Behind The Scenes

As well as making the actual video we took images and video of the behind the scenes. In the video below we have just put in altogether with the song playing in the background. The content is from a variety of shoots we did in Greenwich and when we shot the band shots in Woolwich.

Creative Arts Evening

Last night on the 20/03/12 we had a arts and media evening at our school for sixth form, this involved people buying a ticket and coming to see the Media music videos that had been produced along with Photography, dance. music ect that was all displayed. Overall i think it went very well for our group everyone we asked loved our video and gave us feedback which i shall included in a wordle on evaluation question number 3. I was very nervous before our video got shown on the big screen for a number of reasons, mostly because the audience were mostly parents and we'd not really got their feedback before about anything to do with the project. However they gave the best feedback i think as they said it brought back a sense of nostalgia with all the memories of there first love, especially because of the black and white flashbacks and good structured narrative.

Below is an image of Me, Gemma and Luke, giving a little presentation to the audience for the video was shown explaining what it was about.

Re - Shoot

Recently we went back to Greenwich to do some filming to improve our video, this is because of some of the critical feedback we got the other day. While in Greenwich we filmed more flashbacks from a variety of locations of Gemma and Jamie's past relationship, hopefully by doing this the audience will understand their relationship and why the lead male is still in love with her and misses her by showing he is willing to sit on the corner where they met waiting for the girl.

We also filmed some more of the lead male sitting on the corner. The weather wasn't great as it was raining however i feel this shows just how long he is willing to sit there for plus it fits with the lyric 'gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows'. The main reason we filmed more of Jamie just sitting on the corner was because we need to show the time he'd been there for, so the weather helped, we brought and rucksack and sleepingbag to make it more realistic, we also filmed more just naturally of people walking past and Jamie looking around anxious waiting for his girl, we can up with the idea of maybe adding in a time lapse to show movement and time flying past Jamie while he still waits patiently.

One other thing we just decided to re - shot amount ourselves was the scene outside Bexleyheath library where the lead female is given the newspaper by one of her friends. This was purely because a tripod wasn't used the first time round meaning is as a bit shaky. Now it is smooth and will be more enjoyable for the audience to watch and look more professional.

Video feedback

Recently we showed our music video to the rest of our media class (who can be part of the target audience due to the age of them). The overall feedback was positive and we saw the way people reacted to the video. Majority of them felt sorry for the lead boy which is the reception theory we were aiming for. Some boys also admitted to a sense of nostalgia as they had been through what the guy was emotional feeling. The audience liked that we have pushed any conventions with the video and how followed the lyrics closely making it easier to understand the narrative and concept of the video. Some critical feedback mentioned are listed below:

• There isn't enough flashbacks about the couples previous relationship. By doing this it will be easier for the audience to understand how much the girl means to the boy and that he can't get over her. 
• Not enough band shots from the start of the video.
• We need to use the split screen effect more so that it becomes a motif.   
• Some of the shots are too long and can be very boring, so we need to cut some of the clips shorter to up the tempo of the video.
• It needs to seem like the lead boy has been waiting for the girl for a long time so someone suggested that he have a sleeping bag with a sign and a big picture of Gemma, this will also fit with the lyrics.

Final ancillary drafts

After a lot of thought and feedback from our members in my group, i have decided to use my draft design one's for my ancillary tasks. This is because i feel that the first draft i come up with are the ones i really believe in. My creativity skills are tested to try and create two or three more designs after all my passion and initial ideas went into my very first draft. I think my first designs are the strongest and show what layout and content i was trying to portray the best.

Ancillary photography (studio)

On Friday (24/2/12) i went into the studio with the band to take some more photography for our ancillary By taking some more images it gives us more options and makes the ancillary tasks look more interesting.

Feedback for my ancillary tasks

Today i got feedback from the rest of my group and from my teachers. There were a few improvements that i personally needed to do but also as a group, these include:

• A different font on my music magazine advert. As the font verdana is to professional and doesn't go with our urban theme. It also shouldn't be used on adverts as it isn't easy on the eye and wont persuade the audience to buy the single. 
• We all need to decided on the style of the font for 'The Script' so that they are all the same. For example Gemma put a lot of stroke on her text, i only had it a little bit whereas Luke didn't put any on, so that it becomes part of our codes and conventions. 
• I also need to include a copyright paragraph on all of my products, to make them more conventional to real media texts. 

I am grateful for all the feedback and shall get on with editing my ancillary tasks according to the improvements.