HG: Digipak Process 5

I have made significant progress on this particular image. I have managed to input the list of tracks, as well as the record label, barcode and production details. In the lesson, after doing further research into Jack Garratt, I discovered than Remnants was in fact an EP, rather than an official album. Also, I found that Garratt has announced his first album release date, along with the name of the album (Phase) and the 13 tracks included. Consequently, I created a text layer for each piece of text, so that I was able to move each track around. Also, I decided to position the track list along the outline of the headphones, to make it look more visually appealing.

In terms of the barcode, I simply added one from google by using the select tool, and copying it straight into the pane, the same also applied for the British record label Island Records. Furthermore, I used an album named ‘Submarine’ to get some expertise about the production details small print where I found that I needed to put in where the album was made, and the website, as well as claiming the copyright. Lastly, I have slightly altered the positioning of the main text ‘Jack Garratt’ putting on one line instead of two.

This image has been taken from our music video piece on premiere, due to being a very effective shot in terms of framing and composition. We would like to use this shot over our two inside middle panes for our digipak, after taking advice from Humbugs  (the Arctic Monkeys album), where they also used a landscape shot across both panes. I used many effects to make the shot look even more solemn and dejected. This included the Density tool to  bring out underexposed or dark areas of an image. As well as this, I used the levels tool to move and stretch the brightness levels of the image. It has the power to adjust brightness, contrast, and tonal range and I was therefore able to expose certain areas such as the lower right-hand-side of the image. I also used the colour balance tool to ensure that one colour dominates the frame, I chose a dark grey colour for this effect. Furthermore, I also increased the contrast vastly, and lowered the saturation .

 

 

TW: In Class Individual Role 4

I have made considerable progress with the editing of the music video, my main method being to add clips to the timeline that create juxtaposition, for example editing a clip of the two children playing hide and seek behind a tree next to a clip of George (one of the brothers in the present) walking past the tree looking upset because his brother is gone. This is effective as it constructs the representation that the younger brother is gone and represents the effect it has had on his brother very effectively as well as being a fairly simple and understandable concept.

To represent this more obviously, the use of fading out of the lost brother is used frequently in our video, the screenshot below shows one of the clips I have done this to, matching the two clips together- one without the brother and one with the brother, with the camera positioned in exactly the same place.
To the right the red horizontal line shows where I have added key frames in order to change both the opacity and the colouring of this shot. Changing the opacity gives this 'fading' effect whilst adding a colour pass and altering its presence in the shots dulls the colour as the clip goes on. This constructs the clip to look like as the brother fades away, so does the colour, becoming black and white.

I did this to construct the representation that in the older brothers eyes, a world without his brother is a world without enjoyment and happiness, really emphasizing the pain that his younger brother dying has caused. In the image you can also see the central box is rendering the clips, I do this after adding effects to clips and overlapping certain shots which makes the video look of much higher quality as each clip flows smoothly and the change of clips is not jumpy or unfocused.

In this image to the left you can see a large selection of clips of the two brothers when young, I have been constantly reviewing all these clips to make sure I use the most effective and meaningful, then making sure to position these clips next to others to flow smoothly to make the camera movements similar, for example if in one clip the camera is moving to the right at a certain pace, I will try to make the next clip also have the same movements to the right, if it does not quite flow I can make adjustments to the timings of the clip. For example I often use the TimeStretch tool to slow down, fasten or often reverse certain clips so that the same movement continues.

Most recently, in order to finish the video I have been adding clips of the older brother visiting his brothers grave at the end of the video. We added these scenes as it enforces the meaning of the video in case the audience did not understand that the younger brother had passed away.

After the clips were ordered correctly in the timeline and the group was happy with them, we added a vignette effect to the clips of the brothers together in colour. We believed this gave these clips a more 'dreamy' effect as if they are constantly replaying in the older brothers mind, a representation we had hoped to achieve in the video.

