Saturday, 28 November 2015
Friday, 27 November 2015
Class feedback from What we have managed to do so far by Esther
Here's a clip of the feedback from our class about what we have come from the rough cut till now.
What we have gathered from here is that our editing of the sequence is clear. So the audience has established a understanding for what message we are trying to convey, which is loss. I understand that at the scene with al three artists, you can't always see the faces of them all, due to the height difference. Estelle and Kapone are so much shorter than Kwabz which we had difficulties of trying to avoid, however, that wasn't the focus of that scene. It was so see them all together to symbolise unity at a time of need. More so, notice that the camerawork was more focused on Estelle as she was actually singing. Which is why the boys heads are somewhat cut off as well at some parts.
We have deliberately broken the 180 degree rule, as the other shots that we took didn't come out as planned and the use of breaking the rules allowed us to show the audience whatever it is they were looking at from a different angle, this causes them to pick up a new perspective and it gives the music video a big of ambiguity. Hopefully captivating our audience.
In light of the feedback, we will look to edit the last shot to get rid of the dead space issue we currently have. And cut it together quicker, which means applying the cross dissolve at a earlier time. We will also work on adding more slow motion effects on Kapone's scene, as it creates more empathises and looks wicked by really showing the depression the lyrics is creating.
So from this feedback, we went back and switch the scene where it first showed the performer than the artist, to showing the artist than the performer. At it made it clear as to who is who. Establishing the ground of artist and performer/actress.
What we have gathered from here is that our editing of the sequence is clear. So the audience has established a understanding for what message we are trying to convey, which is loss. I understand that at the scene with al three artists, you can't always see the faces of them all, due to the height difference. Estelle and Kapone are so much shorter than Kwabz which we had difficulties of trying to avoid, however, that wasn't the focus of that scene. It was so see them all together to symbolise unity at a time of need. More so, notice that the camerawork was more focused on Estelle as she was actually singing. Which is why the boys heads are somewhat cut off as well at some parts.
We have deliberately broken the 180 degree rule, as the other shots that we took didn't come out as planned and the use of breaking the rules allowed us to show the audience whatever it is they were looking at from a different angle, this causes them to pick up a new perspective and it gives the music video a big of ambiguity. Hopefully captivating our audience.
In light of the feedback, we will look to edit the last shot to get rid of the dead space issue we currently have. And cut it together quicker, which means applying the cross dissolve at a earlier time. We will also work on adding more slow motion effects on Kapone's scene, as it creates more empathises and looks wicked by really showing the depression the lyrics is creating.
So from this feedback, we went back and switch the scene where it first showed the performer than the artist, to showing the artist than the performer. At it made it clear as to who is who. Establishing the ground of artist and performer/actress.
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Filming by Esther
Today we went out once again to film at the local Church. What we done was tried to recreate the shots that we had taken on Monday. We even got more shots done as we decided to get even more different angels.
It was successful for us because we didn't have any issue with the camera(Thank God for that). However, one issue which really isn't much of a big deal, but I should still point out is the lighting. There were times where the Lord blessed us with great natural life seeping through the window. But its not much of a big deal, as Churches tend to be quite dark, the image is clear enough to work with and if needed we can fix this issue via editing, by putting up the brightness.
Here's the link to the photos we managed to take today
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129876907@N03/shares/j622A5
It was successful for us because we didn't have any issue with the camera(Thank God for that). However, one issue which really isn't much of a big deal, but I should still point out is the lighting. There were times where the Lord blessed us with great natural life seeping through the window. But its not much of a big deal, as Churches tend to be quite dark, the image is clear enough to work with and if needed we can fix this issue via editing, by putting up the brightness.
