Influences of Style

Editing Images

- Added black and white effect
- Adjusted brightness and contrast
- Used curves tool

Choosen Images

Production Diary - 02/11/14

This weekend, I began shooting my music video. I began with focusing on the narrative sequences of my video and decided to take footage at my grandparents house. Following my storyboard and shot list, I decided to video Victor and Sam playing chess as this is one of the most significant shots in my music video. I also took footage of the duo in my grandparents car as after looking at various different music videos I really liked the idea of Emeli Sande's music video 'My Kind of Love' as the video features a car scene as Emeli is shown to assist her childhood friend from hospital and take her on a days trip to the seafront amusements in Hastings. I decided to immitate this style of video in own music video of a car scene to show the two narrative characters as they are on a journey.  Whilst filming on location, I also took a selection of images to use for the two ancillary tasks: the magazine album advertisement and digipak. I wanted the media products to resemble the mood and theme of my overall music video and therefore instructed my two characters Victor and Sam to stand next to each other whilst Sam leant on Victor's shoulder. I took a range of camera shots including close up's of the pair as well as mid shots of them both so the audience would easily understand what my music video will be about. Overall, I believe this weekend went really well and I am looking forward to shooting more footage next weekend. 

Audience Research Survey Results

 

This is my audience research survey I conducted to get valuable results. I will use this information I have gathered to enhance the quality of my music video and ensure I am targetting it towards the right audience. 

Contact Sheet

Actor Release Form

These are actor release forms for music video. The document clarifies that my actors have agreed and are happy to participate in my music video for my media coursework. The document is important as it is a legal form which states that an identifiable published photo, video, performance or silhouette  of a person without an actor release can result in civil liability by the director of the video. The use of the actor release also restrains the public from using and publishing the video. The act of taking a video of someone in a public setting without a actor release or showing a video in private goes against the main purpose of the actor release form as the form creates liability for the video as they are kept separate from copyright. There are also many different types of release forms including a minor release form which requires a signature by a parent or other legal guardian of the model and a group release which is a modified version of the adult release which includes an additional signature to be used by multiple models or subjects in a single image.