Reflection Post A.R.

Reflection Post

• There has been a lot reflection we've had to do this week, due to us taking into consideration how we are going to improve our music video and what we are changing. As we received our feedback and discussed ideas between one another, we realised the amount of problems that we were dealt with for our draft, and it allowed us time to reflect on what to do for our final video. 
• We have recently decided that it would be best to use an actual drummer for our final video, and the reason for this is that it will help us to make the video to look more realistic as he will be able to learn the song and play it in time, whereas the 'drummer' we used before was unsure so it didn't look professional and realistic.
• After sorting out all of the problems, we have decided to book our video in for the 21st November Friday, and this is because it will gives us two weeks to edit our video and finalise it so we can sort out our editing issues and gain consistent feedback so we can edit it to the best effect and make it look more upbeat. 
• We have decided to use the same venue as last time, and the reason for this is that we liked the help we were given with the lighting, and we are going to use this to strong effect and use it as a key feature of our new video. 

Weekly Reflection Post

Weekly Post

Over the past week we have concentrated on how to finalise this storyboard and put it in as much detail so that we understand it exactly when it comes to creating the video. This will help us out enormously because it allows for us to see the exact type of shot that we want for each part of the song, and it will mean the process of filming will be a lot quicker as we're not having to work out what each shot us. It has been a very slow process of drawing the storyboard and creating the animatic, however as it is fine detail it should make the actual filming process a lot easier when it comes to it. 
We have also discussed about the venue, and it is left to us now finding out when we can get everyone to come. We will have to arrange it around when everyone is available to come, such as if it is on a saturday afternoon, we have to ensure that not everyone is going to be the Leicester game as if this was the case, then it would mean that we would lose the vast of our audience because they wouldn't be able to make it. We will take all of this under consideration and look at booking the studio at today or over the next number of days once we have confirmed answers for our 'audience'. We also feel that we need to get it done on a saturday afternoon because then that allows for our 'audience' to be able to get to the location easier via the bus which maximises the chance of them getting their, and increases their reliability.
We are also in the process of arranging how we are going to get hold of all of the equipment and transport it there as this is one of our priorities, as well as making sure that they don't get damaged as apart from the bass, none of the equipment will be our own. We have also made sure that everyone in the 'band' is going to be comfortable with what piece of equipment they are playing and being up on stage.

Reflection Post... 15th - 21st A.R.

Reflection Post

Over the past week or so we have started the story board, and this has helped us both get a clear vision of what we are trying to create because we are able to see in image form of what each shot will be. Through this also, I believe that we have found how to work well as a team and to make sure that each of us are completing the tasks which we can complete well. For instance Will is designing the storyboard due to the fact that he is excellent at drawing, where as I am more comfortable with writing blog posts and updating it. 

Another thing that we have done is stated to reach the stage of seriously deciding which venue to choose. Over the past week we have made phone calls and worked out how much the venues will cost, however we have found it a struggle to be able to get hold of the Cookie Jar venue so we will be looking at trying to get hold of them over the next two days so we can make our decision by friday.

We have also looked into more detail of music videos that are similar to what we want to create, and this has helped us heavily with our story board because this also gives us a clear image of what we are trying make for our video. 

In addition, we have also gone over a risk assessment that we need to look at when creating our video. We are going to keep adding ideas to it until friday as we want to make sure we remember everything and we don't miss anything off as it is very important that we include and take everything into consideration.