards	Mid-shot	Still shot, split screen
41	Max and Amber put their left leg backwards	Mid-shot	Still shot, split screen
42	Max and Amber jump	Mid-shot	Still shot, split screen
43	Extras waggle their tongues	Extreme close-up	Split screen
44	Max singing	Close-up
45	Extras walk in front of Max and Amber causing them to 'dance' in a crowd	Mid-shot/long shot	Split screen
46	Extra waves in front of Max and Amber to the camera	Mid-shot	Split screen
47	Max singing to camera	Mid-shot
48	Max daydreaming about the couple being together	Mid-shot	Green screen
49	Max and Amber having a picnic together	Mid-shot
50	Max and Amber take a picture of themselves together	Mid-shot
51	Max and Amber spinning round in a circle	Camera POV
52	Max singing	Close-up
53	Amber walks past the screen	Mid-shot/pan
54	Max walks past the screen	Mid-shot/pan
55	Max looking worried, searching	Close-up
56	Max and Amber look at each other from across the heath	Long shot
57	Amber's loved-up facial expression	Extreme close-up
58	Max and Amber are lifted up by all extras, duvet is then lifted up and over them, Max winks. (Max sings whole way through end shot) Extras cheer	Birds eye view & Long shot/pan	Tracking shot, possibly use steadicam?

Thank you for reading through another one of my ridiculously long tables!

More to follow :)

Lesson update, planning; facebook group for actors.

As I said in my last post I planned to create a facebook group in order to stay in contact with all the actors that we'd like to have in our music video - I think this is definitely the best way to keep in contact with them!

Here's a screen shot of the group I made and the introduction paragraph I posted just to let them know what we roughly plan to do!!

Shot list: COMPLETE!!

So I've been doing the shot list for this past week and I'm done! It's taken me a long time and I'm finally finished! It took me twice as long as I thought it would however because I thought I was going to scan the pictures of the storyboard into the computer and do it from there. But the picture has either come out too small to read or too big to fit into the blog, so I've had to rewrite the entire storyboard into a table! Hope y'all appreciate it!! Here it is:

Key:
M - Max (boy actor)
A - Amber (girl actor)
HE - Heath (one of our locations)
W - Walking
B - Bedroom

Group members: Carla and Ruby

'We Intertwined'

SHOT LIST:

