Logo Reserch
The logo is a very important thing to a band we wanted to create something that is simple and easily recognisable yet something different.
Looking at other indie band logos was our staring point and we came across Lix - records for their logo they have used their initials to form a simple yet effective logo which we would bear in mind for when we create our own. Looking towards other indie logos there was a standout theme of black and white and this is something we want to re create as we are a indie band and we feel that a simple black and white logo is the way to go. Below are a few of the logos we found and these will form the base of our own No Individual logo
Website
First Draft
This is the first draft of our website which James is creating we all feel that this is a strong start and that the finished product is going to be a true gem. The website was viewed by fellow students and they have provided us with valuable feedback as to what they like and dislike.
The positive feeback is listed below
- Colours look good and they go with the digipack and music video
- Love the moving background of the water
- Social media links stand out which is good
- The short Bio's on the band members are good
- Band image is portrayed well
The negative feedback is listed below
- The home page is boring as there is no background to it because of this it doesn't draw attention
- There should be an image with each band members Bio
- Moving water background needs to be on all pages
- Need a merchandise page
This is the first draft of our website which James is creating we all feel that this is a strong start and that the finished product is going to be a true gem. The website was viewed by fellow students and they have provided us with valuable feedback as to what they like and dislike.
The positive feeback is listed below
- Colours look good and they go with the digipack and music video
- Love the moving background of the water
- Social media links stand out which is good
- The short Bio's on the band members are good
- Band image is portrayed well
The negative feedback is listed below
- The home page is boring as there is no background to it because of this it doesn't draw attention
- There should be an image with each band members Bio
- Moving water background needs to be on all pages
- Need a merchandise page
Falling for You
First Draft
This is the first draft for our music video of the song 'Falling for You'. We showed this draft to teachers and fellow students in the hope of good quality feedback and the honest truth in what people thought because without being told what people don't like there is no way we can improve and create a quality video.
This is the list of positive feedback we received from our video.
- Lots of enigma codes which is good as it keeps me interested
- High quality shots, really like water shots
- Good range of different shots
- Clever effects when James is swimming
- Clever cuts to the beat
- Good shot of reverse water splashing Ben
This is the list of negative feedback we received from our video.
- First shot is shaky even after stabilising it
- Cuts too quickly for a slow song
- Don't like contrast from swimming pool to river to road
- One beat doesn't cut on time
- Shot of Ben walking towards the camera is too long
This is the first draft for our music video of the song 'Falling for You'. We showed this draft to teachers and fellow students in the hope of good quality feedback and the honest truth in what people thought because without being told what people don't like there is no way we can improve and create a quality video.
This is the list of positive feedback we received from our video.
- Lots of enigma codes which is good as it keeps me interested
- High quality shots, really like water shots
- Good range of different shots
- Clever effects when James is swimming
- Clever cuts to the beat
- Good shot of reverse water splashing Ben
This is the list of negative feedback we received from our video.
- First shot is shaky even after stabilising it
- Cuts too quickly for a slow song
- Don't like contrast from swimming pool to river to road
- One beat doesn't cut on time
- Shot of Ben walking towards the camera is too long
Magazine Article
First Draft
This is Ben's first attempt at the magazine article, he showed us the article during the session and asked for feedback in order for him to improve the article and get another step closer to the final product. Our article is on the left and the professional article is on the right. The feedback Ben received allowed Him to realise the formatting wasn't quite correct just yet and there was a lacking amount of text.
Second Draft
The second draft of the magazine article saw Ben look to improve the content and the typeface, He found that when the article was printed the words came out too small for anyone to read because of this he looked to improve this by making the writing larger. The bullet pointed column is where ben received feedback on this draft because as you can see the spacing is too large because of this Ben will need to improve the spacing and include more information.
Third Draft
This is Ben's third draft of the magazine article and as you can see there is a great improvement in the amount of text on the main article this is apparent in the way it looks as a final product because it visually looks full and because of this it matched the Radar article perfectly because of this we know the visuals are correct. Ben has improved the way the text fits around photographs and the drop capital making the article look professional.
