Friday 21st October 2011- In School Filming- Whole Group:
Today we decided to film some of the last segments of the music video. We planned to include various drum shots and band performance but this didnt go to plan as we couldnt get the locations available. We hope to get these as soon as possible. However we turned the bad around and decided to film with a microphone prop and lip sync the final lyrics with our main singer for the video. We used various in-school locations including a brick wall backdrop which also included filming shadows and our main singer lying down on the grass playing guitar and miming some sections of the song. We have now managed since this to lip sync the entire song. From here on in all the filming left to do is filler shots and maybe a scene where our main character trashes an office like room where paper is flying all around him in slow motion.
Friday, 21 October 2011
Friday, 14 October 2011
Friday 14th October
Friday 14th October 2011- Ryan, Jacob and Connor- Central London- Various Locations:
Today 3 people out of the group travelled up to Central London to complete a whole day of filming for the music video. Today's aim was to lip sync the main parts of the song and with a new group member who is now miming pretty much everything. We started our journey at Carshalton Station were we travelled via National Rail on Southern trains to Victoria; despite the diabolical travel fare one way we arrived at a good time and got the number 11 bus to St.Pauls Cathedral. From here we made our way down via several points of interest within London.
We did about 15 minutes of filming around the St.Pauls area and then made our way down to the Millenium Bridge that is in line with the Cathedral. We walked across the bridge and did a lot of filming including a time lapse showing people walking past the main character whilst looking over the River Thames, tracking shots of the main character walking down the length of the bridge and also a long shot showing the entire bridge at the end of it with St.Pauls perfectly positioned in centre in the background with the main character walking towards the camera.
After the bridge we were by the Tate Modern art gallery and we then filmed some more there and also down by the South Bank were we did some lip syncing with the Thames in the background. From there we had a lengthy walk and we made our way to Blackfriars Bridge were we did some more lip syncing and another tracking shot. We then continued over it to the other side of the river.
We then made our way down to Embankment which was quite a long walk but time soon passed and we found ourselves by Charing Cross station. From there we crossed the road and went to the London eye were we filmed some shots with the attraction directly centered on camera. This was a very useful shot and we had our subject doing some more lip syncing and playing the guitar. We also got some more 'behind the scenes' that we have been building up on quite a lot in previous locations and on previous film shoots on other days. A member of our group also brought with him his camera that he used to get some pictures and various shots on that. After the London eye we walked past the Houses of Parliament and by Parliament Square and then went past Downing street were we got some telephone box footage. We then made our way to our final destination of the day; by now we had done about 3 hours of filming.
Our final location was Trafalgar Square and we positioned ourselves by Nelson's Column. We were right in view of the National Gallery and we set up the camera to film a final time-lapse of the public walking about the area. We also had our main character walking with the public very slowly so it would look effective when we speed up the shot into a time-lapse. We got a few more shots in the square which then concluded filming for the day. In total we were in London for about 4 hours that both included the time to film and to make our way to the various locations that we required. It was all planned ahead and the day ran smoothly; the weather was also on our side and there no security or safety issues.
Today 3 people out of the group travelled up to Central London to complete a whole day of filming for the music video. Today's aim was to lip sync the main parts of the song and with a new group member who is now miming pretty much everything. We started our journey at Carshalton Station were we travelled via National Rail on Southern trains to Victoria; despite the diabolical travel fare one way we arrived at a good time and got the number 11 bus to St.Pauls Cathedral. From here we made our way down via several points of interest within London.
We did about 15 minutes of filming around the St.Pauls area and then made our way down to the Millenium Bridge that is in line with the Cathedral. We walked across the bridge and did a lot of filming including a time lapse showing people walking past the main character whilst looking over the River Thames, tracking shots of the main character walking down the length of the bridge and also a long shot showing the entire bridge at the end of it with St.Pauls perfectly positioned in centre in the background with the main character walking towards the camera.
After the bridge we were by the Tate Modern art gallery and we then filmed some more there and also down by the South Bank were we did some lip syncing with the Thames in the background. From there we had a lengthy walk and we made our way to Blackfriars Bridge were we did some more lip syncing and another tracking shot. We then continued over it to the other side of the river.
We then made our way down to Embankment which was quite a long walk but time soon passed and we found ourselves by Charing Cross station. From there we crossed the road and went to the London eye were we filmed some shots with the attraction directly centered on camera. This was a very useful shot and we had our subject doing some more lip syncing and playing the guitar. We also got some more 'behind the scenes' that we have been building up on quite a lot in previous locations and on previous film shoots on other days. A member of our group also brought with him his camera that he used to get some pictures and various shots on that. After the London eye we walked past the Houses of Parliament and by Parliament Square and then went past Downing street were we got some telephone box footage. We then made our way to our final destination of the day; by now we had done about 3 hours of filming.
Our final location was Trafalgar Square and we positioned ourselves by Nelson's Column. We were right in view of the National Gallery and we set up the camera to film a final time-lapse of the public walking about the area. We also had our main character walking with the public very slowly so it would look effective when we speed up the shot into a time-lapse. We got a few more shots in the square which then concluded filming for the day. In total we were in London for about 4 hours that both included the time to film and to make our way to the various locations that we required. It was all planned ahead and the day ran smoothly; the weather was also on our side and there no security or safety issues.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Tuesday 11th October
Tuesday 11th October 2011- Whole Group- Office Scene:
Today we filmed only a small but valuable part of the music video. We used an interior office as our location that was based in our school. Connor and Bradley directed and filmed whilst Ryan and Jacob acted. Both Ryan and Jacob were in suits as we were portraying Jacob's character handing in his letter of resignation to his boss (Ryan). Although only a small part it plays a key role in the audience understanding the concept of the video where it is ambiguous to whether or not Jacob's character is fired and that's why he is seen supposedly taking his own life by jumping from a car park roof top. It took a couple of takes and a number of shots and angles to achieve the finished footage. Also we thought a lot about the use of natural lighting within the office set and also the mise-en-scene that we wanted to be created. For example we made use of the office telephone in live action and also included in shot filing cabinets, a computer and various other office accessories.
