Today we went out and filmed the majority of our music video, and changed our plans to move the last section of filming to tomorrow.
The first hour of the day was spent 'rehearsing' and mapping out our shots including the 'iPod owner' - the shots that we were going to be filming in the next hour properly. We categorized the storyboard into sections for each character and the shots they were in. First of all we compiled a list of all of the 'iPod owners' shots, as he interacted with no other characters, nor did he appear in any of the other characters shots. We then sat and discussed what angle and whereabouts we would be shooting and what we wanted from the shot; discussing what the shot is meant to be showing and how it helps the story move along. After we had finished organizing all the shots involving the 'Ipod owner' we then compiled a list of all the shots that include the tramp; as we were going to be doing them for the next 3 hours after we had completed all the shots with the 'Ipod owner'. We then discussed whereabouts the tramp will begin sitting, and then went outside and mapped out where she would travel to and where we would follow her. We also discussed what we wanted the tramp to be wearing, so that when i went with our actor to get her costume i would know what look we were going for. We then discussed what time we had arranged to have our head teacher for and when he was available for the shots. We then discussed how many shots he was needed for and what shots those were; he is only needed for about 3 shots where we follow him to the window, a shot where we see him looking ( we are outside) out and spotting the tramp outside, and then when we are behind him with the camera inside, and see him spotting her outside (Over the shoulder shot). We then said that after this long day of filming, we should wait until tomorrow to do our final shots including the children coming out of school and seeing the tramp dancing and fitting outside of the school. Also, it was very, very cold outside; so this hindered the amount of time we could stay outside. We had also checked the weather and read that it was forecasted to rain in the afternoon, so as a result of this, weighing up all the possible risks, we decided that we would hold off the last chunk of filming till the day after.
In the second hour we filmed all the shots including the 'iPod owner'. Our first shots went quite well as they were simple; we stuck to the storyboard and decided to film in chronological order. We did around 4 takes for each shot, and we then ran into a slight predicament with our props. There was a shot where we wanted the character to accidentally knock their headphones off of their bag, but we had a challenge trying to find out a way that the headphones could balance on the bag without dropping off straight away. We spent a few minutes sorting this out, and then did quite a few takes trying to get the shot correct; making sure that the character was 'accidentally dropping' them the correct distance away from the camera. We then realised that we had created a shot where the headphones are seen closely with the ipod attached; but we did not want to drop the ipod with the headphones attached, as this could potentially break or damage it. We had to decided whether to try and cheat the shot, and hope that people aren't going to intently look at the headphones when watching the music video-or just attach the ipod to the headphones and risk the ipod being damaged. In the end, we opted to try and cheat the shot, and it didn't look too bad, because in the shot, you are mostly looking at the character as opposed to what is attached to the headphones. Also, the light kind of obscures the headphones in the sense that even if something was attached to the headphones, you probably wouldn't be able to see it anyway. After sorting out this, and completing the takes of this shot until we got the one we wanted, we then did the last shot we needed this character for, which was a POV of the tramp, where we see the 'iPod owner' dropping the headphones and running away inside; which we also did around 3 times so we had a variety of takes to choose from.
After this we then began the shots we wanted to accomplish with the tramp on her own; which was a large bulk of the shots in the music video. Within the time we filmed with the tramp, we also filmed quite a few shots we hadn't planned. And in fact, the first shot we did with the tramp, was a shot that we hadn't put into our storyboard, yet proved to be a very effective, professional looking shot where we played around with the focus; alternating between the foreground being more in focus, and then the background. When shooting the tramps shots we were quite inspired creatively as we found ourselves trying shots from different angles that we hadn't planned, and conjuring up funny shots or little scenes that could heighten the action and comedy in the video. For instance, we were filming the long section of footage that we intend to jump cut, where the tramp fits down the road. Then the tramp landed on the bonnet of a car, and i suggested that she should stay there and we should film a CU and an ECU of her on the bonnet of the car panting. After this i then suggested we should film a little scene where a passer by sees the tramp, and then runs away from her. Our actor then spontaneously did something where she leant on a pole-and it looked very good, so we decided to re-shoot the same shot from a different angle, so we could really capture the tramps exhaustion in the background and the passer by running into the foreground looking terrified. After this we were making many creative decisions as to where we wanted to have the camera for the next jump cut shot we intended to do-we decided to move it over the road, and film the tramp fitting from afar. We felt that this offered some more variety regarding the distance that the camera was away from the tramp. After this we continued on with the last few shots and then completed the shots with our head teacher and finished up.
I feel that today was a very productive day of filming, and i feel really confident that our group has got some high quality and interesting footage that will result in us producing a good quality music video.
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