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Today was the deadline for the video. I am so happy that we finished it on time because I didn't think we would. Overall I am happy with how it came out even though I thought it was going to be better but for the first time doing something like this, I am proud of it. We showed our work to the second year three and at first I was really nervous about showing it because I didn't know any of them and I didn't know if they would like it or not.
It wasn't actually that bad and they really liked the drone shot that we had in our video because no one else had anything like that and it made ours stand out from all the others.Another thing that people liked was the texting at the start of the video which was very successful and it was a good way to start the video.
A few things we could of done better in the video is making sure that all the shots were in focus because a few of the ending ones aren't that clear, also with them shots at the end I should of added more lighting because it was really dark and that is another reason why it wasn't as clear as it could of been.Sadly when looking at back on the shots I didn't pick up that it wasn't clear, so next time I will make sure I have a closer look at everything. Another thing I should of checked over is if all the shots were ok and not shaky because that makes the video look messy and not as good, some of them was unsteady because we was trying to balance a tripod on a small chair which was really hard and that is why it was wonky. This is something i will do next time so my work can improve and get better. They also said that I should of used lip singing so it would look like a music video more because it could be looked at as a short film which i understand. In my first idea I was going to use acting and lip singing but because we made it into two gay guys, I didn't think it would look right if a boy was sounding like a girl. Now looking back on it i could of still used my idea but got a girl actor to sing the song and make it look like she is singing it then the two boys are telling the story which would of been effective.

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The task that we were given was to produce a music video for a song that was released before the 2000's. I looked at all different types of music videos I could do,for example I could of picked impressionist, parody and a lot more, but in the end I picked narrative because I liked how you could tell a story throwout the video. I then looked at a few songs to see if I could think of a good idea for the video and then I found the song 'How will I know'' by Whitney Houston and I thought of the idea that a girl could be following a boy around college wondering if he likes her. When I was looking at the music video I didn't think that it related to the song at all because she was just dancing around in a room, so I wanted it to link to the lyrics more.
Because my idea got picked I then wanted to be the dictator because I would be the best person for this because I am the one with the idea of how I want the music video to look like. If my idea didn't get picked then I would of liked to been a camera person because I know abit about cameras around because I did photography as a GCSE. One of the first things we did as a group was think of a name for us, we picked project mv( mv stands for music video) because we thought it was simply and it actually tells you what we are doing as well. At the start i don't think us as a team worked that well together because we didn't really talk to each other and because everyone is different with how they deal with work and deadline. But after a while we all felt comfortable around each other which made us work together more.
By doing this task I have learnt lots of new skills and now when I look at music videos I always try looking at what type of video they made it into and how they have edited it all together. Another skill that I learnt is taking control in the tasks that we have been doing and making sure we get the best shot and that everything gets done on time and that is one of the main things you need to be good at with this task. If you run over time and don't get eveything done then it can effect the whole thing. I have also learnt that talking to your group is a key thing to do, this makes sure that everyone knows what to do and they have a clear understanding.
Like in any group we had some problems. We didn't always agree on ideas and how we should do the shots so one of the main things we did was have a vote on what we liked best and that worked for us . Another problem we had was that people wasn't always on time and that effected the group when we may of needed that person the most, but we overcome this problem by making sure that one of us could fill in for the person that was in. But one of the main problems we had was getting actors because they all kept cancelling on us which was very annoying because we just wanted to film the video. Another thing that was hard with having actors was making sure we worked around their schedule and that we wasn't pulling them out of lesson that could of got them in trouble. In the end we had to get people in our class to be the actors because we knew it would be easier cause were all trying to do the same thing. when we was just about to film the music video we lost all our story boards which was really hard for the group because we all worked so hard on them, the next day we didn't have college so I redid all the story boards at home so we wasn't wasting any time at college to do them.
One of the main things I need to improve on is timing because we went over the filming deadline which has effected the editing a bit but we have all been working hard making sure that we get it all done on time. Another thing I did to improve on is knowing that not everyone has the same work ethic as me because I like getting stuff done and not messing around as much and by doing this task it has showed me that not everyone is like that.

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Today we was hoping to film the last few shots that we needed for the video but sadly the actor had family problem so she couldn't help us today. But she said after college tomorrow she can. we have put all the shots together and started to edit them together. By not shooting today has set us back a bit because we wanted to have all the filming done so we could focus on the editing more. But as a team i think we should be fine because we have been working really hard together.

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The first thing we did today as have a team meeting about what have needed to do and what we have already done so far. By having the meeting this morning I think it has made us work harder together because we was leaving the editor out a bit which wasn't very good of us.I made sure that i sat with the editor making sure she knew what shots we wanted and what to put it together with. I also stayed in for my break so I could finish off some of my paper work which I also uploaded. I have also talked to the girl actor about next filming for the last few shots we need and she was more then happy to help us out on her lunch break because otherwise we don't have any other time to film.

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Today we went to the park so we could film the drone shot so it could be one of our "fill in shots'.When we was filming, we thought of more ideas that made it look better and that will give us more to work with when editing it all altogether. Like for example we thought it would look cool if we had a shot showing him walking down the hill so you could see the feeling on his face.

