Deleting and replacing shots..

Opening credits/titles

As I have seen on various other music videos, opening titles are included at the beginning of the music video often including the band or artists name, as well as the name of the song that the video is based on. To ensure the music video is realistic and contemporary I also decided to include the titles. In order to do this on iMovie I had to:

The image above shows that I selected the 'T' from the right side of the page on iMovie which seemed self explanatory to allow text to be inserted. This displayed these boxes below that meant I could decide how I wanted the text to approach the page.


















'Show Fonts' allowed me to change the font style of the text, so that it looks suitable to the video...

These were the fonts that I was able to choose from for selecting 'Show Fonts' as well as the colour and size:

Other than all of the text being included, this is how the titles now appear on the music video...

Including the band name, and (although not seen on this picture) the song that the music video is based on!

Shooting Script #3

Obviously whilst I have been recording with my group, the shooting script has been changed and altered slightly..which is what I expected. However, I have kept an update of how the shooting script has changed throughout the process of constructing our film so that I can upload this more up to date one:

Shot number: 1
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Panning
Shot content: Woods, i.e. trees/grass/sky etc - also includes opening credits


Shot number: 2
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Max's fist clenched


Shot number: 3
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Close up
Shot content: Blood fingers on wall


Shot number: 4
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Close up, gradullay extreme close up
Shot content: Max opening his eyes



Shot number: 5
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Wide shot
Shot content: Max following/grabbing Fran

Shot number: 6
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot/wide shot
Shot content: Reverse shot of Fran releasing from Max


Shot number: 7
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Tracking
Shot content: Laurie (me) walking in the woods


Shot number: 8
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Tracking
Shot content: Max grabbing Laurie



Shot number: 9
Location: School
Camera angle/composition: Mid close up
Shot content: Max almost biting Jodie


Shot number: 10
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Panning circular
Shot content: All 3 of us, myself, Fran and Jodie sitting in chairs back to back


Shot number: 11
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Rope wide around Jodie's wrists


Shot number: 12
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Rope getting tighter around Jodie's wrists


Shot number: 13
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Rope getting wider (again) around Jodie's wrists


Shot number: 15
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Rope crossed over Jodie's wrists


Shot number: 16
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Rope tied around Jodie's wrists


Shot number: 17
Location: School
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Hand, with blood, hitting the wall


Shot number: 18
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Extreme close up
Shot content: Finger on lips


Shot number: 19
Location: Bathroom
Camera angle/composition: Over shoulder shot - gradually becomes extreme close up (as Fran turns round)
Shot content: Fran looking in the mirror, slowly turns round


Shot number: 20
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Close up, to extreme close up (zoom)
Shot content: Jodie's eyes


Shot number: 21
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Blood hand hits wall (different shot to 17)


Shot number: 22
Location: Drama room
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Dance


Shot number: 23
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot to close up
Shot content: Hand dragging blood across the wall


Shot number: 24
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Fran releasing from Max


Shot number: 25
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Close up
Shot content: Fran turns around *breaking the fourth wall*


Shot number: 26
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Mid shot
Shot content: Laurie looks at the camera *breaking the fourth wall*


Shot number: 27
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Mid close up
Shot content: Laurie and Fran make eye contact with the camera


Shot number: 28
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Panning circular
Shot content: Camera pans circular around Max who stands still


Shot number: 29
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Extreme close up
Shot content: Eyes looking left to right


Shot number: 30
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Extreme close up
Shot content: Jodie's fangs


Shot number: 31
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Close up
Shot content: Jodie walking towards the camera


Shot number: 32
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Extreme close up
Shot content: Jodie's face close up in the camera


Shot number: 33
Location: Stage
Camera angle/composition: Extreme close up
Shot content: Jodie's eyes


Shot number: 34
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Tracking
Shot content: Max running away from the camera


Shot number: 35
Location: Woods
Camera angle/composition: Tracking
Shot content: Camera following Max as he walks backwards

This is an unfinished shooting script as there are few other shots to be filmed and adjusted in the editing process!

Results from the 'band name' poll.

As the results show, 10 people chose to take part in the poll..five of which chose the band name 'In Cold Blood', two voted 'Rush' and 'Revolution' and only one person voted for 'Broken'.

This suggests that the public favour the band name we also preferred, therefore the chosen band name that will be included on the two ancillary tasks and the credits will e 'In Cold Blood'.

Band Name!

Throughout the following week, myself and my group are going to begin looking at our Ancillary tasks. As these consist of a Digipak and a Magazine cover it's important that we decide on a name for our band.
Considering we are an indie rock band that recognizably use elements of the gothic and vampire genre, we wanted to choose a band name that suited this and allowed us to portray a somewhat destructive and creepy feel to our fans...

