Production Diary

Lesson 1: Today we found out our groups for our Music Video Task. We then started looking for music / songs that didn't have a music video to them already.

Lesson 2: today we started pulling together our ideas for our music videos. We have chosen our three songs with out a music video and Ben s is putting them into a power point to present to our class so that we can get feedback.

Lesson 3: Today we presented our three songs to our class and gained some feedback about each of our ideas. out of our three song ideas they preferred our third idea, saying how the second idea would be too complicated to do / too similar to previous ideas. They also made the comment on how the ideas for Bastille would have to be done first time as once there is mess there is no going back.

Lesson 4: Today we worked on our feedback and chose our final song, These Streets by Bastille we then started pulling in ideas and worked on a timeline
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Lesson 5: We drew inspiration for a powdered paint festival, inspired by the festival of love in India and also various videos online

Lesson 6: We added more to the story board today, we are having a constant flow of ideas so we decided just to draw them down and then cut out each scene and stitch them together.

Lesson 7: Today we had our song on constant repeat in class as we allocated shots to different parts of the song, we now have a storyboard that we have completed and allocated timings to each shot that we will try to stick to.

Lesson 8: Planning preparation for the powder festival including sourcing paint, mobile power options, reserving cameras and other recording equipment to make sure that we are prepared.

Lesson 9: Mass advertising around school fro our Paint party, we also spoke to groundsman who gave us the keys to the back fields where we are going to have the filming session.

Lesson 10: The Final countdown, Cameras were checked, the ground covering was also checked, its really sunny today should be a good shoot! absences recorded to collect Generator. We also split down the 20 Kg of powdered paint into handy bags so that it is easy to distribute and throw. We also sourced a MASSIVE speaker from music as well as an air blower for mass paint throwing. - The Paint party went really well, we now have about 20 students caked in powered paint, we have about 10 cameras and a go pro's worth of footage to sift though....

Lesson 11: With all the footage collected and stored safely onto the media computers, we have started sifting through the hours of footage and trimming different shots into an order that fits well and flows nicely.

Lesson 12: We continued to edit the collected footage from the paint party today. We also started planning when and where we need to be to film the rest of our shot list.

Lesson 13: With the editing of the paint party footage now on hold we sat together today to work out each other schedules and when we were free to films. We split the shots into 3 sections, Maldon Shots (anything rural or sea based) Chelmsford Shots (Graffiti, Time lapses, Paint Party) And Heavy Equipment Shots (The Paint Throw).

Lesson 14: We finalized plans for the rest of our shooting schedule with a major filming day the following Wednesday ( Maldon) as well as various test filming days in Chelmsford. We also planned what we were going to do about the Digipak and the Website constructions.

Lesson 15: Our plans for next Wednesday were confirmed and finalized. We also completed some plans for various photography shoots that we will use in the construction of the website and also the digipak. We started creating the website.

Lesson 16: Today we completed one of the first photo shoots. This contained lots of photos in various locations these photos will all be used in the gallery section of the website and also to be used in the creation of the Social media pages. Some of these photos are likely to be used in the tour poster and possibly in the Digipak.

Lesson 17: Today we went over to our test filming location for the graffiti wall section. Here we took footage of James walking across different sections of the wall in different costumes. When reviewing the footage we will decide what looks good and what costume we are going to get him to wear though out the rest of the music video.

Lesson 18: Today we looked over the footage from yesterday. we have finalized his outfit, a denim jacket with claret coloured t-shirt. We also split into two technical teams one to work on the digipak and the other to work on the website.

Lesson 19: Today we further developed our website and Digipak. towards the end we started pulling together ideas for the Tour poster.

Lesson 20: Maldon Filming day today! A 40 minute journey each way to get to our filming location. The sun is shining and the tide is rising, time to shoot some great shots!

Lesson 21: We pulled all of our footage off of the cameras today from the Maldon shoot. This filming session forms the bulk of our video. We are all pleased with how it looks, We have another filming day in Chelmsford tomorrow in which we aim to get the final shots we need for our music video.

