Production Diary

21st September - Marcus, Max and I pitched our songs to each other and we discussed what we disliked and liked about them and talked about possible ideas if we were to use the song.

22nd September - We pitched the songs to the class to see what they thought about our song choices and our ideas for locations, lighting etc.. They gave us good positive feedback and feedback to help us make our decision.

23rd September - We started to put together our ideas for our song choice, we came up with a range of locations we could film in, what clothes we are going to wear and how the actual music video is going to be put together. We then made a start on our storyboard.

24th September - I made a calendar on what days we could do filming and where we are gong, we agreed on Thursday 1st October to go to Southend and Saturday 10th October to go to London, we talked about props and needed a projector so we went to the network managers and managed to get a working projector for our video.  Max and Marcus carried on with the storyboard.

25th September - We spent this lesson getting more of our storyboard done, we managed to complete 50 shots on it.

28th September -  We came up with the name of our band which is Loud Summit, Marcus then created the logo for our band which is a mountain with L and S in it. We carried on with our storyboard.

29th September - I did the website research and looked at similar artists/bands, I looked at artic monkeys, kings of Leon, imagine dragons and the kooks. Marcus looked at similar bands digipaks to get some ideas on how to make our digipaks looks. Max did research into similar bands to look our looks and their videos. We also did our risk assessment for filming on Thursday.

1st October - We went to Southend for out first bit of filming for our flashbacks. We filmed shots on the beach, in the lift, and in the arcade. We used a variety of different camera shots and at different angles so when it comes to editing we can merge loads of shots together.

2nd October - We had Pete Fraser come in and help us with our music video planning, he gave us some tips on how to make our blogs and videos good. Jake told us about his experience in the media/music industry and how he worked his way up to be a professional editor of many famous songs such as let me entertain you by Robbie Williams. In the afternoon we did performances mimicking this song, we had face paint on and used actual instruments, this allowed us to get a feel of what performing is really like.

5th October - Max put the footage onto the computer ready for editing, which will be edited once we've done the London shots. We also had to change our date for filming in London to the 15th October because Saturday was no longer available for all of us. I carried on doing website research and setting up the layout of our website. Marcus chased up the theatre to see if it was available to use.

6th October - We had to carry on with our storyboard to get it finished for our filming.

8th October - We done our risk assessment for London filming. We then did our practice lip syncing videos of our song.

9th October -  We spent this lesson editing our Robbie Williams footage together and blogging about Pete Fraser. this allowed us to get more experience into editing music videos together.

12th October - We heard back from the theatre and it was to expensive for us to film in as it was 100 pound an hour so we had to think of an alternative, so we went and looked at our school hall to see if it was possible to use it. We spent time looking at the lighting in the hall.

13th October -  We did our photo-shoot in the green screen room just to get an idea on what image we are looking for, we also looked up similar band photos to get inspiration. Marcus also did the letter to the artist requesting permission to use their song.

15th October -  We spent the day in London filming more shots for our flashback montage, we went to embankment, convent garden, shard and canary wharf and got loads of different shots. 

16th October - we uploaded our footage and started editing it together as a group, max also did the steel o matic whilst me and Marcus went and got a massive piece of wood for our backboard for the flash back, we painted it white.

19th October-  Marcus did the annotated timeline of lyrics whilst me and Max blogged.

20th October -  Me and Marcus got a big piece of wood that we painted white for our background when filming our performance, Max finished editing the flashback footage for out performance.

22nd October -  the three of us spent the whole day filming our performance, we set up primmer hall with the drum kit and the microphones and guitars, we decided not to use the white board as it wasn't big enough so we used the curtains to project our flashback onto. we used 5 cameras in different angles, we filmed close ups of all of us using a rip stick skateboard to create smooth shots. We got a few people to come in a sit down so we could film it like a theatre watching out performance. We had to set up our lighting using the light board. We found this very useful cause we used different lighting effects to make each shot look different.

23rd October - We put our footage onto the computer and had a look what we had and then began to edit it.

26th October - Marcus started on the digipak and I started on the Website whilst Max did the steel O matic.

27th October - Me and Marcus played around with some of the images that we could use on the digipak and he came up with some other song names to put on it, Max carried on editing steel O matic and our video.

29th October - I decided we needed to do another photoshoot as we didn't have enough photos that i could use for the website so we decided to do that the following day, I carried on with the website and Marcus carried on with the digipak and Max carried on with editing.

30th October - We did our second photoshoot using locations outside to make them look more realistic.

2nd November- I used photoshop to edit some of these photos changing the colour, the saturation etc, so I could use them on the website. Max and Marcus carried on with digipak and editing.

3rd November - I wasn't here so Max and Marcus went to a local club and filmed the breakdown of Marcus in there.

4th November - I wasn't here again but I carried on with the website, and Max and Marcus carried on editing footage.

5th November - I set up a Facebook page and Marcus set up a twitter page.

6th November - We had to do our halfway presentations so I did an emaze powerpoint on what we had so far.

9th November - We then presented these to our class and we got feedback on what we could change about our website, digipak etc.

10th November - We took on board our feedback and our main criticism was colour so we matched the colour of the website and digipak together to make it flow with each other.

12th November - Max did a trailer for our video, me and Marcus did the website and digipak.

13th November - We Changed our logo because our other one looks to childish and cartoony so we made something more simple.

16th November - Marcus came up with an album name, 'amplify' and carried on with the digipak, Max edited and I did the website.

17th November -  Marcus made some merchandise using simple base designs from the internet, he made t-shirts, backpacks, hats, vinyls etc. I blogged and Max edited.

19th November -  Me and Marcus worked on the logo and Marcus came up with the idea that we could make it into a wave form video so he worked out how to do this on premiere. Max edited.

20th November - Me and Marcus took a few photos of guitars and him with a guitar to use on our digipak.

23rd November - I put the merchandise into our store on the website and carried on making the website, Max edited, Marcus did the digipak.

24th November - We decided our footage wasn't good enough for our music video so we decided to re film our performance on the Friday. So we stopped editing and planned our filming.

26th November - Me and Max filmed our storyboard so we could edit that, we also did our interview on radio one.

27th November - We filmed our performance again in Primmer using different lighting, different camera angles, and put more enthusiasm into so we looked more like performers.

30th November - I did some tour dates poster research and began making our own poster, Marcus started a magazine article and Max started editing our new performance in.

1st December - We watched the other groups videos and gave feedback on them.

3rd December - We looked at the other groups websites and digipaks and gave feedback on them, I then carried on with the website, making improvements, Marcus made a wave animation, Max edited.

4th December - I carried on with the website, Max edited and Marcus did the digipak.

7th December - I got feedback from Miss Brookes for my website and made improvements based on the feedback, Marcus finished the magazine article and Max edited.

8th December - I blogged, Marcus blogged and Max edited.

10th December - We all got together and looked at the video and gave our input, Max and Marcus edited. I finished the website.

11th December - Max finished the video, Me and Marcus blogged and finished the digipak.

14th December - We blogged.