Today my group and I focused on our second shooting our music video from 3:30pm - 7:30pm at my house again. For this we booked a DLSR and a tripod. As this was something on our 'what could be improved' part last time, we also remembered to take 2 batteries in case one ran out (giving us more time to film). Also, with regards to costumes, Elsie bought her dress and I had the onesies (which we all wear in our music video).
We used the shooting schedule more this time around, as we found that it helped us keep on track of what we needed to get done (we ticked off what we did as we went along). The first parts of filming we did included the quick cuts of the girl before she leaves the house (which in editing we made into quick cuts to create the dramatic effect that we wanted to achieve). Other shots that we filmed included a long shot of the bedroom, close-ups of a mug on the bedside table, the TV being left on and a mid-shot of the dressing table. We then filmed a mid-shot of the main girl packing her bag, opening the door using a close-up, then a long-shot of her going downstairs for the lyrics 'she plans to run away with him forever', and finally a mid-shot of her leaving her coat for the lyrics, 'she leaves her coat in silence'.
We then filmed the footage for more of the sleepover part of the narrative. This included us filming a long shot of us all sat on the bed, but since looking at it we feel that we will need to make it darker in editing to keep the 'spooky' theme going. We then shot a quick close up of each of us with the torch being held underneath our faces (to once again keep the spooky theme). We also shot the extreme close-up shot of me blowing out the matchstick (after I lit the candles in the bedroom).
Finally, we decided to film me and Laura lip syncing again, as before we felt that it didn't work as well as it could have, because the lighting was not quite how we wanted it. We were able to improve the lighting by switching the main light off and using a torch on our faces. Also, we remembered to take down the posters in the background, so it looked more professional.
What went well:
We believe that our time management went well as we were able to get most of the shots done that we were planning to do. Furthermore, we started filming shots from the other side of the narrative (the 'spooky' story). What also went well was the fact that we were able to improve the shot of me and Laura lip syncing.
What could have been improved:
We feel that we probably needed to set up quicker and make sure that we had everything that we needed was ready for filming. For example, we were going to film the shots from the 'spooky' story narrative of the girl opening the box and looking at the picture of the boy that she likes, as well as the shots of the girls friends destroying it. However, there were technical problems so we weren't able to print out the picture, so therefore we will have to film it at the next filming day we have at my house.
Here are some screenshots of what we did on this filming day:
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