Lesson 22: Today we took the final shots fro the music video. We have collated them all on to the media computers and will start on the final stages on editing tomorrow.

Lesson 23: today was spend editing our first draft for the video. We have screenings on Friday at which we are going to receive feedback on how we can improve them to turn our first draft into our final draft.

Lesson 24: Editing completed today for the first draft of our music video whilst we rendered the final video and uploaded it to you tube we finalized the tour poster and also the digipak.

Lesson 25: Today we watched everyone else's first drafts and gave feedback on them. We then received the feedback for our own videos. This has identified areas that we need to work on and improve. We have set another date for re-filming some of the Chelmsford shoots, we have also purchased all of the extra equipment we need for the 'Paint Throwing scene'

Lesson 26: Today we received feedback on our digipak and website. From this feedback we have lots of changes to make. After the session today we went to film the Paint Throwing Scene. James has volunteered to film the timeplase section we need for the choruses.

Lesson 27: We adjusted the digipak and tour poster in accordance with the feedback that we received from it. the final draft of the digipak is now complete and we have received positive feedback upon it.

Lesson 28: all of the footage is not together. We spent today editing all of the lasts bits of footage that we needed to produce our final draft.

Lesson 29: The editing finished today for the Music video and the YouTube upload began. We Are also making a few final tweeks to the digipak and some more major changes to the website.

Lesson 30: The digipak was completed today. We spent a lot of time on the website today, rearranging pages and changing the colour schemes. We also replaced the background image with one that we created today as well. The layout of each page was also changed so that it flows much better now and there is a concurrent theme across it all.

Website Progression after the feedback

The first thing that we noticed from our feedback is that not many people liked the background of the website. So we decided to change the background to a spectrum of colours which played on the role of Couleur which is French for colour. People also wanted easier links to the social media sites so we added the social buttons along the top under the navigation bar.

A lot of people picked up on that some pages were unfinished and that the tour poster was missing. We amended these problems quickly.

The last couple of negative feedback's said that we were missing the teaser trailer for our music video on the front page. We already knew this as it was still under construction at the time. People also said that the gallery page was a bit bare and maybe we should arrange the photos to have ones that stand out at the top.

Feedback on our Website

Today in class we evaluated each others websites. Our websites are only in the first draft stage so the feedback we gave, helps everyone further develop their website into the finished professional product. Here is the feedback we received:

Draft 3

This is the third draft of our music video My Face by James Couleur. There were a few changes that we made from our second draft, which included the walking reverse shot were James Couleur walks back past the wall with 'Mistakes' written on this, and you also see the paint going back into the bucket, as its been thrown, which gave a unique finish. However we changed the ending to this video, making it shorter as people picked up on the ending as something that needed to be improved, when we evaluated it as a class.

Teaser Trailer

Video of Teaser Trailer
Here is our teaser trailer finally finished and uploaded. When we were filming the shots for the final video we decided to carry on filming and massively overshoot in the idea that the more we overshoot the easier the task would be of making a teaser trailer with some really nice shots.
Originally we had an idea of the teaser trailer to not show any of James Couleur at all. Our idea was to get some food colouring and milk, as it gives you a really interesting, eye-catching effect, which we thought would be really different to the everyone else's teaser trailer. This was relevant to the music video also as you can see the whole paint theme with the paint being thrown onto the wall and the paint party in full flow!!
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Evidence of time lapse filming-day 7

On Saturday we needed to film a time-lapse to go in the chorus in our video. As we have a really nice shots of nature in our video, we thought it would be good to have a time lapse of the sun setting in the fields. Comitment was on show I had to stand still for an hour, with the exact same clothes I had been wearing in the pervious shoots which were not warm!!

Here is a picture of this happening!

