Final Film

The video below is my final piece ' 1000 Miles' By Vanessa Carlton'. The video took me from October 2010 to February 2011. It took me nearly 5 months to produce the video because it had to look professional and i had to make it to the way i wanted my video to turn out. During the making of the video, i did struggle with some of the aspects of making the film as i was not sure what effect or what colours to use etc. At some points, i was getting very stressed and frustrated with the whole video because it was not turning out how i planned it out to be. In my video, i used a range of shots like wide shot, close up, medium close-ups, long shots. The main shots i used was close up or medium close-up. I used a lot of effects in the editing of the video in Premiere-Pro. I used: Mirror, Rotate, split screens and many more.

Final Digipak

These images are my final digipak. For my digipak i decided to stick with the theme black and white although i did use red on the back of the cover. i stuck with Black and White because in my video i used a range of black and white shots so i thought i should keep the digipak in theme with the video. I also kept the musical theme throughout the digipak, i used a range of musical notes on all of the digipak cases. I thought by using the musical notes they would make the album stand out and i think they have. Overall i am happy with my digipak, as it has everything i wanted to use. It took time to do my digipak as i kept changing my mind of what images and designs to use. I think my digipak is strong and has a big influence on my music film as it carries on with the musical theme. The digipak took me about 2-3 weeks to construct as i kept changing things and swapping parts around and making different versions.

Final Advert

The project you see above, is my final Music Cover Advert. This was challenging to make as i was not sure what type of advert to make. Overall, i like the way my advert has turned out, i have kept with the colour theme, throughout the advert. My advert took me about 4 lessons to complete, as i kept using different images as my front cover because i couldn't choose the best one but i have decided with this image as i think this is a strong image and would attract people to looking at the advert. My aim was to make the advert stand out with the picture and i think i achieved this.

If this advert was real, and was going to be advertised, i would see it in a magazine, or on some type of news article, even if it was on a local paper. I would try and out this in a popular place to attract teenagers as my film is targeted at teenagers.

Evaluation Question 1: In What way does Your Media Product use, Develop or Challenge forms and conventions of real media prodcuts?

Evaluation Question 2:How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Evaluation 3, Interview for audience feedback

The video you see below is an interview with Natasha Oti. This video is Natasha giving me feedback on what she thought of my video.

Evaluation question 4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Screen Shots of my Music Video

The pictures you see below are screen shots taken from my music video when it was in the making. These pictures show, what effects i used, what tools i used, what the effect looks like etc. By taking these screen shots, i can see how my video was being produced and at the end of my music video, i could look back to see how much my video has changed.

Screen shots for my digipak and Advert editing

The images above are screen shots from my digipak editing using PhotoShop. The first image you see on the left hand side is my advert in the making. It shows the advert before it was finally finished. It shows different makings of the advert. The second image you see in the middle is a picture of the different layers of the different parts of the advert. The little icon of the eye in the small box shows that layer is being used and if there is no eye in the box then it means that layer has been hidden. The third image is a picture that shows all the different tools i used to construct my advert. As you can see i used i have used the eraser tool a lot and also i have used the de-select tool, and magi wand etc.

Email Confirmation

This is the email that i sent to the record company to see if it was possible to use there song for my video. The email said ' My name is Sophie and i am studying Media Studies in school. I am writing to ask your record company, if i could use the song '1000 Miles' by Vanessa Carlton for my Media A-level coursework. I hope to hear from you son. Thank you for your cooperation.



I have still not yet had no reply from the record company.

Asset List

This is my asset list. I had to write an asset list to say what types of props i needed when i was filming. I also had to make a comment on the costumes that i wanted the actors to wear when we are filming my video. This was quite an easy piece to write up as I do not need many props as i only need a camcorder a tripod and some still photos. And for the costumes, i only need about 5 characters, 2 of them being the main so the costumes can be sorted out easily as i don't need many costume changes, i only need costume changes for the main character and the male in the video.

Shot List

I had to make Shot List. This Shot list was a big help because it had all the shots on that i wanted to use, how long i would hold that shot for, where that shot would be taking place, what effects i was going to use when i was making the shot. Including in this shot list, i had to write the timings for each shot so i know the right time to film for. If i didn't right the right times, i might have not filmed enough footage.

My Production Schedule

The image you see on the left is my Production Schedule. I wrote this Production Schedule to help me when i come to filming where i want to locate my video shoot, what time i want to film, when i want to film and what scenes i will shoot where. By making this production diary, this gave me a rough idea of how many locations i want to use, and roughly how long each location will take to film in. I think it was a good idea to make this Production Schedule because it really helped me to know when i was able to film and hopefully i will be ale to film a good video in a good amount of time. The image you see on your right is my production diary which is the time and dates of which i need to film and where i need to film.

