Group Meeting - 06/12/12

Today we had to upload all of the footage from our 2 days of shooting as well as all the photos we took on set. It took ages to upload everything from the SD cards but now we have completed this we have divided all our footage into actual footage, behind the scenes footage, and photographs, this way we can easily access what we need.

Now we have done this we can get onto uploading the film into Final Cut and begin editing!

FILMING DAY 2

Yesterday (Tuesday 4th December) we filmed all of the parts of the music video that would feature Malory (the star of the video) alone, with various interesting shots of her singing in front of different backgrounds and with different outfits. These would be the parts of the music video in which we would really need to use lip synching, so if we can edit well, hopefully it will look very good!

Again, we all worked well together as we all had the same images in our heads of what we wanted the footage to look like. Similarly to Sunday's filming, we took additional shots that we thought of once we had reached the location (her house).

Different backgrounds we included:
-window
-plain white wall
-different coloured patterns
-zebra print blanket

We still have once scene to shoot but we think we may do this after the Christmas holidays as we do not necessarily need it at the moment. I personally feel that we have achieved a lot and have really got a big load of work under our belt and now we can get on with editing. I feel very comfortable that we are on target and now we can dedicate our time to editing as well as possible and designing creative album artwork.

FILMING DAY 1

On Sunday 2nd of December we managed to stick to our plan and were able to shoot the main parts of our music video.

Ella drove us and our actors to Richmond Park where we were for a good few hours, filming what we had storyboarded as well as shooting anything that inspired us on the day. We had originally planned to film by the river in Kingston however in Richmond Park we spotted a nearby pond which was ideal for the look of our video so we decided to just use the pond instead. 

After this we travelled to Kingston town centre were the Christmas Markets are and shot our footage there. Again, we also took extra shots of things that were available to us at the locations. Also, we were lucky in that a few unexpected things happened which we hope to put in the actual video if we can fit it in. For example, at the Christmas markets one of the men refused to give Malory a brownie until she played something on her ukelele, so she did and we filmed it. Because this was real and not acted we feel that it will add to the authenticity of the video if we use it and will contribute to the happy and fun vibe we wish to achieve with our video.

In my opinion, the day went smoothly and more efficiently than I had expected. Our actors Malory and Matt were brilliant and did as we asked them as well as positively contributing to discussion of what they should do. They worked excellently together (they weren't awkward or shy with each other) and we believe this is reflected in the footage as it looks very natural.

We were incredibly lucky that on our choice of day of filming the natural lighting was beautiful. Bright clear skies with the sun shining was perfect for shooting and looks great on screen. I am so thankful for the wonderful weather we had as if it had been a dull dreary day, our footage would look miserable which is the complete opposite image we are hoping to achieve.

The purpose of all the filming was for the narrative side of our video and we have yet to film the close ups of Malory singing with different backgrounds. We plan to film all non-narrative parts of the video on Tuesday at Malory's house.

Below are some photographs I took of the day.