TW: Digipak and Advert Process 2

Again for the digipak and advertisement process I have been in charge of directing the photoshoots of the pictures we plan to use on the printwork. The bulk of the pictures were taken in Bedgebury park, using the children from our music video and to represent Jack Garratt in an appropriate way, we believed using children was necessary as children frequently feature on Jack Garratt's EP covers, for example for tracks 'Weathered' and 'Breathe Life' shown below.

 To the right are the pictures we think are technically the strongest for use on the printwork, we have since decided that the bottom picture, with the kids sat at the bottom of the tree looking to the right is the image we will use for our printwork.

We think that both the colours, e.g. the red and blue clothing of the children are suitable and are similar to the colours used in the EP's above, one of which also makes use of an exterior location.
To finalize this printwork, we have added it into photoshop and have begun making adjustments, for example using the brightness, contrast and saturation tools to deepen the colours in the picture as well as deciding upon positioning the artists name in the top left corner of the picture, making the typography the largest so that it is  focus point when first looking at the image, to highlight the artist straight away. We have decided to make this typography either a solid black or white colour, or a combination of the two again to make it easily visible and clear to the audience.

In photoshop, we have constructed the font we will use to display the artists name, using the font 'Typographica' and using the crop and magic wand tools to remove parts of the A's to give it a modernized look reflecting the modern music genres Jack Garratt uses like electro and reflecting fonts used on his previous printwork, these changes to the font are shown above.

We have also decided that all text featured on the printwork will be positioned in only the corners of the image, this is because the main signifiers of this image lie in the centre (the two children and the tree) while the corners of the image have little significance or anything that catches the eye, positioning text in the corners will allow all information to be seen clearly whilst not affecting all of the images most interesting features.

Below are some more of the images I captured in the Bedgebury/ Grosvenor locations that we have since decided to discard. Although we are not using these images I believe it's important to note that framing and composition was considered before shooting and that these images may have been used for the two middle panes of the 4 pane digipak we have decided on.    

To complete the digipak, we planned on using an image of the artist on it's front cover. Obviously we could not use the real Jack Garratt on our digipak so I decided it may be useful to use someone who has a resemblance to him, deciding on my friend Tom who agreed to do a photoshoot.
To capture the image we needed, we set up a photoshoot with a plain background so that this could be edited in photoshop if needed and using lighting to create shadows in some shots, for example the image to the right. To construct a representation of Jack Garratt that was believable I had to direct Tom on what to use as his costume, I told him to wear a stylish hat and jacket, which Jack Garratt is often seen wearing as you can see from the image to the right of Jack Garratt.

 

 I then positioned the camera just below eyeline level and took various pictures of Tom, instructing him to stand in different angles. To the left are a couple of the many pictures I took. After reviewing these images, we believed the top picture to the left was most strong due to his central framing, all of his face is clearly visible and his eyesight direction also works nicely.

To progress from this, we will now add the image to photoshop and position text around him to construct the digipak front pane, this text will be limited as it will be just the artists name and the album name (Phase), we believe only adding these two simple bits of text makes it easy and quick for a potential audience to recognize the album.

We will also add colour changes to the image to further influence this, such as layering a black and white filter underneath a coloured filter to make the image look more effective and continue the colour scheme used on the rest of the digipak (mainly red and green) to create a cohesive digipak and advertisement for Jack Garratt.

Group: Rough Cut and Feedback

Feedback:

Advantages:

• black and white filter, creates emotional authenticity
• pull-focus shots
• attention to cutting rate
• opening sequence is very polished
• fades were effective
• framing of the boys on bench
• there is a clear platonic friendship between brothers

Disadvantages:

• there needs to be a darker sepia wash for the footage of the kids
• didn't like the shot of Harry pointing
• doesn't feel like a memory between brothers
• build up tension a bit more prior to the younger brothers being revealed

HG: Digipak Process 4

In terms of this pane, after a discussion with my team I have changed the content, this is because it does not have much potential as a front pane. Therefore, we would like to use this pane as the back cover of our digipak. Subsequently, I have inserted the album track list rather than the album name. As well as this, I have also considered the composition and framing, and I have chosen to put the text in the top left hand corner of the pane. At first, the font was hard to see, however, by using inner glow, outer glow, and bevel and emboss, the font looked much more clear. Next lesson I hope to use the polygon tool to delete the left section of the letter 'A's' as I have done previously.

