Website in development

So during today's lesson I've been working on my website and adding more features while I wait for the opportunity to take some photos of the band. I've finally managed to add some screen shots of the video to the 'Gallery' page, put in functioning twitter, facebook and myspace links on the 'contact' page as well as setting up an email account for fans to send fan mail to the band (giversmusic@hotmail.com) Which has been tested and works! 

There is also now a logo of 'Glassnote Records', which is the label that GIVERS are signed to anyway, and have featured this to give the website a more realistic feel. I've also started to tie in themes between the music video and the website. The main background is of balloons, a key feature that will appear throughout all tasks, and the colour orange, which can be found as a tint throughout the music video, and in balloon colour, and also within the design colours of the website, including font colour.

I've also added in a soundcloud track on the 'Home' page of a different song so to keep fans interested and excited about the band and it's potential next release. The 'Lyrics' page is almost complete, depending whether I decide to include more songs or not, currently there are 3 song lyrics up ('Up, up up' the music video lyrics, 'Atlantic' and 'Saw You First')

I've also updated the 'About the Band' page by including a introductory paragraph about the band in general, and then I shall include photos of individual members and some basic information about each member. I've seen this on several other band websites, specially The Wanted's website. (I would link the page, but you have to be a member to see the content)

On this screen grab you can see a clear image of the member, Nathan, a short bio about himself, his twitter page information, his 'wall' and photos and videos about himself. In the top right hand corner there is also links/photos of the other band members. Although on this page there is a considerable amount of information about the band member, I shall be including a main photo and a short bio, possibly written by the actor themselves as if to give the impression that he/she is talking directly to the fans, giving the band's audience more satisfaction from visiting the page.

Mise en scene in a CAR

So whilst fine combing through my music video I noticed that the "in car scene" was a bit dark, so you couldn't see the strategically placed mise en scene to make my mum's car more of a young boy's car. I placed a rugby ball, several hoodies, a rucksack, a girl's handbag and makeup splayed across the back seats. By editing the contrast and brightness you can now see some of the props I've placed, which hopefully will have the desired effect of suggesting this is Billy's (The boyfriend) car.

And in today's lesson..

I THINK I finished my music video?! However, I still would like to get the opinions of teachers, class mates and non-media students in case there are errors or improvements that could be made. I've just finished editing all scenes colour by saturation, contrast, brightness and tinting orange. Hopefully this is it for the music video, and I'll be uploading a copy of the "maybe finished" version soon. I'm waiting so I can upload it to Vimeo though, because I would like the best quality of footage to be judged, since YouTube cuts down on quality. 
Watch out for the video and please comment your opinions! All criticisms are welcome!

and again!

To keep a summery vibe throughout the music video I've now decided to alter the colour of almost every single shot, I've just tested it out with the 'scenery' shot and I think the effect is great.

The shots, although good, were lacking in colour and vibrance, and to really get my audience in a happy summer mood I've changed the tint, to an orange, and saturated the photo to the maximum allowed, and here is the results!


BEFORE:

AFTER:

Editing againn

So todays lesson I've been tried to add another "light leak" effect on to my music video, but more colourful. I had the same issue with opacity so by changing that down to '35', you're still able to see the footage and the light leaks.

I wanted this effect so that the footage would look more summery and have a happier vibe to the music video. With the light leaks being bright colours such as yellows, oranges, reds, pinks and purples, I'm hoping the audience will feel happier and and 'lighter'. I just want a fun atmosphere, and I think the light leaks will help achieve that.

Audience Response to the Draft!

So earlier today I recorded a first response of an audience watching my draft, overall they seemed to really enjoy it so far, which is good!

   

                                      

There are some sections which are a tad long and not as interesting, but hopefully today I'll start editing these to make them better!

Draft 1 of my music videoo :D

Here it is! My first draft of my music video, Givers - Up up up!

Editing againnn

So I've found some clips to create a "camera light leak" effect, but unfortunately, with the base colour of those being black, it cuts out the rest of the footage when overlapped. I've tried to correct this by using the brightness and contrast wheel on the base footage, along side the 'arithmetic' effect by using an orange tint. Although the footage now is dimmer than previously desired, I think if I can edit all the factors enough, I might solve my problem. 

Editing Updates

Been a while since my last blog post, but that's because I've been out filming, like a very busy bee. All the filming is officially over! The final day of it with Taylor and Billy went perfectly, weather held until the very last shot, and unfortunately got a tad foggy, but otherwise I got all the shots I wanted and more!

The long and testing task of editing has now begun also. To start with I just wanted to have all the video footage in place, so I didn't have to worry about cutting to the beat later. I've the last 20 seconds to complete and then I can start adding my effects! 
I have already done a small amount of editing, by using a spilt screen technique during a chorus.

I'm working on trying to get my hands of a 'camera light leak' effect also for the tent sequences, or during the zoo, but so far that's proving unsuccessful.

To be continued..