Final Interim Evaluation

Overall I am very happy with the outcome of our ancillary products and music video. We changed and edit, and followed audience feedback to create our end result, which not only challenges, but acknowledges the genre, and is influenced by other music videos also in its genre. Our ancillary products work well, linking to our music video and making the artist's identity easily recognizable.  The effects and colours used in fonts and shot types displays our music video is influenced by others in the drum and bass genre, yet creates a unique style which is carried out among our products. Although at the start of the project we had a clear idea of what we were aiming for, the changes made along the way have helped us to keep improving our end project, with ideas incorporated from the whole group, and feedback from the audience taken on board, and distributed into our final pieces.
I am happy with the end aesthetics of all three products. Our music video represents our genre well, whilst creating our own identity, and linking to our ancillary products, making it identifiable to audiences who have seen our music video, are interested in drum and bass or who like the style.

Interim Evaluation 10/1/16

I'm happy with the final outcome of our music video, as it has developed drastically from when we initially started editing the footage, to what it is now. I feel everyone is happier with what's been created as we have included everyone's ideas, as well as what audience members have suggested (which is helpful as it gets multiple people's opinions of what does and doesn't work.) Additionally, I am much happier about the final Digi-pack and Mag Ad  because I feel it fits the genre of Drum and Bass well.

Interim Evaluation 10/1/16

 I am really happy with the final outcome of the video, and ancillary products. i think that all products accurately reflect the genre of Drum and bass, i think that the video accurately reflects the genre and i also think that our use of unique ideas such as editing the video in colour but also in black and white depending on the pace of the music. i think our second unique idea to use projections was a great idea and helped us to place the artist in front of paris scenery, as we all couldnt go to paris in order to film the video.
in the end we managed to put all our ideas together and accurately work as a team which ultimatley allowed us to create all our ancillary products. the idea to let all of us complete one section of the Digi pack was again a good idea as it allowed all of us to have an input in designing the Digi pack. Cat and i designed the inside of the Digi pack, we decided to incorporate the boombox, which could be considered a symbol of the drum and bass genre.

Interim Evaluation 6/1/16 - Anna Hester

After having winter break we have since received feedback about our Digipack and Magazine Ad. We as a group think its best to revaluate what we have produced as its doesn't reflect the genre of music and neither the mark scheme to get the best grades. Now
we have chosen to base the designs on a design that we previously were considering to use because we realise its better suited.  

Everything else so far is going well, the video is completed, the blog is looking better and we are all working together better now.  

Interim Evaluation 12/11/15

So far I think we have solely worked well as a team to come up with different ideas for our music video. I think we all managed to find a balance, and using all our different skill sets managed to set a basic outline of the video. we may of encountered a few problems and disagreements along the way. however these were all quickly solved once we had sat down and discussed all our different views and then decided how we would move forward. throughout the planning and filming process we managed to work well as a team, with all of us contributing different editing techniques or different ideas for shots to use in the video.

Interim Evaluation

I found and booked the location of a studio at UCA Farnham to film our music video in. Then Anna, Cat and I went on 21/10/2015 to film. When we arrived, we all helped set up the studio and lighting and Anna and Cat who were cinematographers worked out suitable angles to film from whilst I worked out suitable angles for me (acting artist) to be located in. We then followed a table of shot types of the shots we needed and filmed everything within the 2 hour time slot that we had booked the studio for .
When we got back to school we uploaded the footage and Martha and Anna began editing in different ways to see which way could work best. Cat and I continued planning other film dates and shot types with the storyboard. 
I think we're working well as a group, but as we need to work individually to get the video done perfectly and quickly, it can be hard to translate ideas. So I think it would help if we come together as a group and look at the piece as a whole so that we can really re-evaluate what works and what doesn't.

Interim Evaluation 8/11/15 - Anna Hester

This is just a quick update of our work progress so far ...
Over the half term we have recently filmed our first location for the music video. Me, Izzy and Catriona all headed down to UCA to use there photography studios. This was a great benefit as we had the opportunity to work with professional lighting and backdrops, which helped to create very effective shots. Izzy was the model, I was the director and cinematographer and Catriona helped set up.
When we got back to school I finished the storyboard, created an animatic and made a time-lapse of our time at the studio. Izzy, Catriona and Martha uploaded our footage and started editing.

But I think that our recent problems so far has been communication. We all seem to be doing our own thing and not working as a team; I feel like I'm the only one that seems to know the true idea behind the video. For example we still haven't scheduled a time to film our second location, and I believe we are running out of time.

To resolve our problems I think we need to work more together, discuss ideas and be more honest about how we feel. This is why I think its best that I film the second location in London by myself. I'm up there all the time and it would be a lot faster and easier to produce our vision of the video. I also think that we should edit two music videos once we are finished filming. One that doesn't follow the storyboard and another that does, enabling us later on to compare as to which has the best outcome. I will edit the one that does follow the storyboard as I created it.