video shoot 5 band performance

In the second band performance shoot , we carried on with us perfomaning but in the second verse.

This verse had singing and a guitar solo we. Again we took the same process as before and Filmed everyone individually and together from different angels to ensure we had enough footage. We wanted to stick to Godwins theory of visuals and music and applied this through the singing and the instruments being played at the same time. We didn't want the same shots as before as we done some more from different angles and technique such as out focusing and focusing in.

In addition we created our own dolley through using this wooden platform with wheels as our dolley so we could push it around and get some good shots. We used this for the guitar solo as we came in on Charlie playing the guitar and then coming back round to the rest of the band. This idea was brilliant as we would now do different shots we couldn't do before and the camera would be kept still. We used this to our advantage and used it on the lead singer by doing a 180

Degerees movement around him. 

Instruments:

Guitar

Base

Microphone 

Drums

Costume:

White tees 

Shirts

Skinny jeans 

Tattoes 

Glasses

Jackets

Equipmetemt:

Tripod 

DSLR

Woden platform with wheels as a dolly

Overall I am happy with this as with the addition of the dolly enabled to use to use a more range of different techniques making our music video more exciting which it should be. In addition we followed the conventions of our genre and god wins thoery. Once editing we our hoping the results are really good.

Editing the video Transformation scene

For our transformation scene , we edited this is in final cut pro. We want the transformation scene to be quick and easy for the audience to see so we applied the cross fade effect like shown in the image. This is to show the transformation in age from the young charlie to the older charlie and again made the video black and white as that is a theme throughout.

Second draft of digi pack

front cover of special edition box

This is my front cover so far for my box. The reason I am making a box is for the digi pack to be stored in. I want my digi pack to be special to my fans just like other indie bands have done such as kasier chiefs and nirvana. I wanted to do the same and make it feel that special. In addition , just like the liberteens , i wanted to take the idea of having a strong meaning of the image of the cover and have a strong image here of these photos are documenting the progress of creating and putting together the music video and digi pack . Creating a bond between the audience and digi pak , making it feel like a collators item and special to the individual.

video shoot 6 fight scene

This shoot was for the fight scene and was a challenging piece to do and very time consuming and planning. We firstly planned a list of the essentials we need for the blood for the music video so it makes it look rough and realistic. We went shopping and got golden syrup and red food dye , water , spoons and bowels. 

On the day of the filming we arrived early in the morning to corohprpah the fight scene. Take it through step by step from the entrance to the end as when edited , it all needs to fit toghether which can be challenging as we will be using a lot of different shots so it needs to work. Some images above show matt and Charlie corographing the fight scene.

Once the corohprpahing was done and we decided it worked and was happy we started to film. We started from the entrance of Charlie and then from the boys entrance. We wanted the fight scene not to look set up and look as of they just dumped into each-other. Charlie had to be betrayed as the underdog so he was by himself , looking vunrable due to the beging of the music video he was getting bullied by the same person when they was younger. We choose the outfit of matt ( bully) to be black to portray him as the villain and Charlie in grey/white as the hero. 

We did find it difficult through out the filming as due to it being a public place , people was walking past now and then.

When entered we wanted the fight to take place under the bridge but due to lighting difficulties we couldn't do this as it was to dark so we changed it to the be done just outside the bridge. 

The underpass/ bridge worked well as this gives a indication of the working class background of the characters and the type of are he was brought up in , the underpass looked scary and run down which made it a perfect location for a fight scene to take place. 

To ensure the audience new the bully was the same person when they was younger , we ensured they wore similar clothing from when they was younger to make it clear but also we used rigid collideon to put a scar on his face. We used an exteme close up on the face for this scene so you can clearly see it and we will do it again for the flash back at the begining. We also used the same location too and actors which slightly look alike. 

Location:

Underpass/ bridge 

Characters

Charlie : older Charlie

Matt : bully

Daniel: bullies friends

Liam : bullies friends

Charlie: camera man

Harry: camera man

Props:

Syrup 

Reds food dye

Water ( all used for fake blood)

Rigid collideon( for the scar)

Equipment:

DSLR

Tri pod

Overall we ensure we made this perfect by doing the corohprpahing which I del payed off as this enabled us to get a rough idea and go in not all guns blazing. That plan structure is what made I that more professional and realistic and easier to edit later in. We feel the location was perfect and represented the image of the working class background well and the clothing and scar represented the characters  well. The shots we used too enabled us to show Charlie as the dominant and powerful through low angles and matt as the weak character through high angels. We feel this scene was planned and came out perfectly 

Video Shoot 4 (gym scene)

This week we had a schedule in to film the gym scene.

