Final Cut of Levels

Costume

Our first outfit for the music video was a checked jumper and black trousers- we did not want the character to show excessive skin.

The next outfit consists of a blue coat, blue jeans, white t shirt, converse and a checked scarf. We wanted to look casual as if I was just out on an  ordinary day.

The next scene takes place at a park where paint is then thrown at her by masked people. We chose a white outfit in order for the audience to see the effect of the paint. We also chose black leggings and simple black shoes as we thought using plain prints will allow the audience to easily see the paint. 

Next scene transitions to the beginning of the club scene. I am wearing a black and white striped t shirt with a black fitted skirt and black chunky heels. We chose for my outfit to show some skin as we felt that was conventional in the clothing style suitable for clubs. 

First Draft Music Video

This is our first draft of our Levels music video:

We will refilm our club and paint scene as we found the location did not fit within our genre. In addition, we will show our first draft to our classmates and wait for further critiques to develop our video further. 

23/01/16 Shoot - Reflection

We began filming promptly on schedule and began to get into custome for the shoot. Due to the cold weather many issues arose. The ties were constantly blowing during film because of the wind- this led to Hannah shooting multiple takes of the same scene which affected our schedule. In addition,during filming we needed another memory card due to our first card being full. We did not have a spare at hand therefore Hannah had to go back home- we were filming nearby- and retrieve a second card. This further threw us behind schedule however, we managed to film all the shots we planned.

Production Schedule: 20/01/16

Schedule for Wednesday 20th January 2016

12pm: Arrive at location 1: Park
12:05pm: Set up equipment & begin filming 2 scenes
2pm: End filming

18/01/16 Shoot- Reflection

We planned to film the introduction and end scenes at Hannah's house. After that we were to film two scenes at the park then a scene that takes place in an alleyway. At first we were on schedule, I had arrived at 11.30am with the equipment and we began to set up promptly. However, we did not consider how difficult it was to use the crane. The footage was not smooth and Hannah could not film an aerial shot due to the heaviness of the crane. After a discussion, we decided to revert to using the camera and tripod. However, because of this we were behind schedule. We decided to reschedule the scenes at the park to the following Wednesday as we did not have enough time to film. Next we filmed at the alleyway as it was the closest location and it did not take as long to shoot as the park scene. This was a good decision as we found that the alleyway scene took longer than expected as I had to place the logos on the wall. We finished filming and began to reschedule for Wednesday's shoot.

Final Digipak

This is the final digipak and poster:

I think the overall digipak design could have been improved as I struggled with choosing which images to include. I wanted to avoid confusion as to whether the female was 'L|NES' by using less images of her- however after hearing feedback from the audience I found that many preferred images of the female instead of the actual artist. I think the main image fits well yet I feel as if the images do not correlate well with each other. I think the decision to use the logo design as the CDs fit well as it refers to the artist.