Location	Shot no.	Type of shot	Action	Info (costumes, props etc)
HE	58	Long shot	Crowd lifts A+M as song ends	Ladder for birds eye shot, duvet.
B	1	Mid shot	M in bed, gets up out of bed	Pyjamas and bed (duvet etc)
B	2	Mid/Long shot	M clicking laptop	Laptop, bedroom scene
B	3	Close-up	Laptop on table, song turns on	Split screen, song begins
B	4	Mid shot	M putting jumper over head	Jumper, bedroom scene
B	6	Mid shot/close-up	M picking up his keys	Mouthing words, keys!
W	8	Mid shot	M lip syncing, walking out of drive	Costume: needs jumper!
W	10	Mid shot	M stops, lip syncs to camera looking in pockets	Lost keys
W	12	Mid shot	Someone physically turns M round	Extra: Bruce
Still shot	14	Mid shot	M singing	Split screen
Still shot	15	Mid shot	M singing, one facing forward, one backward	Split screen
Still shot	17	Mid shot	M singing, forward	Split screen
W	18 + 19	Mid shot	M singing, extras pop into the shot singing	Extras: Ryan and Will
W	25	Mid shot	M singing to camera	-
W	26	Mid shot	M singing to camera, people blow bubbles	Bubbles. Extras: Jaz and Abi
W	27	Mid shot	People put their hands over M's eyes	Extra: Jazz Bullen, split screen
W	28	Mid shot	Girl gives M a balloon	Extra: Eve, split screen
W	31	Mid shot	M walking and singing	-
W	32	Mid shot	M sees himself walk past, 'coincidences'	Split screen, 2 shots one for each version of M walking past
W	33	Mid shot/close-up	M yawning	Split screen
W	34	Mid shot	M singing and walking	Split screen
W	35	Close -up	M singing	-
W	36	Mid shot	M walking/singing, music notes appear in the background	Music notes! Split screen
W	37	Mid shot	M walking with music notes above	Split screen
W	38	Mid shot	M puts right leg forward	Split screen
W	39	Mid shot	M puts left leg forward	Split screen
W	40	Mid shot	M puts right leg backward	Split screen
W	41	Mid shot	M pus left leg backwards	Split screen
W	42	Mid shot	M jumps!	Split screen
W	43	Extreme close-up	Two peoples tongues appear	Split screen, Extras: Bruce and Will
W	44	close-up	M singing to camera	-
W	45	Mid shot/long shot	People walk in front of M, causing a crowd	Extras: Molly and Ryan. Split screen
W	46	Mid shot	M is walking/singing. Little girl waves to camera	Extra: Eve, split screen
W	47	Mid shot	M sings to camera	-
W	48	Mid shot	M looking up as if daydreaming	Green screen!
W	52	Close-up	M lip syncing, worried facial expression	-
W	54	Mid shot/ pan	M walks past camera	-
W	55	close-up	M's worried facial expression	-
HE	56	Long shot	M+A see each other for the first time	'Loved-up!'
HE (Green screen)	49	Mid shot	M+A at a picnic	Underneath a tree
HE	50	Mid shot	A takes a picture of them together	“ “
HE	51	Camera point of view	Shows M+A's faces as they spin round together	“ “
B	3	Close-up	Laptop clicks on song, song starts	Song starts, split screen
B	5	Mid shot	A puts on a jumper	Bedroom scene
B	7	Mid shot/track	A walks out of the gate, slams it	Door slam is in time with the music
W	9	Mid shot	A walking, we see back of her head	-
W	11	Mid shot	A searches in pockets as if lost something	Lost keys!
W	13	Mid shot	Someone physically turns A around	Extra: Molly
Still shot	14	Mid shot	A backwards	Split screen
Still shot	16	Mid shot	A backwards and forwards	Split screen
Still shot	17	Mid shot	A backwards	Split screen
W	20	Close-up	Standing still, backwards	Still shot
W	21	Close-up	A standing still, angle closer to the camera	Still shot
W	22	Close-up	A standing still sideways on	Still shot
W	23	Close-up	A standing still, almost at the camera	Still shot
W	24	Mid shot	A confused, facing camera. Extras pop into shot	Extras: Will and Ryan
W	26	Mid shot	A facing away, people blowing bubbles	Extras: Jaz and Abi, split screen
W	27	Mid shot	People put their hands over A's eyes	Extra: Abbey Kurton, split screen
W	28	Mid shot	Girl gives A a balloon	Extra: Eve, Split screen
W	29	Long shot/pan	2 shots of balloon rising into the air	Split screen, different colours for M and A
W	30	Mid shot	A walking	-
W	32	Mid shot	See themselves walk past, 'coincidences'	Split screen, 2 shots for 2 versions of A
W	33	Mid shot	A yawns	Split screen
W	34	Mid shot	A walking	-
W	36	Mid shot	A walking, music notes appear	Music notes, split screen
W	37	Mid shot	A walking along with music notes above her head	Split screen
W	38	Mid shot	A puts right leg forward	Split screen
W	39	Mid shot	A puts left leg forward	Split screen
W	40	Mid shot	A puts right leg back	Split screen
W	41	Mid shot	A puts left leg back	Split screen
W	42	Mid shot	A jumps!	Split screen
W	45	Mid shot	People walk in front of A, as if creating a crowd	Split screen, Extras: Molly and Ryan
W	46	Mid shot	Girl walks in front of A, waves at the camera	Extra: Eve, split screen
W	53	Mid shot/pan	A walks across, past the camera	-
HE	57	Extreme close-up	We see A's happy facial expression	SO HAPPY

Colour co-ordinating it in this way has really helped me to understand some of the quick moves we have in terms of location. However, I believe that we can do it and now with a detailed shot list, we can start studying the shots and making sure they have everything we want in them, including props, costume etc. By making this shot list it's helped me to begun studying the shots in detail but I believe that after writing down the words to go alongside our photograph storyboard I should have all the shots memorised, studied and detailed. Doing the storyboard table is my next big challenge and I should have that up in the next few days. I also plan to do another blog on narrative, concept and performance videos and the differences between them. Just to clarify our ideas on our music video but also to be fully prepared when it comes to answering the questions fully in our evaluation.

More to follow :)