Our Latest filming sessions was taken at Richmond Park. We thought this would be a good location as not only is it a huge park where we can film cut aways, but also as a reference to the memories of being there with her boyfriend.
One of the shots we took i had taken reference from One Direction's music video ;Gotta Be You' which is when the camera rotates around the Harry from One Direction.
This shot is at 1:57 till 1:59.
Showing posts with label Filming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Filming. Show all posts
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Missed Out On Filming
I wasnt able to be at one of the shootings, but i did get to watch what had been filmed and have my take on what i think was good, bad and needed reshooting. My group members agreeed so we are therefore going to reshoot some of the scenes as the lighting and camera angles werent as good as they couldve been.
2nd day of filming
Today we filmed the main shots were our artist sits in the living room surrounded by candles to represent how she is missing the relatiionship but also how the relationship is burning out, which the candles represent.
We used many different shots such as mid shot to show the artist, long shot to show the room and the candles within the room aswell as to establish its a new location. We also used close ups so they audience remembers to focus on the artist.
We also came up with a shot were we have the camera on one side of sarah (Tia, our artist) to show that she is focusing on somethign afar,disconnected from the audience as she is thinking about the relationship. However, as its a music video and the artist should always be connected to their audience, we did have sarah turn to the camera a few times to keep the fans enticed.
We used many different shots such as mid shot to show the artist, long shot to show the room and the candles within the room aswell as to establish its a new location. We also used close ups so they audience remembers to focus on the artist.
We also came up with a shot were we have the camera on one side of sarah (Tia, our artist) to show that she is focusing on somethign afar,disconnected from the audience as she is thinking about the relationship. However, as its a music video and the artist should always be connected to their audience, we did have sarah turn to the camera a few times to keep the fans enticed.
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Todays filming
Today we filmed shots for the ending of our music video. We also filmed some shots were our artist is looking out on the view thinking of the relationship.
What i think couldve been better is the time we went out to film. We filmed at about 3.45pm which meant that it would start out light but then get darker which in a way can set a sad mood to the tone of the music video. However as it was getting cold and darker we didnt shoot as much as we would like to. If we have time, we will hopefully be able to reshoot.
What i think couldve been better is the time we went out to film. We filmed at about 3.45pm which meant that it would start out light but then get darker which in a way can set a sad mood to the tone of the music video. However as it was getting cold and darker we didnt shoot as much as we would like to. If we have time, we will hopefully be able to reshoot.
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Planning for next filming session
As we are planning to shoot this saturday and sunday we have to make sure that the weather ia suitable for the shot. I have checked on 'Metcheck' and they are good days for filming as it will be sunny but breazy aswell which is a good effect on our artists hair. As it will be getting darker as we film, the darkness can represent how upset 'Tia' is feeling and represent that she has no hope on the relationship starting up again.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Discussing the rest of filming
Today we had a group discussion about next weeks filming as its the final week we can do any proper filming. There have been issues on when and where we can film as we have to work around our actor's schedule as we have to consider her priorities.
I was quite relaxed that we will get the main scenes filmed by the end of term and if we need to shoot 'pick-up' scenes then we can do that after christmas. However, my other 2 group members did have worry that we werent going to film it within the next week because of not being able to film in certain locations.
However we have now decided that within the next week on 2 days we will have most of it complete.
I was quite relaxed that we will get the main scenes filmed by the end of term and if we need to shoot 'pick-up' scenes then we can do that after christmas. However, my other 2 group members did have worry that we werent going to film it within the next week because of not being able to film in certain locations.
However we have now decided that within the next week on 2 days we will have most of it complete.
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Todays Filming - 6/12/12
Today was the first proper day of recording for our music video. Overall it went very well because as i am the camera women recording the video, i used close ups. establishing shots, extreme close ups etc because its a video to promote the artist.
We did have some issues such as having to hold the video camera as one part of the tripod that clips onto the video camera wasnt there. However, i kept my hand as still as i could.
Today we did learn to practise the shot before actually recording to see if we needed to alter positioning etc. Lighting was involved as i could see that the room was too dark, so when i actually recorded Yvette, we decided to turn on the lights so it will be clearer to see when Yvette comes through the door.
The issue of lip-syncing went quite well today as Yvette had learnt the song so knew the beat of the song and when the come in.
Yvette had to pretend to know how to play guitar and she doesnt know how to play. However we showed her a few tabs that she can show to make it more realistic. As for strumming, she couldnt fake it as it would look obvious and wouldnt look as effective. I told her to put her thumb and first finger together as if she was holding a pick and to just strum all the strings back and forth so it seems realistic. We looked back at it and it does look okay.
One issue i had today was when Sarah recorded from a different angle which has the banister bars infront of Yvette. We thought it would look effective and they think it does. However i dont think it looks as good as it could be. However this shot is good for a cutaway for when the instrumental is playing.
We did have some issues such as having to hold the video camera as one part of the tripod that clips onto the video camera wasnt there. However, i kept my hand as still as i could.
Today we did learn to practise the shot before actually recording to see if we needed to alter positioning etc. Lighting was involved as i could see that the room was too dark, so when i actually recorded Yvette, we decided to turn on the lights so it will be clearer to see when Yvette comes through the door.
The issue of lip-syncing went quite well today as Yvette had learnt the song so knew the beat of the song and when the come in.
Yvette had to pretend to know how to play guitar and she doesnt know how to play. However we showed her a few tabs that she can show to make it more realistic. As for strumming, she couldnt fake it as it would look obvious and wouldnt look as effective. I told her to put her thumb and first finger together as if she was holding a pick and to just strum all the strings back and forth so it seems realistic. We looked back at it and it does look okay.
One issue i had today was when Sarah recorded from a different angle which has the banister bars infront of Yvette. We thought it would look effective and they think it does. However i dont think it looks as good as it could be. However this shot is good for a cutaway for when the instrumental is playing.
Saturday, 3 December 2011
1st Dec - First Day Filming
Today was the first day of filming. As we only had an hour to record we decided to film cutaway shots of the couple having fun and being the loving relationship that they had to use as memories. We took photos aswell as recording as we need some photos of the couple to hang in house to show that they used to live together.
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