The footage 

In this scene , Charlie (younger)would

Be training by using a punch bag and Press ups . We also filmed (Charlie ) older version on the punch bag, press ups and weight training.

Location

The location of the gym is in the back garden garage of Charlie's house. This location worked well due to it fits in with the working class background of how Charlie got brought up. He never went to an actual gym centre , just trained in his garage. The inside of the garage worked well as it had all thenessentials that would of been in their such as boxing bag , weights , pads gloves ect. But also some junk in the background which adds to the working class background , we couldn't move the stuff anyway so we had to work with what we had.

Change of plan

During the video shoot we believed that this could be the perfect time to do the transformation scene. This is because of we had to change how we done the transformation scene because we couldn't get the equipment we needed such as a steady cam or trolley. This essentials where needed but we couldn't get them so we thought thets just use the boxing bag and edit it in photoshop to change and show the older version of Charlie boxing instead. 

Props

Punch bag

Weights

Boxing gloves

Costume

Grey tracksuit

Roles

Freddie (1st generation)

Charlie ( 2ng generation )

Harry(camera man)

Daniel(camera man)

Charlie ( camera man)

Equiptment:

Tripod 

DSLR 

Overall from the footage I have seen I feel we have done well with the surrounding we had. We had little room to move round which we found challenging but we done the best we could. We got enough footage to cover both generations of Charlie and used a range of different activities to ensure we had enough such as weights , press ups ect to use incase something don't work. The lighting was fine due to luckily the light was directly below so when changing to black and white their shouldn't be a problem. In addition , it is revealing to get one of the main scenes done , the transformation scene of first generation Charlie to the older version. This was a main part of our Music video so we needed it look clear that they are the same person and done this by wearing the same colour clothes and same tracksuit type. We need to see what it looks in editing to clips together but I feel like it should work well. 

Photos

As you can see from the photos below this shows the location we was using and shows the actions and equipmetemt and props we we was using too.

Video Shoot 2: Streets

Second Video Shoot:

Today we filmed our second video session for our music video. In the second video shoot the scene involved Charlie (3rd transformation ) and Frankie ( 1st transformation)

Location:

We used a number of different locations during this filming shoot. We filmed at Bostell heath in Welling and at some garages in Welling. At Bostell heath , we filmed some boxing/training scenes which involved Frankie punching on the pads.

Furthermore we done some training scenes involving running where Frankie is running down the streets and garages. We also done this with Charlie.

Equipment:

The equipment we used was the following:

• A Tri Pod
• A DSLR 600 camera

Roles:

Charlie: Actor

Frankie: Actor

Daniel: Camera man

Harry: Camera man

Charlie: Camera man

Props:

Boxing pads
Boxing gloves
Car

Costume:

The costume we used was the same for Charlie and Frankie , a grey tracksuit. We wanted it to look simple for the audience to understand that Charlie is a grown up version of Frankie.

Review:

Overall , the filming session went well. We adapted to the equipment we had and took advantage of having a car so we filmed some moving shots and using the mirrors of the car to film in to make it look interesting and engaging for the audience. In addition , we used interesting locations and locations that look working class so it adds to the working class family feel that Charlie has been brought up in.

inside panel 3rd draft

This is my 2nd draft of my panel. 

I improved my second one by adding colour to the image. Again I am carrying that red theme through out and adding that to my digi pack. I decided to cut out the color version of the bottles and then apply them onto of the black and white photo. 

Overall I am happy with this panel and prefer it to the black and white design . The black and white design was to boring and I knew my digi pack needed some colour to it so I applied the red through out my digi pack.  The red bottles make this image more exciting And actually brings it too life. But I feel like there is something still missing so I am going to add on our twitter and Facebook pages onto the bottom to make it that little bit more professional and engaging for the audience.

Poster Idea 1

This is my first idea of my album poster which i created on Photoshop.
 I used the image taken in the photo shoot on the day out up London with the band. The reason why I choose this photo is because it has a strong meaning of the boys looking out in achieving their dreams , also the bridge represent london in where they are from . They are shown together as they are a band and also playing around with the effect i added a blur to make it look unique and indie. In addition , i added the whole track listing and made the debut album stand out as that is the main attraction.

INSIDE PANEL

This is my inside panel design. 

I decided to change my inside panel due to from my feedback , I had to change it as it was a basic design. I chose to make my digi pack more unique and added a element which gives the audience a choice. This panel can me mixed from an image of a the bass guitar , drums , microphone or guitar. They each represent a different person. This idea plays on the strings of my digi pack being more of a collectors item for the super fans. Something in which we learnt at the beginning that a digi pack is for collectors purpose. I feel that this is a good idea that involves the super fans to chase them down. In addition . the angle of the shot makes the image more engaging and exciting and unique due to it going up the guitar strings. Furthermore the red carry on that red theme throughout my digi pack giving it consistency.

