Dates when we filmed

We had problems with dates when we could film, so we decided to film in half term. We could do this because we had our own camera to use. On 25/10/10 and 26/10/10, we went to kingston to film where the phone boxes were; because we met early and started early there were less people therefore we could film smoothly. But when people started to come and see us doing the project the band felt uncomfortable but we got more in to it and the singer got better as we did it. Also on the same day we went to the band stand, one thing that we missed was to do a static shot of the band in the band stand so that we have more shots.

After this location we went to where graffity backround was. We thought we needed more locations when we up loaded the shots and started editing. So we decided to film on 2/11/10 in the playground, train station, my house and in the car. The locations were quite close together so it did not take a lot of time to move around. But because we went there after school it gor dark quite quickly so we could not film in the playground or the station. Before we did all of these locations we did narrative but because the actor could not make it each time when we could, we had to re-shoot everything before school started. So on 19/11/10 we shot narrative in school with different backround location. I thought it turned out good better than the last one we did.

From choosing location to re-shooting, I have learnt that if you want to do a production of something the best thign to do is research and look at rpoducts which were successful and learn and get ideas from it. Also when filming, don't think about how it is going to turn out but experiement and do normal to strange shots because you don't know unless you try it. Adding on, when you are re-shooting we have to think about the time of the day, wether etc things which will not disturb continuity.

by Sung min

Website for our band

In the project that we were given, we had to make a digi-pack for the band. So we decided to create a website for our band. I typed in 'create your website' on Google and moonfruit web came on, so we started designing it. Our web-site address is http://cherrydeadpsycho.yolasite.com We are going to include the hisory of the band, how we met and how we came up with our names, personal details like our birthdays, maybe pictures etc. One wesite that I researched to see how other bands do it, I liked RUSH-official website. The opening page had their logo and it had lists of menus that you can go and look in to. I found out that most of band web sites have black as their backround which we thought we matched with our band as well.

by Sung min

Oxjam

I had a chance to volunteer for Oxfam when they did a music concert called 'Oxjam'. First I handed out the leaflets to people and went to different places around kingston where the bands performed and helped them as s staff. It was a chance for me to see different types of band there were rock bands, people who played the wood instruments and sang etc. I looked carefully at the rock band ad punk style bands. I noticed that the singer and the band were enjoying what they were singing and playing. It was great opportunity to see what kind of movements that I have to show as a back up guitarist.

by Sung min

Research on other bands

The reason for me choosing this specific songs and band was because i thought the band genre matched ours and that the narrative behind this song was bullying which we decided our song was like. Some parts of the song that we could use would be the shots of the instruments. But the parts i will look at closely is how the lead singer is acting because i am the lead singer of the band. Another part i took in to count was how quick the editing is on this song. It matches the beat to the drum in some places and is very quick, the reason for this is because it is rock song so when editing our coursework i will have to take into count how quick the editing should be. Another reason i choice this song is because of how much attitude it has to the audience. When the bad girl cuts the good girl's hair off it will make the audience gasp, this makes the video very in your face which is what a rock/punk music video should be like so i would like to use this idea in our music video. I also looked at how the girl is bullying others, one it where she pushes someone into a wall and another example is where she starts kissing a girls boyfriend. These are all good ideas but our group will have to decide what kind of bullying will take place. I think the pushing idea will be good for out group. The other part about this video i like is how at the end the singer of the band takes control and bullies the bully. This is to some extent like our song at the beginning of our song she is scared and bullied but at the end she stands up for herself. In my opion i think the best way to get back at the bully would be to do what they did for example if they push you push back, i think that would look good in a music video.

By Louise Thorne

Location problems

One place that we didn't mention in the location section is filming in bentalls. When Louise and I went to Kingston to shoot singer part we went inside Betalls and asked thereceptionist if we could film. However, she said we have to call the head manager and ask and even though if we do it will take long to get permission and actually film. From this I realised the reality of business and media industry, if you don't do things in advance you will lose good opportunity. Also because we wanted to film in London, Ithought of filming in the Underground station I went the website and found out that a lot of films include shots from London underground. This means it is a good location to bring up atmosphere however this one also you had to book it in advance. It was an experience for me to learn new skills and put my thoughts into practice whether it works out or not.

by Sung min

Coffffffffffin :(

One thing that I regret not doing is filming inside a coffin for more abstract but affective shots. The reason why we wanted to make one and film inside is that it show the relationship between lyrics ad visuals. As the singer sings '...you move closer and I'm closed in...' we could have used the coffin to show that she is close in and its better for her to be dead rather than alive. There could have been other shots that we could put the coffin shot in. Because we waned to make one I got the materials ready but we did not have enough time to make one, if we had this idea when we were planning we could have done it. But as we did more research and thought about it more in depth we came up with this. I though it has the same effect that Ignorance by Paramore has. When the band performs n that small room they look crouched up and this is the feel that we want to have in ours. But we did not have time to but next time we should research more and come up with ideas which are unique.

by Sung min

The coffin

As sung-min has already mentioned we planned to make a coffin that we could take pictures of and film with. Sung-min had planned to bring in some chip board to make the coffin out of. Me and Sung-min brought the chip board into the design technology rooms and began talking on how to make the coffin. Sadly what we planned we didn't have enough wood for and we didn't have the time to make the coffin as perfect as we wanted. so we decided not to make or use the coffin, i believe if we had had more time then we would of made the coffin and used it for filming and pictures. 

One reason why we wanted to use the coffin was when looking at CD covers we came across a 'Metallica'  album.  This album has a coffin on the front and this is where our inspiration came from.

By Louise Thorne