Monday 29th November-Rejected footage and pictures

We were going to use this image for a chorus when spelling out the lyrics ' and the love kickstarts again'. However, one of the team members managed to mispell the word 'starts' and so when we came to drag it into final cut pro we noticed it said 'stars' and that we wouldnt be able to use it. Therefore we had to re-shoot.


We initially had this image as part of a stop motion sequence. However we found it too difficult to move all the sweets to the exact places so it was effective, therefore we decided not to use it.


Again this was going to be part of a stop motion sequence spelling out the chorus, however the camera wasnt in focus and so the footage was blurred. We then re shot this sequence properly.

Thursday 18th November

Today we finished editing as we had two gaps to fill with footage. Then we were refining the rest of the footage that was already in place. We also continued to work on photoshop, creating our poster and we plan to begin making the cd cover. As we were making the poster we also researched into Examples official promotional advertisement to get some inspiration .

This is one of Examples cd covers to advertise their album 'kickstarts. We took the colour of his hood and used it as the colour of our writing for our poster.

We also got our teacher Mr Lewis, to look at our video once we had finished it. He said we had some good footage but that one of our sequences was too long. So we shortened it and added in another clip with a 'ripple dissolve' so it looked like a flashback.

Monday 15th November

Today we uploaded all of our new footage we had filmed at the weekend onto the mac and begun to edit it and work it into our timeline. Whilst we were out filming we also took pictures of Gabi and Alex in different locations to use for the digi pack. We started to edit one of the pictures we thought was suitable for either the poster or the c.d cover. Also we took some pictures of lovehearts in a heart and arrow shape that we could use for the c.d.

This is the picture we thought would be suitable to use in the digi pack as its a simple but effective picture as it shows clearly their relationship. If we use this image we will then have to add some promotional literature; for example the date the album is out, the song title and the name of the artist.

Sunday 14th November

Today we met in the center of Manchester to film some more of our narrative footage. We started at Picadilly Gardens, filming several shots of Gabi and Alex walking towards each other on the walkway that runs across the gardens. We had problems with people walking into the shots and pigeons flying across the camera, but in the end we managed to get some good footage. We also took some pictures of Gabi and Alex stood in front of the fountains for possible poster/ cd cover images.

We then walked through the arndale and filmed the couple walking down the main steps outside. We then got some more walking shots next to the Urbis for the start of the music video. We also filmed the couple sat at a table outside starbucks, and zooming into the eyes to relate to some lyrics in the song. We also filmed the 360 degree head spin.

Overall it was a successful day of filming and we got some good footage.

Thursday 11th November

Today we added more of our footage which we had filmed at Justines house and down her street to the timeline. We then continued to edit the footage where convenient and to the beat of the song. At this point we realised by looking at our timeline, that we didn't have enough of the narrative footage therefore we planned to film on Sunday 14th November.

Monday 8th November

Today we had got back to the editing stage but without one of our group member, Gabbi. All though we had started editing, we had encountered a problem with the time line because it was moving the recording scenes to a different place which meant they were off beat. Mr Reeh had helped us with the problem so we could carry on. We started to put more footage on the time line and edited specific parts to specific places which we had planned from our actual story board. for e.g. the washing line saying "I LOVE YOU" and also the part where Gabbi and Alex are having there dinner. We used speed motion today on some of our footage giving it a little touch to the footage, and its looking good so far.

Thursday 4th November

Today we had the song on a USB therefore we were able to add the song to the timeline and continue editing but more accurately this time due to having the music which meant we could edit to the beat.
we also took a look at our stop motion images and began to edit these into the time line aswell for the chorus's .