CD panel ( CD)

This is the CD I created. I wanted to be unique and different and wanted to make a CD that wasn't like the others of other people. I wanted the CD to show the image of the band and how they create their music. So i came up with the idea of using a ashtray. 

The use of the ashtray was a way to show the image of the band that some of the member smoke and their rebellious lifestyle. In addition the ashtray and amount of cigerrettes sybsllises the creation of their music , they make the music when they are together chilling out.  The ashtray is a symbolic image of the friendship of the band and how they created this digipack through hanging bout together like a 'gathering' drinking and smoking. Just like Ossis album ..... They had their front cover of them chilling out smoking ect.

How I done this was I collected cigerrettes from the Christmas period and put them in one ashtray and took a high angle photo.

Overall i am pleased with this outcome as like mentioned above this has a lot of hidden meaning About the band , genre and the music snd also is a unique idea. The black and white suits the digi pack color theme and I hope the feedback is positive.

Bonus DVD (DVD)

This is the DVD I used for my DVD Panel.

I wanted to be unique like my other CD panel and instead of having a boring disk I wanted to be unique and different , a theme In which I am trying to show in my digi pack do I decided to use a

Bottle cps as my disk. Firstly I took a image of a range of bottle caps shown bellow. And chose one that looked vintage and rustic so it gave off a rough effect. I then created the logo on photoshop through using circles to create the red outline and then the white outline in the middle and then put A red straight line across. I done that because there will be a whole in the DVD so a white background wouldn't look that clear and I feel the red line works well and breaks up the 'rouges' and 'gallery' making the disk less boring a simple. I then chose the colour red for the sybsllises reasoning of my digi pack.

And then I just merge the logo

On top of the bottle cap.

Overall I am happy with my digi pack and feel like it works well and is unique and different. It also links in with the CD panel. But CD doesn't link in with the pocket so from my feedback i will see what I should do. But I am pleased with it so far , and hopefully from the feedback and can make it 'perfect' 

CD Panel Second: (Pocket)

This is the draft of my Bonus DVD panel.

I wanted to unique and decided to make a pocket for the DVD to be slotted into.

For this DVD I wanted to use an image which links into the theme of what the DVD is about , with a band performance image of the band back stage as that is what the DVD is about, showing the band back stage ect. I then edited the photo and made it black and

White so it follows the theme of my digi pack and also ensured that the red guitar stands out as the colour red is a symbolic colour through out my digi pack.

Overall i am happy with this pocket as I feel the image links in with what the DVD is about and is a better image that the one used before. However I feel like with my DVD being a bottle cap their is no link there and with this image of the band it could be too many images of the band and start to look abit to appearcne focused than what the real theme is , is to show the band lifestyle and type of music and band they are in their digi pack. I am going to present this to my class and get feedback.

CD panel: ( Background)

This is the panel background of my CD panel. I created through using a old coffe table and I etch into the table 'rogues gallery' this is because this links into my CD being a ash tray of cigerrettes. I have a video below in two parts showing me etching the rogues gallery into the table using my door key. The roghness of the rogues gallery shows the type of appearance the band is , they have a rough and messy appearcne and about them and I applied this through the style of font I etched in. The block letting makes the band look masculine too.

I really like this idea and with the CD on top I feel like it will work perfectly and really sybsllises the lifestyle and appearance of the band.

inside panel 2nd draft

This is an image I used for one of my panels.

For my digi pack And the research I conducted i wanted to ensure my bad is seen as a indie band not a pop band. Pop band sell their image , where as with indie it's about the whole package, their lifestyle music And a bit about their image so I need to show this in my digi pack . By doing this I don't want my digi pack to be covered in images fof the band , I want to use images that sybsllises the band and the music. So I choose to use alcohol and smoking.

The collection of these photo are shown in a previous post but I choose these photo because of the smoke coming from the roll up. This made the image more exciting and stands out , making it look more cooll and professional.

I put all the object on the table and then I took a photo of them with out the smoke , I then thought of the idea of adding smoke , so I light the rizler and then took a number of photos.

In photoshop made this image black

And white as that is the theme of my digi pack.

Overall I happy with this image as I feel it symbolise the image/life style of the band , something which is vital for indie bands and the smoke gives the image a more Exciting feel to the image. 

Howeverr with the image being black and white it makes it look boring so I feel like I need to add more color to

Bring the image to life. So I will

.