Production stage - what research and planning you could/should be doing

Right, we are heading into the really busy bit! Don't neglect your blogs though. Everything you post will go towards your research and planning mark, will help me and the external examiner understand your thought processes and also-if you are doing the work anyway, you should be rewarded/credited for it and to do that you need to evidence it. There are some easy wins here!


So here's a quick ten things to blog about


1. A copy of your email requesting permission (copyright - see post below) Request for copyright email
2. Copy of your risk assessment
3. Copy of your storyboard
4. Copy of your shooting schedule
5. Works in progress - get some photos of the editing process, rough drafts of CD covers/websites etc
6. Audience feedback. With your front page of your CD ask/interview a few people about their preferences etc. Record it and show how you have acted on feedback.
7. Shots from/reflections on the shoot. What went well? What didn't? What problems have you faced and how have you overcome these? Either record yourself talking about this or write it down.
8. Embed any YouTube instructional videos with or music videos which include camera, photoshop or techniques
9. Before/during shooting - get some extra photos on your phone. Blog about the stylistic influences you have gone for, explain your mise-en-scene choices etc
10. Location scouting: photos/reporting/any changes you have had to make and why.


Remember - your blog should be a well-written, visually interesting scrapbook documenting your music video (ahem) journey from June until now. It should be organised and sophisticated but that does not mean you have to pretend to be invincible: ideas go wrong, change etc...it is good to reflect on these as this is the learning process.


You can continue to blog all the way up to the evaluation deadline but it is much better and more meaningful to blog-as-you-go!


Make sure you organise your blog into sections.


Once again, don't neglect the blog.

Booking equipment - MUST READ

Please ensure that if you are intending to book equipment for the weekend that you book it for Saturday even though you will obviously collect it on Friday.

Text for email (copyright) to send to record companies

Dear Sir/Madam,


I am writing to you to request to use ___________________by _____________ for my A2 Media Studies coursework production.


Our task is to make a music video to an existing song. The song will be for non-profit educational purposes and only used for the purpose of educational assessment and will be transformative in that no copyrighted material (other than the song) will feature in the final music video. Furthermore, it will be clearly labelled as a production for this purpose.


I hope that this request will be viewed by yourselves as fair and proper use under existing copyright guidelines. If you have any further questions regarding its purpose, please contact my teacher at welchch@tuptonhall.derbyshire.sch.uk


Yours sincerely,

SFX for thriller and music video

Thanks to Max Biddlecombe for the heads up on this!


http://lightleaklove.com/blogs/lightleaklove/15623020-176-free-premiere-pro-effects-plugins-the-ultimate-freebie-list

Amy Winehouse Case Study

Amy Winehouse case study from chrisianwelch

Music Videos and Regulations

Remember to access the links you will need to either download the powerpoint from Slideshare or just search for the articles etc yourself.

Lesson 8 music video regulation from chrisianwelch

Lesson 3 Music Video - Key Director and Best ofs...

Remember, you will need to dl this powerpoint in order to click on the links and to watch the dogman video again.

Lesson 3 music video research from chrisianwelch

Be creative with your technology

Ok - these change all the time but here is the latest list of methods of presentation that I know of and what you can do with them.
Any others you come across please tell me. I haven't used them all so can't vouch for how good they are - please let me know if they're rubbish or not rubbish or slightly rubbish.


Ways of presenting mind maps/thematic links/mood boards etc:
wordle.net
bubbl.us
pixton.com  online comic creator
mixbook.com online scrapbook tool
mashuparts.com   photo mashup tool
mindmeister.com mindmap tool
smartdraw.com create 3d graphs or spider diagrams
spicynodes.org online organisation tool for websites
easel.ly way of presenting
visual.ly professional methods of presenting information


Editing software
picmonkey.com
IMovie : The New iMovie app is really good for £3.99 - lots of templates
pixton.com online comic strip creator
worditout.com  online word cloud generator


Uploading powerpoints to your blog
slideshare.net




Apps / Photo and video editing
piccollage
http://videostarapp.com/
canva - really good site with a wide range of templates and interesting fonts for presenting infographics, completing posters etc.
VideoFXlive
YouCam Make Up
Superpower FX
Repix
Snapseed (photo editing for Android and Apple)
goanimate.com  create animations for free
animato.com create 30 second short videos out of photos, images or videos



More detailed:
prezi.com
gliffy.com  flowchart creator
evernote.com
emaze.com
springnote.com  create group notebook online
glogster.com

Lesson 9 Websites

Music Video Production Practice CD digipack 8

We are Happy from THS

Task sheet - what you need to do and when

Lesson 5 'Happy' Case Study

A2 Music Video Practice Piece Lesson 4

Lesson 4 Music Video Practice Piece from Chris Welch

12AMS2 Recommended Music Videos playlist

12AMS1 Recommended Music Videos Playlist

12DMS1 Recommended Music Videos playlist

Lesson 3 - History of the Music Video

A2 Practice Piece Music Video Lesson 2

A2 Practice Piece - Music Video Lesson 1