Fifth filming schedule

Fourth day of filming

Today we did our fourth filming meeting from 4:00pm - 5:00pm, booked all the equipment that we needed (DLSR and tripod) and remembered all the props needed (flannel shirt, black dress with a white cardigan, and the bag).

Here is all the shots that we filmed:

• We redid the mid shot of the coat for the lyrics 'Leaves her coat' as we realised when editing that Elsie, who is playing the main protagonist, walks past the coat, and this wouldn't make sense as the main girl character had already gone outside.
• We then did the long shots of the main girl rushing up the stairs and going back to her bedroom. 
• Next, while in the bedroom we filmed a close up of her dropping the bag on the bed, a mid shot of the girl on the bed with the shirt and then her lying down holding the shirt and looking upset.
• After that we filmed the instrumental parts where the main girl breaks-down with worry and stress as she does not know where her lover is. Shots we filmed include a close up of the girl hitting the wall and leaving a hole in it, a long shot of the girl throwing the shirt and a pillow, and a mid shot of her looking sad and frustrated.
• Finally, we filmed a close up of me and Laura holding hands for the lyrics 'to the sound of love'.

What went well:

We were able to film everything we planned on the shooting schedule, and we remembered all the props and equipment needed to film the shots. We used a range of different shot types and angles to make sure that it wasn't boring to watch.  

What could be improved:

 We need to make sure that we've cleared everything in shot as there was a poster in the background of one of the shots and that could make it look less professional. Also, for the shot when Elsie punches the wall we need to improve the match-on-action as when we put the shots together in editing it didn't look like one swift movement. To improve this I will make sure that I don't change the camera angle as much when we go to re-do the shot. 

Here are some screenshots of what we filmed:

Fourth filming schedule

Here is the filming schedule for our fourth day of filming. There is everything that we want to film on it, so we can tick it off when we have finished the shot.

Updating our social media accounts

After yesterday's filming, Today my group and I decided that we should make sure that we keep our band's social media accounts active (like how real bands would keep fans updated). 

On Twitter, Elsie added a screenshot of some filming that we did on day 2 and I posted some photos that I had took behind the scenes 

Furthermore, Elsie then started to post on our band's Instagram using photos from each filming day.

Here is how it looks:

Third day of filming

Here is an update on our third day of filming and how we have developed our final music video. Today, we filmed shots including the 2 friends 'ripping' and 'drowning' the photo of the main girl's 'lover', the girl leaving the note, and all of the outside shots using the equipment we had booked (DLSR camera, tripod and shoulder mount). Because we were mainly filming outside we all made sure that we were prepared by wearing suitable footwear, warm clothing and bringing all the probs we needed with us including the boy's shirt and the girls bag.

The shots that we filmed in order consisted of:

• A close-up of the tap running
• A high shot of the boy's picture in the sink
• A close-up of the picture being ripped by of the girl's friends
• A shot of the picture being thrown (which we had to do a couple of times to make sure that it was in shot. We also had to do this with a new photo that hadn't been wet, so as we were able to get it in the shot without it being too fast).
• Close-up of the girl opening the box which she keeps the photo of her lover in
• Extreme close-up of the girl's (Elsie's) eyes which fit to the lyrics 'I'm stunned'. Here we wanted the girl's eyes to look angry, so we took a fairly long shot to make sure that we can pick out the best part when we are editing it.
• Extreme close-up of the main girl's mouth lip syncing to the lyrics 'people marching to the drums, everybody's having fun to the sound of love', which we did to make sure that we still had some conventions of a music video (making sure that it didn't entirely drift off into something which looked more like a short film etc).
• A long shot which we filmed outside of the girl walking away from her home, as well as a mid shot of her turning around and looking back at her house.
• Long shots of the girl walking to a bench (outdoors). We then used a shoulder mount to film a shot of the camera panning around her while she was sitting on the bench.
• A long shot and a mid/close-up of the girl looking around the woods for her lover
• Long shot of his shirt hanging on a tree
• A low shot of the trees
• A mid shot/close-up of a globe spinning (we ended up using a different one than the one that we talked about in our props blog due to not having the access to it at this particular time).
• Long shot of the view from the window
• Ranges of different close-ups of Elsie playing the guitar
• A close-up of Laura marching from three different angles. (This fits with the lyrics 'People marching to the drums, everybody's having fun'. We did this to try and follow a convention of music videos with the visuals matching the lyric

Here are some screenshots of the filming that we did today:

What went well:

We filmed everything that we had planned on the filming schedule. 

Also, with regards to the weather, we were lucky as it was forecast to rain but it didn't so we did not have to worry about lighting or finding a way to stay dry.

What could have been improved:

We need to make sure that we remember all of the props as we had to use a different flannel shirt and globe. 

Furthermore, we had to think about how to throw the picture of the boy as we soon realised it was too light and damp to throw with force (after 'drowning' it). However, we did fix this problem quickly by crumbling a dry version up and using that.

Updating music on our band website

We have decided to name our band's album 'Transylvania', after the band's single that we are creating the music video for. We also thought that to make our CD be more realistic, we add other songs on to it. Therefore, Elsie did some research and found the website www.purple-planet.com/ which allows you to use music from other students school projects (so all credit goes to them).

While updating the music on our band website, we added the rough draft of our album cover (however, this will change once we've finished it).

This is what the latest updates look on our band website:

Here is our album, along with the different songs that we are adding on our album.


Music page part 1


Music page part 2

Third filming schedule

Here is the filming schedule that we made for filming on Saturday at Elsie's house.