So that's it, everything is done and dusted and I feel satisfied with my products that I am sending off, my music video, digipak and magazine advert. I have worked hard on all the individual tasks but hopefully the hard work and many hours will pay off. I am confident in using the programs Adobe InDesign and Premiere and other programs such as Prezi, YouTube, Vimeo and other online platforms.
For me personally the biggest challenge I faced with this coursework project was probably managing my time with all the tasks that had to be completed, as of course I have other subjects too. I worked around this by staying after school and completing the tasks I could at home, as well as downloading the Adobe Trials so I could work on my music video and evaluations at home.
The thing I most enjoyed about the project was being able to watch my products back and seeing people's reactions to it - I accepted critical feedback which I took into account, but it was also nice to see emotional responses too, as my video is very much narrative based. The ultimate best part has to be finally pressing the 'Publish' button!
!I very much enjoyed this project and coursework as it allowed me to explore my creative side - I have always wanted to create a music video and finally I got the chance to do it. I am very grateful to the following people, both onscreen and backstage, for their help in this collossal task: Beth Harvey, Adam Menia, Deane Gerrish, Claire Boston, William Hobbs, Marcus Knight Adams and Eli Beristain. I'd also like to thank the teachers at Haydon School, in particular Mr Fisher and Mrs Baker Perkins for their help and advice.
Monday 20 April 2015
Tuesday 31 March 2015
Monday 30 March 2015
Sunday 29 March 2015
Saturday 28 March 2015
Thursday 26 March 2015
Saturday 21 March 2015
Thursday 19 March 2015
Rushes Log
This rushes log will help me hugely when constructing my music video together in Adobe Premiere because I will have set out all the corrections that I need to do in my footage, and the descriptions of the footage and what file name they are under.
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Production Diary 12: Alterations Made Along The Way
Alterations Made Along The Way
Although the initial planning ideas and research went well in my project there have been a few alterations that I have had to make in order for my tasks to work in the way I wanted them to. For instance, the big change I've had to consider is removing Marcus and William altogether from the musuic video, as too many people who viewed it said they could not understand the relationship between them and the footage of Adam and Beth, it was too confusing and almost like Marcus and William's appearance was a little disorentating to the music video. Removing them was a hard decision however I think I may create 2 music videos if time allows, one with them not in and one with them in. This will depend on time though, and I am running out of it. Removing them had one benefit - it allowed me more time to put in other footage such as the forest and abandoned piano which I chanced upon very suddenly during summer work experience last year. 'The Power of Love' had not even yet been formed in my mind but it was such a unusual object to stumble upon I decided to shoot some footage of it, and I'm glad I did because the instrument matches perfectly with the modernised grand piano in the Roll A footage.
Although the initial planning ideas and research went well in my project there have been a few alterations that I have had to make in order for my tasks to work in the way I wanted them to. For instance, the big change I've had to consider is removing Marcus and William altogether from the musuic video, as too many people who viewed it said they could not understand the relationship between them and the footage of Adam and Beth, it was too confusing and almost like Marcus and William's appearance was a little disorentating to the music video. Removing them was a hard decision however I think I may create 2 music videos if time allows, one with them not in and one with them in. This will depend on time though, and I am running out of it. Removing them had one benefit - it allowed me more time to put in other footage such as the forest and abandoned piano which I chanced upon very suddenly during summer work experience last year. 'The Power of Love' had not even yet been formed in my mind but it was such a unusual object to stumble upon I decided to shoot some footage of it, and I'm glad I did because the instrument matches perfectly with the modernised grand piano in the Roll A footage.
Other alterations I made included not involving the footage I took whilst in Rosemoor Gardens in Devon. I decided against using this footage because I didn't feel it looked particuarly professional and
didn't fit in with the storyline. This being said, I have included one tiny snippet of it - the spider web scene- because it did fit in with the lyrics about 'being beautiful' and 'sparkling lights' because of the way the sunlight plays with the dew drops on the cobweb.
Thursday 26 February 2015
Tuesday 24 February 2015
The Power of Love Final Draft
This is my final draft of my music video. I realise I have some improvements to make like the audio at the beginning etc but these are minor changes.