Here's the link to the photos we managed to take today
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129876907@N03/shares/j622A5
She's done it again
Adele's long awaited return as finally come and with a bang. She literally disappeared from the face of the earth after killing Skyfall, that was used in James Bond Skyfall. Focusing on nurturing her son, graduating university and undergoing vocal cord operation, which in turn was successful. Now she's come back with her debut album 25. What is so appealing about her is that she's from north London, as am I, it just goes to show that no matter your background or where you grew up, you can make something of yourself, even beyond your wildest dreams. She is a prime example of this and she really does shine through all she does. This album is striving so much and it shows that even when she disappears, she can come back like she never left. Can you believe, she's been gone for four years.
It doesn't come as a surprise that she has gone on to break records. Already selling 2.433 million copies in the space of a few days. There is no denying her talent, she can sing! Here's an article from the BBC briefly explaining what she has just achieved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34918541/adeles-album-25-breaks-us-record-previously-held-by-nsync
Due to show amazing she is, she has chosen to not have any streaming of her music (as in having it streamed everywhere), it won't be accessed from the likes of Spotify and Apple music for the mean time. This was also done by Taylor Swift with her album. This may be a biased view as Adele is a UK artist and Taylor isn't but US artists are so overrated, when you compare the two, Adele stands out more than Taylor, Adele has raw talent that overpowers the likes of Taylor. Yet that still hasn't had an bad impact to her level of her record selling. In fact, you could argue that it has influenced more people to buy her album. As it means that you will by it to really appreciate her music. You can buy her album from the following:
Or you can go out to purchase her album is stores in a CD.
This is made possible as she's a mainstream artist, therefore she definitely has the money to support her to fund having her product in different formats and outlets. She is able to have fully expose of her world on a global platform, unlike independent artists who would struggle and be highly dependent on the social media to promote and outlet their products.
It doesn't come as a surprise that she has gone on to break records. Already selling 2.433 million copies in the space of a few days. There is no denying her talent, she can sing! Here's an article from the BBC briefly explaining what she has just achieved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34918541/adeles-album-25-breaks-us-record-previously-held-by-nsync
Due to show amazing she is, she has chosen to not have any streaming of her music (as in having it streamed everywhere), it won't be accessed from the likes of Spotify and Apple music for the mean time. This was also done by Taylor Swift with her album. This may be a biased view as Adele is a UK artist and Taylor isn't but US artists are so overrated, when you compare the two, Adele stands out more than Taylor, Adele has raw talent that overpowers the likes of Taylor. Yet that still hasn't had an bad impact to her level of her record selling. In fact, you could argue that it has influenced more people to buy her album. As it means that you will by it to really appreciate her music. You can buy her album from the following:
Or you can go out to purchase her album is stores in a CD.
This is made possible as she's a mainstream artist, therefore she definitely has the money to support her to fund having her product in different formats and outlets. She is able to have fully expose of her world on a global platform, unlike independent artists who would struggle and be highly dependent on the social media to promote and outlet their products.
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
AMA Awards 2015
Last night we saw the return of the amazing AMA Awards! The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual music awards show, that was created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to present the Grammy Awards expired. Which is unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, something which I didn't know until doing some research. The AMAs are one via public/fan polls who vote through the AMA official website.
Here we have those who won awards last night:
You will be able to view them via this link http://dropshots.com/estherdjimo#.VlSkRVI2BcU.blogger
and also the official AMA Website http://www.theamas.com/nominees/2015-nominees/
How I found out about this was completely random, I was scrolling down my news feed on Facebook and as I follow Capital FM, they has posted something up about the AMA, talking about the outfits people wore there. Which led me to decide to make a post about it, as I made a previous post about the Mobos Awards here in the UK. So why not be cross cultural and talk about the American award.
Most the videos from this have been removed due to copyright issue on Youtube.
