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"One time, I woke up because I was really hungry, but I couldn't find anything to eat, so I went back to bed" - Who... Me?!

Today we decided to film our music video, although we were uncertain weather we were going to finish the whole video. We contacted Tom Woolston to make his way for 12:30 so that we could begin shooting before dusk, and Lauren was unavailable until 15:00 so we decided that we were going to film Tom's solo scenes first, and then film the scenes with Lauren/Tom, then Lauren's solo scenes. We enlisted the help of Beans (Zeinab Jobber) for the inside of a home for Tom's scenes. We also decided to enlist the help of Matthew Nyugen who had advanced skills with filming with the NIKON D90. We finished filming our music video around 16:30, in which we completed a huge majority of the scenes apart from the close-up guitar scene. We came across many problems within this day. Firstly we came across the problem that the tripod did not work properly so we could not have steady footage, so I decided to go to the Art Department to borrow their tripod, we also did not realise that we could borrow a dolly for our footage, so we used our own hands for the tracking shots. We had to be careful about how many times we played the song because the batteries for the docking station we used were not too powerful, and we did not have spare batteries. The battery from the Nikon D90 almost ran out also, so had to be careful about the shots we took. We knew we were going to have problems when shooting at the DLR stations because of security issues, so we decided that we were going to shoot a majority of the scenes in the park. We also reevaluated the music video, and decided special effects isn't really ideal for folk music videos, because they are more natural.

It was too dark by the time we wanted to shoot Tom's close-up scene, and we already knew we were going to have problems when it came to shooting at Shadwell station, so I decided that we should shoot it under the tunnel that had efficient light and we didn't need permission to shoot there.

We used the Nikon D90, iPod touch for the song, iPad for our storyboard and a tripod.

We came to the conclusion that we were going to have to shoot the guitar close-up without Tom, because he didn't really know how to play the guitar.

We asked Tom to actually sing, so that the negative lip synching mannerisms did not creep it, which worked really well, apart from the last scene.

Equipment: Tripod, Nikon D90, Guitar, Coins, Guitar Case, iPod, iPad, Docking Station, Mobile Phones and Coffee Cups

Today I learnt how to use Final cut pro as part of my photography exam, which is essential to our music video. I will teach partner James how to use this software efficiently.

Today I worked with James to ensure we completed our survey for our first draft storyboard, our final draft storyboard and also our schedule, and we are happy to say we have completed this.

This is our schedule in which we have created for our music video process, all through the filming to the editing process so that we could keep to a set time. Our deadline for the first draft is the December 2^nd 2011, but we aim to complete our final draft by that day. We will work hard to ensure we reach our self deadlines.

To make sure our storyboard was to a good standing, we asked people on to analyze the video, and give us possible suggestions. Some of the suggestions were unimportant with the genre of our music video, but one of them was vital, and helped us when it came to us changing our storyboard for our final product. When I carried out this audience survey I was trying to find out what my audience felt about the video, and any changes I could make to the storyboard so that my final video would be a good one. This is turn would help me with my music video as I will know what I need to make a good music video.

Today James and I discussed what we did not like about our music video, and we have started mapping out what we think would work well, and what we think will not work well. Tomorrow I have educational duties, so I cannot be in. So the next time James and I will meet is Monday 14th November 2011, and we will continue our discussions and our lists.

Today we researched our Youtube video to see if there were any copyright issues, but successfully we have not come across any, and currently have 46 views for our first draft storyboard.

I have come across trouble with our music video, due to me undertaking an exam next week, and preperation for the exam this week, so we have decided to postpone the video-shoot for two weeks.

Today James and I have had a meeting about our video, we have come across the decision that we will use some of our friends in our classes to be pedestrians in the music our music video.

Andrew Goodwin is a theorist, and his theory highlights the key components that create a music video which consist of intertextual references, voyeurism and a relationship between the music/lyrics and visuals. My chosen songs lyrics are hard to decipher to an extent, but if you listen to it enough you understand that the song scripts the lead singer singing about a girl that he likes, this is illustrated in the fading of actors when they are about to encounter each other this forms a non-linear narrative. Amongst having a non-linear narrative we also have a solo performance from our artist outside, which also features him ‘busking’. The busking goes against the conventions of folk/rock music videos, as in those videos we traditionally see live performances or staged ones. The genre our artist belongs too is not too common amongst people, so there are very few known indie-folk artists, but some are Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird and Alexi Murdoch. There are similarities between artists that belong to the genre of my artist; such as they wear the same clothes that the average man would wear, nothing too extravagant, and nothing too expensive. Another similarity is that they often play the guitar, and most of their music videos are commonly from concerts, not much narrative within them. The main focus of this artist does not to seem too manufactured, but to give off a natural feel, so that the audience can connect to them, and listen to their music rather than focusing on the exterior of the person. We decided that our music video would consist of various different close-ups; so that the audience can capture emotion, as well as close-ups of the guitar to make the music video feel much more mellow. We have decided to filter the use of heavy intertextuality due to the reason we want a natural feel, and have the audience focus heavily on the music and the narrative.

-SURVEY

We soon after remembered that a friend of ours Thomas Woolston wanted to be in our group before he left our college, has music video experience and is also an actor so we asked him to be our lead singer within our music video, Tom gladly accepted the opportunity.

