I have decided to change my video idea. I have done some filming while at home but I don’t think it really correlates with the theme of coffee. I am a little disheartened as I have spend a lot of time going to different locations but it just wasn’t working out for my plan. I am hoping to still create something with what I made.

While at home for Christmas I went to lots of different places that I thought you would see in a Wes Anderson film. I am hoping to use the pictures in the website or maybe a instagram post. Honestly I feel as though I didn’t get a lot of help with the filming  and i’m a bit stuck on where I can use this content. I just feel that I have wasted a lot of time and effort with this and it might not even get used. To me I thought we could all work together on creating our fashion film but we just did the interview together. In every shoot we all work together and it always turns out amazing so I expected the same for this but unfortunately I just feel like its been left to me. I am feeling a lot pressure to now get something else done but I feel like I am running out of time.

I feel a bit stuck as I could of spent this time on the website but I still haven’t had any articles and I’m not sure what they’re about so I don’t know what photos to use. I am going to talk to Abbie about how everything is going and see what she thinks and if we could incorporate any of this work. I don’t think we will use it but I still want to experiment and see if I can create anything. I’m feeling a bit uninspired at the moment and as if I’m really behind on everything. I want to start looking at other websites in my sketchbook and maybe look at magazine layouts to try get some more ideas for the website.

 

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Research for our Wes Anderson style film

 

here I have added some video’s from TikTok, the videos were made by @jondra on tiktok. I love these videos and how they have incorporated Wes Andersons vibe is such a simple way. I want to make our short film at least over 6 minutes long and have short videos like this promoting the video and encouraging viewers to look at more of our content.

 

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Today I started planning ideas for a video as we have to create 10 minutes of content. I wanted to start planning ideas so I could start organising the types of shots I want to try during this task. I was finding it difficult to come up with an idea as we discussed having interviews with people about issues, we are facing such as covid, the money crisis and any other big issues facing the working-class people of Britain. I found this a difficult task as our magazine concept is to relax our readers so talking about these topics could be defeating that. I made a mind map to try get some ideas from the important aspects that need to be included in the video. To keep the calming aspect, I decided making the video as comforting as possible would be the best direction. I came up with the idea of creating a series in which we would interview different people with a video over the top with clips of different views. I am planning on editing the video in a Wes Anderson aesthetic, I felt this would give a comforting feel as well as giving me more opportunity to experiment with different aspects such as typography and camera shots.

 

I am so excited to do this project and be able to work closely with other members of my group. I feel that me and Steph would be able to make some really cool fonts and typography for the video and I think me and Jason could be able to experiment with different kind of video shots in the style of Wes Anderson. I also feel this will give Angharad so freedom with styling as I know she’s been struggling to get her ideas across.

 

 

This week I have been trying my best to get the website done. I have found it really hard understanding how to use the cargo website, I have watched so many videos to attempt to get a better idea but I am still struggling. I am finding it a bit harder as I don’t have the articles yet either so I’m a bit worried I am going to have to rush to finish the website close to the dead line.

As I will be using Cargo to create the website, I wanted to make sure I was using the app correctly. I have never made a website before, so I have been watching lots of YouTube videos to make sure I am doing everything correctly. Below are a few screenshots of the videos I found most helpful.

 

his video is the creators of Cargo showing the different options and abilities their app has to offer. I found this really useful as they went through each part of making the website in depth so I know I am using the app to its full potential.

Today me and Steph went to the library to start to create a plan for the website. I think the website has been one of the things I have been most anxious to start as I’ve not had many ideas of how I want it to look. Me and Steph wanted to do it together as Steph can help me with the designing and I will be able to research the best ways to try and make it happen. I have previously done research on different websites so have an idea of the content we need to have on the website

 

 

I wanted to use today to make sure all the content for the social media was detailed and ready for me to start posting. I started by creating a social media calendar on excel, I spoke to my group to make sure everyone is happy with the type of content I’m planning on posting. I’m hoping to add more to the calendar in the next few days such as plans for the YouTube channel as I’ve been mainly focusing on the Instagram. The first post is going to be the video we made of me modelling. I thought this would be a good thing to start the page with as I feel this post is a good introduction into our brand. By creating the social media calendar, I am able to organise the next post and how it will flow from the last post. I am able to make sure I include all the necessary content such as BTS, videos, edits, inspirations, as well as post I need to be thinking about adding stories and highlights. I also wanted to create a chart with all the captions I am planning to include with the posts. I wanted to do so when I’m posting so I won’t be as overwhelmed and will have everything prepared beforehand.

 

 

Here I have done some research and planning for the Lakebed Instagram. As we continue with the project, I think now is a good time to start putting together a social media calendar.

I wanted to first have a look at other magazines and see how they present their content through each of their social medias. By doing this I can get a better idea of what factors I might need to consider for our own platform. I looked at different magazines such as Another Escape, Dazed and Vogue.

I wanted to look at these different magazines with different aesthetics and selling points to research different ways I can promote our photography. When looking at each of the magazines I was focusing on different aspects that each showcased. Some of the magazines I saw as competitors, similar unique selling points, or I just liked their social media.

After this research I found a few things, I wanted to use as inspiration for Lakebeds social media. From our manifesto and the audience we are targeting I feel that having high quality reels on our Instagram would be very fitting. I think creating different kinds of reels would showcase our selling point as well as our aesthetic. Although trends are important, I think having high quality videos will more likely attract our audience. I also feel that Instagram will be a great platform to advertise our video which will be on our YouTube and website.

my favourite photos from photoshoot 1

(these photos were taken and edited by our photographer)