Discussion With Mr Canning About Our Video And How To Improve.

Today Me, Molly and Mr Canning sat down an discussed what we can do to improve on our video and came up with these points...

• The narrative build up was too long -Done
• Match the Tempo - When Harry opens the door add an effect to make his movements more distinctive. -Done
• Keep everything up to where chloe blows the candle out.- Done
• First 35 seconds need reworking - perhaps concentrate on Harrison performing. - Done
• Try switching the ending with the beginning - Done
• Include more of an verity of shots within the argument scene. - Done
• Be more creative slow parts up and speed some down. - Done
• Chop it up more. eg. gig scene
• Cut Harrison more into gig part 
• Stop the pit gig when music changes as it goes on for too long. - Done
• Make 2:46 onwards calmer - Done
• Fade the ending out
• Letter box editing perhaps swap around images to get more included within it. - Done

After this discussion we know we have a lot of work to do however don't know if any of it will work till we try it, however hopefully it will allowing us to improve our video.

Filming Complete!

Today we completed our filming and filmed Harry entering the pit and walking down the stairs into the pit, i believe we can now edit it as though he is entering the pit then go to the pit gig therefore it seems as though he is in it. Now we have time to carry on with our editing and our rough cut so we have time to add all the special effect we want to.

Still Having To Film The Last Part.

Unfortunately over the christmas holidays we were meant to of been given a camera to take out but the diary's got mixed up and we ended up not having a camera or anything to film with therefore we were left with still no footage of Harry (boyfriend) entering the gig and will have to film as soon as get back to get our rough cut complete as soon as possible.

Uploading Footage Of Pit Gig

Filming Of Pit Gig.

Today i filmed in the pit and it worked out really well as everyone has a non school uniform day therefore it looked really good, although when the strobe was on at points the camera couldn't handle the speed and went quite blurry, however i tried to get a verity of shots despite the darkness and the camera not being able to handle the speed of the light, although i did film for about an hour therefore i feel i will have enough footage to work with within the editing suite. I am really glad this opportunity came up as it was what we were planning to do before harry unfortunately bailed on us and i feel this accompanies our target audiences wants and needs more. I hope i will have some good footage to work with and we can carry on with editing our film.

Pit Gig.

Today Harry Stocking (The male who was going to help us with light and sound before our main character Harry L wasn't able to film) told me about a pit gig going on at school on Thursday the 15th of December (tomorrow) and if i was interested in filming for my music video as he knew about it. I am really glad he asked me because now i will be able to include shots which we originally planned with all the sound and lighting set plus everyone enjoying themselves.

Finishing Filming Of Performance

Today we finished filming of the performance part within the pit and everything seemed to run fairly smoothy apart from the fact that one of our SD cards run out of battery half way through a performance however everything else seemed to work and harrison knew what he was doing and played to the camera well making sure we got lots of good shots.



show picture of harrison performing

Performance Filming Harrison's Movements On Stage

Here are copy's of what we gave to Harrison for his performance so he can understand what he should and shouldn't do throughout his performance.

Planning Of What To Bring For Performance Shoot.

2 Speakers,
A Microphone,
A Stage,
2 HD cameras,
2 SD cards,
2 Tripods,
1 Dolly,
And make sure all the lighting works.

Problem Of Main Male (Boyfriend) And Narrative.

Our main male harry unfortunately informed us that he would be unable to be in the performance shoot the day before filming therefore we have to change our story board and have just Harrison performing on his own within the pit focusing on his singing and his movements. We will then have to film again showing Harry entering into a gig in which we believe we could possibly shoot within charities week and the pit gigs they hold so we can therefore use the connotations in what come with a pit gig being drugs and harry letting off some steam within the gig.

Getting An Audience.

To try and get a audience we sent a email around and to the student bulletin to ask people to meet in the pit after school thursday ready to film!

Lip Syncing Practise.

