Evaluation Question 2

A2 media studies evaluation

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Music Video Evaluation Question 1

The first question of my evaluation is 'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?' and can be found as a directors commentary on my music video dvd.

Finished Music Video

Choosing a Music Channel for my video

I have chosen Magic to be the music channel my video is on. Magic TV is a British music television station owned by Box Television. It plays mainly easy listening music videos and is based on the Magic Radio network also owned by Bauer. I thought the fact that it plays mainly easy listening music videos makes it a suitable channel for my video as my song fits into the easy listening genre.

Editing Part 3

Today I edited the parts of my video in front of the green screen. It was my first time using chroma keyer but I feel like I used it well considering. There is a slight green fuzz around my artist which I was unable to get rid off but I like the overall effect of having the holiday backdrop so I am willing to put up with it. I have now finished my editing and all I have to do now is the final tweaks and add the music channel logo to my video.

Editing Part 2

Today I finished editing most of my video. Some of the actors are out of sync but I have tried to keep this down to a minimum. All I have left to do now is the green screen editing parts and then some final tweaks.

Editing Part 1

Today I began the editing process. It is quite easy to match the part of the song to my actors miming as I can hear the song in the background of my footage. However, it is becoming apparent how my actors made little mistakes with the lyrics so it doesn't quite match. However, due to timings I don't have time to film everyone again so I just have to be clever with the editing. I would say I have edited at least half of my footage during the course of today.

Filming Update 7

Today I filmed the final part of my music video. I set up the green screen in my chosen location and then filmed my actor who was wearing the white t shirt, trilby hat and playing the ukulele. The actor was quite self conscious and this is apparent in the footage I have but he did quite well. When I downloaded the footage onto the Macs I saw how I should have had the green screen pinned a bit tighter but hopefully it should not matter too much when I come to filming.

Further Practise with The Green Screen

Today the green screen kit arrived. After putting it up I decided to see if it worked well so I did a test run with a couple of friends. I found this kit worked a lot better than the bed sheet and will be filming tomorrow.

Practising with Green Screen

Today I did a test run with the green screen. For the green screen we used a green bed sheet pinned to the wall. However, this did not have very effective results.We have now ordered a proper green screen kit and once this arrives I will be able to film my artist.

Green Screen

Today I watched a video on youtube of how to use green screen in final cut express. It took me through the several steps you have to go through and where to find the tools to do this. I now feel confident with how to work green screen and will film my actor in front of the green screen in the next couple of days.

Downloading Footage

Today I downloaded all of my footage on to the Macs. As i have filmed so much it took quite a while and it made me realise that I should have downloaded footage as I went along. However, it is now all on the computers ready for me to edit. All I have to do now is film my artist in front of the green screen and then I have everything I need to edit.

Filming Update 6

Today I filmed my last actor which was my Grandad. I chose to film my grandad because I feel like I needed a wide range of ages in my video. We filmed in his back garden as I felt the nature backdrop would be very fitting of an Israel Kamakawiwo'ole video. There was no noise disturbances and he knew the song quite well which meant overall the filming went very well. I also filmed some more nature scenery from his back garden in case I need to include any more in my video.