But here are links to some of the performances:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-justin-bieber-sing-in-the-rain-during-2015-amas-finale-20151122
Booty icon singer Jennifer Lopez was the host of the awards and she did an incredible job of it. With her amazing outfits and wicked dancing skills, she was a sight to see. She brought sexy back to the AMA and completely captivated her audience throughout. With her charming personality and beauty. opening the show with a explosion of moves. You can see this in the link below:
http://www.justjared.com/2015/11/22/jennifer-lopez-dances-to-2015%E2%80%99s-biggest-songs-for-amas-opening-video/
One thing that I love about this a award show is that they actually give awards to artists that aren't also from the states. the likes of One Direction won an award. And there is a lot more appreciation given to UK artists in contrast to the BET awards. It is also on a much bigger scale, more credibility, so it means that most the artists and guests there are really up there within the entertainment singing, whether they are a actor/ress, singer, rapper, producer etc. This award is given so much effort and time due it being one of the first awards for the new year that's about to star. It good to see talent being recognised. As well as One Direction getting an award, they also performed too.
Here we have those who won awards last night:
You will be able to view them via this link http://dropshots.com/estherdjimo#.VlSkRVI2BcU.blogger
and also the official AMA Website http://www.theamas.com/nominees/2015-nominees/
How I found out about this was completely random, I was scrolling down my news feed on Facebook and as I follow Capital FM, they has posted something up about the AMA, talking about the outfits people wore there. Which led me to decide to make a post about it, as I made a previous post about the Mobos Awards here in the UK. So why not be cross cultural and talk about the American award.
Most the videos from this have been removed due to copyright issue on Youtube.
But here are links to some of the performances:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-justin-bieber-sing-in-the-rain-during-2015-amas-finale-20151122
Booty icon singer Jennifer Lopez was the host of the awards and she did an incredible job of it. With her amazing outfits and wicked dancing skills, she was a sight to see. She brought sexy back to the AMA and completely captivated her audience throughout. With her charming personality and beauty. opening the show with a explosion of moves. You can see this in the link below:
http://www.justjared.com/2015/11/22/jennifer-lopez-dances-to-2015%E2%80%99s-biggest-songs-for-amas-opening-video/
One thing that I love about this a award show is that they actually give awards to artists that aren't also from the states. the likes of One Direction won an award. And there is a lot more appreciation given to UK artists in contrast to the BET awards. It is also on a much bigger scale, more credibility, so it means that most the artists and guests there are really up there within the entertainment singing, whether they are a actor/ress, singer, rapper, producer etc. This award is given so much effort and time due it being one of the first awards for the new year that's about to star. It good to see talent being recognised. As well as One Direction getting an award, they also performed too.
Reshooting the church scene
After we finally got the location we desired, the footage was reviewed and it turns out we cannot use it. While the camera men (myself and Tolu) held the camera incredibly still and filmed various shots, from various angels, some still and some moving , the screen at the side was always jumping about up down left and right. At the time we didn't think much of it but after seeing the footage on the mac we saw the shaky screen affected the actaul footage. As a result the videos also jumped about the screen all the time aswell.
This is quite frustrating since it took us ages to find somewhere to film. We were constantly rejected, ignored and at one point we where even chareged. So the fact that we finally found somewhere to film and now the footage can't be used is very annoying.
So now we have to wait for a reply from the church to see if thwy will let us use the church again this coming wednesday during our hour and a half media lesson. If they do we will get a better camera and re film the whole thing however that still leaves the issue of finding someone to be in the place of our friend who was praying in the church while Esther sang in the background. If they can't allow us again then that means that we have to either use old footage or somehow use the current shaky one.
This is quite frustrating since it took us ages to find somewhere to film. We were constantly rejected, ignored and at one point we where even chareged. So the fact that we finally found somewhere to film and now the footage can't be used is very annoying.
So now we have to wait for a reply from the church to see if thwy will let us use the church again this coming wednesday during our hour and a half media lesson. If they do we will get a better camera and re film the whole thing however that still leaves the issue of finding someone to be in the place of our friend who was praying in the church while Esther sang in the background. If they can't allow us again then that means that we have to either use old footage or somehow use the current shaky one.
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