first editing;

we began editing using iMovie HD on the iMac computers. Once we uploaded all the scenes from the HD camcorder, we began cutting clips into smaller easier to handle lengths and began placing them in the order/sequence we chose for our video.
the first verse and the chorus have been completed in their first draft and so far the lip syncing is all in time also.
all that we need to do now is make sure we spend as much free time as possible in the iMac room to complete our video.

filming outside; locations

29th november - this weekend we got together again to film outside. However we have the unpredictable British weather to thank for our lack of outside filming. Cleverly resourced though we continued filming with an umbrella to protect the camera from the rain.
Despite these obstacles we where able to continue filming and i believe we done quiet well with the filming outcome.
we have also finally done our filming !!!!!!
however if when editing we believe more work needs to be done we shall have to re-film.

changes to the story;

after watching clips throughout the filming on the iMacs we suddenly realised our storyline may not be percieved in the way we intended it to be as the relationship between the two characters may not be as clear as we thought. We did however want to keep the audience in suspense so as to watch the whole video, we believed this would be very effective to make the audience uncertain as opposed to a large conclusion that could be very confusing.
Therefore we made changes, to make our story clearer we have decided to show more past tense clips of the couple together.
Due to the fact we already had some scenes filmed outside in the park we decided to continue with this.
The couple is holding hand etc, but then the camera turns round a tree to show you the couple but the boy is alone. We will then show flashbacks of a text saying 'im sorry its over'. This then flows for the later scenes where the boy is seen asa 'stalker' over his ex, and the girl seems to be going insane.

snow!

our school has been shut due to 'adverse weather conditions' therefore this prevented us from editing much of our music video using the school iMac computers. Nichola, Jess and myself also have to re-sit/take a few exams shortly and therefore will be revising for these exams in many of our media lessons.
There are also our other scenes we need to film but we are waiting on the weather to become suitable to film in as the conditions outside are icy and our scenes are outside.

christmas holidays;

we have at present broken up for the christmas holidays, we did notice however more filming is required so hopefully upon return or even during we can film some more story line.

I was unable to blog as until recent, due to dumb weather conditions my internet was down, however now my internet has returned i can resume blogging.

homage;

Music videos can sometimes contain homage to other artists, especially when the music videos are made by amateurs.
Homage is a french term generally used in mordern English, it publicly shows respect. In terms of media, it is usually a reference to soemthing previously done for example the film Pulp fiction contains alot of homages.
It is quoted by Gary Groth that in Pulp Fiction 'Tarantinos characters inhabit a world where the entire landscape is composed of hollywood product. Tarantion is a cinematic kleptomaniac - he literally cant help himself.
the new wave cinema;
-frecnh blanket term
- late 1950's and 1960's
- linked by there self-conscienceness rejection of classical cinematic
- spirit of youth
- used methods of expressions
- seven minature tracking shots
- absurdity of human existence
- produced on a tight budget
- directors were forced to improvise with equipment
e.g. shopping trolley used for tracking.
- efforts to save film turned towards stylistic innovations.
- a fresh look to cinema with improvised dialogue, rapid changes of scene and shows that go beyond the common 360 axis.
- Jean Luc Godard was accused of having contempt for his audience as the techniques used to shock the audience out of submission and are bold and direct.
- effects now seem either true or commonplace.
- classic french cinema changed to the principles of strong narratives
- new wave filmakers make no attempts to suspend the viewers disbelief; in actuall fact they took steps towards constantly reminding the viewers that a film is simply a sequence of moving images, no matter how smart the use of light and shadows.

Post modernism;

Post modernism is a difficult term to define, it is intended as a rejection of conventional reality and conventional forms.
It deliberately rejects;
-boundaries between high and low forms of art.
- rigid genre distinctions.

Post modern text favours;
- pastiche a work of art that borrows or imitates from the work or style of other artists.
- parady ( a humorous imitation of something serious.)
- reflexility and self-consciousness.
- fragmentation and discontinuity (especially in narrative structure)
- intertextibility -one text may make use of a different text in order to aid a different layer of meaning (referencially) show intertextuality.
- irony and playfullness.
- Bricolage ( a french term for putting together different articles as in punkfashion) takes intertextuality a stage further. Bricolage suggestsd that this referentiallity has been used in such a way that a new meaning is constructed e.g. fusion of documentry game shows and soap oreas become a reality show such a big brother.