Time-lapse Research

Equipment that's crucial.
Tripod
Camera
Moving background

When filming a time lapse its massively important that you hugely overshoot. When everything is sped up in the time lapse you will find out that the footage you have filmed, is over in a matter of seconds. For our music video we are planning on having a time-lapse for about 10 seconds. Therefore we will need to ensure that we film for at least 1 hour minimum to give us enough footage.

Here are some time lapses that we could give us help and guidance to making our own.



This time-lapse above just shows how good effective they can be when they are filmed well with spectacular images and settings. Obviously we will not be able to find the beautiful scenery you see in this time-lapse, however the idea of the time changing going from night to day is one we are aiming for.

Shooting Schedule

Here is a screenshot of our shooting schedule, giving us information and details about each shot, where they are being taken and who is involved in the shot. We printed this out when we went to film the shots, as it gave us a guideline that we were able to follow, but also alter if we came up with any other better ideas, whilst we were actually filming.

Digipak

MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO DIGIPAK

After taking everyone's opinions and feedback into account we released that there will need to be lots of changes to the original. Here we have firstly made a change to the CD. The main change we made was to the back panel. There is now not a picture of the back of James Couleurs head, as we got a few complaints about this. Therefore there were changes to this as you can see. This is not however the final finished digipak. We need to add a 6th panel for it to be completed.

Draft 2

This is the second draft to James Couleurs debut single 'My Face', after looking through the first draft we realized that some shots needed to be changed, and improved. Here is the second draft with these improvements.

My Face Feedback!!

Here is feedback about our firsts draft. The video averaged at 31 out of 40, so the score was respectable. However with the feedback there are clear areas of the film where we can improve on, to bring our video up to 35 plus.

Editing of First draft

Editing at work! Benjy is the master editor of our group! Our first draft of the music video needed to be done by Friday 5th December, So currently we are all hard at work to meet this first deadline.

Digipak Feedback

Digipak feedback

We sent out a survey monkey questionnaire to find out what people liked about our digi pack and what people thought that we could improve. We had many mixed results towards our digipak. Below are a few responses that we had from the class.

1. It's quite nice and the text goes with the genre however, I feel a bit trippy looking at it, there's colour then there's one random part of the digipak which is black and white.

2. This is the least professional of all the digipaks. I think there is no clear theme and all of the slides feel random.

3. Good variety of different pictures, however the front cover could include bright colours so it would fit in with the rest of the digi pack.

4. Love the entire top row of this, the composition, imagery and colour scheme are fab, but not sure how the last two panels fit in? The CD is pretty cool but why the long white background? The guitars look like they've been found on Google, maybe go up to music and get your own pictures of instruments.

5. I'm really sorry but I dislike the colours and the font. Looks a little 'childish' however my opinion might change when I see the video and have a better understanding of the singer. Would like to have seen the artists face clearer, but then I guess this makes its quite secretive. However I do really like the effort done into the editing.

6. This is a good attempt but it needs work. There is a lot of colour which means it captures the eye but the images are bad quality and don't look very professional. Higher quality images and some more professional shots would improve the final product.

7. Looks like it was done quickly/not quite finished. Some is colorful and some is black and white, doesn't keep continuity.

8. Nice idea to do lots of different colours, the font is appropriate and works well. Improvements: it looks really unprofessional and quite childish, make it so it works with an older audience a bit more.

9. The James Couleur digipak is very plain. It doesn't look very professional because of all the colours that are used are a bit overloaded. If the layout was all based on one or two different colours it could look more professional. The fonts that are used work well with the images that have been taken. The images all look professional.

10. James Couleuer's digipak is sticking with the theme "couleur" rench for colour because there is a lot of colour. I think that the cd looks good, but the colours everywhere make it look really childish and unprofessional. I think maybe you should just have each page a different colour rather than having so many different colours on every page.

We have taken all of this feedback on board and have made some changes to our digipak. The main points that we need to look at are making it less childish and more professional and also use higher quality images to make it digi pack look more professional and more of a realistic look. Below is the new digi pack that we have made based upon the feedback that we have received.

