Monday, 30 November 2015
Sunday, 29 November 2015
What we get up to during editing (3)
Editing Session 3
This editing session was quite a successful one towards the end. In the beginning we had disagreements about what clips we should put into the video and what we shouldn't because by this point we all had different visions and so we had a quite a few disagreements. Some of the clips were also ruining he quality of our video for example bad quality of lighting in our footage or shaky hand held camera movement, this made us feel quite frustrated. In the end we learned how to improve some of the clips that had shakey camera movement by using "wap" and w tried to brighten some of our dark footage. We also carried on working on putting the song together.
filming session 3
Location& Time of day:
Manor House Residential area, in the evening
Original Objectives: To get both artists together to do the bases track together in the residential area of manor house This filming session faced more difficulties than achievements.
One main issue was the weather, throughout the whole day it was foggy we thought that by the time it was the evening the fog would clear up but this was not the case. It was really foggy but we had lighting and when we did film if anything our shots looked quite cool!
Another issue was that both artists were supposed to come that day but in the end only our featured artist could make it...
Sadly we had difficulty getting much done because the featured artist kept forgetting his lyrics.
During filming we had a site manager of the area come up to us and ask us what we were doing, he was friendly and actually explained to us that we needed to get permission to film there beforehand which was quite a shock to us since it was residential area and we had been told it was ok to film there. He was kind enough to let us off and carry on filming. Later though security had to stop us from filming ad so this prevented us from a least having our featured artist get his 1st base track done.
Next time we will...
Make sure tat we find out if we need permission to film, whether residential area or not. Always make sure we have back up plans just in case an artist/member of group can't make it, that way every session will some what be productive. Check up on our artists to make sure they know there lyrics before filming sessions, this will mean that in the future less time is wasted a there's less bloopers!
Editing skills put in our work
Editing skills put in our muisc video
When editing I feel as if it was important to also make sure that the edits we use in our video are similar to music videos of our genre. We want to ensure that we edit our song in similar inspired styles of our genre. Prior to and during editing we watched various music videos of our genre to get a feel of the type of edits and special effects used. In the video below are two examples of edits that we've included into our video so far.From 0:00-0:05 seconds is quite a slow fade transition between two establishing shots. We noticed that in a lot of UK afrobeat music videos that are very similar to our chosen song (talking about a particular girl they like) have a lot of fade transitions, especially in the beginning when establishing particular artists or group of people, we do go on to introducing our artists in the same format of this. A UK afrobeat music video that does this is YFS- ALE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-slKKhtL7c this is seen at 0:27-0:38. I fell that having slow paced shots and fade transitions especially at the beginning, sets the mood of the song an clearly introduces who will shown in the video. Also it's a nice way to set the scenery in time to the beat of the song.
The second edit that you see from was especially inspired from a UK grime/rap video. We really liked it and thought the best time to use it is at some point during the main artists verse on the base track. Our song is UK afrobeats interlinked with UK grime and our main artist is the rapper and so it would make sense to use that sort of edit on his base track, it fits in and suits with his part of the song more than the other parts.
Insspiration muisc video : Kilo Keemzo- Boogie dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aroX6CqQ1SM @0:45 seconds
Friday, 27 November 2015
Branding
Branding
As our music video preparation is almost over , as a group we will focus more on our branding. As well as our digi-pack that is soon to come , we have decided to start organizing our blog so that it suits the artist and its genre. We have chosen a dark theme as it mirrors our pending album cover and our main artist is also seen wearing dark clothing in our music video.
Before
After
Editing - 7 days until deadline!
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Editing - what are the issues?
Editing
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Some visuals from filming
Some shots that we took whilst in Stratford pic.twitter.com/n61fs4JNu8
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8 days until deadline !
Final Week
As our music video deadline draws nearer (04/12/15) we will be in the editing suite a lot in attempts to pull together our final pieces. The good news is we have quite a lot of usable footage that we can still incorporate in the video and I think progress wise we have considered a lot of the feedback given to us by our teachers and our target audience. Realistically to finish the video before the deadline will not be an easy task but with a lot of focus and effort it is definitely doable. Our aims for our next sessions will be to fill in anymore gaps that involve the base tracks , we also need to ensure that we are cutting the base tracks using a variety of shot types. Our next media session is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon where we will continue our editing. I believe that our video will be successful because we have followed a lot of the conventions for our genre and used good artists.
