Editing- 1

Today, I started to edit my final production together. I put all of my clips on to Serif MoviePlus where they were organised and I could delete the ones which I didn't want. As I had never used this software before, I played around with it slightly so I could get used to where the tools where and how to use it.

MoviePlus

Research into Similar Products- Dance a la Plage

Similar to my chosen band 'The Method', 'Dance a la Plage' are a new band that have started from no where. Both bands have recently played at the O2 Academy in Oxford and are looking to make it. 'Dance a la plage's music video 'Need to Know' links to the BacktoBasic's video produced for 'The Method'. Both videos take simple concepts and shots to produce a music video which works well. I decided to look at 'Dance a la Plage' as they are very similar to 'The Method' and I wanted to find out what they did to create a music video for themselves. Below is a video of 'Dance a la Plage's video 'Need to know'.

Ancillary Texts- Movie Poster

As I am beginning to edit my final production, I thought it would be a good idea to research into my ancillary texts. I have chosen to do a poster and a DVD cover.

From researching the internet, I came across various music advertisements. The main things I picked out that were on all the ones I looked at were; the name of the artist, name of the song, and the date released. I also noticed, like with the poster below that they linked with (if they had a video) with the music video also. Like the one below, Katy Perry is shown as army like on this poster, this links to her video as in it, she is seen in an army camp training. When making my own poster, I will consider this typical conventions of a music poster and incorporate them into my own.

Filming- Band Scenes

I was really pleased with todays filming. This morning, I was worried it may have to be called off due to the weather, but luckily it became really sunny and we were able to film. We did a range of scenes today, with a range of shots in mind. When it comes to shot lists, I don't find them very useful. I have an idea in my head of what I want everything to look like to go by this; it's almost like a mini shot list in my own head. Everyone turned up really organised today and we were able to get things done quickly but unfortunately the band members weren't wearing exactly the same clothes. This annoyed me slightly as I asked them too but from previous discussions we are thinking of having the music video in black and white so it hopefully won't make too much difference. From this I have learned to make sure everything is planned, even down to the minute detail!

Now all my filming is complete, I can move on to the editing stage.