I have been working on this pane for around 4 lessons now, having to make several adjustments to the compositon, the lighting, and the typography. In this particular lesson, I was able to finish off what I started yesterday, which was to move each of the letters closer together. This was achieved by using the rectangular selection tool (to select the text I wanted to move) followed by the normal selection tool to move it where I wanted. In doing so, I had to ensure that I was holding shift, as it means that the moved text will be in alignment with the rest of the text.

HG: Digipak Process 3

This is a new image that I have started to work on. Originally, I would've liked to have had the whole of this image as it is a very wide, displaying the beautiful landscape that is Bedgebury. However, as we already have an advert image, we needed more digipak panes, which meant I had to ensure that the image was square. This was achieved by selecting the crop tool and then inserting Height 1, Width 1. Then, I chose which section of the image I liked- taking rule of thirds into consideration, I believe that the composition is particularly effective as George is positioned on the right-hand-side, allowing space for the typography. Discussing the typography further, the group has decided on a font called 'Typographica' after looking further into some of Jack Garratt's print work. As well as this, the font that Jack Garratt utilises, removes some of the letter 'A', and I have attempted to replicate that in my piece. This was achieved by copying the layer, left clicking to rasturize it, and selecting the polygon eraser tool. From this, (after zooming) I simply selected the part of the letter I wanted to erase, and then clicked control D and zoomed out to see how it looked.


I have been working on this image for a few lessons now. Taking inspiration from Jack Garratt's print work, I have completed a similar process as the pane above in terms of the typography. This is because I have used the polygon tool to remove a part of the letter 'A'. One thing I need to do in the next lesson, is move each of the letters closer together. I will be able to do this by selecting the 'rectangular selection tool', and move parts of the font closer together making it similar to Jack Garratt's typography.

GT: Advert Progress 2

We experimented with a few stills taken on the various shoots we carried out, by editing their saturation, brightness and adding text in order to determine the value of their use in our digipak. We established a good balance between the two, making the details of the image stand out as well as the darker, shadowed areas of the image.

The first image of George (actor in the music video) was adjusted numerous times since it generally lacked the themes presented by Jack Garratt seen in his own album covers (the font and text positioning being prime examples). As a result, after various adjustments we decided to not include this on our digipak, at least not to occupy a pain with titles on it. We also learned how the 'Remnants' text shown across the jumper and t-shirt was unacceptable as the vertical nature of the zip segregates the word. Despite this, the increase in saturation and then desaturation of George's face made the background stand out, the yellow tree in particular, so we are considering it for the digipak.

This second picture we experimented with was taken in Bedgebury from our fourth shoot. Since we shot in Bedgebury we assumed a digipak/advert taken in the same location would have a consistent digipak theme than with the video itself, and whilst it did, we didn't consider the surroundings as visually effective (metal rusted bridge) as the above picture, so we discarded it for now. Some positive aspects of this image were the framing and posture of the actor as well as the overall colour tone.

The final picture below is the almost completed version of the advertisement, lacking only in minor texts and text positioning. We increased the saturation in the entire image and then airbrushed the boy's faces to make them stand out and appear less red, comparable to the last advert progress post.

We managed to match the font used in Jack Garrets album cover with the one on the advert and manually adjusted the 'A' letter so the left section was absent in order to show our inspiration from the artist.