Day 6 filming- Wall Paint

Images from day 6 filming

We went back to the venue where we shot our first footage for the graffiti shot. This took loads of planning to ensure that the final outcome was top quality, giving the best shot we could have got. This was a time consuming process, but one which I personally feel has given us one of the best shots in the video.

Here is some pictures from the shoot.

First Draft of My Face

Here is the first draft to James Couleur's music video 'My Face'. There are a few changes that we realise need to be made, and they have been highlighted when we showed the whole class the first drafts, where feedback was given. Parts like the time-lapse need to be re-filmed where i'm going to have the delight of standing still for an hour while the sun sets behind me, so that should be fun! However apart from this the changes we need to make are relatively small, and shouldn't take too long to do, and finish off!

Institution

Institution 

What do record labels look for in new artists

Talent- to make it to the top you need to have a bit of individuality about you as either a band or artist. Record labels will want you to be unique as there are loads of people who can sing but will they sell out venues and sell records? 

Product- if an artist has the best products they will more than likely to be the most successful. Take DJ.s for example, the better quality equipment and software they the higher likelihood that their final product will be better. However with talent and artists that are unique,some of them make the most out of not a lot. An example of this is Seasick Steve who plays instruments he has made himself out of objects he has picked up in the street. Giving a unique aspect as well as making the most out of the product.

Placement- Different artists have different ways of selling their music. As the time has changed, gone are the days of vinyl records, even CD's are going down in sales. The modern way is for digital downloads through suites such as iTunes, Beatsport etc. As this is such a big, successful and growing market, the sensible thing would be to sell James Couleurs music on iTunes, with CD's produced.    

Promotion- Now that there is social media introduced into more or less every person is hooked with finding out when their favorite artist is releasing music or tour dates. This is not any different with James Couleur.  He has instagram, twitter, Facebook and you tube links. 

Transition- This is where you see the artists going from someone who is known but not a massive success and then something massive happens. This could either be a single that becomes really popular, a live performance that gets lots of viewings or a popular artist giving you backing.

Digipak Survey

As part of our grade we get marked on the strength of our Digipak we produce. The first drafts of the digitalis as a class were all produced this last week. As a media group it is part of our interest to give information, constructive criticism or feedback and praise to the digipaks that were created.

To give this feedback we filled out a survey on these digipak asking the questions which will be passed on to each group,

Questionnaire- Sophie

Questionnaire- Sophie 
Age- 16

Gender- Female

What do you think the genre of music is?- Personally I am not a fan of the indie genre, therefore I didn't really like the genre of the music. 

What do you like about the video?- I liked the nature aspect of the video, especially the shots where we see James Couleur at the beach.

What do you think could be improved about the video?- I think there could have been a few quicker shots and cuts towards the start of the video, also the extreme close up of the eyes and mouth.

Do you think it’s similar to a real video? Why/why not?- Yes the video looked really professional as there were lots of different shots and angles used.

Would you buy the album? Why/why not?- I wouldn't buy the album just purely because I am not a fan of the music genre.

Which TV Channels would you expect to see the video on?- I would expect this music on MTV, 4Music, smash hits, kiss and more.

Do you think this video is suitable for the artist as a debut release? Why/why not?-Yes I do the music video is looking at James Couleur a lot so the audience can empathise and get to know him as an artist.

Rate the video out of 10: at the moment 7, when it is fully finished I think that it could push a 10

Will -Questionare

Questionnaire- Will
Age- 16

Gender- Male

What do you think the genre of music is?- The genre of the music is pop music which I generally don't like however this particular song I like. 

What do you like about the video?- I like the shot range especially the shots of the setting. The close ups of James are also good. 

What do you think could be improved about the video?- I think the shot of the pigeons could be improved as I don't understand the meaning behind the shot. 

Do you think it’s similar to a real video? Why/why not?- There was a good range of shots which made the video looked professional and realistic. 

