Joao Rodrigues A2 Music Blog

Friday, 22 October 2010

Friday, 15 October 2010

Preliminary Exercise- Video

Our Preliminary Exercise consisted of us using our group member (Meghan) who sang the first verse of a song called “I won't forget you.” . We manage to vary our shots by using close ups, mid and long shots. However because the clip was so short we didn’t include all of our different shots. Nevertheless we believe the filming of the Preliminary Exercise was rather simple because we’ve been studying Media for 2 years. Therefore we were familiar with the cameras and the type of angles that we were going to use.

On the other hand the editing of the video was rather difficult for us because it was the first time that we were using a new editing software. Therefore we weren’t familiar with what the software could allow us to do with our video. As a result we kept the video very simple by only adding a few transactions. However for us to overcome our difficulty we will be using the software more often so that we get practise in order to perfect our video.

Here is our finished Preliminary Exercise;

Monday, 11 October 2010

Grime Picture Collage

Here is another collage that shows grime artists like Tinchy Stryder and Tinie Tempah. These artists were specifically chosen because they are the two that are dominating the industry in 2010.

R&B Picture Collage

Here are picture of certain R&B stars that have been successful in recent years, the likes of Usher, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Eminem. These artists are the ones that are topping the charts right now for R&B today.

Friday, 8 October 2010

Final Cut Express

Final Cut Express is a non-linear video editing application created by Apple Inc. It is the consumer version of Final Cut Pro and is designed for advanced editing of digital video as well as high-definition video, which is used by many amateur and professional videographers. Final Cut Express is considered a "step" above iMovie in terms of capabilities, but a "step" underneath Final Cut Pro and its suite of applications.

Features the program does include are;

• The ability to keyframe filters
• Dynamic RT, which changes real-time settings on-the-fly
• Motion path keyframing
• Opacity keyframing
• Ripple, roll, slip, slide and blade edits
• Picture-in-picture and split-screen effects
• Up to 99 video tracks and 12 compositing modes
• Up to 99 audio tracks
• Motion project import
• Two-way color correction.
• Chroma key

Preliminary Exercise- Lip Synching

Today was a very productive day for me and my group JJ Media because we managed to start on our preliminary exercise of lip syncing. However it became very frustrating for us because we used a new software called Final Cut Express to edit the video. Therefore with our first attempt we wasn't able to complete our video as it was to difficult for us to handle. However hopeful by next week the preliminary exercise will be complete which will allow us to begin preparing for our actually video.

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Copy Right

“Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted by the law of a jurisdiction to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. Exceptions and limitations to these rights strive to balance the public interest in the wide distribution of the material produced and to encourage creativity. Exceptions include fair dealing and fair use, and such use does not require the permission of the copyright owner. All other uses require permission and copyright owners can license or permanently transfer or assign their exclusive rights to others. Copyright does not protect ideas, only their expression or fixation. In most jurisdictions, copyright arises upon fixation and does not need to be registered. Copyright protection applies for a specific period of time, after which the work is said to enter the public domain.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright)

Therefore it’s important that we find a none copyrighted song.