Problems We Have Faced With Filming

Second Shot List

Here is another shot list for our third shoot, we have made sure that we include a variety of shots, such as high angle or close-ups. We are also including a narrative between the lead singer and a girl at the party:

·         Emma and Will walking away – arm in arm

·         Close up of Emma and Will walking away – arm in arm/WINK

·         Vogue magazine shots

·         Low angle on feet dancing

·         High angle people’s hands/dancing

·         Mid-shot of Emma pushing through crowd

·         Mid-shot of Emma sexy dancing

·         Emma and Jordan flirting

·         Emma and Jordan flirting with Will cutting in –people dancing in the background

·         Will and Emma dancing with ground in the background

·         Will and Emma high angle on them looking lovingly into each other’s eyes. (emma look at camera)

·         High angle Will and Emma (Will winks)

·         Silhouette Kiss

·         High angle 360 degree dancing

·         Will spinning (holding camera)

·         Group dancing

·         Mid-shot girls talking (Emma checking out Will) MARTHA, EMMA, HANNAH

·         Mid-shot group talking (Will checking out Emma) JORDAN, WILL, RACHEL, GEORGIA

·         Close-up Emma checking out Will

·         Close-up Will checking out Emma

·         Shots of Will singing (mid-shot, singing in the boot, sat on car bonnet, by a tree, tyre swing)

·         Close-up Will playing guitar

·         Close-up people faces dancing

·         Close-up of Emma dancing

·         Moving around crowd dancing (everyone moving around position)

·         High-angle of everyone grabbing the props

·         Shot of people putting props on, then dancing

·         Close-up of people with props (WILL AND MARTHA, GEORGIA, HANNAH AND RACHEL, JORDAN AND EMMA.)

·         Shot of WILL, EMMA, JORDAN, Will trying to chat up Emma and her boyfriend pushes in

·         Shot of Will sitting in boot, Emma walks round away from the party and he gives her a drink

·         Shot of will putting his arm around her, brushing her away from her face

·         Over the shoulder of Will brushing hair behind Emma ear

·         Close-up of them holding hands

·         Shot of Will and Emma walking away holding hands

 

Update

After having to re-film for the second time, we having to re-film yet again. We have come across many issues regarding camera quality and lighting. After encoding all of our new clips, we realised the quality of the shots didn't match the previous takes, and so we have decided collectively that we need to re-shoot them. We hope we resolve it soon.

Cast

Our main cast member is Will. He is a member of our group and will be taking on the role of lead singer in our music video. We chose will for this role as we feel that he looks how we imagined our band to. We needed someone who looked indie and cool as well as someone who was confident enough to be filmed singing, dancing and acting.

We have used various members of our friendship group as background members for our video. We chose them as they are young and fit the the youthful, indie feel of our video. Again we needed people who were confident in front of the camera and would be willing to be filmed doing various things; which they were.

Update

After filming we have looked through our footage and have discovered that shots that have been done during the day are not as professional looking as we had hoped. We also found that we did not have enoyugh variety of shots and feel we need a narrative running throughout. We are re-filming some shots on Monday 15th October during the night to gain a better quality of footage.

Digi Pack Ideas

After taking our inspiration from the album Foster the people we have come up with two simple yet effective ideas. We have decided to incorporate the indie genre with the party atmosphere bringing in our main theme.

Music Video Inspiration

After watching this video we are going to take the majority of our inspiration from it. As the location is very similar to ours and they are using similar lighting techniques to us. We also like the way it focuses on the main singer and has shots of people dancing and enjoying themselves.

We are also taking inspiration from this video as we love the lighting that they have used to illuminate the people at the party. We feel that we can match this lighting as we have purchased a camera light which has been specifically designed for that.

Risk Assessment

What potential hazards will we encounter?	How will these hazards be prevented?
Objects and debris from the wood on the floor.	We will clear the area of any large obstructions.
Plug sockets and trailing wires.	This will be avoided by using tape to keep them flat on the ground.
The exhaust fumes from the generator.	The funnel for the fumes will have to be kept pointing away from where everybody will be placed for filming to avoid inhaling the fumes.
Refilling the generator with fuel.	We will use a funnel to avoid spillages when refilling the tank of the generator.
Electrical equipment sparking.	We will make sure that we keep any objects that could catch alight quite easily are moved away from where the electricity is placed such as dry leaves and twigs.
Visibility reduced due to darkness.	We will have battery powered torches and light equipment to hand if the electricity were to fail.

Update



After having difficulties transporting people to our location  we have cut down to about 8 people featuring in the video, we are going to have to use precise camera angles to give the effect of there being more people than there actually is. We are also having difficulties obtaining band members and instruments so we have decided to just have the lead singer on his own and focus mainly on shots of him singing.

Floor Plan

This is a brief sketch of our floor plan to portray where everything will be placed including props, actors, camera's and lights. We decided to place all of the lights and cameras in this position because we felt that they would be illuminated much better for the quality of our video. Fairy lights that are on the trees will be placed  behind the actors as they dance and sing, the generator will be placed out of the way to reduce the hazards that it may cause. This floor plan may change as we film our video.

Digi-Pak Inspiration

We found this album cover for the band 'Foster the People' and we have deicded to use this as our main insipration for our digi-pak. We like how the album cover is party based, like our music video, and we would have this theme running throughout all the pictures on the CD covers.