Magazine Research
Ben has been put in charge of creating our magazine article which will help to promote us as a new and emerging band because of this he conducted a lengthily research programme.
Ben looked closely at the NME magazines to find out how articles are structured and how they read. Articles speak about basic facts about the bands for example when bands were created and why they came together because of this for our article Ben would need to include facts about our band. From his research he also found that the font is generally basic usually in the Roman Times Numeral.
Ben looked closely at the NME magazines to find out how articles are structured and how they read. Articles speak about basic facts about the bands for example when bands were created and why they came together because of this for our article Ben would need to include facts about our band. From his research he also found that the font is generally basic usually in the Roman Times Numeral.
Story Board
We are following a story board to help ensure we get all the shots we want and to help us decide what needs filming in what different locations below is a photo of the story board in use where we are discussing what needs filming so we can then put together a shooting schedule to ensure we don't miss any shots while we are on location.
Digipack Update
The digipack has been causing some trouble as we know what kind of photo we want for the main cover and this being something surrounding water however we haven't been able to take a photo like this and because of this we will need to grab some good stills cameras and snap away until we find something we are all happy with.
The use of photoshop to create the digipack has enabled me personally to become more familiar with the software and what it is able to do because of this we are able to make the best use of the effects and edit the photos to give them the slightly eery concept feeling.
The use of photoshop to create the digipack has enabled me personally to become more familiar with the software and what it is able to do because of this we are able to make the best use of the effects and edit the photos to give them the slightly eery concept feeling.
Magazine
We realised that there are a number of magazines devoted to the music industry and because of this we decided we needed to create a magazine article which could feature and work to advertise our new song. Ben was given the job of creating this magazine article and he first started by printing out NME Radar and he then began to annotate the magazine to find out what we need to include in our own.
Website first draft
James has been asked with creating our band website. He is looking around at other bands websites to try and see how successful bands advertise themselves online, as a group we aren't great at web design however this isn't showing as James is doing a great job of including social media icons onto the website and he is in the process of adding photo albums to show the stages of filming and the different locations we used.
Band Names
These are the band names that we came up with during one of our production meetings some of which were in all honesty pretty naff however the name we decided to go with No Individual was one of the good names to come from this brainstorm.
- Gas Panic
- Jen and the Manetee's
- Dovedales
- Not for human consumption
- clockwork orange
- Tomato omato
- royale with cheese
- outpost 31
- fiddy bucks
- clarance
- wet breams
- Three B's
- gas-mark
- No individual
- Saving James
Video Inspiration 3
Alt-J Breezeblocks this music video offers a whole host of inspirational material because the video is filmed and then is played in reverse because of this there are a larde number of reverse action shots where bottles are smashed and then return to whole, this is something i would like to incorporate into our video as it shows editing skills. The other piece of inspiration i have drawn from this clip is where the woman is lying in the bath with the water turned red like blood this is something I would like to attempt because i feel that if this was done right this could be a hugely effective shot and would open up the video to a concept theme therefore making it something different to what the examiners have seen before.
Video Inspiration 2
The next video I draw inspiration from is the song 'Thinking Out Loud' from Ed Sheeran. I feel that the performance base of this video is solid and allows a star image to be built up extremely quickly and i feel that this is important because a music video is in effect an advert which many people will watch and this advert is firstly selling the song but is secondly selling the artist and this star image is hugely important because of this i draw inspiration from this video as i feel that performance is important and the development of a star is vital weather that be with one individual or as a band.
Video Inspiration 1
This video 'LSD' from A$AP Rocky is very interesting with the way the effects are used because of this i have the video listed as inspiration this is because i think it would be extremely effective to use the bright lighting to help change from shot to shot much like in this video. I feel this would be able to work with a concept video as you would be able to use darker colours to trasition into concept footage which would make the whole transition very smooth and very effective. In this video the light changing works as a bridge between shots for example where the cars headlight blends into the fire this is a seamless transition and i feel this could be achieved in our video.
Lip Sync Trials
To decide who would be the main singer in the music video we first had to figure out who was best at lip syncing to do this we were each given a sheet with the lyrics to the song and then we jumped in front of the camera and these are the results.
