Editing Slot

I wanted to use a split screen in my video because I wanted to show the band. After watching this tutorial and trying out the split screen, I didn't like how it made my video look. In the tutorial, towards the end, it talks about how to put a picture onto a picture. I tried this out and I really liked how it looked in my video, so I decided to use this effect instead.

The images in my video were zooming in and out but I didn't want them to. I tried looking at how to stop them doing it but I couldn't figure it out. I watched this tutorial and found how to do it.

I wanted to use QuickTime Player to record myself doing some of the editing effects I put into my video. I knew where it was in the launchpad but I didn't know how to use it so I found this video to explain what I needed to do to record.

These are the two videos I did using QuickTime Player.

The effect I used for the main part of my editing is the 'Aged Film' effect. This is because I thought it was the best effect for making the video look older as it is looking back.

This is what the original image looked like.

 This is what it looked like when I applied the effect

For the end of the video I decided to use a black and white effect because the first verse of the song is about the band splitting up and using a black and white filter is conventional to show that something upsetting has happened.

To prove that using a filter that has no colours in it is conventional of something sad, I screen shotted this from 'Hello' by Adele. This song is about breaking up which is why it was not done in colour.

This is how it looked with the filter.

 Without a filter makes it look like they are still enjoying themselves. The darkness of the filter shows the audience that the band have broken up.

Shooting Schedule & Weather

For my first draft, I did it all in a weekend during the day. I had to do it during the day because I was using natural lighting because I wanted to see if this would work. When I edited some of the shots together to see how it looked, I noticed that the shadows were moving because I filmed during the day. 

I will next be filming on the 19th/20th because that is when I will hopefully have everything I need to take my shots. 

Because all my filming is taking place inside my house, it doesn't matter what the weather is doing because I'm not using natural lighting when I re-film. This means that i don't need to rely on the weather in order for my filming to take place.

Set and Costume Design

Mise-en-scene:

Lighting- I will be using a lamp to light up my set because I am filming at home. I tried using natural lighting but the shadows of the props moved meaning that all my images looked different. By using a lamp, it will mean the lighting will be the same in all of the shots. It will also mean that I will be able to angle the lamp so that it doesn't cast a shadow. This will make the finished video look better than my first attempt.

Costume- The costume for my actor is a school uniform because this is what costume fits the narrative and it is something that everyone recognises and helps them establish his age.

Location- I am filming in my house because I am doing a stop frame so it needs to be done indoors. The narrative before and after the video is also in my house because it sets up the narrative and lets the audience know that is where the video is taking place. The stop frame is taking place in the living room and the beginning of the video is filmed in the hallway.

Props- 

• a book
• a bag
• toys

There isn't any make-up or choreography because they weren't needed in the narrative

Cast List:

My cast only consists of one person because it is about him and what he is doing. I chose him because I found a lot of music videos that have children in them and they are really nice to watch because what they are doing in the videos reminds the audience about what they used to do when they were that age. By having someone younger in the video, it is more relatable for the audience, no matter what age they are.

Safety Grid

There aren't many hazards for my video because it was all filmed inside meaning the risks are a lot smaller than if I had been filming at multiple locations. The risks are also much smaller because I didn't have a large cast meaning that less risks would happen because there wouldn't be as much stuff to cause a hazard.

Here is the other safety grid I did when I decided to do some filming on the beach. I had to make another safety grid because the change in location meant that there were even more hazards. I did the two safety grids separately because there was a location change.

Camera

I originally did my stop frame pictures on my camera. This worked fine until it came to editing them together. The amount of images I needed in a small space of time was too difficult to edit. So I needed to find a different way of editing them together so that I could have the images fit into the timings. For this I got an app on my phone.