Ongoing Production: Effects Experimentation

The Video

We are getting on really well with out video....We've begun putting in effects such as "colour correction" (Brightness & Contrast, Adding/taking away blue, green or red shades) and "image control" (gamma correction), to get rid of things like shiny faces, bland background, dull colours, and just to generally make the footage look as high quality as possible. But we will properly grade it nearer towards the end

We are also currently experimenting with reversing/repeating/chopping up shots to make them look weird and quirky, sometimes with the beat and lyrics and sometimes against it. So far, this has worked really well and gives our video a surprising edge. Otherwise, I think it would be a boring video, as there is only one location, excluding the narrative.

Overall, as far as the video is concerned, I'm really happy with how it's going. We should be on target for the deadline and we only have a few gaps to fill in.

The Digipack and Myspace

Because we've been so focused on the video, we've kind of forgotten that we have two other practical tasks to complete for the same deadline!...: The album cover (digipack) and the myspace (website). We need to start these projects!

Group Name and Individual band member's names

After much debate, we have decided to call ourselves...

THE VIXENS

This is because we think "Vixens" has sexy, womanly connotations, implies that we have personality and are strong minded as well as sexy, and fits with our song (Voodoo Child, by Rogue Traders), which is about women taking control of their man

We brainstormed names for us as the band members and this is what we came up with:

Heidi Woods
Amelie Rose
Alexa
Mina
Cali Rose
Romy
Cleo
Leila

These names have nature connotations, which we liked: it makes us girly and relatable.

Group meeting

We discussed jobs that needed to be completed , ie. capturing footage from shoot, filling in free-charts, editing the beginning-and-end narrative.

We have begun the beginning and end, and this is starting to look good, but our only drawback is that we think it may be too long. We have done two versions: one with the music and one with none, as an actual beginning narrative. We will decide on this later.

Holly x

Ohmygod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTxzc3iot4

This is in my top 3 favourite movie scenes and songs ever. It's perfect.

The second Shoot

...Was shot in my mum's room for the beginning and end of the video. We managed to get a range of shots and experimented with angle and cutting points so we have a variety of shot types to choose from.

However, I found this shoot really stressful and tense and am glad we don't have to shoot anything else.

THE SHOOT

Our shoot was really successful! We got all the footage we needed plus more hand-held, quirky stuff. Here are some more backtage snapshots of my role on the day:

Backstage Photos: A look at the Day

These are some backstage photos from the shoot, which I put on facebook but are good for evidence of how we worked on the day, the equipment, and the amazing studio we were working in.

Me and Laura working the camera and clapperboard...

Laura and Amelie on camera: Amelia trying to corrupt Laura with her "Greed" personality

Our make-up artist, Suzi, making up Charlotte as her sin, "Lust", in our dressing room

Laura shooting Charlotte as her sin, playing with the locket.