Second Draft Music Video

 


This is my second draft video, which I have finished working on in Adobe Premiere and will now begin editing in Adobe After Effects. I plan to add filters, remove blemishes, stabilise shots and zoom on the shot of a trumpet head. Unfortunately as it is hosted by YouTube it is of a lower quality than it should be when finished.

Music Video Draft

This is my first draft for my music video. I am still in the stage of editing in Adobe Premiere Pro currently, so there are no filters on this and I have not yet got to the stage of blemish removal or perfecting the appearance of all the clips. There are a few changes that I plan to make before I export it to be edited in Adobe After Effects, including re-exporting the final reverse sequence at a higher quality and replacing the one I have temporarily in at the moment. I am planning to screen this draft to my peer members next week, and then I will use their feedback to make any changes before I start working on After Effects. As it is hosted by YouTube it is of a lower quality.

Magazine Advert Second Draft

After receiving feedback on my first draft magazine advert, I have tweaked it slightly for this second draft. I changed the fourth photo down as I noticed that it was slightly out of focus and I wanted my advert to look as professional as possible. I also decided to add the 'limited edition red vinyl' and 'available on itunes' text as it conveys that the album is available on several platforms, as most currently are, and the mention of vinyl makes reference to the fact that vinyls have come back in fashion, particularly in the indie music genre. Hence my magazine advert is continuing the generic conventions established in the music video. Once I have completed my final digipack front cover, I will add a small image of that in the middle strip, between the band and album names.

Digipack First Drafts

 Front Cover

 Back Cover

Inside Left

Inside Right

Magazine Advert Draft

Screen Test

Shot List

This is my shot list for my music video, which briefly outlines all the shots I am planning to use along with their timings. Whilst I have tried to be as detailed as possible, there are some timings where I am not looking to film something that specific, for example in the instrumental of the song I would just like a variety of shots of the models dancing, or singing, or the bassline being played, and so at that point in the shot list there is less of a clear-cut plan. I will show this to all of my models before shooting to ensure that they know exactly what they are required to do, and then use it when filming so that I stick to my original plan and do not miss any shots that I require.

Digipack Cover Sketch

This is my draft for my digipack front cover. As the name of the band is Cake, I thought that an interesting design would be to bake a cake and ice the name of the album and band on the top. The name of the album is called Shadow Stabbing, so I had the idea of putting a knife in the cake and then using red icing to look like blood dripping from the wound. I really like the idea of using a cake for the cover, but I am unsure yet as to whether I will use the knife idea as I'm not sure it really reflects the tone of the song and the band.

Animatic

This is the animatic of my music video, which I created by taking the pictures from my storyboards and placing them on a timeline on Adobe Premiere Pro along with my song, and then editing them so that they fit in time with the music. Although this and the storyboard do cover most of the shots I plan to use, there are some parts of the song where I did not have a picture for what I am planning to film. However I have a more detailed description of the shots I want in my Shot List.

Storyboard

For my storyboard, I took the shot ideas that I knew I definitely wanted to use and sketched them out roughly with colour, so that I had a basic idea of what they would look like, even though they were not detailed. Then I scanned these in and pasted them onto a blank storyboard (like the one I used for my reverse storyboard), adding a short description of the camera angle/movement and type of shot, along with the lyric or music playing at the time of shot. Although this doesn't cover every shot I am aiming to use, it gives me a basis of what types of shots I want to use and it made me think more about the visuals of the video.