Target Audience

The target audience of my music video would young teenagers. The reason why i would target my song to the audience is because its a type of song genre that teenagers listen too. It may also relate to teenagers because of the words of the lyrics in the song. Although i think my video will appeal to teenagers and adults.

i wanted to target the teenagers because i think they would like to watch the video, because it is fun and and appealing to young people.

Risk Assessment

I had to do a risk assessment before filming. The things i had to look out for were:

The weather: if the weather was cold i had to take into consideration of my cast that i was with during the day, i had to make sure they were Ok to film during the times i were due to film.

The location: i had to consider the location of where i was filming. I had to make sure the location was Ok to film in and there was nothing stopping us from filming in the location.

The props: If i needed any props, i had to make sure they were with me when i was filming, if i forgot any, it means my filming would have been disrupted and took much longer to film.

This risk assessment was important to conduct because i had to make sure everything would run smoothly on the day and no hiccups would occur during the filming.

Frank's Park in Erith- Risks were: tripping over trees branches, tripping over stones, cutting yourself on the benches, the weather - if its cold is there any shelter?

My House/ Friends House- Trip over the wire for the camera, trip over stuff in the house

School Studio- tripping over any wires, damaging anything in the studio

Car Park- Being cautious of moving cars, not hitting any cars, keeping a general eye on what is happening.

Darenth Country Park- The same risks as Frank's Park in Erith.

Location shots

The locations of my filming were filmed in:

Darenth Country Park

My house/ My friend's House

Franks park in Erith

School Studio

All these locations were essential to my video, because without these locations, i would not have come out with the video i made. I was luckily enough to get good weather for the days i went and shot in those locations. These locations were crucial for me as they were the locations that made my video. These locations were spot on for my video, as it gave me confidence that i picked the right locations for my film as i thought the story would flow really well. These locations were not busy at all which was really good for me as i could get stuck into my film straight away without any hassle with waiting for people to move etc, so i was quite lucky with these locations. I think the best location to film in was Franks Park in Erith, as i had so much space to work with and there was good scenery to help me locate for my film.

Production Diary of how my filming went

Over the half term, i filmed over 2 of the 4 days i had the camera as i was camera sharing with another student in my class. I filmed on the Monday And Tuesday. On the Monday i went to a park in Erith, i changed my location as i was going to use Dartford Park but i decided to change my mind as i found the Erith location better. On this day the weather was OK but it was cold so i had to take in considerate to my actors. On this day i filmed all the scenes in the park which included the main actor and some other actors. These scenes where quite easy to film and i was quite happy with how they went. I captured the scene quite a few times just to make sure i had a good shot and then when i come to edit it, i can choose the best shot out of them all. I hope that when i add my shots to the computer, they will come out of high quality but if for some reason i don't like how it looks, i will take the camera out and re-film the bits i need to do. On the second day of filming, i went to Darenth Country Park and my Friends house. I chose Darenth country Park over bean Country Park as i thought that Darenth was more of an open park and would look better in the filming. These scenes were a OK to film as they were quite straight forward. There was one scene that i had to capture quite a few times because i was not with happy with how it turned out. When we went to my friends house, i had to film only their instrument, this was a pretty straight forward shot as i only had to take 2 scenes. I also took one scene in her house of the actor which again was straight forward.

Overall on the two days of filming i had, i think i did well with my shots. I am quite pleased with them. I still have some filming to do, so i am going to film this on Monday 8th of November.

My editing so far 6th January 2011

Since the October half term, i have been filming for my music video and i have also been editing. Most of my filming was filmed in the October half term over 2 days. After the holidays, when we returned to school, i started to edit my music video. After adding the clips i had, i found i was some missing and hen i returned to filming again. Now on the 6th January, i have nearly completed my music video, i have added effects into the video to give it a different look. Unfortunately i am still a few gaps missing but these gaps will get filmed on Monday the 10th January 2011. Once these pieces of filming are complete, my music video will be finished and if needs be i can add more effects onto the video.

Also lately i have started thinking about my digi pack which i have to make as a supporting project as well as my music video. I have had to think about the style and the colours i wold use of my digi pack. I have to think carefully when designing my digi-pack because it has to look similar to my main music video.

i aim to have my music video and digi-pack and my other supporting project finished by the end of January, start of February.