HG: Digipak Process 2

This was my second lesson working on these pieces. After some advice from the rest of my team,  I decided to change the font colour for this image slightly. I did this by clicking the font colour tool, followed by clicking on the headphone image. Therefore, I was able to alter the font colour to match the headphones, making it look more realistic. As well as this, I decided to use some effects on the font, including the ‘bevel and emboss’ tool. This effect evidently made the font look far more 3-dimensional, by adding highlights and shadows to different parts of the typography. As well as this, I utilised the satin tool, which applies interior shading that creates a radiant finish. As well as altering the font in this lesson, I also wanted to apply a filter, to see how much effect it had on the final image. I clicked on the dropdown arrow above the layers, and clicked lighting. Subsequently, I had a brush tool (of which I made significantly bigger) and started to click around the screen.  This meant that I was able to make parts of the image far lighter, especially the left-hand side of the image.

 

 

I used very similar effects with this image. This included the ‘bevel and emboss’ tool and the satin effect. Though, despite this, I decided to make the font slightly darker with this image to see the contrast between the two, and choose which one I preferred (which I am still yet to decide). In terms of the composition of this image without the font positioning and lighting etc. I would say that this is my preferred digipak frame, however, in terms of the lighting, and the placement of typography, I think the other piece is better. I will therefore be having a discussion with the rest of my team about which frame we should utilise in our piece. I also tried out many other fonts, George recommended that I should try the ‘Farcry’ font, which was effective, though, it was too bold for a fairly bland image.

 

 

TW: Digipak and Advert Process 1

For progress on the printwork (digipak and advertisement) I have mainly been in charge of the photoshoots, planning different panes of the digipak and thinking of creative ideas in which we can frame certain pictures we want to incorporate.
Many of our ideas for the printwork have been revolved around the grosvenor and Bedgebury shoots so most of the shots we took on shoots 1 and 2 have been very experimental, such as the picture below which we have since decided to discard.

However, one of the pictures we have always had planned for our back pane of the digipak was a focused picture of headphones, doing this to represent Jack Garratt as an authentic artist, credible for his own music, we took the picture from a variety of angles and decided the picture at the bottom would be most suitable.
To decide which was most suitable I took the framing and cropping that would be necessary to fit a digipak pane into account, the bottom picture has plenty of space to the left of the headphone for a listing of tracks for the 'Phase' album, something we will definitely try to achieve. Furthermore it also has more tones of light and shadow which I believe captures the attention of a person more, especially if colour editing is made to it, which we plan on doing.

This picture has plenty of space for information on the record label 'Island Records' as well as a barcode, for example in the bottom right corner. We plan on adding colour to the picture which fades across it in different shades as well as trying to reflect the editing used in the video in the digipak also, perhaps by adding a black and white filter. We will achieve this in photoshop fundamentally by cropping the image to the correct proportions and adding a suitable text to the pane, after looking we have decided a font called 'Typographica' may be appropriate as it reflects and highlights similarities between the typography used on many of Jack Garratt's EP's. 

TW: In class individual role 3

This week I have continued with the project editing and positioning our footage onto the timeline, I focused mainly on after effects for two lessons, I edited two clips together in order to show the two brothers together side by side but with the brother who has passed away (Harry) slowly fading out of the shot in order to represent his loss from his brother and highlight the fact that his brother is no longer around.

When shooting this scene I took one shot of George alone in frame looking upset and without moving the camera took another shot framed the same way but with both brothers in the frame, this allowed me to edit this effect with more ease as without camera movement it would be easier to take Harry out of the frame.

However when putting these two clips together, I realised there was a slight movement with the camera meaning the scale and positioning of the two shots did not correspond.

To solve this as you can see in the screenshot I overlaid the two clips and began to alter the scale and positioning of the shot in which both brothers are featured, I did this until the clips were no longer blurry and gave the effect that both clips were exactly the same.

Once I was happy that the two clips matched, I began to alter the clip to give the 'fading out' effect of Harry's character that we had hoped to do. To do this I altered the opacity of the clip over time, decreasing this opacity of the clip as it went on, making the clip look like Harry's character slowly faded out before the end of the shot.

