(TASK 6) Shooting the video

Today Lyle and I filmed in one of our locations. I am the director of the music video as Lyle is one of the actors, but he is one of the producers along with myself. As you can see in the figures below, Lyle  set up the camera today and  adjusted the settings. We used manual focus but found that some of our footage was out of focus, especially the narrative scene.  However this added to the whole effect of the scene, as Lyle is meant to appear distant during the narrative scenes. The slight lack of focus on his face really brings this across to the audience.. In these scenes Ashaana, who plays the main girl,  pours out her heart to Lyle,  my partner in this project and the actor who plays the main guy. We filmed the narrative scenes of our video as planned in our discussions as a team.

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(TASK 7) Editing

Today we edited the footage we filmed in the park. This location was brilliant to use as there are a lot of open spaces and this reduces the risk of lighting becoming an issue. It was also quite empty given the day, time of day, and cold season - where most people were at school, home or work. Therefore we did not have the issue of disturbing the general public. 

Positives: We were able to film some of our required shots and  we were able to make progress by beginning the editing process. The first photograph shows Lyle and I editing the beginning of our music video. We were picking which establishing shot to use at the beginning of our video, as we filmed two different versions.

Negatives: I felt as if we could have carried out even more filming during the time we were at the location. I believe we were slower because we need still need to improve our technical skills, but more so our time management skills. We will revise this issue in our subsequent team meeting. My suggestion is that we organise our time better.

Call sheet for 8/10/15

 

This is the call sheet for today's shoot.

(TASK 6) Shooting the video

Today we filmed in the location of Alexandra Palace and Park. This day was successful as we filmed the bulk of our narrative scenes. Those present were myself, Lyle, Demi and Ashaana. The only negative aspect was that, due to the season, it got dark quite quickly. This limited the amount of time we could spend filming. However it was isolated so we didn't disturb the public.

Call sheet for 6/10/2015

We completed a call sheet after filming today, to formally outline the successes and failures of the day. We used the same template that we used to create the overall call sheet for all our proposed filming dates. Today was a successful day of filming and we wanted to document our progress.

(TASK 6) Shooting the Video

Today I began filming for our music video. As I am the director and person in charge of the camera, I used my creative vision to try out different shots. Firstly, we filmed scene 8 - the piggy back scene. I tried a long shot at first because that is one of the original ideas that we had. However for an intimate scene , the camera angle and shot type seemed distant. I then switched to a handheld camera and used an extreme close up. This translated better on camera and created an intimate atmosphere.

(TASK 5) Request to use copyright

In the music industry, individuals have to seek copyright permission from the owner of the music track that they would like to use. This is an example of me doing so, asking Tori Kelly's label 'Capitol Records' for permission to use her song 'All in my head.'