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Today was the only day we had the girl actors for the music video so I made sure we shot the scenes that the girls was in but sadly one of the main actors was sick today so we had to work around what scenes he was in, so we didn't waste a day. Today was the final filming day but we are going to have to go over because we still have shots that we need to do, but I think we will still have time to edit and make sure it is the best it can be.

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Today I think we worked more like a team and we got a lot of the ending done. One problem we had today was that we couldn't fly the drone because we wasn't in a flying zone and none of us knew anything about that so we now have to google zones that we can fly in. But because of this we are abit behind on film because we took so long trying to work out the drone.

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On the 4th I redid all the storyboards so that we would be all on track again because the team was really low about losing it and I didn't want to waste any college time by doing it. In the future I will make sure we take photos of it so if we do lose it, we would still have images of it.The first thing our team did today was have a meeting but as the producer wasn't in today I had to take over doing it, which was really weird because I have never done something like that before. It was also pretty annoying because the producer was one of the actors for the scene we was shooting today so I had to quickly find someone to take his part. We also got a co-producer which could give us more help with our filming and paperwork and I found this very helpful because it didn't feel like I was doing it on my own. We shot one of the fill in scenes which was the shadow shot, at first I didn't understand how to make this shot with all the lights but after playing around with everything we finally worked it at and got a couple good shots of it. Another really good thing was that our team is pretty much up to date with the paperwork because me and the co-producer stayed behind and did some. I also went to speak to Sarah youens about flying a drone for one of our shots.

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The first problem I had today was that I didn't have any actors and I was going to go down to drama but they don't come back till next week. So I started asking people in my class and in different media groups if they would like to help me out and act in my video. I now have all my actors that I need but then I worked out the storyboards were lost so now I have to do it all again which is really annoying and which set us back I also uploaded all our team meetings to the wall so people can see what we have been doing.

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We got shown a few of the past years music video which gave us more ideas on what we could do for our own videos and we also went throw on how to do a storyboard and that we should brake it up in task so it would be easier. One thing that I found we need to get better on is not going off track when doing work because we do that a lot so we don't get as much work done.

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Today we did got shown a bit on how to edit and how to upload our clips up which was helpful because I wouldn't know what to do if we didn't get shown.we alway had to edit it all together but we found that really hard to do and no one really knew how to do it so when we are actually going to edit our main music video we will need to ask teachers for tips on how to do it

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Today the first thing we did was have a team meeting which told us what we had to do for the day and let people ask any questions. We then started storyboarding our idea so we knew what sort of senses we would be shooting. Because I am director in the group I was the main one that was giving ideas for what was going to happen and what the storyline was going to be.

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Today we had our first team meeting and we are now called Project MV which i think is very effective and simple. Having the meeting really helped us in the group because it was the first time we really all talked and we got to know each other better which is going to help cause we are going to be spending a lot of time together. We also made a padlet wall that is going to have all our music video work and we also made our profile and uploaded that as well. we have also set homework for everyone to make a logo and we are going to pick the best parts of each of them and put it together so its all of our ideas.

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All we did today was listen to people idea and we had to vote for the best ones because we could only use 6 of the ideas. My idea was picked to go forward to be made which was a good moment because it meant people liked my idea. We also voted on what group we wanted to be in and what we wanted to do in the group,we googled the roles so we had a clear understanding on what we want need to do.

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In todays lesson we videoed our pitch just in case we wasn't in when we was doing them so that means our idea could still get shown. I found this helpful to do because it gave a idea on what I need to say.

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In today's lesson we finished off our mind map for our music video idea because we are going to be pitching them tomorrow or Thursday so we need to make sure we reach the dead line. I also done my synopsis which will help me with my pitch and will help me with what i need to say if i forget.

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Today we went throw a PowerPoint what showed us how to layout our mind maps because we are doing it on a padlet wall. It also included what we needed to write about and what we have to think about for our own music video. By looking at the PowerPoint it helped us get started and gave us a idea on what to do.

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In today's lesson we went throw task 3 which i found helpful because it gave me a better understand on what to do and what everything meant, after we went throw it i then actually started to do the task, sadly i didn't get the task finish in college time so that is something i will be doing at home so i wont fall be hide on any work.

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Today I finished off the work that I was doing last lesson and I started to look at task 3 but I didn't understand it that well so i am going to wait till we get shown the PowerPoint about it which will give me a better understanding on what to do. I started to look at songs that I could use for my music video and I started to write ideas down on what I can do.

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Today we started looking at task 4 and the different techniques they use in music  videos, we went throw all of them in a powerpoint which i found helpful because it gave us a better understanding on what they was. we then had to find are own music videos that use these techniques and for homework i am going to write about them.

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Today we went throw what task 2 was about and what we needed to do for it which I found helpful because it gave us a better understanding on what to do. We also went throw all the different camera angles so when we was looking at the music videos we would know what they have used. I then started looking at different music that has been made in different years so I could see the different in them all.

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Today we was told that we was looking at music videos and at the end we was going to make our own. we then started looking at why artists have music videos and we made a mind map about it. we then had to look at two different music videos and found out a bit of history about it which i found helpful because it gave me a better understanding and made me think more about why people have them.