Would you buy the album? Why/why not?- I wouldn't buy the album as I don't like the majority of songs in the genre. 

Which TV Channels would you expect to see the video on?- I would expect this music on MTV and other popular channels. 

Do you think this video is suitable for the artist as a debut release? Why/why not?-I think that video is suitable because it promotes the artist and shows the audience what James is like. 

Rate the video out of 10: I would give the 8 out of ten due to the really good performance from James, however the time-lapse needs to be improved to bring the marks up higher.

Day 5 filming

Day 5 of filming saw us going back to the area where we started the whole making of the music video process. When we visited the first time we planned on using the area that we used for this shot, however there were some complications as to why we couldn't get to this specific area.
We filmed all the remaining footage here on day 5 of filming, where we made the most of having the area all to ourselves.

Tour Poster

Here is the tour poster that was produced. On here as you can see it has all the dates where James Couleur is performing and the venues.

First initial draft- Back cover of digipack

Here is the first draft of the back cover of our digipack. Its a very simple idea however as I've said its a draft. There are lots more changes and improvements to be made to it but this is a start. We are wanting to get 4 different images of James Couleur facing different directions.
Here is the first draft...

Peer feedback on Websites

James Couleur:


Here is the feedback that was given to us all about our website.

WWW - great idea to have a pop up as soon as you go on the website, good promotion skills. The merchandise page in particular is very strong

EBI - some of the pages have basically one sentence of information on them (maybe they aren't finished???) Not too sure about the background and text, does it fit with James Couleur's image?

James Couleur: I like how the genre of music, indie, works well with the websites design and all of the images that have been taken. Although the pop up as you first enter the site is annoying, it is a good promotional strategy to get more people to like your page. The merchandise looks very professional and is not too much, it isn't too much for the fans to wear. To improve add links to the social media sites so fans can gain easier access. Not sure if some of the pages are unfinished but a lot of them look empty.

· Wording makes it seem as though it isn't run by Couleur. Say 'follow me' instead of 'follow us' etc.

· Pop ups are annoying

· Home page has very little content

· Sophisticated layout

WWW - Professional looking website, colour scheme, font, and background constant throughout, and fits within conventions.

EBI - Some of the pages have one sentence of information on them, are they finished

· WWW - The big photo on the homepage looks really cool and I love the integration with Twitter. Gallery includes lots of photos which is really good! Merchandise is cool too. The website fits the artists' genre and style.

· EBI - Tour dates need to be added.

WWW - The big photo on the homepage looks really cool and I love the integration with Twitter. Gallery includes lots of photos which is really good! Merchandise is cool too. The website fits the artists' genre and style.

EBI - Tour dates need to be added.

James Couleur’s website is good however it’s really only the homepage that is completed. The other web pages are completely unfinished as there is no content on them whatsoever. However their theme is concurrent throughout the entire website which is by far the website’s best trait

Although this website has alot of images and merchandise it is extremely unfinished. What they have so far seems okay but there is so much that has not been done that it is very hard to analyse what isn't there. I do like the layout on the homepage and also the twitter feed down the side. This means people do not have to actually go on their twitter to keep up to date with him, I think it would look nice if they had a few edited photographs that are made to look like a professional photoshoot. They have also added a direct link to the blog which helps show the influence behind everything.

 background constant throughout, and fits within conventions.

EBI - Some of the pages have one sentence of information on them, are they finised

· WWW - The big photo on the homepage looks really cool and I love the integration with Twitter. Gallery includes lots of photos which is really good! Merchandise is cool too. The website fits the artists' genre and style.

· EBI - Tour dates need to be added.

WWW - The big photo on the homepage looks really cool and I love the integration with Twitter. Gallery includes lots of photos which is really good! Merchandise is cool too. The website fits the artists' genre and style.

EBI - Tour dates need to be added.

James Couleur’s website is good however it’s really only the homepage that is completed. The other web pages are completely unfinished as there is no content on them whatsoever. However their theme is concurrent throughout the entire website which is by far the website’s best trait.

