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Group: Update 09-12-13

CC: Today I submitted my advert print work. I am very pleased with it as it is simple, however with a lot to look at.

LB: With the deadline tomorrow there is still some things we have to do. However we are still certain we will finish before then. Today we put all the footage we had done over the weekend on After Effects e.g. All Black & White shots of Chris in the woodland area, and Joeys edited paint shot with a similar idea. This is all finished and we now have the first 2 minutes and 20 seconds completely finished (Small changes may happen because of feedback) with the final segment to be edited correctly as at the moment its just the footage we have to go there.

In todays lesson we got feedback on our video, the feedback was very positive, and we know exactly what we have left to do. The concept has come along way in the last two weeks, but now we have created a loose narrative by using colour. Today Joey also took the first two shots of Chris looking over the city, these shots now have a blue sky with everything else Black & White as if Chris is looking into colour and happiness.

I also finished my print work today. This has still not been checked and I haven't been given feedback, however I am happy with how it turned out. I believe it is appropriate for the band image and is representational of our work and other group members print work. The panes have all been done on Photoshop following similar ideas from our video such as; Playing with colour, brighter parts with other bits in Black and White. I have used the conventional typography that Bastille use for their covers. I have also used the band image of the triangle on the front cover and throughout the digi-pak.

Finished Digi-pak

After going through footage today, we realised that there were some clips I had not put through After Effects, so at home I put these on After Effects, these were shots for our final segment of the video where Chris is in colour but the urban location is in Black & White, this finishes our narrative. This now means that all footage on After Effects has been finished.

 

 

 

JP: In today's lesson we put in all the footage we had been working on over the weekend. This was the last of Liam's selective colour shots and my selective colour shot of the paint thrown on Chris. There was a problem transferring the other shots I'd done at home of the town location, opening shots in black and white with only the sky blue but I managed to re-create these in After Effects in today's lesson.

Now that we have all our footage on the timeline and the majority of it in the right place, we are able to look at our video as a whole and have received positive feedback about it. We have some final touches to add to the video before the deadline following the feedback and our own reviewing of the video but overall we are very happy with how our video is looking at the moment and how the concept has developed and worked in the video.

Group: Update 08-12-13

LB: Today I finished putting the footage through After Effects for the deadline on tuesday. Now this is complete we can focus on the last segment of our video on Monday. Going through using the 'Roto-Brush' tool for each clip took a long time, but I am happy with the turn-out. The shots I edited today were;

• Mid shot - Jump cut of Chris wearing mask: This shot goes into colour, however the middle part is not used (watch Rough Cut)
• Mid shot of Chris shouting in studio.
• Variety of different lengths of shots pulling out of Chris to reveal woodland location.
• Long shot of Chris on rope swing (To be reversed)
• Shots of Chris in urban location (These shots have Chris in colour, with background Black &White for the end of the video)

When I go in on Monday, as a group we can put all these shots over the top of the timeline, then solely focus on the last 30 seconds.

Individually one of my big chunks remaining is my print work, this needs to be fully completed before Tuesday, so far I am happy with how It looks. The front cover is now complete, with the pane advertising the website is also complete. The other two panes are not finished, and still not certain if they are the images used.

Digi-pak progress so far

JP: I worked on the studio paint footage today in After Effects. We wanted the footage to be black and white with the paint in colour so that the paint appears to be colouring him in to symbolise him become a happier person and editing this shot this way helps to convey this theme and make more sense of the narrative.

I tried a few different methods on After effects to colour just the paint however many attempts were ineffective, time consuming and difficult to do. The way I found to work most was by using the colour correction tool and two layers, one in black and white and another layer using the 'Leave Color' effects leaving only the selected colour and then using the settings to decolour the rest of the layer.

