Monday 16 April 2018

Hello!

Welcome to our A2 Media Studies Blog, holding the entire process of the development of our music video. We created a music video for the song "Titanium" by DJ Guetta, ft. Sia. Alongside this, we created two ancillary products each. We created a star persona named DJ Soto, who was the face of our products.

Here is our music video:

Titanium - DJ Soto (Final Cut 2) from Shadow Inc. on Vimeo.

To allow all members of 'Shadow Inc.' to contribute to our final product, we came up with "official" job roles for each member to allow equal contribution. However, we ensured that each member tried out every role to contribute more broadly.

OFFICIALLY:

Sonali: Cinematographer

DIGIPAK: https://shadowinc222.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/digipak-final-sonali.html
WEBSITE: https://shadowinc289.wixsite.com/djsoto2 

As the cinematographer, I had the responsibility of ensuring all the camera equipment was in good conditions and was available for us on the two shooting days. In order, to ensure our music video was done to a good standard and we had a clear vision of what shots we needed to film at each location I created a shot list and this prevented any problems from occurring.

Zeel: Editor
DIGIPAK: http://shadowinc222.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/digipak-final-draft.html
WEBSITE: https://sanaz002304.wixsite.com/djsoto

As the editor of the music video, my role consisted of editing the entire music video. Throughout this process I had to learn a variety of different editing techniques not used before for example, the scribble effect. During the scribble effect, I had to draw on every single frame of the music video whilst incorporating movement. Furthermore, I also had the role of assistant cinematographer whereby I had filmed a variety of shots during the final shoot.

Kanaiya: Director

DIGIPAK: https://shadowinc222.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/digipak-draft-5-kanaiya-final.html
WEBSITE: https://lakhk013304.wixsite.com/djsoto

As the director, I had the responsibility of ensuring that the cast and my team members were working together cohesively and everything went smoothly. For this, I created a production schedule and a letter for the actor to ensure that there were no miscommunications. I controlled the artistic and dramatic aspects of the music video as a co-editor, and I also satisfied this role by editing several video tasks that we had completed. This had taken place whilst visualising the screenplay and guiding the actor to fulfil the vision that we had.

We hope you enjoy our music video and blog :)


Monday 12 March 2018

Final Cut v1 - Titanium: DJ Soto

Here is v1 for the final cut for our music video.
 
Titanium - DJ Soto (Final Cut) from Shadow Inc. on Vimeo.

Refer to post titled 'Hello!' for the final cut of the music video.