Below is the spider diagram we created for the various band names we were choosing from:

The names we came up with were:
- Fragments
- Rush
- Cut off
- Sheer
- In Cold Blood
- Rocks
- Divide
- Shatter
- Broken
- Rebellious
- Generation
- Revolution

Although we had so many names to choose from, we all instantly agreed that 'In Cold Blood' was the most suitable name for our band genre and style, we mainly liked this name as it seemed best suited for the music video we are in the process of creating - including a cold hearted feel and quite a use of blood (fake). The Digipak's and Magazines too will have a similar gothic feel about them and this name seemed to match our theme really well. As well as this, the one word names didn't really appeal to us as  they seemed too simplistic and we wanted a memorable name for our fans.

Despite having agreed between the three of us, I thought it was important to get the public's opinion too, so I created a survey online which I posted on my Twitter feed so that people could access it and see what band name they preferred too...
I narrowed the choices down to four favourites so that it was easier to refine the information received:
Please view the survey here I will regularly be checking the results of the survey so that the public's preference can be posted at a later date.

Examples of editing

Although I have worked on iMovie during my AS production, I have learnt new skills and features on the program that I wasn't already familiar with; each of which have allowed me to edit the filming to a more professional level.

The photographs below explain how I have edited various aspects of the video and why:

Reversing shots is an effective edit as it allows shots to be played in sequence of how it is recorded, or in the opposite direction - in the music video so far, the shot of Fran being held by Max is being used is played firstly in a reversed shot to suggest 'being captured' however later in the music video it is played in the correct order 'setting free'.

In order to reverse the shot:

- Right click the chosen shot

- Select 'Clip Adjustments'

This is an example of the shot before it was reversed:

and this is the shot when it has been reversed

- Convert the entire clip selected to enable this feature below:

As you can see above, converting the clip allows the 'Reverse' option to be ticked - meaning the shot can be played in reverse to it's original format.

Because of the majority of shots having a lot of background noise, as I said in the 'day five of filming' entry, other students were in the hall due to an after school club and many shots included us discussing filming whilst recording which meant the filming has needed to be muted so the song can be played as the main sound.

Right clicking and selecting 'clip adjustments' (as highlighted in the editing example above) takes me to this box again, however rather than selecting the 'Clip' tab, I have selected the 'Audio' tab - this is because the volume is an aspect of the clip audio. The volume is automatically set as 100%, however by click and dragging the volume cursor, I can take the volume down to 0%, meaning it has been entirely muted.

The pace of shots is significantly important in the editing process for successful and effective portrayal of shots and it's content. For example, filming a person running at a normal pace would not work as effectively as it would if it was faster (to create anticipation) or slower (to prepare the viewer for an upcoming fast paced shot) etc. Having a variety of paced shots keeps the viewers intrigued by what they are watching and to create several moods i.e. anticipation, fear, sympathy...

Right clicking and choosing 'clip adjustments' opens this box which allows the speed of the shot to be changed, under the 'clip' tab, the higher percentage of the speed (see below 50%) determines the faster pace, and lower percentage meaning slower pace...

The contrast of colours and saturation in music videos can be considered as quite a significant aspect as it can imply the genre that the artist/band is basing their music around. Stereotypically blue colours are associated with melancholy and sad music, white to exemplify purity and red and black (which we are aiming for) connote evil, danger and gothic elements.
In order to change the colour of an individual shot on iMovie I had to do the following:

Right click the chosen clip and select 'Clip Adjustments' - this simply means I am making an adjustment to the clip to change the appearance of it's content.

Choose the 'Video' tab, as this type of editing concerns the video content rather than the clip itself or the audio. This takes me to the box below, allowing me to alter the colours to my preference:

If a clip needs to be trimmed by very few seconds if not less than a second, it's easier to insert the entire clip to the storyboard part of iMovie, where it will be used as part of the music video and then choose which part of the clip to trim rather than select a specific amount of the clip from the selection in the bottom half of the page. Trimming clips is done by:

Right click, and select 'Clip trimmer'

The chosen clip appears below where I can click and drag how much of the clip I want to keep NOT delete!
The clip was trimmed here specifically as it looked like I was standing waiting for Fran to say 'Action' which made it look unrealistic.

EDITING UPDATE ON 21/03/2013
Today I learnt  how to 'crop' the content of individual shots, on one of the shots we had already recorded and put onto iMovie, Fran realised that my fingers were noticeable (this was whilst tying up Jodie's hands) so we decided that it would be best to crop my fingers out, for continuity purposes and to ensure it looked realistic.
To crop, I had to right click the selected clip and choose 'Cropping and rotation':

This took me here, where I could choose which amount of the clip I wanted included in the green square. What is included in the green square is what remains in the clip, NOT what is deleted:

Although it is quite difficult to see here, I have cropped out where my finger was visible in the clip!

Day five - filming

Filming friday 8th march from Laurie95