Here is some footage of harrison lip syncing in practise for the real shoot on thursday...

Booking The Pit - 8th Of December

Today we asked Drama apartment if it was okay if we could shoot in the pit and if we could book it out, they said thursday would be fine to shoot. Therefore we need to start planning how we want harrison to move on stage and how we are going to use the lighting and booking out cameras etc.

Finished Filming Of Narrative.

 Today we finished all of our filming for the narrative part of our music video taking in to consideration the shots all need to be appropriate and appeal to our target audience which is why we have the female as the antagonist as this is how females are portrayed within the majority of chase and status films which I found out within my research. We also had some unfortunate news when we arrived in London that only certain tube lines were running therefore we would not be able to film scenes along embankment as we were unable to get there which we could of worked out by travelling up the next weekend however we were then informed that trains were not running at all next weekend making it impossible, therefore we changed the location of our running scene to knightsbridge and the tube using a tripod, camera and dolly we managed to film Harry walking along a dark row of houses (due to the dim light creating a dark atmosphere reflecting his characters mood, due to the fact he had just had just caught his girlfriend with another man) and in the underground which we will then cut to him being in the pit on Final Cut Express once we have filmed the Pit performance part on thursday. We were also informed by the owner of the house he was not happy with us smashing plates or glasses within the house as he did not want to dent his flooring which was totally understandable but it did mean we had to change our plans although we replaced these shots with chloe crying and drinking whilst tidying away the date she had just been on.

How The 'Dinner Date' Scene Was Designed. 

Chloe Getting Her Make Up Done.

HarryL Getting His Make Up Done.

Harry Frostick Final Look.

Harry L Final Look.

Chloe Final Look.

New Running Scene Location.

New Running Scene Location.

Timeline For Sunday.

10.30 - Meet at Audley End.
10.47 - Train to arrive Audley End.
12.00 - Arrive at apartment.
12.00 - 12.30 - Set up setting.
12.30 - 1.30 - Film Harry F and Chloe on date and Harry L Walking in part.
1.30 - Have lunch.
2.00 - Start filming again (Argument scene / Chloe Crying / Harry L smoking outside / Chloe And Harry loved p on rooftop?)
4.30 - Film running scene along themes / embankment and Chloe And Harry loved up?
7.00 - Get the train home with everyone.

Check List For Sunday

1 x Candle
3 x Plates
2 x Ready Meals
2 x HD Camera, SD Card, Tripod.
1 x Dolly
1 x Make Up Wipes
1 x Hoover / Dustpan And Brush
1 x Black Duvet?
1 x All Correct Outfits For Actors / Actresses
6 x Train Tickets
1 x Lighter
2 x Drinking Glasses.
1 x Big Torch ( As many as possible).
1 x Suitcase.

Problem Solved.

After looking it up online we found out that all the rail works should be done by friday night therefore making the trains available for us to use throughout sunday and hopefully there will be no delays.

Trains Problem.

We have been informed by Audley End Station that trains may not be running Saturday and Sunday due to disruption and rail works going on. Therefore we would have to use replacement busses which would be really inconvenient. We are looking in to perhaps driving there however this is also another issue as we would have to take two cars as there would be 3 actors then me and molly and my dad as the driver. So we need to ring up national express and see if this is defiantly the case.

Music Video Timeline

Here is a rough timeline of how we plan our video to run and look over all.

The Pit Timetable For Performance Shooting

The Pit Time Table

Today me and my partner went to look up the times in which the pit is free and when it isn't for shooting, we were hoping there was a free period 5 so we could set everything up and then shoot after school however this doesn't seem possible! We therefore feel like we should find the date we plan to shoot and ask the teacher which is teaching period 5 if we could set up lunch and they wouldn't mind teaching their lesson with all lighting and sound equipment there. However we still need to find people to be the audience and plan to put a notice in the school bulletin or perhaps send a email round asking who would like to be involved.