Markers Final Cut Pro x

Because James and i are working on the project together and often at different times, markers within final cut pro x will help us to keep track of our progress and highlight editing that needs to be completed, i feel markers are very useful tools and will help us to keep on track with our schedule and meet deadlines effectively

Photos of Our actors

First filming

We have decided that we are going to start filming on Sunday 18th December from 1-4pm. We are going to introduce our actors to both of our locations to familiarise them with it. We will talk them through the ideas and our forecasted final result. We will show the group the schedule and ask them if they have any new ideas or questions. We then will begin to film, shooting our first scene. This is the scene when the male is being thrown out of the house.




James

Contact List

We are going to start filming on sunday preferably, so we feel organisation is important, i have created a list of the various contact numbers and email addresses of our producers and actors to make sure we can get in contact with them if an emergency arises.

How To Shoot A Music Video

I was researching on the internet looking for some tips on how to create an effective music video and i came across a website, which gives 10 tips on how to shoot a music video, i feel this will be really helpful to James and Myself, the 10 tips are as follows:

1. Choose your song
2. Get a team and equipment together
3. Plan your shoot
4. Filming
5. Capture live footage
6. Use stock footage
7. Editing
8. Get the right software and hardware
9. Be creative
10. Few extra tips

There is a paragraph on each of these sections and i feel that if we follow some of the instructions given we could improve our production massively

http://musicians.about.com/od/musicindustrybasics/ss/makeavideo.htm

Interesting Demographic Figures

Here is some interesting demographic figures of the original Coldplay - Fix You video, it also gives detailed information on how Coldplay reached their audiences over different mediums and i think James and I could try to use this data to make decisions surrounding our target demographic and which medium we will use to publicise our production. We could also use these distribution channels to try to gain as much feedback as possible on our Animatic.

Feedback Responses From Presentation

These are the replies to each of the questions which were on our feedback form which was presented to the class during our presentation, we gained a lot of excellent feedback from this exercise and we will incorporate some of these ideas into our production.


What were the strengths of the ideas about our production? What did you find most enjoyable and why?

• Great message, speaks against alcoholism and drug abuse. Feel it is a good storyline to watch.
• I feel that the video represents a very common problem in todays society and this allows the audience to relate to it. 
• I believe that the concept is strong and relevant to the mood and feeling of the song. I really enjoyed the memories of the man's family with the instrumental.
• Great camera shots (close up of hand throwing clothes out of the window) Emotional story, I enjoyed the flashbacks
• Emotionally powerful story as it tackles drug and alcohol issues, powerful imagery.
• I feel that the idea is very good, it is especially relevant to life today in Northern Ireland.
• Very good concept, good storyboard and dealt with the challenging subject well.
• Storyboard well drawn
• Very relevant and topical, appeals to and resonates with lots of people, shows depression and hopelessness
• Good idea, appropriate theme, good demographic

Which parts of our idea did you find least enjoyable? why?

• No miming.
• Depressing theme towards the beginning but soon becomes more feel-good, so this matters little.
• None, i enjoyed it all and found it very engaging.
• I didn't particularly enjoy the constant viewing of pictures as it is a little generic for my liking.
• All enjoyable.
• Not a lot, I thought it was all very well put together with a great idea.
• Felt it was quite long.
• May start off slow but the pace should change as the man gets angry.

What do you think was the message being portrayed within our video?

• Dependance and anger, all things caused by addiction
• Alcohol abuse, loneliness, addiction and loss
• How alcoholism destroys families and how rehabilitation is necessary to combat drug use
• That the love of a persons family is strong enough to overcome addiction
• I think we can all empathise with struggling and going through desperate times that there is always hope which we can live on
• How alcohol can ruin peoples lives, regret and overcoming problems
• Effects of alcoholism, especially on a family regret and loss
• Redemption and overcoming demons
• It is very relevant to todays society with the drinking and drug taking.
• The separation of a family due to drug abuse, problems they face, relevant to fixing a drug problem.

Do you think any changes could be made to the video to make it more engaging for the viewer?

• No it is good
• Miming would give a more personal feel to the video
• Nothing i can think of, fool-proof plot, the idea of the flashbacks are brilliant in particular
• I feel that this video could be amazing if you do it the way it was presented
• I think there is less emphasis on the hurt of the family. The clothes are thrown out but I think it would be worth contrasting the hurt of both the man and woman
• No, it was very engaging
• I can't think of anything
• I feel that if the video sticks to the animatic and you can manage to portray the effect alcoholism and drug abuse can have on families within your video it will be brilliant
• The animatic and storyboard are very strong and fixed
• Should be made more obvious that he was thrown out for drink and drugs.