Production/Complete Music Video

3/5/2014

Today was the first day of filming. This went successfully however the camera battery ran out a lot earlier than expected. I still think I have managed to get the shots I need to at least make the beginning part of the music video so far. 

8/5/2014

I have now edited together the beginning of my piece, and I currently like the way that I have edited the shots onto the beat. I still need to edit some of the colours to make the video more stylised and I also need to refer to the Production Schedule to see how to continue. 

17-18/5/2014

This weekend I spent shooting the rest of the footage. One downside to this is that the shooting was a lot later than planned, overall because of some bad weather and I had to reschedule.
On the 17th I shot in Beccles and on the 18th I shot the ending of my video down Kessingland Beach. These both went successfully however I feel that the shots at the beach weren't as well planned or organised. I will have to see how they look in the editing stages. 

19-20/5/2014

After managing to film the remaining shots over the previous weekend, I have now spent the past two lessons editing them together and fitting them with the beginning of the video. I have tried my best to make sure that the narrative makes sense and the colours of the film are nice and fit with the atmosphere. These days of editing went successfully and I have managed to complete a complete first draft of my music video with no gaps. I feel that the ending was a lot better than expected. 

23/5/2014

Today I finished the editing completely, watching back through the video to make sure that the shots were timed correctly and also the match-on-actions worked. I overall like the feel of the video and I am excited for it to be completed and uploaded on YouTube. 

After finishing my video, since the band I chose aren't extremely popular yet, I thought I would send them the video via email to see if they would watch it. After a couple of days, I noticed that they had shared the video via their Twitter accounts and in a blog update. I was extremely shocked but also really pleased and after a while they also replied to my email, stating that I had read between the lines well and had represented the lyrics just right. I feel that this makes my video successful and I am very happy with the results.