As a group we had a vote and the clear winner was James the first singer and he would then end up being out leading man. Second was Ben the last singer in the video who would be the second singer and last was me in the video I sing second and as you can see i am probably the worst so i end up on the drums.
Pete Fraiser Tips
During the day off timetable Pete gave a talk on how to ensure you achieve the highest marks below are the points he raised and highlighted as important.
- Plan, Plan, Plan - Ensure you plan for everything to make sure you make the best out of your filming because there is nothing worse than turing up on location to find out you have forgotten the cameras or the tripods. Make a list and then check everything off once they are loaded into the car to be transported to the location.
- Know Your Equipment - You need to make sure you know the limits and capabilities of the equipment you wish to use because if you want to shoot a extreme close up there is noting worse than the image coming out all fuzzy because the camera isn't good enough.
- Shoot More Than You Need - Pete advised us to shoot from a multitude of different angles with multiple cameras to ensure you get good quality usable footage. He advised to run through what needed filming a minimum of 4 times to ensure you get footage you can use because at the end of the day you can cut off extra footage but you cannot add more!
- The Edit - Piece together a 'Rough Edit' where you can get all of the footage down on the page so it makes some kind of sense and once it is all there in order work down to all the tiny adjustments rather than focusing on small adjustments and then realising the bigger picture is all wrong.
- Use Other People - Gather tips and information from other peoples blogs other teachers and other music video directors as the more you know the more you can incorporate into your video and therefore the better it will be.
What Jake Wynne Thought
We outlined the basic idea for our music video which allowed Jake to give us some feedback which would allow us to adapt certain shots we were hoping for as Jake thought they may not be possible on a small budget. However his main feedback points are listed below
- Structure - Without structure the whole video will not make sense and will look like a random assortment of footage this will then distract from the music therefore making the actual video redundant.
- Performance - To achieve higher marks add an element of performance which will show off the editing skills as it is very difficult getting lips perfectly synced onto the lyrics.
- Flow - Make sure the video transitions so it is easy to understand however it doesn't have to tell a story it just needs to flow neatly.
Social Media
All bands have a large presence on all social media platforms because of this we all felt that we should create social media accounts to enable us to look as professional as possible this would allow us to upload photos and say what we are doing in our filming shoots and when the video will be finished. We have set up a Twitter account @noindividual and a Facebook account which is proving to be more difficult because of facebooks rules about having to have a real name however we are working to get round this in order to be available on there as well. We are also looking to open a instagram account from which we will be able to post photos of our filming and editing which will allow the audience to see what we are doing and therefore become more interested with the band.
Costume Research
Costumes are key in any music video and this quickly became apparent because going out to film wearing our everyday clothes just doesn't look right and because of this we decided we needed to find costumes that we could wear to make us look like a band and also make us look more concept. I thought that we could wear army costumes with boots and camouflage trousers and tops however this idea couldn't be done because the costumes would cost too much and because we are a small band and a group of school age boys we were not able to afford these costumes and the same was to be said for every idea we had. We realised that we had a budget of about £10 total for all of the costumes and because of this we took to ebay to find some budget outfits to our surprise we managed to find some boiler suits and these were soon to become our costumes. We decided to get them in the colours of the union jack (Red,White and Blue) to signify that we are a up and coming British band.
Underwater Reserch
It was starting to become evident that water is a key feature in our music video and because of this we wanted to try and film underwater with the go pro and get some footage of James our lead singer looking like a lifeless body and some close ups of his face with the air bubbles coming out of his mouth. There is only one problem with this ambition and that is that it is hard to film in a swimming pool and still make it look professional. However we thought we would give it a shot because it would allow us to add more water shots into our final film and therefore would enable us to use water as the link we could use on our digipak and website.
Reverse Shot Research
In our video we want to incorporate a shot where we can smash something up and send pieces flying everywhere and then reverse the action to make it look like the object is coming from noting and then becoming whole. This shot will be ambitious for the cameras we have at school so we are thinking about using the go pro to film this shot for two reason the first being the quality of the footage with the go pro will be a lot higher which will ultimately make the finished product look better, the second reason is that we don't want to damage any of the school cameras with flying pieces of glass and the go pro is almost unbreakable so it is a perfect piece of equipment which can be used to film this shot.