Group: Update 06-12-13

JP  I have done around four and a half hours editing today in my free periods and the timeline seems to be coming together quite well so we should be finished by the deadline of Tuesday. There are still some parts that need to be reviewed and organised but this will be easier after the weekend once we have all the correct colour edited clips on the timeline
Over the weekend Liam needs to finish editing shots in After Effects with Chris in black and white so that they can be put in the right places on the timeline and I need to use After Effects to edit the paint shots in different colours using 'keylight' to do this.
On Monday the main parts of the timeline we need to work on are the shot at 35 seconds, put in the coloured shot at 48 seconds, edit the clip at 1:13 and the section 1.23-1.31 in time with the music and organise and order the clips at 2.24-2.53.

I also need to work on and finish my print advertisement over the weekend

LB: Today we didn't have media, however I managed to go and join Joey editing for about two hours. The main thing to do today was to bring in a memory stick and put all of the remaining shots of Chris in the woods and take them home over the weekend to put through After Effects. The video is almost finished, the biggest thing that needs to be done is the last 30 seconds, this needs to be edited correctly. We also need to put the footage edited over the weekend in the timeline.

When I got home I started on some of the shots I had, theses shots included;

• Studio - Photoshop Balloon Shot
• ECU of Chris (Pull out to reveal Chris in woods)
• CU of Chris heavily breathing 
• Mid Shot of Chris holding balloons with others falling behind him
• Mid - Shot of balloons let go (to be reversed)

Group: Rough Cut #2 / Update 5-12-13

JP: We managed to do some more filming today and we are hoping that this will be the last time we need to film. Our plan was to re-shoot  the establishing shot on the roof as our original footage was a little bumpy and film some more footage of Chris in the location for the ending. We are going to edit the urban footage at the end so that Chris is in colour and the background is grey as we believe it will help to develop the narrative better and create more of a connection between the locations. We think this will help pull together the video as a whole.


LB: Today we filmed again in the morning, we planned for this to be our last shoot. We had planned to re-film the first shot of Chris looking over the city, as last time this shot has a bumpy pan. We also planned to film some new new different shots for our urban location, this included shots of Chris walking and standing looking upset in a mid-shot like our woodland footage.

Shot of Chris in Urban Location

As well as filming we have made another rough cut to see what we have left to do, most of the gaps have been filled since last time only leaving about 15 seconds, however there is a section that may be altered. All that remains now is that there are many shots of Chris in the woods that need to be put through After effects and put into Black and White using the 'Roto brush' Also making the final segment complete with cut down shots that go in time with the track.

Since last time there has been a big change, the opening sequence has been filmed and almost cut down properly, this section has also been put it and Black & White this makes the small narrative of colour complete.

1.Location and Chris in B&W = negative, washed out, upset
2. Woodland location = colour, nice place, exciting / Chris = B&W, upset
3.Chris changes when in woods, location = B&W / Chris = Colour

This whole colour idea has come instead of changing the feel of our video but reinforcing the brought up problem we faced off Chris showing no emotion. We have also changed the order of some of the shots, instead of going straight into our shots of characters when Chris first arrives. The video has come a long way in the last week, but we still have a lot of work to do before we have a finished video.

Things noticed After we watched rough cut:

• First shots - Not certain if these go here, need Bastille font to appear
• 0:21 - Random Cut of shot not needed
• 0:44 - This paint shot needs to be one rendered from After Effects (Shot is really jumpy)
• 0:52 - 1:00 - Not certain on theses shots, may be changed (too jumpy)
• 1:54 - 2:03 - This is where the footage is rewound fast
• (Last segment) - Needs to be fully edited





Group: Update 03-12-13

JP: We looked through the studio footage and edited footage and put them on the timeline. we reviewed the footage as a whole and got some feedback.

Some things that we know we need to do to our current footage. Is slow the beginning, re-shoot some of the urban footage, edit shots to the beat at a quicker cutting rate, intercut some shots, re order the footage revealing the woods and characters more slowly in a building crescendo.

I also need to edit the paint throwing shots on After Effects to change some colours so that we have more variety in our shots.