I have also been replacing some of the shots featured in the first minute of our video of George with clips of the children when the were young. I did this in order to make the meaning and story of the video more obvious and understandable to the audience, as through audience research I realised that it was unclear at some points that these two characters were actually brothers. This is shown in the screenshot below of the two children playing in the woods.

To the right of the screenshot you can see some of the after effects we have been adding to clips of George in the present, when upset following the loss of his brother, using the effect 'colour pass' to highlight his mood and state of mind during the video.

TW: Reflection on shoot 4

This shoot took place in Bedgebury Park, we focused this shoot mainly upon the flashbacks featured throughout the video of the two brothers doing various activities when they were younger, we used Corey aged 6 and Dylan aged 3 to do this. After shooting these scenes we went back and shot similar scenes but featuring primarily our protagonist (George) but in the present, without his brother there to enjoy the location with him.

What was your role during the shoot?
Like previous shoots, my role was mainly involved with the filming process, I used the tripod and steadicam to help me shoot various things around the park, such as the children playing in the woods and by the pond. Throughout the shoot I would direct both the children and George on what to do during each shot, as well as the speeds they should do each thing and when to change their non-verbal language.
Digipak Development?
I also took various pictures around the park for use on the digipak and advert for our project, for example I positioned the children in front of a tree and made them look up to capture one of the pictures we may use on the digipak. I have brought these pictures into lesson since and they are currently in post-production.

Which shots were less successful or problematic? Why was this?
There were little to no shots that were unsuccessful during the shoot, this is because we had the entire day to capture what we needed so if a shot was problematic we had plenty of time to re-shoot until it fitted what we had expected.

HG: Digipak Process 1

These two images below are examples of a rough mock-up for one of the digipak frames we would like to incorporate. We took these particular shots on Shoot 2, at Tom's location, utilizing a pair of headphones to connote that Garratt is a recording artist. For this particular frame, I took inspiration from the 'Remnants' album cover - by our artist Jack Garratt. This digipak cover is evident on the right-hand side, and it is evident that all of Jack Garratt's possessions are surrounding him, scattered across the floor. This is where we conjured up the idea of capturing a pair of headphones for one of panes. Also, the fact that the headphones are the sole object, connotes that all the artist cares about is music. Despite this, when inputting the image into photoshop, it proved a problem due to the image not being square, and therefore not suitable for a digipak cover. Subsequently, I had to use the 'crop' tool, using Height 1 and Width 1 to make the image square, though this meant cutting out some of the original image and moving the text. Because of this, I have created two digipak panes in order to decide which one looks best, one of the covers is taken from the right hand side of the original image, and the other was cropped from the left side. In terms of the text I discovered the font 'Prisoner SF' which looked similar to the font used on Jack Garratt's album, and is relatively iconic. Also, in completing some background research alongside Tom, we noticed that all of the typography associated with Garratt was in capitals.

This first mock-up was taken from the right hand side of the original larger photo. I liked this particular pane because of the thoughtful framing, especially the typography. This is because it is positioned in the reading path of the consumer, and is also bold, making it obtrusive on a fairly plain surface. Also, despite only seeing half of the headphones in this image, it is still apparent and clear for the audience to consume the artist.



I also believed that this particular image had potential in terms of framing, though, it does have a large plain space on the left side of the pane. This image was cropped from the left hand-side, and the font is also positioned in a different place. The positioning of the typography is effective, as the consumer is probably to view it first, which is the main objective over the image itself.



Personally, I like that both the images are particularly unique as it creates a parallel with the artist Jack Garratt. Also, the fact that the rule of thirds isn't taken into as much consideration, gives an abstract feel to the digipak. In terms of the tools used, I used the insert tool to input the image, the 'T' tool to insert the font and the crop tool, to make sure the digipak pane had the correct measurements. In terms of editing the image itself, I used a channel mix to make the image lighter, as well as the Hue/Saturation tool to enrich the potential dull colours, for example the brown flooring.

