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Mon W/B 02/09/14
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Decidedona group andthe indie rockgenre of musicwaschosen
for the musicvideo.Alsolookedat variousmusicvideosto
differentiatestyles,andgaininspiration.
Choose a songfor our musicvideo,possiblyartistssuch
as The Smithsastheyare verypopularinrelationtothe
indie genre.
Mon W/B 8/09/14
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We chose The Smiths– GirlfriendinaComa as our song,and
discussedthe possible stylesof ourmusicvideo,forexample
lookingatlocationssuchas SalfordLadsClub,to pay pastiche to
the artist.
Discussthe style andwhat the theme isof our music
video,andalso decide onwhetherthe videowillbe
performance,narrative orboth.
Mon W/B 15/09/14
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We decidedtohave a narrative style musicvideo,andanalysedthe
lyricsof the songto see whatthe story wasbehindthe song.We
alsothoughtabout the differentcast/characterswe wouldinclude
inthe musicvideo.
Choose a definitesettingforthe musicvideo,andstart
doingstoryboards.
Mon W/B 22/09/14
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Watchedvariousmusicvideoswhichhada similarstyle toours,
and gatheredmore ideasforwhatthe story/plotiswithinthe
musicvideo.
Storyboardour ideasformusicvideo,andthinkabout
the settingandwhere we will be able tofilm.
Mon W/B 29/09/14
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We chose a fewlocations whichcouldbe suitableforfilming,and
alsore thoughtout the possible plotof ourmusicvideo.
Take practice testshots,andalso become familiarwith
the editingsoftware.
Mon W/B 6/10/14
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Took practice shotsof various placesaroundcollege,andusedthe
editingsoftware tofamiliarize ourselveswithhowitworks,and
give uspractice on howto use the cameras.
Furtherpractice on the editingsoftware, andalsoplan
out whenthe besttime tofilmwill be.
Mon W/B 13/10/14
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We decidedonafewlocationsandthe settingof the video,and
spoke aboutwhetheritwouldbe besttohave performance
elementswithinthe musicvideoratherthanitbeingall narrative
based.
Thingabout whichelementsof iconographycanbe used
withinthe musicvideo,andhowitisrelevanttothe
indie genre.
Mon W/B 20/10/14
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Thoughtabout changingthe videotohave bothperformance and
narrative elementswithinit,alsoelementsof the indie genrecan
be portrayedthroughthe performance,aswell asiconography
such as guitars,the type of clothingwornetc.
See abouthiringa camera overthe half termto try and
take more practice shots,andfamiliariseourselveswith
the camera software.
Mon W/B 27/10/14
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We were unable tohire acamera overthe half termso insteadwe
developedthe narrative ideaforourmusicvideo,andstartedto
Try again to see if we can hire a camera fora fewdays
to take some testshots,and evenstartto filmsome

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storyboardour ideasandseeingwhichwouldbe besttofilmand
whichwouldbe more difficultasa resultof actors and their
availability.
scenesfromour musicvideo.
Mon W/B 3/11/14
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We drewupa few storyboardideasandplannedforthe narrative
aspectsof the musicvideo,we were unabletohire outa camera
and do testshots.
Againtake some testshotsand try to use practice with
the editingsoftware tofamiliariseourselveswithit.
Mon W/B 10/11/14
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We tooka fewpractice shots,and thenattemptedtoeditthe
footage onpremier,sowe couldfamiliarise ourselveswiththe
equipmentandeditingsoftware.
Gather storyboardideastogether,andsee abouthiring
a camera overthe weekendtobeginfilmingsome of
our musicvideo.
Mon W/B 17/11/14
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Didfurthereditingonpremierandalsogatheredtogetherafew
differentideasof where will be suitable tofilm.
See if people whoare inthe musicvideoare available to
filmsome scenes.
Mon W/B 8/11/14
(Detailed Week Summary)
Checkedavailabilityof actorswhoare inthe musicvideoand
arrangeda fewdateswitheveryone toensure filmingof certain
musicvideoscenesare done.
See if equipmentis availablefornextweek,andthe
weekaftersowe are able to make a start of filmingand
seeingwhichshotsworkbestinthe locationsect.
Mon W/B 15/12/14
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Finishoff final storyboardideasreadytoputonto blog,aswe were
unable tohire a camera we insteaddecideduponwhichoutdoor
locationswouldbe besttofilm,andwhattype of shotswe could
take withinthese locations.
Enquire abouthiringa cameraout overthe Christmas
holidaysandsee if we can geteveryone together to
start filmingafewshots.
Mon W/B 22/12/14
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We were unable tohire outequipmentorgettogetherduringthis
weekof the Christmasbreak,soinsteadwe ensuredwe hada
musicvideoplananda date forfilmingintwoor three weeks
followingthe holidays.
Make sure all actors and people involvedinthe music
videoare available forthe planneddaysof filmingina
fewweeks’time.
Mon W/B 29/12/14
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Plannedtogeteveryone togetherandall equipment readytofilm
by the endof this week,orthe firstweekbackafterhalf term.
Once we get back to college,startfilmingatleastafew
shotsfor the musicvideo.
Mon W/B 5/01/14
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Chose a filmingdayforthe 17th
/18th
of Januaryas everyone whois
neededisfree tobe inthe musicvideo,aswell asfor filming both
performance andnarrative elements.
Hire out some equipmentforthe nextweek,andtryto
filmsome of the narrative aspectswithinthe nextweek,
and thensee aboutfilmingthe performance aspects
lateron inthe nextfewweeks.
Mon W/B 12/01/15
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Borrowedcameraequipmentoverthe weekendandfilmedsome
establishingshots,wasunable tofilmmuchdue tothe weather.
See if we can borrowsome camera equipmentagain
thisweekendandtryto filmsome of the narrative

