My House 2 (Brianstorm)

Me, Aaron and Liam decided to reshoot some of the night before and morning after shots during the week after school. Overall we did not get as many shots as we was planning to do but I feel like the ones that we did get work well. Unfortunately we was unable to use the shots of me and Aaron returning to my house the night before as the lighting outside was wrong, the framing was also awkward due to mine and Aaron's height differences. However, we was able to get me and Aaron walking up the stairs which makes it obvious to the audience what Brian is doing. For more clarity me and Liam thought it would be a good idea to have a clip of a condom wrapper dropping to make it even more clear for when Kameron's character comes into scene.

I really like the focus pull of the girl's phone ringing, I feel like it works well and creates suspense which is arguably quite hard to do in a music video and especially for this song as it is fast paced. I only like the shots of Brian (Aaron) getting changed as I feel like they are quick shots which create a sense that the character is trying to leave as quickly as possible which I thought would be difficult to do with cinematography. Despite this being the shoot where we got the least amount of footage, I feel like the shots which we did take work really well and i'm feeling positive for the rest of the narrative to be filmed.

Rough Cut / Draft 2 of Brainstorm

This is now mine and Liam's second draft of our music video, since our first draft we have done two more shoots which are:

• New performance shoot due to the feedback about the shots being too long.
• Night before / Morning after (reshoot) of me and Aaron

As people thought Chris' vocals felt too long we decided to reshoot the performance using a steadycam instead so the shots are not completely still and can be tight to pay attention to the lyrics coming out of Chris' mouth and to acknowledge the members of the band in the video (Goodwin). We also shot a little more of the narrative but still have not done the shoot with Kameron and Aaron yet. We have filmed Aaron coming back to the girl's house and then waking up the next morning, the narrative is still not as clear as it could be yet because Kameron has not been filmed coming back to the house but we have included a focus pull of the girl's boyfriend trying to ring her, which a photo of Kameron appears when doing so.

Studio 2 (Brianstorm)

Due to our feedback from the class, me and Liam reshot the performance using a steadycam instead of just still shots on a tripod so the performance clips are more drawing and are tighter so the audience is less likely to get bored of the still shot for a few seconds. Unfortunately, James was unable to make it to the shoot so we will have to film again in the drama studio so we have equal amounts of the band in the video. Our technique for filming in the drama studio was a lot more effective this time as we played the song the whole way through and just recording the whole 3 minutes numerous times. I feel like this worked better than when me and Liam were focusing on specific shots which we had written down in the storyboard, this way was also a lot more comfortable and laid back as there wasn't pressure on specific parts.

I really prefer these shots a lot more than our first ones. The steadycam intensifies the position and role of each member of the band and shows a clear image of all of them instead of just the vocalist who is in centre when performing in our tripod shots. The colour grading Liam applied to the shots also makes them look a lot more professional and fitting to the conventions. I think the shots look a lot better when the background is value as that can take away the studio image and look more rehearsal like when there are links to school grounds in the background.

Oxleas 2 (Brianstorm)

On sunday, Liam and Kameron filmed again in Oxleas Woods. Unfortunately me and Aaron were unable to make it because of work and family so Liam done some shots which contrast nicely with the ones we already have of Aaron. The go pro was also used again with the head extension to get the shots of Kameron running again. Some of the go pro shots will have be reshot because the strap is visable in it because of Kameron's hair being tied back and it being harder for him to hide it. I feel proud with what was done on the sunday and I feel like Kameron was a good choice for the part despite me having doubts on choosing him at the beginning of the project.

Kameron works well for the part as not only is his body structure and movements good he also pulls realistic and fitting facial expressions in all of the shots. Kameron genuinely looks like an angry boyfriend that is ready to attack Brian at the end of the video. I think the contrast between the white and black tops also work well for this. I feel like me and Liam organised our setting well for Oxleas when we went out that day for location scouting as Liam was able to find the exact same place we memorised and took photos of to find to film at. I think using the exact same spot works well when editing Aaron and Kameron's parts together.

Current Poster

I decided for the poster to share a similar look to the front panel of my Digipak. I decided to keep the design plain by only adding:

• Band name as the largest text as this is their first studio album and their name is still trying to be spread out on social media.
• The album title
• Image of the band performing as the cover of the poster
• Date of release
• Social networks they are associated with
• Website for more updates

Current Digipak

This is my final Digipak, towards the end of developing it I decided to make a lot of changes. I decided to break the conventions and them of just having the whole Digipak black and white, I left the front and back cover in colour but with the saturation turned down. I also decided to work on the spines of my Digipak. I thought having a black or dark spine like I originally decided to do would be dull and not visually interesting. I decided to change them to white so it is contrasting with the theme of dark colours on the panels.

I feel like my complete Digipak is very attractive and fits the conventions of the genre. The use of the studio photos of the band members also engages the idea that this is their first big album and they are trying to promote their image.