GT: Reflection on Shoot 4

This shoot took place in Bedgebury park, a large park with various scenery that would prove effective for our music video. The combination of woodland, open areas, slopes and open areas along with the long distance visibility meant capturing stills in Bedgebury to be a vital opportunity. 

 What was your role during the shoot?

My role during this shoot was, again, to act, and also to film. For the majority of the shoot I was being filmed as the character of the brother in the music video. However for the scenes I wasn't being filmed I helped operate the camera and also shot some sections of the video. I also posed for a variety of stills for the digipak and advert, however we decided not to use the majority of them, simply because they weren't as visually effective as others already on the digipak. I also took up the task of taking pictures of Cory and Dylan for the digipak, some included in the final advert and digipak. Lastly, I was also provided with the jobof transportation. This included driving group members up to Bedgebury, as well as camera equipment, such as the tripod and track.

Which shots were less successful or problematic? Why was this?

 

One shot that we struggled with in particular, was the shot of the two children, Cory and Dylan, standing on a tree stump. This proved difficult simply because the weather restricted any visually effective images being taken. After waiting a few hours and returning to the location we managed to take an effective image, that was enhanced even further in after effects by increasing the saturation. This image later comprised an aspect of our digipak design.

GT: Reflection on Shoot 3

 For this shoot, we decided to film at Grosvenor park after the weather had previously prevented us from doing so. 


What was your role during the shoot?

• My role for this shoot was again to act as the main brother for our music video. 
• I had to convey a positive mood since this aspect of the video is set in the past, where Harry (playing my brother) is still alive. 

Which shots were less successful or problematic? Why was this?

• We were very successful in capturing what shots we had planned to capture before arriving here, and so few shots offered challenges for us to face. Despite this, an improvised shot of Harry and me with our reflections in a small stream was not captured with complete clarity and we decided to abandon this unplanned shot. 

What other challenges did you encounter and how did you respond to them?

• We faced an issue with member of the public constantly wandering into the background of some of our shots, however we knew this would be an issue before we started shooting since the location is public. We simply overcame these by recapturing the shot which didn't prove too difficult and time consuming. 
• The weather also created a temporary issue, which resulted in us packing away the gear and returning to the car to end the shoot. However the rain was only present for around 10 minutes meaning we were able to capture the fade shot we set out to capture as well as a few others. 

How did you develop your ideas for the digipak and advert on the shoot?

• We realised that the wooded areas was ideal in conveying the sombre mood reflected in the song, and from this planned to capture a variety of shots in Bedgebury which is where our next shoot will take place. 

GT: Advert Progress 1

 

We gathered images from a variety of shoots we carried out in order to obtain footage for our music video production. These stills would pose as a digipak and advert reflecting the themes shown in our video, as well as replicating the theme and style of the artist, Jack Garratt, who originally sung and produced the song in our sequence. 

One image that showed potential when altered in Photoshop was this one. The photo itself was taken in Bedgebury park on our fourth shoot, and shows both Corey and Dylan (who played George and Harry in the past) against a tree. We manipulated the photo in order to match the style of our music video, which sees an uplifted tone when Corey and Dylan are on-screen. We increased the saturation which left a visually enhanced image, creating more vibrant colours, such as the green around the tree and Corey's red shirt.

The image appears distorted at first, evident from the trees in the background, however this was simply due to the low angle the image was taken at.

The text positioning in the above screenshots follows the same style as 'Remnants' by Jack Garratt. Also the font (Ziagra Engraved) in the below image did not continue the theme we desired, and so we changed it temporarily into a more appropriate font (Prisoner SF), evident when compared to Jack Garratt's album cover below.
 