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withinthe musicvideo,aswell asthe performance side
of things.
Mon W/B 19/01/15
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Planto filmnarrative elementsof musicvideoonaweekon
Tuesday,butbefore thatmake sure all storyboardsandideasare
togethersowe knowwhat tofilm.
Bookout equipmentonTuesday andWednesday and
begintoget togetheruseful narrative footage.
Mon W/B 26/01/15
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Filmedafewnarrative elementsof the musicvideo,andbegana
draft editusingsome of the footage we shot,butthere isstill quite
a bit lefttofilm.
As we still needtofilmabitmore of the narrative of the
musicvideo, we shouldhire acameraour withinthe
nexttwoweeks.We alsoneedtostart filmingsome
performance aspectsandimprove the editwhichwe
currentlyhave.
Mon W/B 2/02/15
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Continued the editof the footage we have collectedsofarof the
musicvideo,andcreatedsome newstoryboardideaswhichwe can
filmfornextweek,andfill the gapsinthe editwe currentlyhave.
Borrowcameras overthe weekendandalsoMondayto
Wednesday,andfilmsome more of the narrative
elementswithinourmusicvideo.
Mon W/B 09/02/15
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Filmedthe majorityof the narrative whichwasinneedof filming,
althoughsome pointof viewshowsneedtobe re-filmedasthey
were slightlyoutof focus.We alsomade a little more progress
withthe edit,althoughalotmore still needstobe done.
Re-filmthose fewshotsoverthe break,andthenmake
sure we have all of our footage forthe videoforwhen
we come back afterhalf term.
Mon W/B 16/02/15
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Filmedafewadditional scenesforthe musicvideo,althoughsome
needtobe re shot due to the weatherconditions.We are also
thinkingof makingthe entire videonarrative based,asthe
narrative elementswe have filmedseemtobe muchbetterquality
than the performance elementswe have filmed.
Decide whetherwe wanttokeepordiscardthe
performance elementsof the musicvideoandmake it
entirelyanarrative basedvideo.Alsore-filmthe footage
whichneedsimprovingforbefore Friday.
Mon W/B 23/02/15
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We re-filmedsome of the footage thatneededimproving,and
begana test editwiththisfootage.
Continue withthe testedit andmake sure we have
enoughdecentfootage touse init.
Mon W/B 2/03/15
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We decidedwe neededafewmore artisticshotsinthe narrative of
the musicvideo,aswhistwe developedournarrative inthe test
edititwas clearthingsbecame slightlyboringanduninteresting.
We planto take out cameraequipmentandfilmsome
thingsoverthe weekendinordertoimprove ouredit.
Mon W/B 09/03/15
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We tooka camera and tripodoutfrom the mediaoffice andfilmed
more abstract shotsfor our narrative,tomake the musicvideo
more appealingandinterestingto the audience.
See whichisthe bestplace we can include these shots
we have filmedoverthe pastweek,andwhere they
wouldlookbestinthe editwhichwe are producing.
Mon W/B 16/03/15 We have interpretedthe shotswe have filmedoverthe pastfew We needtofinishthe lastpartof our edit,andalsoadd

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(Detailed Weekly Summary) weeksintothe narrative we have created,andare almostfinished
but we needtoadd an effectwhichwouldmake the videohave a
cool effector tinton it.
the colderaffectto the shotswe have filmedandsee
howit looksonour edit.
Mon W/B 23/03/15
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We have the majorityof our editfinished,althoughwe are
undecidedastowhichshotswouldbe bestto use forthe endingof
the musicvideo,asthere if a fewwhichwe have filmedandcould
fitinwell withthe narrative.
Finishoff the endcredittitlesatthe endof the videoas
well asmakingsure we are happywiththe shotsused
for the endingof ourvideo.
Mon W/B 30/03/15
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We finishedourdrafteditanduploadeditontoYouTube soit can
be addedto a focus groupon Facebookenablingustoreceive
feedbackandresponsestellinguswhere we couldimproveand
make the videolookmore professional.
Put the YouTube videowe have createdintoaclosed
focusgroup onFacebook,andsee aftera weekwhich
responseswe have collected.
Mon W/B 6/04/15
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Gatheredinformationfromthe uploadeddrafteditwe have put
ontoYouTube from the focusgroup we have puton Facebookand
will nextweeklookatthe responseswe have receivedanddecide
where we couldmake changesor improvements.
Collectfurtherresponsesandaudience feedbackfrom
the focusgroup we have put ontoFacebook,and
complete the restof our evaluations.
Mon W/B 13/04/15
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Completedthe restof the evaluationsapartfromthe question
whichwe needfeedbackfromthe audience,viathe focusgroup.
Complete thislastevaluationquestion,andalsoensure
all of the workcompletedoverthe yearisonblog,e.g.
product/marketresearch,ideasgeneration,storyboards
e.c.t.
Mon W/B 20/04/15
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Put all piecesonblogwhichwere finished,forexample bothof the
ancillary’sandalsosome of the workwhichhad beendone atthe
start of the yearwhenwe were inthe planningstages.
Filmresponsesforthe focusgroupquestion,andalso
finishoff anypiecesof workwhichneedtobe onthe
blogfor the final deadline nextweek.
Mon W/B 27/04/15
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Finishedthe evaluationquestionresponses,andrecordedour
videoresponse tothe thirdquestionforthe focusgroup.
Ensure all workis on blogforthe 30th
of April.
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