Friday 20 February 2015
Production Diary 11- Digipak Design, Feedback from 1st Draft and last bit of filming
So now I am coming to filming the end of my music video which has been very tiring but exciting to do. I did the last bit of shooting a couple of weeks ago in my local graveyard which I choose because it has good lighting opportunities and the setting is beautiful and archaic. Also it is convenient as it is quite close which means my actors and actresses don't have to trek too far!
The filming was successful and luckily I had my mum take backstage videos and photos for me. The weather was so cold however that it was difficult for my actors to act so really we could only do one take of each scene which is a shame but my own fault for picking that day to film!
I also received some feedback from my first draft which you can see below. I got feedback from my fellow media student Geeta and my fellow students at the BFI Academy which gave me good criticism and praise, and I have definitely taken into account their improvements.
I have now finished the final draft of both my music video and my digipak design, and I'm trying to find where I have saved my magazine advert! I'm pleased so far with my music video and digipak design as there is now only a couple of tweaks to make with them.
The next stage is during my own time is to finish off the 3 tasks but that should not take too long as there is only a few things to do on them, however the magazine advert may take longer as I have been unable to find it and may have to start again.
The filming was successful and luckily I had my mum take backstage videos and photos for me. The weather was so cold however that it was difficult for my actors to act so really we could only do one take of each scene which is a shame but my own fault for picking that day to film!
I also received some feedback from my first draft which you can see below. I got feedback from my fellow media student Geeta and my fellow students at the BFI Academy which gave me good criticism and praise, and I have definitely taken into account their improvements.
I have now finished the final draft of both my music video and my digipak design, and I'm trying to find where I have saved my magazine advert! I'm pleased so far with my music video and digipak design as there is now only a couple of tweaks to make with them.
The next stage is during my own time is to finish off the 3 tasks but that should not take too long as there is only a few things to do on them, however the magazine advert may take longer as I have been unable to find it and may have to start again.
Monday 16 February 2015
Digipak Final Draft
These are the final drafts for my digipak design which I created using Adobe InDesign. The final adjustments I need to make is to fill in the polaroid photos in the inside cover and replace the front cover with my own photos of hands a flame but this should be very easy to do.
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Feedback from 1st Draft
This is my friend Geeta, also a media student who gave me great advice on what I did well and what I could improve on.
Geeta Feedback from Sophie Boston on Vimeo.
I also got feedback from my peers at the BFI Film Academy, as who better to give advice than people who work a lot behind cameras and complete similar projects? They were all lovely comments, and Lareb in particular gave me excellent criticism. The response to my question about whether to keep the two boys in or not varied, so I am going to shoot my last scene with Adam and Beth and replace Marcus and William just to compare the two - I am undecided yet.
Friday 9 January 2015
Influence of Style
The genre that I am considering is a mixture of folk and indie pop. This is quite a niche market area, but the combination allows the target audience to widen a little. Gabrielle Aplin came to attention and gained a massive online following after publishing acoustic covers of songs by bands such as Paramore and You Me at Six on YouTube. With the ability to play the drums, guitar and piano Aplin is a very versatile artist and is able to attract many audiences of different demographics.
Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Some types of folk music are also called world music. The terms folk music, folk song, and folk dance are comparatively recent expressions. They are extensions of the term folklore, which was named in 1846 by the English antiquarian William Thoms to describe "the traditions, customs, and superstitions of the uncultured classes."
The term is further derived from the German expression Volk, in the sense of "the people as a whole" as applied to popular and national music by Johann Gottfried Herder and the German Romantics over half a century earlier. Folk music also includes fusion genres such as folk rock, folk metal, electric folk, and others.
While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music. Even individual songs may be a blend of the two.
Apart from instrumental music that forms a part of traditional folk music, especially dance music traditions, much traditional folk music is vocal music, since the instrument that makes such music is usually handy. As such, most traditional folk music has meaningful lyrics.