Although this website has alot of images and merchandise it is extremely unfinished. What they have so far seems okay but there is so much that has not been done that it is very hard to analyse what isn't there. I do like the layout on the homepage and also the twitter feed down the side. This means people do not have to actually go on their twitter to keep up to date with him, I think it would look nice if they had a few edited photographs that are made to look like a professional photoshoot. They have also added a direct link to the blog which helps show the influence behind everything.

I think this website will be good when it is finished as what has been done is very good and of high quality. There are some high quality sections such as the merchandise but other parts that need to be finished. I think there needs to be more content as there isn’t much information about the artist which the fans may want to know. The fans would however appreciate the gallery as it has many pictures that have been planned and look professional.

what went well - the background picture is very creative and fits well with the layout. the live twitter feed is a very good idea and keeps fans up to date. the gallery is chock full of pictures which is brilliant. the merchandise is my favourite out of everyone's - very creative and clever.

even better if - there's a lot missing e.g. the teaser trailer isn't on the front page where it says it will be and the album and tour pages are empty.

Peer Website Evaluation

Evaluations
1) GRACE STARR
Website: http://www.gracestarr.wix.com/gracestarr
I feel that after reviewing this website there is very little weaknesses that I can pull out. I feel that they have gone above and beyond, and put in huge amounts of time to it. They have a great gallery with all the latest pictures uploaded, along with fine attention to detail. An example of this is taking pictures of Grace Starr (Charlotte) in the gym and saying how 'Grace Starr' has been seen in the gym, going down as section in their Press column. All this and more like teaser music videos makes the website great. Also the layout they used, has matched their artist.

2) Nicholas Alexander 
Website: http://www.nicholas-alexander.wix.com/realna
What I like about this website is the layout that they have used. The background I think looks great and the home page of the website is a real strength, the album front cover and also Nicholas Alexander's interview with BBC Radio 1. The areas that could be improved are some of the photos in the gallery, they don't seem to be the best quality, and maybe their could be a bit more information about the artist. however they have good links to twitter, instagram etc, so overall I think the website is looking good.

3) Encoded
Website: http://www.encodedmusic1.wix.com/encoded
By far I feel that this website has the best little unique touch to it. My favorite part of this website is the countdown clock until the album is released. This looks really professional and is such an easy thing to include, however looks great. I also really like the simplicity but yet again the effectiveness of the layout, and they website is easy to follow around to different pages. The website however is lacking merchandise which would give it that extra marks I feel and maybe putting some more up to date images of them shooting the music video.

4) Cosmo
Website: http://www.thycosmo.wix.com/cosmo
When this website is all finished I feel that it will look really effective. However at the moment there are quite a few sections in the website that are missing. An example of these are contact details like instagram, facebook etc. However there is a merchandise section which is strong and effective, as well as a unique gallery lay-out.

5) Alex Echo
Website: http://sarahmaerz5.wix.com/alexecho
The layout for this website is great with very easy access to all different pages on the website. I really like the home page with the sliding images going across your screen.There is a confusing part in the gallery as Alex Echo is a solo artist, however there are a few pictures with sam in them posing also, so this could lead people to be unsure who he is. However apart from this I think this website is really strong, ticking all the boxes including merchandise.

6) Hybrid Beauty
Website: http://hybridbeauty.wix.com/hybrid-beauty
Yet again I think that this website is simple yet effective. I really like the way the tour dates just appear on the screen. If anything there could be a few more pictures in the galley when they are actually out filming. Apart from this and maybe including an interview I feel that this is an effective website.

7) Alleyways
Website: http://alleywaysband.wix.com/wearealleyways
Just like the website of Grace Star I cant really find anything to fault about this website. It looks really professional,I really like everything about it. If I was to pick the real strength of it i would say the lay-out. There are loads of tour dates, with loads of information. I think that the merchandise looks really good and so professional yet again. This website and Grace Starr's website are contenders for the best website I feel.