Group: Print Analysis- Jack Garratt

In order to accurately portray Jack Garratt's album cover style in our digipak and advert, we needed to analyse his style and general designs. In his 'Remnants' album cover Garratt's design approach is almost minimalistic in that one man is sitting on a bare floor surrounded with a few basic objects such as a record player and a box containing some minor props. We therefore took various images on our second shoot in an empty, ambient room in order to replicate this style. Furthermore, we have found a font similar to the one on this image and have begun manually adjusting the letter 'A' by removing the left side evident in image on the right. We have also noted the positioning of the text, where Garratt has placed the words 'Jack' and 'Garratt' above one another so the slant on the letter 'A' matches the one above or below, in a continuous slant.

We found a consistent style with many of Jack Garratt's album covers and advertisements, many showing his profile. In order to match this we will carry out a photoshoot with a similar looking student and determine in photoshop whether giving the image a grey scale effect improves it, in which case one will be added.

Group: Call sheet and Risk Assessment shoot 4

HG: Reflection on shoot 4

Shoot date: Sunday 15th November

What was your role during the shoot?
During this shoot, I did not feature in the majority of the acting. Therefore, my main role was composition and framing. Also, as we had the added addition of Corey (6) and Dylan (3), I was responsible for making sure that they weren't looking directly at the camera and that they were positioned correctly in the shot.


Which shots were less successful or problematic? Why was this?
We were very pleased with our overall efficiency in the shoot, and very few shots were problematic. The only shots we were unsure about were the shots in a location where the daylight was covered by trees, and it was relatively dark. This is because we have had problems with lighting before, however, we hope that this did not effect any shots this time around.


How did you develop your ideas for the digipak and advert on the shoot?
In this particular shoot, we took many different shots for the digipak and advert, taking advantage of the spectular scenery in Bedgebury. We took shots of both George and Dylan&Corey (together), in a series of different locations. One of the shots we took was of Dylan and Corey sitting at the bottom of a tree looking into the distance. We also took a shot of George from behind (over-the-shoulder shot) looking at the vast landscape of Bedgebury.

Group: Call sheet and Risk Assessment- Shoot 3

HG: Reflection on shoot 3

Shoot date: Thursday 12th November
What was your role during the shoot?
In this shoot, we eventually managed to shoot at our external location, Grosvenor park. However, we had to be extremely efficient, as we knew the weather could affect the shoot. During this shoot, I was again participating in the acting. Also, when I was out of shot, I helped with the composition and framing of the shots, utilising our storyboards. We knew that we had to extremely efficient in this shoot as we only had a limited time of around 2 hours. Consequently, we had several conversations  including whereabouts we would like to shoot and the exact shots we would like to take, this talk occurred a few days prior to shooting.

Which shots were less successful or problematic? Why was this?
There were very few shots that we had problems with, and we managed to shoot the  vast majority of the shots to our best ability. Despite this, we tried to use a shot where George and I were both looking into some musky water, to show our reflections. However, due to not being able to make out our faces, the shot proved to be problematic. As well as this, due to Grosvenor park being a popular, public location, some of our takes had to be stopped abruptly, because of people walking into shot or being in the background. This slowed us down slightly, yet we managed to shoot what we needed to in the time we had. Also, as some of the park was unavailable and scattered with machinery (due to Maintenance works), we were unable to take any digipak shots (explained further in the last paragraph).

What other challenges did you encounter and how did you respond to them?
Unfortunately, the weather turned and it started to rain quite heavily. This meant that we had to stop filming, to prevent any damage to the equipment, especially the camera. Despite the weather being a problem, we still had an hour of shooting and managed to shoot pretty much what we wanted, so overall we were pleased with the progress. Furthermore, there were moments where the ever-changing weather conditions restricted us, including when it rained for a 15 minute spell where we had to pack all of the equipment away to avoid damage. As well as this, after the rain, there were some rare sunny spells which looked unrealistic, as they contrasted to the solemn, overcast shots we took on that day.

