Problems with filming SOLVED

I have discussed my problems i was going to have with producing a smooth backwards movement with my teacher, he has told me that the school has a dolly which will enable me to produce the shots that i need for my footage to look effective and for me to produce a smooth movement. However i may have to try to attach the camera to a bike or something else with large wheels as this would eliminate all the bumps that were in the road.

Evaluating my blog.

This is the sheet from where i was assessed by one of my peers from my class, i had her do this as i knew that she would be more critical of my work than i would have been, as in general people are unwilling to criticize their own work. This means that i will be able to take my peers advice on my blog and be able to improve my blog accordingly.

Titling my posts.

I have been through my previous posts changing the names so that they are easily identifiable and content within my blog is easy to find.

Ancillary task-music magazines

In preparation for creating the front cover of a music magazine i am researching how they commonly look, i have chosen the magazine rock sound.

http://www.rocksound.tv/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Sound

I have chosen rock sound to bethe magazine i look at as it is a magazine which relates to the band i am looking at, they have been theband on the front cover of the magazine 3 times. There 2007 album puzzle was rock sounds album of the year and received nearly all positive reviews from the magazines which reviewed it.

The first album advertised in rock sound is for the band mastodon, because of this and the fact that the advert covers a full a4 page of the magazine it shows how popular the artist is, this is shown by the fact an advert of this nature would cost a huge amount of money. Spending this amount of money also shows that the artist is extremely keen to promote the album which they are advertising, because it is in the album rock sound it shows that they are trying to appeal to a specific audience. This also shows that they are a band who appeal to only these people as they have a specific style of music which in this case is heavy metal, a genre which does not appeal to those who are not a fan of it. At the bottom of the advert is more information about the c.d.  and the special edition, showing what extras the special edition includes, this is an effort to make more people buy the special edition which presumably costs more. Below this is information about both the band and the bands record label.

Another advert within the magazine is for the album "Green Naugahyde" by the album primus. The main colour on the advert is green, this relates to the title of the album in an effort to make it stick in the mind of people who are looking at the advert. The advert also says "First studio album in eleven years released September 12th on CD & Green Double Vinyl" This is trying to promote them as a band which used to have a large fan base but has taken a break from recording. It also features reviews from metal hammer saying "a spectacular return" as this is a positive review from one of theleading magazines of this genre and therefore is a review which the viewers of the advert will respect. At the bottom of the advert there is information about the albums publisher and record label, this is done by both of these companies in an effort to promote themselves further.

This advert uses the bands colours which makes the advert instantly recognizable as promoting this band. The advert fulfills a duel purpose of both advertising the bands new album but it also promotes the bands tour which is being held to play new tracks to the fans and therefore show them what the new album is like encouraging them to buy it. Again, this advert features a review by metal hammer which is a review that fans of this band will instantly appreciate and therefore listen too.

Shot list

Shot 1 - Camera moves backward with actor walking along keeping equidistant to it, carries on
till shortly before the first lyrics.
Shot 2 - Close up of the actors lips, lip syncing.
shot 3 - Camera zooms out from the persons face slightly, till it fills the screen.
shot 4 - Footage of redkites.
shot 5 - Long shot of actor in the cornfield, this is the part of the song where i use jumpcuts.
shot 6 - Zoom in on actors face whilst he lip syncs.
shot 7 - Close up of actors eyes, with a small bit of the background either side.
shot 8 - Camera zooms away from the actors face before they look up.
shot 9 - re use jump cuts.
shot 10 - The actor slowly walks backwards away from the camera whilst lip syncing before
turning around and walking off.

Examples of videos from Biffy Clyro

These are examples of music videos that Biffy Clyro have made, i've got these so that i can see what their official videos are like in preparation for making mine.

The Captain


God And Satan


Mountains


Many of Horror [when we collide]


Semi Mental


Just Boy

Lip sync

This is my practice for filming and editing a piece of lip syncing together and making it look effective.