Filming

This week I have filmed a few more scenes of my music video.  I plan to film some more of my video within the new year because of the weather conditions, however I have planned to film within the first week back which will be the Monday 7th January 2013.
The scenes I need to film are the ones where my artist is riding the horse and outside in the field.
Therefore to avoid health and safety hazzards I need to wait until the weather improves in the new year.

A few scenes completed

This is my first rough edit for my coursework, with the song National Anthem by Lana Del Rey.  I am aware lots of scenes are missing, however this is purely to show some of the scenes I have completed and to gain an insight into if I need to re-shoot any material. 
I also need to shoot some more footage outside, however with the weather conditions being bad at the moment I am waiting until the sky brightens up more to film hopefully as soon as possible in the new year.

Anciliary texts research

For my advanced portfolio, I am also required alongside my music video to create a webpage and digipak for my artist. 

I have been researching into Lana Del Rey's album covers and seen a few which I would like to take ideas from and base my work on.
Because this is the only album cover the artist has shot, I would like to carry out some test shots which are similar to this and see if they look professional.

Filming and final editing

Yesterday I filmed another scene in the green room.  I managed to get hold of one of my props which was a microphone on a stand from the music rooms in college.  This was very beneficial in getting some of my final scenes done and it worked really well.  I filmed my artist singing into the microphone and used suitable lighting and this made the scene look very good and professional.

Therefore today, I will edit this into my work and then upload some of the final scenes onto my blog.

During my production

In the past month I have filmed and edited most of the scenes for my music video.  I feel they are coming along really well and the short clips I have edited will soon be up on my blog.
However, due to the cold and snowy weather conditions some of the shots I have not been able to film, such as the ones where I require the artist to be in a field and also when she is riding the horse, as this could effect the artist and the horse's health and safety as it is very slippery and cold outside.
Therefore, I am editing and filming certain scenes indoors to ensure that main parts of my video is complete, and will complete the other scenes as soon as I can, hopefully over the Christmas period and if not very soon after.
I feel that the footage I have filmed in and outside of college is coming along really well and hopefully the final piece will be completed very soon.

For my shots, I have filmed in the green room at college, but with a white background and no main lights on, just a couple to create a really good effect behind the arist.  This highlights the artists emotions and I feel this is a really good way to portray the meanings of the song.

Today I am filming other scenes, and also re-shooting some scenes.  On one of the clips, I have realised that the white sheet background is visible in the corner of the shot, and therefore I need to position the camera differently and also ensure that it is in focus and zoomed in more.  (The video clips and shots will soon be uploaded)

Editing my scenes

Today I am editing together the scenes I previously filmed in college with the track.  I have used my storyboard to add the clips in the specific places.