Word cloud.

Above is a word cloud of some of the terminology I have learnt so far from doing this task.

1975 Mood Board.

Chosen Song.

The song we have chosen to use is Settle Down by The 1975.

Below are the lyrics and existing music video of our chosen song. We have chosen this song as the lyrics can be used to help us with creating a story in the video.

A soft sound
To the way that she wears her hair down
Covering up her face.
And oh what a let down,
And I don't seem to be having any effect now
Falling all over the place.

But you're losing your words
We're speaking in bodies
Avoiding me and talking 'bout you.
But you're losing your turn
I guess I'll never learn
'Cause I stay another hour or two.

For crying out loud, settle down!
You know I can't be found with you
We get back to my house
Your hands, my mouth
Now I just stop myself around you.

A small town
Dictating all the people we get around
What a familiar face.
Do you get what I mean now?
I'm so fixated on the girl with the soft sound
And hair all over the place.

And you're sure that I'd learn
I'm pushing through bodies
Avoiding me and walking 'round you.
And you're cold and I burn
I guess I'll never learn
'Cause I stay another hour or two.

For crying out loud, settle down!
You know I can't be found with you
We get back to my house
Your hands, my mouth
Now I just stop myself around you.

A soft sound
And to the way that she wears her hair down
Covering up her face.
And oh what a let down,
I don't seem to be having any effect now
Falling all over the place.

But you're losing your words
We're speaking in bodies
Avoiding me and talking 'bout you.
And you're losing your turn
I guess I'll never learn
'Cause I stay another hour or two.

For crying out loud, settle down!
You know I can't be found with you
We get back to my house
Your hands, my mouth
Now I just stop myself around you.

For crying out loud!

Copyright Permission.

Here is an email I sent to the record label as my group wanted to use one of their bands for our music video.

Developing Skills; Final Cut Pro-X.

After I had filmed a few shots around Sixth Form we had to then upload them to Final Cut Pro-X. I found this task to be quite hard as a whole as this software was totally new to me. I learnt how to cut clips using the B and A on our keyboard and how to add text and different effects. I definitely learnt a lot and developed my editing skills as I had no idea what to do when we first uploaded the clips.

From the screen grabs you can see me successfully cutting a clip short and adding an effect to another. I did enjoy learning the basic skills for using Final Cut Pro-X and I look forward to developing these skills further to achieve a well edited music video at the end.

Developing skills; Filming skills.

(camera- Panasonic DMC-FZ62, set on P, AVCHD)

I enjoyed trying out filming around the school and sixth form block as I learnt how to use the tri-pod properly. We used this setting as it enabled us to take photos alongside filming. The filming feels different to photography as there are more factors that you have to consider such as waiting 3 seconds after pressing the record button so it starts recording properly and doesn't cut the first few seconds of your video off. You also have to make sure your tri-pod is sturdy as you don't want the shots being unsteady. We had no planning or story boards prior to this task so we had to be creative on the spot. We had no problem with being creative and I did enjoy doing this task as it showed me the basics of filming so I am prepared for the proper filming of my music video in a few months.