Chester Park Filming.

Today due to the horrible weather, I decided that filming at Chester Park beside the river would be a better idea as travelling all the way to South Shields for the limited time I have was too much hassle when i only needed to film footage there for around ten minutes. So i packed my props, camera and tri-pod and set off to Chester Park, that took around ten minutes. meaning it was much easier and quicker to film and the paths along the river were perfect for filming on. Last Night I planned my shots and how long they were going to take so that the day would go as smoothly as possible. I filmed the part where the couple meet, walking along the river from different directions and where they bump into each other and exchange numbers.  found that this looked effective as it was an ordinary place where lots of people go and it didn't look forced.

Deadline for Rough Cut

As I have planned to film parts of my footage on certain dates of this month, this unfortunately means that I will not have all my required footage for the rough cut deadline. I am making great progress and my video is coming along nicely however and I have had many meet ups with my teacher on improvements and feedback. I have all of my performance footage fitted into my video and I am just needing to film a few very short narrative pieces to include. One of my improvements has been to re-shoot my narrative and redo the story line slightly so I hope this works. My last filming day is scheduled for the weekend commencing Thursday 29th and I have decided to film in South Shields with my boyfriend as it is much easier than travelling down to Blackpool but will hopefully still have the same effect that I am aiming for as the scenery is similar, being at the seaside. I have also started changing the style for editing to a much more quick paced style to see if this looks more effective.

Shooting some more Narrative

This weekend my boyfriend has come home again to film some more footage for my narrative. We will spend all of Saturday filming locally in places that I have pre-planned to. I won't get everything I need to shoot as some oft he shots are planned to be shot elsewhere. Hopefully it goes well and we get what I need. Once I have filmed, i will upload some screen grabs of the different shots I film and the different settings also.

Digipak Vblog

My Digipak and how it all came about from Charlotte Greaves on Vimeo.

More screenshots of digipak designs

Here I have created and edited two out of three of the images for the inside of my digipak.I decieded to use images with two kids in for these, to give a bit of variety. I have copied the exact same effects as the cover and back for these images for it to all look the same. I am yet to edit one more image and will add this as soon as it is finished.
 

 

Screenshots of Digipak designs

Here is my first design of my front cover with my Bands name added. I have added filtered layers onto my image to achieve this sepia effect. I am pretty confident that this will be my chosen cover for my final digipak design as I am very pleased with the outcome.

 

Here I used some other images, originally to be used formy back cover. But before I began creating the backcover,I decided to test what it would look like for my front cover also.



 

 

Here is the back cover finished.I am yet to add my tracklist and anything else that I am to include such as record label symbols, websites etc. I am now going to create a tracklist, linked to my research and add it to my design with the font and colours of my choice that compliments my front text.

Advert Analysis- The Drums

Digipak Analysis- Vampire Weekend

Digi-Pak Analysis- Bastille

Blackpool Promenade

So I have planned to visit Blackpool on 29th January to film my shots on the promenade. I found this an interesting place as it gives a different range of scenery and looks effective on camera. It suggests that they have gone away together or one of them lives there or they are having a day out and therefore adds more to the relationship. The bright colours on the promenade, may suggest happiness and as people go there to have fun, it would connote that. As the beach there is called 'Pleasure beach' it gives an ironic sense to it that they meet there and end up forming a relationship.

Here are some images of Blackpool Promenade and the Pier:

Shots that will be filmed this month

As I planned to film in different areas, when i visited Blackpool, I planned to shoot on the pier for some shots but the way that the trip was planned, I was unable to do this. This was completely out of my hands, however I have planned another trip down to Blackpool  on 29th January (making use of the day off school we have), to shoot on the pier and as my boyfriend lives there, it will be very easy to do so. I will be able to have time to shoot in daytime unlike the other week when I could not. I will only be there or a weekend giving me time to add any necessary footage to my video before the deadline. I have planned that this I where they will first meet and a phone number will be given. My boyfriend has planned to come either the second or the third weekend of January to shoot some more shots that I either shot and weren't satisfied with or haven't got round to shooting yet, giving me a lot of time to get parts done to the best quality.

Here I have ticked off the shots I have done and have left the ones that I am going to do this month. For example the necklace shot, is where I have decided that the boy will buy her necklace and she will act surprised when he pulls it out of his pocket and this will demonstrate a time in their relationship where a huge positive step is taken.