Below is what we want to achieve however it is demonstrated with a glass we want to try and use a ornament or something more unusual to add to our concept theme.
Below is what we want to achieve however it is demonstrated with a glass we want to try and use a ornament or something more unusual to add to our concept theme.
Digipak Reserch
We are aiming to create a concept music video and because of this our digipak needs to represent that we are a concept band and not just a every day boy band because of this we need to think carefully about how we show ourselves because we aren't what is going to be selling the records the music is going to be selling its self. A star image is less important to us as a concept band however a common theme is very important as then with this common theme we will be able to show this across all platforms and make the song instantly recognisable.
Risk Assessment
Below is the Risk Assessment that we needed to conduct prior to going out on location and shooting our video. When doing this all potential risks needed to be identified and the appropriate measures needed to be taken in order to minimise the risk of injury occurring.
Photos From First Shoot
These are the photos of our first shoot at the car park. These photos were taken by Will and Myself
Photo Shoots
We took time out of our lesson to disappear into the green room and take some photos which could potentially be used as album covers and band photos. We looked at how bands are generally positioned in photos as positioning really is key. We noticed that the bands are positioned in triangles because it allows you to see their whole face while looking compact and as a tight unit.
This band use two different types of positioning in the same photo as you can see on the left the three members are lined up to make a triangle this makes them look very serious and as a tight unit. The band members on the right are positioned so their eye level is as level as it can be and by doing this it makes them look very sinister.
In our band photo you can see that we are set out in a triangle with James at the back and Me and Ben to the sides and by doing this it makes us look very serious.
Production Diary
Meeting 1 we discussed song ideas in our group and thought of potential themes for the video. We listened to a number of songs on YouTube and discussed ideas with our eyes closed to see what we pictured with the music playing. From this first session looking for song ideas we began listening to a number of XX songs and these looked like likely contenders for our final music video.
Meeting 2 we split the group and carried out different roles. Me and James were in charge of choosing a certain song choice and analysing the lyrics to determine what ideas we could implement in our video. Will and Ben were in charge of searching for 1 more song to complete our 3 song choices, they showed us each song they found and asked for our opinion on them. During this meeting we listened to a lot of music videos and this ended up encouraging us to think about more songs and more ideas in order to make the best video possible.
Meeting 3 In this meeting I was in charge of searching for props on the internet to see how we could purchase or access these specific props. Props ranged from looking for a bath tub on ebay to finding enough paint and food colouring to create the effect of blood.
As a group we all came together around the table in order to discuss when we would be able to film the footage for our video and due to this we are able to organise ourselves and decide when we are able to begin filming our video
Meeting 4 we were all having doubts about the song 'Fantasy' by The XX as it was too slow paced which meant our audience would get bored listening to it so it would put more pressure on us to get interesting shots to keep the audience entertained. We wanted to keep our concept ideas the same so because of this we began looking around for other songs we could use however all we found were unsuitable because they featured the voices of female singers and this is unrealitec as we are a group of boys.
Meeting 11 the filming day is getting closer. We used this meeting to gather all the equepment needed t film and pack it away ready to be packed into cars ready for transportation down to the river. We also used this meeting to try and test the generator we will be taking with us to ensure we could start it and that it would power the lights and speaker safely. it was a good job we tested it because no matter how hard we tried we couldn't get it to start so we found the school caretaker who gave us a crash course on how to start this machine.
Meeting 12 The day of the big shoot! We packed the cars grabbed the generator and headed down to our location much to our amazement the field was being used but that wasn't a problem as we were given permission by the head teacher of the private school to use the field for access. We began unloading the cars pulling parts of drums and keyboard out of the cars and began the walk down to the river it was all looking amazing and then we wanted to test our music and guess what! We couldn't start the generator we just didn't have the gift. this wasn't a problem however as i remembers that i had a generator hidden in my garage we went to go and grab it while also taking the opportunity to grab a couple of pairs of wellies, a pair of waders and a pair of boots to ensure we didn't get too cold. To my amazement the generator which hadn't been started for the best part of 6 years started first time and then we could begin filming our video.
