Diary

September 8th: We started to construct our blogs and added the summer analysis homework.

September 9th: After a discussion, our group agreed on creating a promotional video for Motörhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’.

September 10th - 11th: After choosing the song, we thought showered our ideas and completed audience research in the form of a questionnaire. On receiving the results, we decided that the most successful music video would include both narrative and performance footage.

September 15th - 16th - We arranged to shoot performance footage. We chose to use actors for the band who would suit the genre of the song. We supplied our own instruments to minimize the chance of drawbacks during the filming.

September 21st - 25th: We began filming the narrative and then uploaded our footage onto ‘Premiere Elements’.

October 12th – 21st: After another film shoot we produced a rough cut. This was shown to our peers and teachers and we received feedback. We decided to re-shoot both sections, as we thought it was necessary to gain the highest grade possible.

October 21st – 23rd: We looked at Music Video Theory and the theorists, Andrew Goodwin and John Stewart.

October half term: During the holidays, we re-filmed the narrative.

November 2nd: We began to put together our new video with the narrative footage shot over half term.

November 3rd: I began to create DVD covers and a magazine advert for the video’s release. I decided to complete this individually as I felt I could complete this work to a higher standard.

November 10th-24th: For the last few weeks of the project, I used all the free time I had to complete the final product before the deadline.

November 25th: After editing the vast majority of the video and completing my individual tasks by the 24th, I was able to use the final day to tidy up and improve the work on my blog.