Soon after we had to find a female actress, to play the love interest. We had a really hard time trying to find the actress, but then we understood that the drama department had really good actresses, so we asked A student Lauren Gallagher to star in our music video, and she gladly said that she would help us.

I have now taken images of my main actors, in black and white. This will provide a brief preview and resume of them.

Today I shall add finishing touches to my blog, create a survey and also make sure that I email Mr Hitchinson for permission to borrow a guitar for our music video.

We have planned our video shoot over the span of a week; we have already decided that our photo shoots will occur in the area of Shadwell. We are currently in winter and the weather can be unpredictable, so changes to the schedule may occur if it is a rainy day. We will check forecasts for weather reports.

Tuesday 8^th November 2011

On this day we plan to take scenes of the environment, we have chosen to take scenes of the environment because of the reason that Tom will be very busy with his college schedule. We may also take scenes that we may be able to incorporate into our music video, such as establishing shots.

Thursday 10^th November 2011

On this day we plan to take a majority of Lauren Gallagher’s walking scene , due to Tom being busy yet again. We may choose to add additional actors from the Drama department so that it could add a feel that is much more realistic, possibly have people shove her.

Friday 11^th November

On this day we will choose to do the majority of the scenes that solely consist if just Tom. We will finish of a huge majority of the shoots.

Monday 14^th November

On this day we will choose to film the final scene between Lauren and Tom, where Lauren fades away as Tom is still there, realising that the whole encounter was all a dream.

After we have finished the shoots, we intend to spend two weeks in the Mac room, in our own time and lesson time editing the video, we will then make a rough copy. After we have created a rough copy, we will then receive feedback and then create our final piece.

"If you can dream it, you can do it."- Walt Disney

This image is unrelated to work, but this image is basically one of the best footballers in the world, saying he is better than his rival footballer Lionel Messi , and if you add basically his teams whole midfield and attack force they will equal him. This got me to thinking, when Cristiano Ronaldo was just a random player wanting to be great, and now he has achieved greatness, by thinking he could do it. This is in relation to something I was reading called the Law Of Attraction, where thinking postively brings positive thought towards life. I have chosen to adapt this in my life for some time, and it really does work, although many people will dismiss me as weird and stupid. Below is a brief video of Will Smith mentioning it, its just food for thought, anyway goodnight and back to work next time.

They aspire me to work harder and fulfill my goals.

Today I shall be updating my blog, finish up my research to make sure I have a solid blog

We will be using various pieces of equipment, so today we have booked them.

"Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. "- John D. Rockerfeller

This is the storyboard we created that will influence possible themes within the actual music video. We gathered pictures that may relate to the genre, or our perception of the star image

"the greatest prison is the subconscious mind" M.K.I.

Throughout our whole video we will be enabling split screen editing, so we will have two separate narratives for both the male performer and female love interest. They will meet together at the end of the video to combine their narratives together, although the camera will still be rolling where our male performer previously was before.

Male) Establishing shot: performer leaving a cafe with guitar. He is holding coffee cup

Male) Close-Up: takes ipod out of pocket, searches and plays cold coffee song. Music then starts.
Female) Mid-shot: woman walking down the street towards the camera.

Male) close-up: male performer singing as he is walking to his spot on the street where he is going to be busking.
Female) Over-the-shoulder: looks in the shop window and see’s his (male-performer's) reflection, looks back and then there is nobody there.

Male) long-shot: Sits down and begins busking, with his guitar case open.
Close-up some money thrown in.
Female) Rear angle shot of her walking

Male) Long-shot zooms into a Mid shot of male performer still busking.
Female) close-up: her face looking emotional as she see's male performer.
Point of view shot of female looking at performer

Male) High-angle shot: Notices female approaching him. Cuts to Close-up shot of Nervous facial expression
Female) Tracking shot: female walking towards performer. Cuts to
Close up: Her foot knocking down the cup of coffee he left on the floor.

It will continue with them looking at each-other, coming close to eachother and then the girl disappears, in which we then see the main character play his guitar.

I emailed WMG to ask for permission to use their song.

Born: Edward Christopher Sheeran
D.O.B: 17/02/1991
Origin: Halifax, United Kingdom
Hair Colour: Ginger

Ed Sheeran is a singer and songwriter in which his genres have a huge range, he does Folk rock, acoustic, hip-hop and Grime. Sheeran has been active since 2005 where he began recording music for his first EP: The Orange Room. He soon after moved to London and began to play gigs for small amounts of people, as little as five sometimes, whilst in London he auditioned for now defunct television show Britannia High.
In 2009 he played 312 gigs, because he wanted to do more than James Morrison who had done 200 gigs. He released many more EPs with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Want some?, You Need Me, Loose Change, Songs I wrote with Amy and Thank You.
Ed Sheeran broke into mainstream success with his current album + when it spawned singles such as 'The A Team' and 'You need me, I don't need you'.
Before getting signed he made friends with Jamie Foxx, who asked him to stay at his house, and record whilst he was in America.
His fanbase grew with his Youtube account where more and more people saw him.
Nowadays his is associated with acts such as Elton John, James Morrison, Example, Devlin, Wiley, Sway, Yasmin and Wretch 32, most of which are urban acts.He has also received praise by then England captain Rio Ferdinand.