Meeting 13 Another day another shot! i wasn't personally there for this shoot as i had sporting commitments however the boys were able to head down to the teachers parents house to go and film some amazing shots with the go pro and a swimming pool. The footage looks amazing top work.
Meeting 14 We used this meeting to film some close ups of Ben and James singing the song to give ourselves some footage we could use to fill the bits we are missing from our big shoot at the river we played around with different lighting methods to give the best effect. We also took this time to take some photos of us as a band which could be used in the digipak or website.
Meeting 15 In this lesson we filmed some long shots of James dressed in costume following a girl across the field as our song is a love song we felt we should incorporate a little bit of love but with a strange and slightly creepy concept them.
Production Diary 31;
Again in this lesson I got more feedback on my magazine article after improving upon it. This time I had to improve on the icons in the text as the writing has to mould around them, this is something I found tricky to do but managed to over come it to make the final magazine article.
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Like the lesson before, in this lesson I got given feedback again. But this time the feedback was on my logo. People said they liked the black and white theme as it matched the Indie style however they said that as we are a small Indie band not may people would be aware that NI stands for No Individual. Using this feedback I got on and improved the logo, ensuring that our bands name was shown in the logo.
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In this lesson I got the feedback from the magazine's first draft. I found that people really liked the template design as they thought I matched it very well to the original. However they said that there wasn't enough text in it and the text that was in it wasn't in the style of writing that most magazines are written in as it lacked the quirky element. Using this feedback I did some more brainstorming and enhanced on my knowledge of the band, adding to the text whilst ensuring that I get some humour in it.
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After completing the first draft for the magazine article, I had to wait to get feedback from it. I took this time to look for ideas for our Logo. As we are an Indie band I looked at Indie band logos and found that most of them if not all of them were in black and white. Therefore I designed mine in black and white. I wanted to abbreviate the logo so that it didn't just say 'No Individual' as this could look quite bland and boring. So I experimented with the 'N' and the 'I' and came up with the 'I' moulding into the 'N'.
Production Diary 27:
In today's lesson I looked at magazine articles and chose one to base the design around. I chose to follow the design of NME magazine articles as they are the best magazine to follow where the music industry is concerned. I chose one article from NME and started copying the template it proposes. I then looked at what was written in NME magazine articles. Most of them talk about the band and how they originated so I got brainstorming and thought of information to include about the band.
Production Diary 26:
Now most of the filming was done it was time to get onto the construction side of the course. This involved making a Logo, Website, Digipack and a magazine article. Each of us was assigned roles. James was to make the website, Steve was in charge of the Digipack whilst I was assigned to do the magazine article and logo.
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TENTH SHOOT - This would be our final shoot and it would be a smashing shoot.. quite literally. We went to a wasteland and smashed bottles filled with water. We felt that this would represent the breaking of boys heart in the music video as he cant get the girl he loves. We would experiment with slow motion to capture the breaking glass and water spilling out.
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NINTH SHOOT - We took time out of lesson today to go and get more footage. This time we filmed the band walking through Admirals park in Chelmsford whilst each member carried the objects they perform with. I carried the keyboard, Steve carried the drum set whilst James carried the mike and stand.
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EIGHTH SHOOT - Today was the day where we filmed Steve drumming in the middle of the school field. The challenge we faced was trying not to get the school in the background.
Production Diary 22:
Today we focused on getting further filming ideas. We needed to get more shots of Steve drumming as the shots we got before showed him drumming off beat. We discussed locations and decided to have him drumming in the middle of a field.
Production Diary 21:
Today we spent time planning on further shots we need to get. We needed to get reverse and slow motion shots but we weren't sure as to what objects to use. We brainstormed ideas and came up with balloons, beer and wine bottles.
