JB - Magazine Advert

This is our final magazine advertisemnt. This magazine advert is made to be used in a magazine such as NME. I had taken a picture of the four of us and used photoshop to cut out the background. Then I put a picture thatw e had taken of the beach as the background because this is a generic convention of this type of music. I used a cartoony font due to the convention of the genre. Because one of the band members couldnt make it to the photo shoot, we took a photo with someone else and photoshopped our band members face onto his body. I added their myspace and record label at the bottom so that fans can access them easily and I put a picture of the album at the bottom so that fans would know what to purchase.

JL Weekend shoot Evaluation

In the weekend we filmed the rest of our music video. In the morning it was quite cloudy and looked as though it might rain, we didn't want to risk getting to Camber and not being able to film so we decided to stick with the contingency plan and film in Sevenoaks in a park.

We wanted to do another performance shot for the second chorus as well as the remaining parts of the narrative. We did it in a park where there were trees and leaves which didn't match the summer feel of the song as there were brown/red leaves on the floor and the trees were bare. Apart from the leaves the park was a good location. Jamie was sitting on a bench in the field and there was a cliff edge quite close to it where Emily would walk past. This gave us some really good establishing shots from a high point looking down on to the park. We also had 2 cameras which enabled us to use time more effectly to get the best out of the light and we would use one for normal shots and the other for more interesting angles and movement which we may or may not use.

Although we couldn't go to Camber, I felt that this was a good shoot; we had enough light and it wasn't raining to allow us to film.

JL - Contingency Plan

Our failed shoot on Saturday due to the rain means we are quite pushed for time if we want to edit to a high standard. We plan to shoot this Sunday at Camber but if the weather is bad again it means it will be another week till we are able to shoot again which leaves us very little time to edit. As a result we have came up with a contingency plan.

Our plan is to work with the rain and implant it into our music video. We plan to have the two lovers (Jamie and Emily) searching for each other in the rain and when he fails he comes home looking depressed. His friends then come and cheer him up and take him to a party. At the party they meet each other again and kisses.


Using this narrative of him being indoors gives us the opportunity to film after school as it usually gets dark fairly early. It also means we don't be able to shoot if it rains.

AD - First shoot - Outtakes

We shot so much footage on our first shoot we had a few outtakes, so in our free time we compiled this short video.

JL - Organisation and Planning

Here is our planning and organisation to make sure that everything is done on time. Please click on the scans to enlarge them.

This calendar helped us organise our shoots and when we needed to edit the footage, it was important to manage our time because it allows us make changes if anything unplanned occurs.

This is the call shot for one of our shoots. We used this so we can get in contact with our crew easily and so we know what we are doing on the day of the shoots

This is a risk assessment. We use this to make sure we know of any hazards that may occur and make an effort to reduce the chances of an accident happening.