Letter to the record Label

Above is the letter that James wrote to the record label, asking permission for us to use Bastille's single 'These Streets'.

Editing in progress

Editing 

Here are some pictures if the editing taking place. This is the first part of the long process of adding all the the fine detail to James Couleurs debut music video to 'My Face'.

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule 

Blog Reflection Prezi

GO PRO COMMITMENT

Today we went to Maldon to film the main bulk to our music video for James Coloures debut single 'My Face'.

One of the shots we wanted to see a locked sinking in the sea.

To make this happen it required a lot of commitment from one member of out team! 

James got in his wetsuit and manned up to face the ice cold sea.

Day 4 filming

On Day 4 of filming we went to Maldon to add the main content to our final video.

Here are some shots of the location...

Video footage of Presentations

As part of the whole journey we are going on to promote a new up and coming music artist or band we has to present our ideas about or bands or artists to the class.
Here is video footage of these presentations taking place.

 

Planning of teaser trailer.

Food colouring and Milk Experiment 

For our teaser trailer we have an idea of getting food colouring and placing it in milk to give a really eye-catching and effective effect. Another reason why we came up with this idea|, is we felt that it would be a really unique idea, which gives a wow factor to the trailer in comparison to some other teaser trailers that students across the UK would have made, As well as this it gives a mystery element to the music video as no-one knows what the music video will entitle.

Call Me Maybe Lip Sync Task

As I'm performing as James Couleur I've seen that in some of my lip sync tasks I haven't been up to the standards that i wished.
To improve I felt that I needed to keep on practicing so here is a lip sync task of 'call me maybe'.

Wake Me Up Lip Sync Task

Wake Me Up- Avicii
As well as lip syncing I need to work on my performance aspect of the song. Therefore we chose to a song from Avicii where there is some electronic music where I can show my personality and get that across on camera.
Here is the lip sync to this song...\

Someone Like You Lip Sync Task

Someone Like You
Yet again the more I practiced my lip syncing the better it would be for our final video. So here is a lip sync I took part in of Someone Like you.

Shooting- Weather Forecast

Weather Forecast

This is the weather forecast for Wednesday 12th November for Goldhanger in Maldon. We chose to film here as we wanted to take advantage of both the fields that are there aswell as the sea. The weather as you can see here is perfect for what we wanted. We want too capture some really good nature shots, and have the sun setting in the background allowing us to get the glistening image of the sun reflecting off the sea.

Day 3 of Filming

Day 3 we worked on the time lapse shots. Filming behind this green-screen has enabled up to edit on premier and have James Couleur looking like he is in an urban street.

Music Director Research

Paul Hunter

Paul Hunter is a very well known music director,known for working on some of the most popular music videos there have been.
He was born in Los Angeles however he went to and graduated from California State University.
In 1995 he made his break as a music video director where he worked on the single called 'Take It To The Front' by VYBE. Here is the finished video and Hunter's first professional finish to a music video...


After this video he started to become noticed and more artists wanted to work with him and have him working on their music video. He went from producing only 2 music videos in 1995 to producing a 4 music videos in 1996, three of these videos being with the artist Keith Sweat so he was clearly a big fan of Hunters work.
One of the singles being called 'Nobody' and this is the official music video for it...


Yet again there was more and more artists wanting to work with Paul Hunter after seeing his work and in 1977 was really where his career blossomed working on a total of 20 music videos with some massive names in music! Some of the names were people such as Snoop Dogg, Notorious B.I.G, Puff Daddy and the most famous name of all Mariah Carey.
These are some of the videos he produced from these artists.


In 1999 he continued his success working with big household music names such as Jennifer Lopez which he produced 2 music videos for her this year, also working with the infamous Will Smith on his single of 'Wild Wild West'.

In 2000 he saw yet another well known music superstar wanting to work with him in the name of Enimem, in his single 'The Way I Am'
Here is his final cut of this music video...

