Today I re-shot the whole band performance. Again I had to make a stage using blocks from drama and there was two drama students that were very polite and thought me how to use the drama lights so i didn't need studio lights. I tried to use a steady camera as I have never used one before and it took me a while to figure out how to set up the camera properly and then how to use it, once I did we started filming. We filmed the whole song about 7 times. Each time I used a different method of filming for example couple of the times I used the steady camera and other times I used a tripod.
Over all everything went really well so I need to start editing the footage together.
Monday, 14 March 2016
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
10 things that could ruin my music video
This is a list of 10 things that could ruin my video:
- Bad lighting
- Bad weather
- People/Actors not being available
- Poor lip sinking
- Camera being out of focus
- Battery dying half way through the day
- Not enough footage and poor planning
- Poor editing
- Unclear Narrative
- Poor Cinematography
Ways to avoid these 10 things:
- It changed the atmosphere of the whole music video so I have to make sure I use the correct lighting- lights and torches.
- I need to make sure that I plan properly and check the weather forecast
- Make sure all the actors are available on the certain day and have a back up day planned.
- Make sure the actor is at least miming to the lyrics
- Double check the camera is in focus because you might lose shots if something is out of focus.
- Always carry a spare battery
- Always feel more than you need and plan everything in a lot of detail
- Make sure everything/ all the shots are placed in the right places to make the narrative clear.
- If your narrative is not clear it would lead to confusion so film a couple of shots to make sure the narrative comes across clearly.
- Shoot everything twice just incase something is out of focus or the lighting is poor.
Friday, 4 March 2016
Locations- photos and test shoots
The locations I am planning on filming:
- Waterloo
- Waterloo Graffiti Tunnel
- Embankment
- Southbank
- Trafalgar Square
- Piccadilly Circus
- Charing Cross Station
- Train
- Tube
Filming with Michael
Today I filmed with Michael in the music room. I filmed just him singing (lip sinking) to the song. This went really well. He was very good at acting and making it look emotional. I used only one light as it was a small room and one DSLR Camera and just filmed the song a couple of times so I could get different angles. Over all I think it was quite successful.
18th and 19th
Today we met at 10:00am at Welling Station. Everyone was on time but our train got cancelled so we had to wait 15 minutes for the next one. We got of at Waterloo at 11am as that was our first location. We filmed outside the station as well as in a tunnel near Waterloo which was filled with graffiti. This was very successful. The lighting in there was not great but that made it look like it was night time which I quite liked. However the only problem I had was that there was a lot of people walking through so you could see them in my shots. To prevent that I waited a bit so there was a gap where not many people were in the tunnel so i then filmed. We then walked to the Southbank and filmed some shots near the river and on the Southbank to Embankment bridge. That went well the lighting was very good. The only problem once again was that there were a lot of people. We then had 30 minutes break to grab some lunch and then carried on filming at our next location which was Trafalgar Square. We filmed near the fountain and then I filmed the walk to Charing Cross station where we got on a train and filmed some of the shots on the train.
Overall the day went really well. We managed to get a lot filmed so I had the next day to edit and see how everything looks and see if anything needed re-filming.
18th and 19th
Today we met at 10:00am at Welling Station. Everyone was on time but our train got cancelled so we had to wait 15 minutes for the next one. We got of at Waterloo at 11am as that was our first location. We filmed outside the station as well as in a tunnel near Waterloo which was filled with graffiti. This was very successful. The lighting in there was not great but that made it look like it was night time which I quite liked. However the only problem I had was that there was a lot of people walking through so you could see them in my shots. To prevent that I waited a bit so there was a gap where not many people were in the tunnel so i then filmed. We then walked to the Southbank and filmed some shots near the river and on the Southbank to Embankment bridge. That went well the lighting was very good. The only problem once again was that there were a lot of people. We then had 30 minutes break to grab some lunch and then carried on filming at our next location which was Trafalgar Square. We filmed near the fountain and then I filmed the walk to Charing Cross station where we got on a train and filmed some of the shots on the train.
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Initial Editing
To start of the editing I added all the footage I had so far which was the lead singer performance. This helped me figure out and realise how much more footage I actually need. I planned what needs to go where and left gaps called place holders for other clips.To do this I went to "edit" and then "Insert Generator" and then "place holder".
Monday, 8 February 2016
Plan for Filming during half term- 18th and 19th of Febuary
Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th of February 2016
On these two days we are going to go in London and film for the whole two days. We are going to meet at 10 o'clock both mornings and we would finish filming about 5 o'clock both evenings. I am planing on shooting in couple of different locations such as Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Southbank bridge and maybe Southbank skater park. I already have some footage of Jasmine in the tube. However, I need to film a little bit more there with the singer- Michael and the actress- Jasmine.
Costumes:
Michael- black jeans, black vans, T-shirt, beanie hat, hoodie and a vans backpack
Jasmine- Heeled boots, high waisted black jeans, roll neck top, and a coat.
We are going to film as much as we can on these two days so I can have most of the footage that I would need.
Weather: I checked the weather forecast for these two days and It said that the weather will be quite sunny but cold so It would be good for cinematography and lighting should also be good.
On these two days we are going to go in London and film for the whole two days. We are going to meet at 10 o'clock both mornings and we would finish filming about 5 o'clock both evenings. I am planing on shooting in couple of different locations such as Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Southbank bridge and maybe Southbank skater park. I already have some footage of Jasmine in the tube. However, I need to film a little bit more there with the singer- Michael and the actress- Jasmine.
Costumes:
Michael- black jeans, black vans, T-shirt, beanie hat, hoodie and a vans backpack
Jasmine- Heeled boots, high waisted black jeans, roll neck top, and a coat.
We are going to film as much as we can on these two days so I can have most of the footage that I would need.
Weather: I checked the weather forecast for these two days and It said that the weather will be quite sunny but cold so It would be good for cinematography and lighting should also be good.
Filming with Joel
When we went out to film I asked the main/lead singer to lip sink for the video. We all met at 10 o'clock and filmed until 5 o'clock. I didn't manage to film a lot due to the poor lip sinking. The actor- Joel wasn't every good at it and was too shy to actually sing so the lip sinking is successful. We tried our best and when I started to try and edit the footage onto the song, it looked fake due to the poor mouth openings when singing. I decided to go through some of the footage that i filmed of the tube trains and the girl. That was very successful and I am going to use it. However, I am going to find a new actor and my target is someone who is good at music and feels comfortable singing in public. A music student who volunteered to be in the music video seemed very appropriate due to his clothing style as well as lip sinking. Then I made the decision to use this student- Michael in my music video.
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