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SEVENTH SHOOT - Will and James filmed today in the street. James laid down in his blue suit in the middle of the road
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SIXTH SHOOT - Today Will and I took the time to get more shots done. We went in the green room and took shots in the pitch black where I sat whilst a flash light was used to light up my face, giving it a sinister look.
Production Diary 18;
HALFWAY EVALUATION: Today we presented our half way evaluation and were filmed in the process of doing so. We presented things such as our background and how we got to where we are today, to showing our website which includes information about each band member and where and when we are touring!
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For our half way evaluation we decided that we would put an interview of the band into our presentation to give it more of a professional edge. Will was behind the camera and asked us questions to do with how we formed etc.
Production Diary 16:
Today we were told that we had reached the half way evaluation point and are required as a group to present how we are doing so far. We each came together and gave each person allocated roles as to who would do each part of the presentation.
Meeting 2 we split the group and carried out different roles. Me and James were in charge of choosing a certain song choice and analysing the lyrics to determine what ideas we could implement in our video. Will and Ben were in charge of searching for 1 more song to complete our 3 song choices, they showed us each song they found and asked for our opinion on them. During this meeting we listened to a lot of music videos and this ended up encouraging us to think about more songs and more ideas in order to make the best video possible.
Meeting 3 In this meeting I was in charge of searching for props on the internet to see how we could purchase or access these specific props. Props ranged from looking for a bath tub on ebay to finding enough paint and food colouring to create the effect of blood.
As a group we all came together around the table in order to discuss when we would be able to film the footage for our video and due to this we are able to organise ourselves and decide when we are able to begin filming our video
Meeting 4 we were all having doubts about the song 'Fantasy' by The XX as it was too slow paced which meant our audience would get bored listening to it so it would put more pressure on us to get interesting shots to keep the audience entertained. We wanted to keep our concept ideas the same so because of this we began looking around for other songs we could use however all we found were unsuitable because they featured the voices of female singers and this is unrealitec as we are a group of boys.
Meeting 5 in this fith meeting we discussed more ideas for songs and we finally found the one we all liked and thought we would be able to use our origional concept ideas we were planning for Fantasy this also meant we would be able to film sooner rather than waste more time trying to find a song as by this time we were starting to be hassled by teachers to get on with it. The song we chose is 'Falling For You' by the 1975.
Meeting 6 this meeting mainly focused on choosing our lead singer. We held a mini audition in the green room of the media class room. We wanted to find out who is the best at lip syncing in time to the song we wish to make a music video for. After we had filmed the audition we all agreed that James was best Ben was second and I was last however it was commented i could act 'Spaced Out'.
Meeting 7 This meeting wasn't really a structured group meeting however this was indeed our first attempt at gathering some footage for our video. This filming session involved transporting a bath from Wills house to a carpark in chelmsford. We filled the bath up with river water and red food colouring to resemble blood in my opinion it looked very convincing. James and Ben took the hit for the team and both spent a long time in the bath while Will filmed and i took photos.
Meeting 8 in this meeting we set about emailing the company who owns the rights to the song Falling For You by 1975. Ben was the one to send the email however we all tried to contribute to ensure we didn't send something that didn't look professional.
Meeting 9 In this meeting we realised that we needed somewhere to film the production element of our music video and we wanted to film somewhere with water and because of this we were all thinking to film in the river however we scrolled across the length of the River Chelmer to no avail as we couldn't find somewhere close enough to transport all the equipment needed to the locations.
Meeting 10 in this meeting Ben came up trumps with a top shooting location which we would be able to gain access to from the private school playing fields opposite. The location was on the River Wid and under the train bridge on the outskirts of gallewood we all agreed that this location was what we wanted so we all went down to have a look and then realised that we would need a method of providing electricity to fuel the lights and speakers needed because of this we went back to the classroom and made a list of the equepment needed to film.
Meeting 7 This meeting wasn't really a structured group meeting however this was indeed our first attempt at gathering some footage for our video. This filming session involved transporting a bath from Wills house to a carpark in chelmsford. We filled the bath up with river water and red food colouring to resemble blood in my opinion it looked very convincing. James and Ben took the hit for the team and both spent a long time in the bath while Will filmed and i took photos.
