Evaluation

In what ways does my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?:

How effective is the combination of your main product with your ancillary tasks?:

http://portal.sliderocket.com/BTTAU/My-Presentation-1

What have you learnt form your audience feedback?:

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? on Prezi

How did you use new media technologies in the construction research, planning and evaluation stages?:

For the research part of my project, the main technology that i used was youtube, however i also looked at other videos on the website vimeo.

However i also used blogger so that i could present the information that i had found, 

I used the standard photo camera primarily in my research and planning stages, i used this when i was taking photo's of possible places in which i would be able to film.

I also used google streetview, to look at areas which i would be interested in filming at when i was unable to get to them due to being in school.

Filming my actual footage was the most time consuming part of my project, for this i used several bits of technology, which were a tripod, High definition video camera and a camera 

When i started the editing stage of my project/ designing and creating a CD digipak and music magazine advert, i started to use a large amount more technology: first of all this was all done on a mac. All of the image editing we did was on photoshop:

 

For the video editing i used final cut express: 

I also used Live type, this enabled me to create titles that would be able to be placed over the top of my video. 

I also used i movie, the built in apple software for editing videos, this is however not particularly advanced so i only used its image stabilization features and to export it to youtube from school, I used youtube in my project to upload my video too, i did this primarily to get audience feedback.

I am now ready to burn my movie and ancillary tasks to Dvd, i am using IDVD to do this, this enables me to create a proffesional looking dvd with a title page/

I am struggling to keep the quality of my film when i burn it onto dvd, however here is the link to the youtube version with a higher quality.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMaY2llDc2E&feature=youtu.be

Finished my music video

I have now finished my music video, however i am now having problems exporting it in high quality and need to find out how to do this. I am also now doing more work on my evaluation.

Editing

My editing is now almost complete with only small amounts still to do, my stop motion work also looks a lot better than i expected it to, and i was able to easily fit it too the lyrics, however it can be a problem if i accidentally unsync the whole film, as it requires a large amount of time to peice back together.

I have now filmed my stop motion section of my footage, i had problems with keeping the camera still and achieving the lighting i required. To fix these issues i ended up attaching the camera to a desk lamp, this mean that i could get the camera directly above the paper and have an adequate lighting source. However this does meant here is a slight shadow on one side of my paper, i hope to eliminate this issue when editing the footage together.

Evaluation

I am starting to work on my evaluation, my idea for my evaluation is to create a video containing all off the responses to the questions. This will allow me to include writing as well as moving images i have taken from my film.

Stop motion

I am going to attempt to film some stop motion writing of the lyrics, i am doing this as i have some gaps which i am not sure what part of my footage i can use. I feel that this would be better than putting footage into my film which does not look effective.

I have now edited together several minutes of my film, the most complicated part of the editing was editing the lip syncing jump cuts together, at one point i had to reuse another part of the filming but use the flop effect on it so that it filled the gap that there was.

Finishing my filming, and lessons i have learnt.

I am planning to film the rest of my media film later today, i am also going to re film the pieces of film that did not work before and i have found a new peice of software called handbrake, which should allow me to convert the footage in a much higher quality. I have also learnt that i must keep copies of the original footage, so that if the quality is affected by transferring the film too much i will be able to redo it.

Filming on Sunday the 4th

I filmed parts of my film which involve my actor walking through the streets, however when we attempted to film the more complicated parts of the film we found it very difficult and therefore i am having to work out another way how to film these parts. Or a way in which to simplify The lip syncing so that it is easier for my actor to do as at the moment fitting the different parts of lip syncing together is extremely difficult due to the fact i am attempting to fit together lip syncing with jump cuts, which means that if i get the lip syncing wrong at all, i have to re film the entire peice.

A bit of filming

I have done some filming of my actor walking through different locations, however i decided that i could not do anymore filming due to the fact that it was getting too dark and would have created a continuity error. I would also have not been able to see the actors mouth clearly which is important for the more complicated bits of lip syncing as these are the main parts of the film.

Filming delayed! FAR TOO MUCH SNOW!

I was planning on filming on sunday the 5th, however my actor was unable to attend as he was at a family meal, however this was not a problem as i would have been unable to attend due too the large amount of snow which there was which would have created a huge continuity error and therefore i would have not been able to film anyway.

Editing and more filming

I now have large amounts of the footage that involves lip syncing edited together which forms a large part of my film, however i still need to film filler bits which involve my actor walking through urban landscapes. I still also need to film my most complicated bit of footage which involves the actor jump cutting as i could not find a suitable location in which to perform this peice.

Locations

I have decided to change the locations in which i am filming the jump cutting part of my film, i now intend to film the entire part within an urban setting, Below are pictures of possible areas which i could use for this filming :

The problem with all of these places is that it is very difficult to refilm in these locations as the all have cars park in them and therefore there would be continuity errors if i had to refilm.

Filming

I am planning on filming this sunday, i hope to film the more complicated part of my film. to film this is am going to have my actor standing in 4 different places filming him lip syncing the same part of my song each time. I am then going to cut this so that in each place he will only sing a certain amount and it will appear that he is jump cutting through the area which i am filming in.

The main feature of my digipak cover and magazine advertisement is a figure standing in a street, i got this idea from an album i own which is by the band imperial leisure and the cover from their album "the art of saying nothing"

However i chose to use an empty street as i would not be able to easily recreate the hectic scene that is pictured.

Magazine advertisement

I have started off constructing my magazine advertisement in photoshop, i am using the same premise as the inside cover of my digipak. I am using a black and white photo as the base image before editing the contrast so that it is barely visible, at the top i am going to have a collage of images at the top of the picture. I have yet to decide how i am putting the lettering onto the image and what it will say.

I have now made all of the pictures which are going to be in the collage black and white, whilst also keeping the actor in the pictures in colour. This took more time than i thought it was due to the frequent mistakes i made due to the fact i now have 47 hours

I have now finished putting in all of the pictures and now intend o start adding text and making it look more like an advert

I started off by editing the back ground to change the tones, making it lighter. However i wanted the figure to stand out so i cut him into a different layer so that i could keep him the same colour whilst editing the rest of the background. I am going to spend more time working out the lettering as it looks out of place at the moment due to it mixing with the background colour. In the bottom right i have also added the quote from the album cover, as well as the an image of the album cover to make it look more like a magazine advert.

I have now started to edit the lettering and change the font and size of it, so that it is more visible when you look at it. I am trouble making all of the lettering visible due to the fact that the background is black and white. To attempt to stop this being a problem i have lightened the background so that the whites are more prevalent over the blacks and the lettering is able to stand out more. This is a problem as there is a limit to the amount which the white parts can be lightened before the contrast between the light and dark make it almost painful to look ay. I have also darkened the figure so the he will stand out more against the white background whilst not looking to unnatural.

Whilst editing together my footage i have noticed  a problem with my filming, my actor whilst lip syncing sings out of one side of his mouth, producing a very strange look. The next time i go to film i am going to see if i can get him to sing to the music without doing this.

Now that i have a large amount of footage i am able to start editing together the footage i have which uses lip syncing. I still need to film more but i now have the majority of my filming done with only one small close up and two larger pieces of footage to get, including the scene where my actor jump cuts through and area.