Today we filmed only a small but valuable part of the music video. We used an interior office as our location that was based in our school. Connor and Bradley directed and filmed whilst Ryan and Jacob acted. Both Ryan and Jacob were in suits as we were portraying Jacob's character handing in his letter of resignation to his boss (Ryan). Although only a small part it plays a key role in the audience understanding the concept of the video where it is ambiguous to whether or not Jacob's character is fired and that's why he is seen supposedly taking his own life by jumping from a car park roof top. It took a couple of takes and a number of shots and angles to achieve the finished footage. Also we thought a lot about the use of natural lighting within the office set and also the mise-en-scene that we wanted to be created. For example we made use of the office telephone in live action and also included in shot filing cabinets, a computer and various other office accessories.
Friday, 7 October 2011
Friday 7th October
Friday 7th October 2011- Bradley, Connor and Jacob- Croydon (various):
After visiting Croydon for the first time we realised that it was a really good location to shoot on, with certain shoots needed to be redone after having to change the initial singer from Jacob to Connor due to feedback from other groups and associates. We decided to have a variety of different shots included within the location so not simplifying the camera work and making sure that each shot was interesting for example rather than fitting with the exact style of shots before in Croydon we decided to visit different area's of Croydon to give the video a different sense of location and a different feel to the shooting. Whilst there we also used the time to shoot some photo's of samples for the digipack's of what could be used and some shots which were just good for examples of what we could do however in better quality, for example shots of Connor standing against a brick wall with the shot back-light to give the impression of a silhouette. Overall we managed to get approximately 3 and a half hours of filming done with a good idea of how each shot can fit into the overall product but also keeping an open mind just in case certain shots don't fit into the final piece.
After visiting Croydon for the first time we realised that it was a really good location to shoot on, with certain shoots needed to be redone after having to change the initial singer from Jacob to Connor due to feedback from other groups and associates. We decided to have a variety of different shots included within the location so not simplifying the camera work and making sure that each shot was interesting for example rather than fitting with the exact style of shots before in Croydon we decided to visit different area's of Croydon to give the video a different sense of location and a different feel to the shooting. Whilst there we also used the time to shoot some photo's of samples for the digipack's of what could be used and some shots which were just good for examples of what we could do however in better quality, for example shots of Connor standing against a brick wall with the shot back-light to give the impression of a silhouette. Overall we managed to get approximately 3 and a half hours of filming done with a good idea of how each shot can fit into the overall product but also keeping an open mind just in case certain shots don't fit into the final piece.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Production Progress
Tuesday 27th September 2011- Whole Group- Croydon:
Today the whole group took off to start the main bulk of filming for the music video. This included the introduction and various parts of the ending for the video. We went to Croydon to film and started off in Centrale Car Park but we got moved along by security after filming for a short period. Included was also some 'behind the scenes' footage of various aspects of filming. We also took some pictures of the actors involved and of the group/band to be used for recreational purposes and for the digipack design to be finalised later. We then moved along to Whitgift car park where we filmed the introduction from a wider range of angles and also some elevator scenes and shots of one of the group playing the guitar. We were in Croydon for a good 3 hours and we went around filming various shots and angles including canted frames, POV shots and establishing shots that included both high and low angles. It was a very productive day and it was a great start to the main section of filming for the final video. We also gathered a few short 'behind the scene' shots of the group talking about various aspects and the progress of filming in the several locations we visited in Croydon. We managed to film a good 20-30 seconds of the video and we have already started to edit some parts of it.
Friday 30th September 2011- Whole group- Beddington Park:
Today we went to film a large part of the video in various sections of Beddington Park. We aimed to film a lot of naturalistic shots and we filmed in some wooded areas and used a lot of trees in shot. The weather was also to be to our advantage and we made use of the sunny and warm conditions. We did some lip syncing for the video and our actor had to make sure he was wearing the same suit. The first areas we went to was a leafy area in which we filmed some POV Shots and some shots of the sun through the trees. We also filmed our main actor against a tree with another group member playing the guitar in the background, something which we are using as a motif throughout the music video. We filmed a lot of close-ups of our main actor and also filmed shots of nature including the river, plants and trees. Also included in the filming was some reverse action shots in which our main actor was filmed walking backwards and taking his blazer off, something in editing that we reversed to make it look normal but with the effect of the blazer automatically coming up to fit on his body. Again in this we had the other group member playing the guitar to back up the motif of the video we he is always there behind the main actor. We also filmed some more 'behind the scenes' of various aspects of filming and preparation which will be used in a seperate edit and uploaded as an extra. We also had a camera to take various pictures of some live action including some stop motion filming in the river. It was yet again a very productive day and we got a lot filmed in the rare September heatwave.
We are also way into the editing stage and the shots have come together nicely on the timeline as well as some good special effects. The intro is looking good and the timeline is slowly being filled with various edits of shots and lip syncing. We have also added some audio and sound effects consisting of diegetic and non diegetic sounds to accompany the intro and the ending to coincide with creating atmosphere and mise-en-scene.
Friday 7th October- Whole Group- Central London- Various locations:
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