How did you develop your ideas for the digipak and advert on the shoot?
Due to only having an hour to shoot, we only managed to take shots for our main video. As well as this, Grosvenor park is currently under maintenance, and therefore we wouldn't have been able to take any digipak/advert shots anyway. Also, we wanted to take most of our shots at our next location, Bedgebury on Sunday 15th November. This is because we believe that we can take more stylistic shots, with a wider, more attractive landscape. One idea we would like to incorporate is to have George at the heart of the shot, with rows of trees either side of him, taking the rule of thirds into consideration.

HG: Reflection on shoot 2

Shoot date: Saturday 7th November
What was your role during the shoot?
In this shoot, we originally wanted to go to Grosvenor park, taking some more external location shots. However, due to weather problems, we could not take the risk of damaging the equipment and changed our location to Tom's house. As well as this, after looking back at our footage from our first shoot, the lighting was too dark, meaning that the camera struggled to focus, and consequently the footage was blurred. Therefore, we decided to re-shoot the footage at Tom's house to be safe, having too much footage rather than too little. My role during the shoot was acting as the late brother, as we took some two shots of George and I having fun and creating memories. An example of this was in Tom's cinema room, where we used the steadicam to capture these shots. Also, as I was only acting in some of the footage, I played a similar role to the last shoot. This is because I used the storyboards that we had drawn, to make sure that the composition and framing for each of the shots was suitable. As well as this, I also put forward some innovative shots, such as a tilt-up shot to George on the bed, or a whip-pan shot.


Which shots were less successful or problematic? Why was this?
Despite wanting to use two-shots in the cinema room, the lighting was also problematic. This meant that the camera again struggled to focus, and the shots were less obtrusive. Some other shots that were problematic included the performance shots. This is because we hadn't storyboarded, and therefore had to improvise. As well as this, due to the weather, we were unable to do many shots outside, when we originally would've liked to. As well as this, some of the digipak shots we took, such as Georges reflection in the fireplace, looked rather ordinary when coming to edit the images. Despite some of these restrictions, we were very pleased as we are going to incorporate the majority of the footage we took on this shoot.

What other challenges did you encounter?
The main challenge we encountered was the weather, which meant that we were unable to shoot in Grosvenor park in the first place. We then had to improvise and film at Tom's house, though, we were originally prepared for the Grosvenor shoot. Ideally, we would've liked to have filmed some external shots in Tom's location, utilising the pond and the land outside. However, due to weather conditions we were unable to do so.

How did you develop your ideas for the digipak and advert on the shoot?
On our shoot, we took several different stylistic shots for our digipak. One example of this was a close up, out of focus shot of some headphones, to intimate that Jack Garratt is a recording artist. As well as this, we took many different shots of George, to construct a first person mode of address. This included mid-shots and close-ups, utilising a plain white background. Furthermore, we also took shots in front of a fire place, with Georges hood up, which also looked stylistic in terms of the iconography, though we later decided on other images instead.

TW: In Class Individual Role 2

In today's lesson, although only having just 20 minutes as we went out to shoot in Grosvenor Park, I began uploading the footage to the D drive of the computer, ready to be transferred into our project for tomorrows lesson.

I then began experimenting with after effects, this is because originally we had planned to add grayscale filters to our footage to reflect fairly sad and dull mood of our main character in the video. I added these filters to most of the shots from the first 35 seconds of our video and rendered the footage after adding the effects to increase the quality of each shot. In my opinion the filters match very well with the emotions of the song, with the footage and the lighting of each shot added to the timeline so far. The picture shows an example of one of the shots with the after effects added as well as the option of after effects I used, called color pass which gives this black and white style look to each shot.

The next picture shows an example of one of the shots we did not add these filters to. This is because the main use of the filters is to represent how upset the main character is feeling now that his brother is gone. We are not placing filters on the flashback shots where both brothers are shown together as it provides a comparison between his dull, mournful feelings at the current time as his brother is no longer with him to the bright, happy feelings he has when his brother was by his side with him.