Storyboard

Edit decision list, Logging sheets and Single Frames

Edit decision list

Logging sheets






Single frames and vox pops

Editing Diary

When we got the footage we have filmed uploaded onto the computer we then began to edit the documentary. We used some portions of music videos and still images of bands to relate to what the interviewee's were talking about. Here are some examples of still images and portions of music videos we used most of which were cut aways relating to what the interviewee's were talking about i.e who are there influences for the band and what type of image a band have for the university lecturers. To calcel out jump shots we used a number of different shades and dilvolves from one shot to another to avoid jump cuts to make the documentary look more professinal.

Music Videos
The Saturdays - Work

We used this to relate to what the university lecturers were discussing. They were discussing about bands images and how that effects their style music. They mentioned The Saturdays so we played over part of the Saturdays video 'Work' with the music also playing under them discussing.

Examples of Still Images

We used still images as cutaways whilst the University lecturers are talking about band images and whilst the band 'Flowers for Helen' were talking about their musical influences to give the audience something to look at and something to relate to what the interviewee's are talking about.

Kurt Cobain

Artic Monkeys

Young Guns

We used these cutaways to relate the the band images which the university lecturers were talking about. They mentioned band images and our first thoughts of bands were the Artic Monkeys and Young Guns whose image is important to the type of audience they relate to. These cutaways were also used when Flowers for Helen mentioned their influences and so we used a picture of the iconic Kurt Cobain who was a big influence to the rock genre as a whole.

Print screen of editing of the documentary

Once we had got all our filming done, we noticed that there was alot of speaking and it became quiet boring and so we needed to add alot more cutaways during the interviews to keep the audience concentrated.

Studio

Most the cutaways were later added were still images but in the interview with Flowers for Helen they mention there that they have a Facebook page so when they are talking about it, we edited in someone on facebook scrolling onto their page and showing the content they provide whoch gives the audience a visual stimulant.

Documentary Diary - Vox Pops

We went out on several occasions and filmed Vox Pops for our documentary. We went into the streets of Warrington and approached random people asking them "What is a bands main goal". Alot of the people we spoke to answered "Making it Big" which is what we needed so there is quiet a few good vox pops to use.

Documentary Diary - Flowers for Helen Re-filming

On 11/11/2010 Rhiannon and Lisa went and re-filmed the Flowers for Helen interview at the Taxicab Driver Sports & Social Club in Walton. They asked the same planned questions they did in the first interview.

What went well was the location was much better than the last, it was quiet when filming and the lighting in the room was good which were the two problems with the first locations. The band also answered the questions much better in this interview.

The only problem was that one of the band members was unable to attend the interview but we have footage of him playing at the gig.

Documentary Diary - University Lecturers Interview

On the 19/10/10 we went and interviewed Russell Dyson, Senior lecturer in Commercial Music Production and Jim Mason, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Music Production who teach at Chester University in Warrington. We wanted to interview them in front of some of music production equipment but some of the students at the college were using it so we interviewed them in some rehearsal space.

What worked was that they answered the questions fully and went into detail and the framing of the interview was good.

What didn't work as well was one of the lecturers wasn't looking the right way and we had to move locations from where we originally were hoping to film.

Questions below are the original list and the ones in bold are the questions that we didn't ask on the day.



Some information about yourselves.

General positive and negative points about the music industry.

Brief overview of the industry and how it works.

Brief overview of how music is made

Questions

Does a band/artist need any knowledge of the industry to make?

What exactly is popular music?

Is marketing important when selling records?

Is a bands image important?

Is downloading music becoming more popular than buying CDs leading to ‘extinction’ of the CD?

Is downloading music illegally becoming a big problem for bands and artists?

How do bands/artists promote their music?

How do bands/artists get into the industry?

Is it better for bands/artists to have a manger or manage themselves?

What is Fan Culture?

What is music law and what types of laws are there?

What exactly is commercial music making?

How do record labels work?

How does the music industry work and what are the latest issues affecting it, if any?

What is the cultural politics of music and how is it linked with industry matters?

What is the relationship between popular music and race/gender identities?

How music is talked about and consumed?

What is the role of music in society as a commodity and force for social cohesion?

What is the cultural significance of popular music?

Is there a realistic outlook on the industry?

What are your views on auto tune?

Documentary Diary - Flowers for Helen

Unfortunately I was unable to attend due to over commitments so they went on and filmed Flowers for Helen gig at the Masque in Liverpool on 07/10/2010 and also got to interview them afterwards.

Looking back at the footage, what worked with the interview is that the band answered the questions in full and gave back some funny answers which reflects their individual personality's. With the gig footage, they have a great close up view of the stage which shows there performance really well.

What didn't work was that we had planned to interview the band backstage but because of the noise from other bands performing they had to move the location to downstairs where it was quieter. The new location wasn't really ideal as it was dark and hard to hear what the band members were saying. Consequently we will are going to re film the interview at the Taxi club, Walton.

Revised list of band questions

What genre would you place your music in?

What artists influence you? as a band

How did you come up with the name for your band?

When did you form/how long have you been together?

Who is in the band and what instruments do you play? Introduce yourselves - what role do you play in the band

Do you write your own songs?

Do you like to do covers?

Have you recorded anything in a studio?

Where do you get the money to do things? like travel/studio time

How do you travel to and from gigs?

Do you have a manager?

What’s your main goal as a band?

Do you thing image plays a big part in a band?

Where you see yourself in 5/10 years time?

How do you express your individual personalities? do you think its important

How do you distribute your music?

Do you have a big fan base?

Do you use the internet as a tool to reach a wider audience?

How?

Do you have a myspace account and use it to interact with your fans?

Do you have a target audience?

Do you interact with fans?

Where do you practice?

What is it like to have gone from being in an audience to playing on stage?

What is your stance on music being downloaded illegally?