Video Diary Entries:

Wednesday 26th September:
Deconstruction and Reconstruction of A Media Text:
Today we had a talkthrough on the project we will be working on over the next week and also got into groups. We were told to get into groups of 5/6 so that everyone would have a role and responsability within the production of the 30 second music video. Our groups is:
Shoot 30 seconds of the 1 minute summer storyboard from someone within the group.
Ohe group and roles are:
Ruby Dearness - Camera
Aimee Bant - Producer
Beth Stansfield West - Editor
Chloe Carroll - Editor
Jodie Gibson - Director
Abbie Hastings - Cast
We also decided to use Jodie's storyboard of Ed Sheeran - A Team to make our 30 second music video.

Friday 28th September:
Today we planned out which 30 seconds of the video we wanted to film and planned out in our group the area's and locations that could be used to mimick the music video. We decided that using a park/large field would be appropriate as this is where the video itself is set. We then decided to go out with the camera to find a suitable location.

We found this location which is in the local area which would be suitable to use in our music video due to the large green open space and tree's which are also seen in several shots of the music video itsself. We decided then to find a location to film a shot. We decided that in this location the perfect shot to film would be the one where the female character pushes a tree branch away from her (00:33 seconds in). 

This is the setting we chose to use for the 'branch moving' shot at 00:33 seconds- the setting mimicks what is shown in the Ed Sheeran video- which can be seen in the image below.

This image shows how we have looked at the music video as well as the storyboard while filming to ensure that we can duplicate the shot in our video. We have also tried to mimick characters through use of costume.

I played the main girl in the music video. We tried to show this through the matching green coat and white top which is what the female in the Ed Sheeran video is wearing. We also decided that a messy hairstyle would work well as it links to the storyline of the girl living on the streets and stuggling to find somewhere to sleep on a night.

After we had established the location, costume and character- also the angles of which the shot needed to be filmed, we began shooting things for the music video itself.

This was during filming where we was all trying to work out the angle the camera should be placed at. This image shows how we all worked well as a group to help recreate the images in the music video and film shots that the audience would look at and instantly relate to the Ed Sheeran video.

After editing (the following week) this is the final shot we ended up with for this part of the video:

Monday(1st) / Tuesday(2nd):

We continued with filming the shots for the reconstruction of the video, we found this a challenge as we had to first of all find locations that were appropriate and matched the images we see in the actual video. I took some images of the locations that we decided to use to show the thought process put into it and why: 

Wednesday 3rd:

Today the weather wasn't appropriate for filming so we decided that in order to still be productive towards the video we would upload the shots we had filmed so far onto the editing suite. I haven't used one of these before and I have no idea of how to work them or what to do in order to edit the shots once they are on the programme on there. In order to progress and improve I need to ensure that i learn the basics so i can begin to teach myself of how to gain more knowledge of the programme. 

Friday 12th:

We decided that while the weather is good enough we should make the most of it to get our final shots for the video. This meant going to the locations of the shots to film these.