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Monday, 23 November 2015
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Filming session 1
First filming session
Date: 29/10/15
Location: Stratford Westfield https://goo.gl/maps/RNQFswd454S2
Stratford Olympic Park https://goo.gl/maps/3Gxc2dLwDW62
For our filming session the outcomes we wanted to achieve was:
get enough establish shots of the area
film and complete both date scenes (main artist with the 'bae' and featured artist with the 'bae)
The plan was to all meet up both artists, the bae we decided that it will be easier to get the shots of the bae dating both artists on different occasions out the way so then we can focus on doing the base tracks. We would all head over to stratford where we would get one of the artists with the bae to act like they're on a date that included having shots of them in the Olympic park area and then heading over into Westfield to the restaurants where we would get shots of them on a dinner date. After completing that we planned to go over to Leicester Square where we would get the main artist with the 'bae' on a separate date and have shots of them in the area and also head over to tower bridge to get establishing shots of that area.
Actual turn out: For the ancillary work originally we wanted to use the green screen in college but since our artists are not from the college we had to do the ancillary work outdoors. In terms of filming we met up late which meant we couldn't go to Leicester square afterwards because it would be too late by then so we had to get both couple shots done within stratford olympic park and Westfield. What we did was have our main artist with the 'bae' walking through stratford olympic park and 'chilling' and then we had our featured artist with the 'bae' in TGI Fridays Westfield on their dinner date. A few things that bothered us for example the weather, it was rainy and this was one of our hazards but we came equip by having an umbrella. Also after an hour of filming the security on site of the olympic village stopped us from filming because we didn't have permission, which we were not aware that we needed and so this prevented us from completing all the shots we needed for that area. After reviewing our footage another thing that bothered us was that the camera filters were turned on which ruined the quality and lighting of our footage.
What we'll do next time: Next time we'll ensure that our organisation skills are better and that way we can meet up earlier and get more things more. Since we met up late this led to us having to change our original locations meeting up earlier next time will prevent this. Another thing we'll do next time is ensure that if we need permission to film at certain locations we'll sort that out before hand so that our filming sessions don't get cut short.
Date: 29/10/15
Location: Stratford Westfield https://goo.gl/maps/RNQFswd454S2
Stratford Olympic Park https://goo.gl/maps/3Gxc2dLwDW62
For our filming session the outcomes we wanted to achieve was:
get enough establish shots of the area
film and complete both date scenes (main artist with the 'bae' and featured artist with the 'bae)
The plan was to all meet up both artists, the bae we decided that it will be easier to get the shots of the bae dating both artists on different occasions out the way so then we can focus on doing the base tracks. We would all head over to stratford where we would get one of the artists with the bae to act like they're on a date that included having shots of them in the Olympic park area and then heading over into Westfield to the restaurants where we would get shots of them on a dinner date. After completing that we planned to go over to Leicester Square where we would get the main artist with the 'bae' on a separate date and have shots of them in the area and also head over to tower bridge to get establishing shots of that area.
Actual turn out: For the ancillary work originally we wanted to use the green screen in college but since our artists are not from the college we had to do the ancillary work outdoors. In terms of filming we met up late which meant we couldn't go to Leicester square afterwards because it would be too late by then so we had to get both couple shots done within stratford olympic park and Westfield. What we did was have our main artist with the 'bae' walking through stratford olympic park and 'chilling' and then we had our featured artist with the 'bae' in TGI Fridays Westfield on their dinner date. A few things that bothered us for example the weather, it was rainy and this was one of our hazards but we came equip by having an umbrella. Also after an hour of filming the security on site of the olympic village stopped us from filming because we didn't have permission, which we were not aware that we needed and so this prevented us from completing all the shots we needed for that area. After reviewing our footage another thing that bothered us was that the camera filters were turned on which ruined the quality and lighting of our footage.
What we'll do next time: Next time we'll ensure that our organisation skills are better and that way we can meet up earlier and get more things more. Since we met up late this led to us having to change our original locations meeting up earlier next time will prevent this. Another thing we'll do next time is ensure that if we need permission to film at certain locations we'll sort that out before hand so that our filming sessions don't get cut short.