Meeting 8 in this meeting we set about emailing the company who owns the rights to the song Falling For You by 1975. Ben was the one to send the email however we all tried to contribute to ensure we didn't send something that didn't look professional.
Meeting 9 In this meeting we realised that we needed somewhere to film the production element of our music video and we wanted to film somewhere with water and because of this we were all thinking to film in the river however we scrolled across the length of the River Chelmer to no avail as we couldn't find somewhere close enough to transport all the equipment needed to the locations.
Meeting 10 in this meeting Ben came up trumps with a top shooting location which we would be able to gain access to from the private school playing fields opposite. The location was on the River Wid and under the train bridge on the outskirts of gallewood we all agreed that this location was what we wanted so we all went down to have a look and then realised that we would need a method of providing electricity to fuel the lights and speakers needed because of this we went back to the classroom and made a list of the equepment needed to film.
Meeting 12 The day of the big shoot! We packed the cars grabbed the generator and headed down to our location much to our amazement the field was being used but that wasn't a problem as we were given permission by the head teacher of the private school to use the field for access. We began unloading the cars pulling parts of drums and keyboard out of the cars and began the walk down to the river it was all looking amazing and then we wanted to test our music and guess what! We couldn't start the generator we just didn't have the gift. this wasn't a problem however as i remembers that i had a generator hidden in my garage we went to go and grab it while also taking the opportunity to grab a couple of pairs of wellies, a pair of waders and a pair of boots to ensure we didn't get too cold. To my amazement the generator which hadn't been started for the best part of 6 years started first time and then we could begin filming our video.
Meeting 13 Another day another shot! i wasn't personally there for this shoot as i had sporting commitments however the boys were able to head down to the teachers parents house to go and film some amazing shots with the go pro and a swimming pool. The footage looks amazing top work.
Meeting 14 We used this meeting to film some close ups of Ben and James singing the song to give ourselves some footage we could use to fill the bits we are missing from our big shoot at the river we played around with different lighting methods to give the best effect. We also took this time to take some photos of us as a band which could be used in the digipak or website.
Meeting 15 In this lesson we filmed some long shots of James dressed in costume following a girl across the field as our song is a love song we felt we should incorporate a little bit of love but with a strange and slightly creepy concept them.
Production Diary 31;
Again in this lesson I got more feedback on my magazine article after improving upon it. This time I had to improve on the icons in the text as the writing has to mould around them, this is something I found tricky to do but managed to over come it to make the final magazine article.
James finished the first draft of the website today in class, creating a gallery page where you can see behind the scene images of the filming in action.
Steve finished the first draft to the digipack, adding a few more pictures he found on the photo camera we used when filming whilst Will got back to editing the video.
Production Diary 30:
Like the lesson before, in this lesson I got given feedback again. But this time the feedback was on my logo. People said they liked the black and white theme as it matched the Indie style however they said that as we are a small Indie band not may people would be aware that NI stands for No Individual. Using this feedback I got on and improved the logo, ensuring that our bands name was shown in the logo.
Again James added to the website, getting on with the third page which was the tour dates. He researched locations where to play at and added them to the third page. Steve needed to get more photo's for the digipack as the images in the video weren't high enough quality. He needed to get pictures of the band together so at lunch we all went out and got a photo of the three of us standing in a line to use for the back cover of our digipack. Will took time out of editing to discuss potential digipack covers and it was Will's idea to get the picture of the three of us standing in a line.
Production Diary 29:
In this lesson I got the feedback from the magazine's first draft. I found that people really liked the template design as they thought I matched it very well to the original. However they said that there wasn't enough text in it and the text that was in it wasn't in the style of writing that most magazines are written in as it lacked the quirky element. Using this feedback I did some more brainstorming and enhanced on my knowledge of the band, adding to the text whilst ensuring that I get some humour in it.
