Well done with the posting this week - try to see if you can add more detail next week, particularly with the editing process and evaluation on the CD digipak. Try to focus on the academic evaluation of your blog, move on from reporting problems that your group have had.
Saturday 26 November 2011
Friday 25 November 2011
Progress Update
I have been off with the flu for a week now and I am not allowd to attend the second shoot day in the scrapyard which is really annoying! I have also found out that Nina is unable to attend aswell for some reason...therefore Teodora is the only group member who will be attending
Research Into Poster Design
For our overall packaging of our band we have to include a poster design promoting Infernal. I have been researching possible designs from bands of a similar genre to Infernal (MOD).
Monday 14 November 2011
Shoot Day 1 Account From Studio
We began the shoot day by all meeting in the studio at around 8.30 to setr up the equipment and lights. The cast then went to change into their costumes. I then did their makeup and hair. We as a group discussed Laura's makeup because we were unsure about what kind of effect we wanted on her eyes but agreed a simple smokey eye would be best with red lipstick and volumised hair. Whilst we were organising where the band should stand for their first shot and making sure the lighting was clear on the monitor the song played in the background for about 15 minutes so the band members could check they knew their words and chords.
(Above is a photo of the scrapyard).
At around 9.30 we began shooting with a wideshot of the band. Soon after roling the camera we spotted that the lighting on the faces of the band members was slightly shadowed, which would make no sense when we have the scrapyard shots on the green screen. To overcome this problem we decided to use lighting strobes to give the illusion of daylight. We carried on shooting till we broke for lunch at 1. Over lunch we discussed possible shots we could include for extra diversity.
(A shot list of all the shots that went wrong and well).
During the last half of our shoot day we were moving different parts of our set around and shooting from different angles etc to get some more interesting shots. At one point I noticed that there was a spider crawling across the camera in the middle of a shot! Over the course of the day Teodora was filming shots, Nina was writing a account of each shot and I was in charge of taking photos and playback. I was really happy with the way we came together as a group and how our cast members looked on camera. I think it was a great sucess and I'm looking forward to shooting in the scrapyard in a coouple of weeks time!!
(Above is a photo of the scrapyard).
At around 9.30 we began shooting with a wideshot of the band. Soon after roling the camera we spotted that the lighting on the faces of the band members was slightly shadowed, which would make no sense when we have the scrapyard shots on the green screen. To overcome this problem we decided to use lighting strobes to give the illusion of daylight. We carried on shooting till we broke for lunch at 1. Over lunch we discussed possible shots we could include for extra diversity.
(A shot list of all the shots that went wrong and well).
During the last half of our shoot day we were moving different parts of our set around and shooting from different angles etc to get some more interesting shots. At one point I noticed that there was a spider crawling across the camera in the middle of a shot! Over the course of the day Teodora was filming shots, Nina was writing a account of each shot and I was in charge of taking photos and playback. I was really happy with the way we came together as a group and how our cast members looked on camera. I think it was a great sucess and I'm looking forward to shooting in the scrapyard in a coouple of weeks time!!
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Casting Problems
On the day before our shoot I arrived to the lesson to find my Group (Nina and Teodora) in a fluster! It turns out that the day of our shoot is the day of our bass guitar player Merlin's November Assesments! We have also found out that our drummer Will, is ill and therefore won't be able to shoot with us. Ed our forth member of our group is still not back so it was all a bit of a worry. We decided to have a brainstorm with the rest of our class to try and come up with some possible replacements. One idea was Jamie Parker, but we asked him and he said he had too much on. We also thought of Oscar Jackson as he is a really good drum player and in a band but he was already in too many!
We eventually decided to use Laura Cheese. Although she is a girl she used to play the drums and I think she will suit the band image. I also arranged with Merlin's media teacher that he could do one of his November Assesments the day before instead of the actual day of our shoot. It's taken a long time to sort out but I think we have cracked it. I'm very excited about shooting tomorrow! It should be fun, although I am quite nervous that the cast has their costumes and learnt their lyrics and chords to the song.
We eventually decided to use Laura Cheese. Although she is a girl she used to play the drums and I think she will suit the band image. I also arranged with Merlin's media teacher that he could do one of his November Assesments the day before instead of the actual day of our shoot. It's taken a long time to sort out but I think we have cracked it. I'm very excited about shooting tomorrow! It should be fun, although I am quite nervous that the cast has their costumes and learnt their lyrics and chords to the song.
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Progress Update
Teodora and I have come back from half term with a bit of a crisis, one of our group members has gone down with the chicken pox!!! Hopefully he will be well enough to shoot (which is in 10 days!) I also have just seen some of the props that I are going to be using in the studio with the greenscreen. They look really cool, especially the old mini. I also went to see Al in the theatre department to see if he had any of the remaining props we needed.
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