He continued his work throughout the 2000's reaching out to the musicians that needed him, branching out is name and making himself as a music director in high demand. From 2000 to current times he has worked on a total of 58 music videos. 

Awards
To appreciate and acknowledge his success in his career he has picked up numerous awards.

• 2010 - London International Advertising Awards - Bronze Television/Cinema/ Digital/Web/Mobile 
• 2010 - Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity - Bronze Award: Product & Service/Cosmetics & Beauty 
• 2013 - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 TV Commercial / Digital Short Film 

Music videos

• 2000 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Video of the Year and Best Video From a Film 
• 1999 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Cinematography in a Video 

Twitter Account

James Couleur Twitter Account

With social media being such a huge market now for advertising almost everything, we felt that setting up Twitter account would just help boost the amount of followers, fans that James Couleur gets. 

The more people know about him the better, it involves information about the latest shots for the single My Face, information about the album, tour dates and more.

Instagram Acount

James Couleur Instagram Account

As part of boosting James Couleur image and getting his name across to everyone across the UK we set up an Instagram account for james couleur.

The account consists of photos of James couleur in the studio, him working on his album, shots from his photoshoot for example. Making sure people know his name.

Inspired Videos

COLDPLAY YELLOW


 The reason that this music video is one of our inspirations because its a slow take which is only one shot. The one shot that we see here is Chris Martin walking to the camera and we want to involve that within our music video, for this reason its inspired our music video. Also you can see the back ground changing, and we want to film with different weather conditions so this also is another reason fro inspiration.


CALVIN HARRIS- SUMMER



At the very start of this video comes our inspiration. We plan on having James Couleur walking down a dusty baron pathway and this is what we see here.

Inspired Paint Video

AVICII'S LYRIC VIDEO- THE DAYS



This video aspires our video with the spray can linking in with the graffiti aspect and shots in our video and then towards the end of the video you see the slow motion shot of the paint being thrown onto the wall linking into our paint party footage.

FESTIVAL OF COLOURS


 Here is exactly the shots we want for our our video, in here primarily you see go-pro shots and that's what we aim to do.

Day 2 filming

DAY 2 FILMING-PAINT PARTY
As part of our music video we are planning on having a paint themed party towards the end of the video. We feel that this will represent and portray a happier, more up beat part of James Couleurs single My Face.

Here are a few behind the scenes shots of the after mouth of the carnage!!
 

Day 1 Shoot

Day 1 Shooting
After we found out that the area we went to to run a recci shot wsperfect for us we decided not to waste any time and start shooting straight away.
Here are a few shots from behind the scenes of our first shoot...

Location Shots for My Face

Recci Shots
For part of our video we want a side angle Panning Shot of James Couleur walking past a set of walls with graffiti written on them. For this we needed to find an area with the suitable wall for us. Here are a few Recce Shots from our day put exploring to find a wall suitable.

This was perfect place for us to film, and this is where we decided to start filming our first day of shooting.

Group Availability

Time table of groups availability 

As we are all different people in the group and live different life's and commitments on different days, we needed to find out when we would have the whole group free to film.
We made up a timetable to figure out these days where people are free.

Storyboard of My Face

This here is a visual video of the storyboard for James Couleurs single 'My Face'. Explaining the shots, timings and giving you detail about the video.

Risk Assessment

This is our risk assessment that we had to carry out, highlighting any issues or risks that could occur and pop up when filming. Its important that this is checked by Miss Brookes and approved, so she can vouch that we have filled out an assessment before going out and filming.

DigiPak PhotoShoot

Here are a few more shots from the other day when we took ideas from the Digipak research and draft that James drew up and tried to emulate these shots.

These photos as I have stated were taken for digipak use. However the bottom picture you see, we have used as the background image for the website of James Couleur.

 

Whilst taking these shots we also experimented and just tried out different images. Not all of them worked however one did and this was quite a unique shot.