LB: We now have a week until the final deadline for print work and our final cut of the video. Today I had a first look at the studio footage and I am happy with what we have got, but again there is still a chance that we need another shoot before the final deadline. If we were to film again it would be for more urban footage, as that is something we are lacking on at the moment. After looking at  our timeline today I started to think about what else needed to be done.

• Woodland and Studio shots of Chris to be put into Black & White (This will be done at home on After Effects)
• Edit studio sequence (Disappearing colour of hands) and final 30 seconds
• Film Urban Footage 
• Re-position some shots

I also took some footage from the studio shoot home to put into After Effects, the shots were Chris looking at his hand, this shot is to slowly have Chris turning into colour to carry on and reinforce the conceptual side of the video. The other shot is the first shot after the footage is reversed, the shot works well with that part of the track. Here is a video of the shots I edited today.

Feedback - Mrs Fernandez

The studio footage looks really interesting, particularly the shot that Liam has edited in After Effects - I'm excited to review in class tomorrow.

The blog demonstrates excellent review of progress so far with print and video work - keep it up this week as you work towards deadline, particularly documenting use of ICT in production.

Group: Update 02-12-13

JP: We have been looking through the new footage from our studio shoot and I have been editing some shots and trying to place them in the timeline. The main problem we are facing with the shots is that filming the screen caused there to be some lines across most of the shots and there doesn't seem to be a way to edit them out. However, I have tried a few filters on Premiere that help to make the lines less obvious.

For example, in this shot of Chris' shadow I made it black and white, and added Luma key to increase the contrast. This made the coloured lines into greys and whites and the contrast made between the blacks and whites made them appear less obvious.

In some other shots, particularly ones where we want to keep colour it is more difficult to hide these lines. I have tried a few filters but it may look better to leave the lines in and keep the colours as part of the shot. As the shots are already colourful this doesn't look too out of place. We may however try filming a couple of the shots again with a different camera to see whether it will make a difference.

 

 

LB: Not In - University Interview 

 

CC: After reviewing the footage from the studio we found that there were lines across the shots when we filmed the projected shots onto the screen. After discussion we feel that this does not look out of place and has actually benefitted us due to the interesting effect it has had on the shots. Today I finished my print work and have been working on that. I completed the finishing touches by researching Bastille on Wikipedia and finding out who their labels are. I cut and pasted the images of the labels and used the 'Magic Wand Tool' to cut out the background of the images. I put both of the labels logos in the bottom right hand side of the advert.

LB: Print Update - 1-12-13

Today I decided to have another look at my print work and and make decisions about what images I am using. Due to uncertainty about the image of Chris holding the balloons I have decided to scrap the idea. The popular image was the Close Up of the mask. So I took this image into Photoshop and started to play with positing of the typography. I made seven rough Idea of positions of the font and will take them in and see what the group thinks. The Image I liked the most was the cover with just the Bands Image 'The Triangle', I slightly edited the Triangle so it was more appropriate for the cover, this was just done by adjusting the brightness and applying a default effect 'Sprayed Strokes'

Digi-Pak Front Cover

This is a Pane Idea I have had and will probably be used for the final digi-pak. I am pleased with how it turned out, it gives a strong link to the video without it being too direct. Bastilles albums usually dedicate a single pane for there website. Because of the huge rise in Web 2.0 and how how easy it is to get what you want online, the music industry has started to use websites and social media to sell their track. The image is a screenshot of a shot originally used to project. I then used the same process as other print work, Creating two layers, duplicating the image and making the top one black and white, then selected the areas I wanted in colour by erasing the top layer revealing the image with colour. I then altered the colours and contrast, and applied a small effect.

Pane Idea - Website Promotion 

I have also made a mock up of a back cover, the Image I have chosen is a photo that was taken from our first woodland shoot, the photo includes our main character being both present and absent, which is an Idea we have played on throughout our concept. The Image is a lot brighter then the other panes despite the bright colours used in the other pictures. This would have the track names on the back as well as the "Thanks" that are usually found on the Bastille album, I have roughly put the record label logo and band logo on the pane. 

Rough Back Cover Idea