Last bit of filming

Today we filmed the last part of our music video. We were able to finish everything in the time we needed as soon as we get to school in January we will be able to upload the last footage and begin to start our rough edit of our music video.

Filming more of the performance

Because Jess and I ran out of time on the 11th December we had to re arrange a time to film. The day that everyone was able to do is the 19th December we made sure that everyone wore the same clothes and made sure they were in the same positions so that our continuity wouldn't be affected.

This is the group facebook message that was sent out -

How filming went on the 11th December

Yesterday we filmed our performance however we had many problems with filming. We ran out of time when filming as someone else had booked the studio after us,  so we didn't get all the footage that we needed to get done. This means that we will need to film the close ups of the performers in the holidays. We have booked a camera out and are hoping to film on the 20th December and by this point we will have bit of our video filmed. We will then be ready to edit our footage, as all previous footage is uploaded on final cut express.

Filming final Performance on 11th December

Tomorrow we will be filming the last part of our performance part of our music video, we will be filming the entire band. We are filming in a studio in Littlebury so we are having to get several cars to move all the equipment, we have had to change the day from the 10th to the 11th so that we have the cars to be able to move the equipment.

We used the social networking site Facebook to organise tomorrows filming -

Here is how tomorrows timings will run - 

4.20 PM - Meet at Rob's house to load equipment into cars 

5.00 PM - travel to the Studio

5.00 - 5.30  PM - set up all equipment and lighting 

5.30 - 6.00 PM - do whole band shots, several times through

6.00 - 6.45 PM - Film individual shots of each instrument  

In the studio we will be using studio lights so we will have a white back drop and bright lights that will contrast against the band members and instruments, making them standing out further. 

How filming went on the 5th December

Today we filmed the only narrative part in our music video.

We had a limited amount of time that we could film in and people had other committments, this meant we had to work effectively and we were limited to the amount of times we could film footage. However we did manage to get all of our filming and I am relatively happy with the footage, I think it could have been improved if we had more space but I think we filmed the best we could in the space we had.

We will be uploading this footage onto the macs into the next lessons where we will be able to review some of the footage, and if we are unhappy with it we can always re film it.

Item list for the 5th December

Here is the item list that we will need for filming on the 5th December -

• 2 cameras
• 2 tripods
• 2 SD cards
• Make up for the girl to apply
• Several magazines
• Shorts and a top for the girl to change into.

We have already got everything together and ready, this will make filming time shorter and more effective and directed at getting the filming done.

Filming Narrative on 5th December

Tomorrow we will be filming the narrative side to our music video.

We need to film -

• The female actor looking into the mirror upset about her body
• Several shots of her crying and upset
• The male actor walking into the bedroom
• The male actor picking up magazines that the girl has been fantasising about
• The male actor ripping and throwing the magazines across the bedroom
• The male actor leaving the bedroom angry.

This is the time line for how construction will go -

4.00 PM - Jess and I will go straight to my house
4.15 PM - All actors will arrive at my house, and equipment will be set up
4.20 PM - Film shots of girl upset with her body
4.45 PM - Film shots of male boy walking into bedroom and tearing up magazines
5.00 PM - Film shot of girl crying
5.10 PM - Filming finished

Uploading part of performance footage onto the Mac.

Today in class we uploaded the footage that we filmed for part of our performance side with the lead singer. We were able to some of our footage on screen, so far it looks like we managed to frame the shots well, which is good as we had a limited amount of space that we could film in.

We will upload all the footage and add this to our project on final cut express and we will begin our rough cut edit once all footage has been completed and uploaded to the mac.



What is our narrative?

 We have created our narrative based upon the lyrics of the song.
For example -

Your magazines, at people at the seams
But you still read
I must admit, I don't believe in it
But I see how you get sucked in
 

and

About your hair, you needn't care,

From this lyrics we have decided to create our narrative about a naive, insecure girl that is worried about her body and is under more pressure from the media believing she must look like the people in the magazines. And how through this fixation to look perfect she is destroying herself and the people she loves. 

How filming went on the 1st December - Part of Performance

Tonight we filmed the first part of our performance side to our music video. We had our lead singer sitting on a sofa and we took various shots and different angles and he sang the whole song. We also got the lead singer to do some acting that matched the narrative and the lyrics, this made sure that it fitted in with everything else we have done and fulfilled the audiences needs.

We got Sam to sing the whole song a numerous amounts of times the whole through, this enabled us to achieve different shots but this will also make editing a lot easier for us and we will have more footage to be able to choose from. I believe this will improve our video as we can choose shots that are well framed, steady shot, and are good artistic shots.

Filming went well tonight, we ran over slightly our schedule but we managed to get all the shots done that we had on our story board, over all it went very well although we did have a limitation on the space we were using when shooting but i think we over came this and shot some good footage.