James continued to experiment with the home page for our website, changing the background to try and meet the Indie image. He left it as black however we all felt that this was too bland and didn't keep the viewer interested. However he managed to complete the second page which explains each band member in depth, describing each one. Steve continued to gather photos for the digipack. He cleverly decided to get our theme of water clearly shown on the CD by going out in his own time and taking a picture of the ripples of water in a swimming pool. Over the weekend Will saw a music video that had water dropping onto the camera and thought that this would be a useful shot in our video. He took time to attempt to recreate this shot however he hand no way of getting the pipette, which he used for the water droplet, to get out of shot.
Production Diary 28:
After completing the first draft for the magazine article, I had to wait to get feedback from it. I took this time to look for ideas for our Logo. As we are an Indie band I looked at Indie band logos and found that most of them if not all of them were in black and white. Therefore I designed mine in black and white. I wanted to abbreviate the logo so that it didn't just say 'No Individual' as this could look quite bland and boring. So I experimented with the 'N' and the 'I' and came up with the 'I' moulding into the 'N'.
James and Steve continued carrying on with the website and digipack. James managed to get the theme of water in our music video showing in our website by making the background a flowing image of the sea. Steve trial ran a few pictures from our music video on the digipack. Turning them to black and white to fit the Indie image, whilst Will experimented with different effects on the music video such as fireworks in the background in the performance element of our video.
Production Diary 27:
In today's lesson I looked at magazine articles and chose one to base the design around. I chose to follow the design of NME magazine articles as they are the best magazine to follow where the music industry is concerned. I chose one article from NME and started copying the template it proposes. I then looked at what was written in NME magazine articles. Most of them talk about the band and how they originated so I got brainstorming and thought of information to include about the band.
James focused on doing research into websites, trying to find out what design to follow. He went on and looked at Indie band websites such as 'The 1975' and 'Alt J'. He found that most of the websites followed a bold theme, ensuring that everything stood out whilst Steve did the same but for the digipack. He looked at Indie digipacks and found out that the majority of them followed a black and white theme and started to base our design around what he found. Will carried onto edit the music video.
Now most of the filming was done it was time to get onto the construction side of the course. This involved making a Logo, Website, Digipack and a magazine article. Each of us was assigned roles. James was to make the website, Steve was in charge of the Digipack whilst I was assigned to do the magazine article and logo.
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TENTH SHOOT - This would be our final shoot and it would be a smashing shoot.. quite literally. We went to a wasteland and smashed bottles filled with water. We felt that this would represent the breaking of boys heart in the music video as he cant get the girl he loves. We would experiment with slow motion to capture the breaking glass and water spilling out.
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NINTH SHOOT - We took time out of lesson today to go and get more footage. This time we filmed the band walking through Admirals park in Chelmsford whilst each member carried the objects they perform with. I carried the keyboard, Steve carried the drum set whilst James carried the mike and stand.
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EIGHTH SHOOT - Today was the day where we filmed Steve drumming in the middle of the school field. The challenge we faced was trying not to get the school in the background.
Production Diary 22:
Today we focused on getting further filming ideas. We needed to get more shots of Steve drumming as the shots we got before showed him drumming off beat. We discussed locations and decided to have him drumming in the middle of a field.
Production Diary 21:
Today we spent time planning on further shots we need to get. We needed to get reverse and slow motion shots but we weren't sure as to what objects to use. We brainstormed ideas and came up with balloons, beer and wine bottles.
Production Diary 20:
SEVENTH SHOOT - Will and James filmed today in the street. James laid down in his blue suit in the middle of the road
Production Diary 19:
SIXTH SHOOT - Today Will and I took the time to get more shots done. We went in the green room and took shots in the pitch black where I sat whilst a flash light was used to light up my face, giving it a sinister look.
Production Diary 18;
HALFWAY EVALUATION: Today we presented our half way evaluation and were filmed in the process of doing so. We presented things such as our background and how we got to where we are today, to showing our website which includes information about each band member and where and when we are touring!
Production Diary 17:
For our half way evaluation we decided that we would put an interview of the band into our presentation to give it more of a professional edge. Will was behind the camera and asked us questions to do with how we formed etc.
Production Diary 16:
Today we were told that we had reached the half way evaluation point and are required as a group to present how we are doing so far. We each came together and gave each person allocated roles as to who would do each part of the presentation.
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