Production diary

26/06/17 - Today we were given the task to recreate the first minute of a music video of our choice and make it look as professional as possible. In my group there is myself, Lorna and Sam. Lorna was not here today but me and Sam chose to recreate the music video for the song 'Ride' by Twenty One Pilots as it is filmed in the woods and does not involve many special effects but still remains a challenge to us as it is a performance video which we have not attempted before. Between us we decided that Sam will be the drummer and I will be the main singer and Lorna will film us. This particular video caught our eye as at the start it looks quite unprofessional but the sudden change in lighting from day to night makes the video interesting and unique.

27/06/2017 - In this lesson Lorna is playing with some editing to try and see if she can edit a clip to make a daytime clip look as though it is shot as night time. If this is successful it would save us from filming at night time but if not we will have to film it at a weekend. Meanwhile, Sam is screen- grabbing each shot from the music video so when it comes to filming we know what order each shot goes in. We also made a list of props what we will need for filming on Sunday which include: Harry's drum kit, electric guitar, black sleeveless top, black jeans, dark green coat, black green coat, black beanie, red sweat bands, drum kits, microphone, mic stand and camera and tripod.
28/06/17 - Today our group were looking at different locations in the field in our school property to see if any places were suitable to film the music video in. We were looking for a place with lots of trees as if we were in the forest, just like where they were in the music video. We found a spot that would be suitable for our recreation but we realised that we would have to film at night for the video which would be a problem as we could not access the school grounds at night. When assessing our situation we thought that a music video that was able to be shot in school would be a lot more practical for us as we could film it during school time. After searching some more, we all decided to change the music video we were originally going to do, to 'Kathleen' by Catfish and the Bottlemen as the background is plain black and would only need a few props as the main focus is the editing of different colours.


29/06/17 - Today we filmed in the drama studio, filming shot by shot. we used a projector so we could watch the video as we filmed to get the shots right. we used over head lights and black out curtains to match the setting of the  'Kathleen' music video. we recorded many shots multiple times to ensure we had the best version for editing. Lorna watched a you tube clip to see how we could get the same effects on our music video.

30/06/17 - Today we filmed the shots we had not managed to film yesterday. we also re filmed some shots after looking at some footage from yesterday we  decided some scenes we could do better. 

03/07/17 - Today we began putting the clips together in time and further playing around with edits to match the effects in the 'Kathleen' video. Lorna figured out how to get similar effects and edits of those in the 'Kathleen' music video. 

04/07/17- Today we filmed some more shots and asked other people from another group to help us as the shot was with 4 people and we only have 3 in our group. Lorna filmed the shots and Sam and Charlotte performed with two other friends.  Lorna and Charlotte also did some more editing. 

05/07/17- Today we focused on editing, trying to get the effects as similar to the official video as possible. 

06/07/17- Today we filmed the last 2 clips and continued editing. Lorna edited the last few clips and added the effects. she also made some finishing touches and exported the video. It was then uploaded online.