Saturday, 21 November 2015
Ideas for DigiPack
I created a moovly to present ideas for our DigiPack, which has been also exported to youtube.
14. Reflection on Progress
I use PowerPoint to present how well I feel I'm progressing with my blogging compared to AS.
Friday, 20 November 2015
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Friday, 13 November 2015
Andrew Goodwin: Grime/Afrobeats
Through research I concentrated on Andrew Goodwin's theory with the focus of my own genre. There are many aspects that differentiate grime music videos with mainstream hip hop/ rap.
On of the main things that are different is the use of mise en scen, to an extent. Even though both genres rap about luxury, grime artist usually film in locations reflecting that thy are repping where they come from before and after fame. They use settings in the streets or secluded areas.
On the other hand mainstream artist, like to show their luxury lifestyle- throwing money around, jewellery and the setting is usually in their mansions or private planes which then takes them to another expensive location. Also like mainstream, some of their footage isin their music studio with friends of the artist in the music video, to show its 'all work no play' which reaches out to their fan but to also show their support system, which allows their fan base to connect.
With grime the artist are a lot less illustrative with their lyrics or like to carry a narrative. Generally in grime videos, the artist are surrounded by other males, for example:
They usually use multiple angles, jump cuts and various camera movement, but never really have long shots or shot reverse shots.
However the song by stormzy 'know me from' broke convention, as he illustrates lyrics, but he still shoots music videos in the gritty streets of London.
On of the main things that are different is the use of mise en scen, to an extent. Even though both genres rap about luxury, grime artist usually film in locations reflecting that thy are repping where they come from before and after fame. They use settings in the streets or secluded areas.
On the other hand mainstream artist, like to show their luxury lifestyle- throwing money around, jewellery and the setting is usually in their mansions or private planes which then takes them to another expensive location. Also like mainstream, some of their footage isin their music studio with friends of the artist in the music video, to show its 'all work no play' which reaches out to their fan but to also show their support system, which allows their fan base to connect.
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| Local area |
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| Local estate The use of the local area and the estate in many grime videos is often amplification which shows where the artists' came from and the people they where around and how it has made them who they are. As they aren't necessary on a international level so would most like have a loyal fan base, I think allows them to connect to their fans, so they know the real them but also because most of their fan base will have come from the same place and would be able to relate. In the music video 'proud' -Young spray ft wretch 32 & chip, the artist is happy and greets old time friends and locals, shows they are grateful for this place because it has brought them street knowledge and helped them meet the people that are significant figures in their lives. |
With grime the artist are a lot less illustrative with their lyrics or like to carry a narrative. Generally in grime videos, the artist are surrounded by other males, for example:
They usually use multiple angles, jump cuts and various camera movement, but never really have long shots or shot reverse shots.
However the song by stormzy 'know me from' broke convention, as he illustrates lyrics, but he still shoots music videos in the gritty streets of London.
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| "Peng tings on my WhatsApp and my iPhone too" |
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| "Adidas creps, don't ask where I got them" |
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| "The brown skin girls and the light ones too" |
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Sunday, 8 November 2015
14. Reflection On progress
Reflection on progress
I feel that compered to As blogging I've improved on a few things. Such as I try and think of more possible ways I an illustrate my blogs and try to be as creative as possible. I also think I'm slowly trying to find ways of adding detail of my blog but this still needs work. On the other hand In terms of being frequent with blogging I still need to work on. As we've started production I'v noticed I find it hard to keep up with production and blogging and so this is where i need work. Out of 20 I would give myself a 12 since I recently have fallen back on blogs and I still need to work on my detail of my blogs.
I am to blog 3 times a week and plan what I want to include in my blogs so that way I can think of possible ways of adding more details to them.
I feel that compered to As blogging I've improved on a few things. Such as I try and think of more possible ways I an illustrate my blogs and try to be as creative as possible. I also think I'm slowly trying to find ways of adding detail of my blog but this still needs work. On the other hand In terms of being frequent with blogging I still need to work on. As we've started production I'v noticed I find it hard to keep up with production and blogging and so this is where i need work. Out of 20 I would give myself a 12 since I recently have fallen back on blogs and I still need to work on my detail of my blogs.
I am to blog 3 times a week and plan what I want to include in my blogs so that way I can think of possible ways of adding more details to them.
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