Final Product

Ancillary Texts

This is the advert that would feature in a magazine to promote the album which features the song in my music video. 

I have included all the information that is conventional for a magazine advert; 

• the album and band name in large text
• the release date
• social networking details 
• details on formats in which the album can be purchased

This is the digipak that I have created for the CD of the album.  As is conventional for the real band that created the song Porcelain, there are no images of the band in any of the ancillary texts.  I have included screenshots from the video as well, as I feel this helps to tie the products together.

Alongside the magazine advert and digipak, I've mocked up some adverts to be placed in other places.  I've made use of one of the images that I took as it's a landscape image, perfect for a bus advert or a billboard.  There is still a sense of cohesion between these adverts and the other products because there is continuous imagery such as the moon and the image of Maia.  I have also used the same font and colour scheme to create cohesion.

Filming slow motion shots

To film the slow motion shots of the shattering porcelain I borrowed a JVC GC-PX100 which has several high frame rate settings.  The downside to having a high frame rate is that the resolution and therefore the quality of the footage decreases.  I decided to film at 250fps as this meant that I could slow the footage down to 10% and still have the best possible quality. 

Due to the obvious potential risks of shattering porcelain, both to myself and to the equipment, I carefully considered the camera setup.  Luckily the JVC GC-PX100 has optical zoom feature meaning that I could film from a distance away from the shatter area with the camera zoomed in and not compromise quality.  I was also careful in my practice, though there was little danger to me because I was throwing the porcelain ornaments away from me, so I was a distance away from the shattering.  
After filming I was very careful to sweep up all the little shards because I didn't want it to present a risk to other users of the green room, as I know that other students sometimes film barefoot.  

Moon prop

A while back I made a post about a 'moon prop' that I'd found on someone else's blog.  I thought this would make a really good effect for a pregnant stomach for some of the abstract scenes.  The OP said that they just used a 'large balloon and gooped some paper mache onto it'  so I decided to have a go at making the prop.  In use I will light it from behind with, preferably a torch, but maybe fairy lights (if I do the latter then I'll have to conceal the wires whilst filming but I'll figure out a way to do that beforehand)



This was the picture that the OP posted.

To make the prop, all I used was a balloon, some kitchen towel, and some glue which I made from cornflour and water 

  

 I applied the kitchen towel to the balloon making sure to create an uneven surface to mimic the craters of the moon  

Here it is with light shining through it.  It was still wet at this point so the balloon was still inflated on the inside of it. Once I had the effect I desired I left it to dry, aiding the process slightly with a hairdryer.

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As you can see, without the balloon it's white like the moon.  It's about the width of a torso so it should look fairly realistic in terms of size and shape so the viewers of my music video will know what it's supposed to represent.