Week Nineteen -Editing the video.

I begun editing my clips at the end of last lesson, so I am slightly ahead, meaning I can be more rigorous with my editing. I have selected the song that I will use which is "Getting Nowhere (Feat. John Legend) by Magnetic man as it goes well with the scene being shown and although it is a song which appeals especially to young adults it is not too loud or obtrusive that it would put off an adult audience. I have used the song "Under Pressure" by Queen at the end as it has an uplifting tone which will make the audience hopeful. I am happy with my choice of song as I feel it fits with the video perfectly.

I have encountered a problem. After getting a brilliant response from a range of audiences to test that my video is effective, I have been informed that according to the exam board I cannot use copyrighted music in my video. Not only does this mean that I cannot use the tracks which suit the video so well, but I will have to search the internet for good, copyright free songs which is almost impossible. I have been looking for music which will suit my video for over two hours now and I am still unsatisfied.

Week Eighteen -Making the Video.

This week we have been filming our videos. After story boarding my ideas I began to film for my video. Seeing as my website is on drug abuse I focused my video around a girl called Millie who began taking drugs at a young age which resulted in her sometimes taking pills at school. This worked well with the environment as I was able to film small sections of the lesson so that it looked realistic and tied in with my work. Filming was enjoyable as we could be creative with the angles and the style of shots that we used.

Video Planning

As we will be filming around school, my video will have to be based in the school grounds. I think I will have a few different scenarios in my video. One of them will be on three students, who bunk off of their lessons and decide to smoke marijuana. I will show the effects it has on the students life. If possible, I would also like to do some filming outside of school of a professional woman drinking copius amounts of wine. One of the misconceptions of alcoholism is that it is more common with the working class however there are lots of examples where middle class people are alcoholics. I also want to be able to connect with a wide range of audiences so I will need to include a range of ages.

Week Seventeen -21/01/11

My website is now complete, apart from the video, which we will be creating in later weeks. I spent this lesson making final adjustments and spell checking my work. I asked for some feedback on my website and the only criticism I got was that I should experiement with the font on the menu.

Week Seventeen -18/01/11

I completed my Get Involved and Work Placements this lesson. All the appropriate pictures have been added and I have spell checked it all.

Week Seventeen -17/01/10

The 'Your Stories' page is now complete as all the pictures have been added and I have differenciated the fonts. This page is now complete and I am happy with the format.

Week Sixteen -13/01/10

I have now changed all of the names to a different font to make them stand out and make it appear more professional. I have also done this for the headlines, and sub headings such as "Latest News"

Week Sixteen -11/01/11

This lesson I tried to improve my website by using a font website and photoshop to create headlines for each page. This was difficult and time consuming.

Week Sixteen -10/01/11

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I looked at my homepage and decided that although it was nearly finished, it wasn't quite how I wanted it. I spent this lesson fixing my Homepage and making adjustments on the other pages. There are still a few pictures which need to be added but my website is beginning to look quite professional. I also included a new section: "Don't drive under the influence" as I found some worrying statistics about how many young people drive after having drunk alcohol or taken drugs. This is not only an issues that affects drug abusers but also the members of the public who lose their lives because of this.

Week Fifteen -06/01/11

I began by editing some of the pictures I wanted to use. I only made small changes to the pictures, for example changing the contrast and cropping them however this was quite time consuming. I then added pictures to my website. All of my pages are at a similar stage now so I am confident that I will be able to finish quite soon. Once I have taken the final pictures all that will be left is to create the video which will be happening in later lessons. Just before the end of the lesson I wrote myself a list of the pictures that I still needed to take so that I am prepared next lesson.