Some of the folk music characteristics are as follows:
Folk instruments can be made from wood, metal or other material. Some common folk instruments include:
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, with its roots in Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early 1980s and the dominant UK independent band of the mid-1980s, the Smiths.The publication in Record Business magazine of the first weekly indie singles and album charts (19th January 1980) and the adoption of such charts in the UK music press stimulated activity. In order to reflect this, the British musical weekly New Musical Express released an era-defining compilation cassette called C81. This cassette featured a wide range of groups, reflecting the different approaches of the immediate post-punk era. Over time the cassette became a shorthand for a movement within the British indie scene, often derided for its twee or "cuteness", jangly guitars, the bowl haircuts of its singers and asexual looks of its followers.
Power pop was a significant influence, as was punk and post-punk. Catchy power pop melodies made the Ramones and Buzzcocks the most identifiable punk influences.
Indie music is a mix of pop, jazz, rock, blues, and poetry. Indie is short for Independent. Indie music was created in the 1950-60’s but was very underground meaning indie bands played in little venues and in there garages. Indie music did not grow in popularity till the 80’s. Indie artists created music how they wanted. Therefore they usually were not get signed to a big producer and did not make a lot of money. Indie artists rather create their own music/ sound then make a lot of money. In fact they prefer to not be as popular as pop music and other genres. To this day Indie music is not as popular as the others. But a lot of well-known Indie bands started as small garage bands. It took a lot of practice and dedication. They played at venues often and started off with small CD’s.
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Instruments include:
The term is further derived from the German expression Volk, in the sense of "the people as a whole" as applied to popular and national music by Johann Gottfried Herder and the German Romantics over half a century earlier. Folk music also includes fusion genres such as folk rock, folk metal, electric folk, and others.
While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music. Even individual songs may be a blend of the two.
Apart from instrumental music that forms a part of traditional folk music, especially dance music traditions, much traditional folk music is vocal music, since the instrument that makes such music is usually handy. As such, most traditional folk music has meaningful lyrics.
Some of the folk music characteristics are as follows:
- transmitted through oral tradition just like reciting an epic poem like Homer's The Odyssey
- the subject matter was often related to national culture
- they commemorate historical and personal events
- fusion of cultures- people of all backgrounds come together often to celebrate folk music
- folk music is often non commercial. Even Aplin's music isn't necessarily 'commercialised' although some may argue it is due to her song being used for the John Lewis soundtrack
Folk instruments can be made from wood, metal or other material. Some common folk instruments include:
- bagpipe
- banjo
- drum
- fiddle
- guitar (acoustic)
- harmonica
- lute
- mandolin
- flute
- sitar
- steelpan
- violin
- accordion
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, with its roots in Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early 1980s and the dominant UK independent band of the mid-1980s, the Smiths.The publication in Record Business magazine of the first weekly indie singles and album charts (19th January 1980) and the adoption of such charts in the UK music press stimulated activity. In order to reflect this, the British musical weekly New Musical Express released an era-defining compilation cassette called C81. This cassette featured a wide range of groups, reflecting the different approaches of the immediate post-punk era. Over time the cassette became a shorthand for a movement within the British indie scene, often derided for its twee or "cuteness", jangly guitars, the bowl haircuts of its singers and asexual looks of its followers.
Power pop was a significant influence, as was punk and post-punk. Catchy power pop melodies made the Ramones and Buzzcocks the most identifiable punk influences.
Indie music is a mix of pop, jazz, rock, blues, and poetry. Indie is short for Independent. Indie music was created in the 1950-60’s but was very underground meaning indie bands played in little venues and in there garages. Indie music did not grow in popularity till the 80’s. Indie artists created music how they wanted. Therefore they usually were not get signed to a big producer and did not make a lot of money. Indie artists rather create their own music/ sound then make a lot of money. In fact they prefer to not be as popular as pop music and other genres. To this day Indie music is not as popular as the others. But a lot of well-known Indie bands started as small garage bands. It took a lot of practice and dedication. They played at venues often and started off with small CD’s.
- vocals
- drums
- bass
- guitar
- The Bats
- Birdy
- Gabrielle Aplin
- The Cardigans
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Ellie Goulding
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