Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Diary Post #3

Friday 21st February, 12:30am-14:45pm, Town

We decided the earlier, the better as it'd be around the same time of day we filmed last to provide similar lighting. It also was a suitable time for our protagonist to film with us. We wanted our video not to include people gawking at the camera in the background, as it would ruin the 'feel' and atmosphere of the song even though it is guaranteed this would happen when we do some shots in town, so what we did was film when there wasn't that many people and informed them in advance that we were filming.

What did we achieve in the shoot?We focused on filming the protagonist at town with a variety of shots like low angles, mid shots and high angles with the props we had.
What actors/props/costumes did we use?
The protagonist was one of our friend's sister. She is the main actress who will star in our music video.
We used a bag, a withered rose, a dark coloured ball and a red heart for this shoot.
For the protagonist, we had her clothed in a tight colourful dress with black leggings and wedges, like the costume we had for her when we filmed on the Bridge.
How did we set up our equipment?
We used a tripod and our friend's camera to film.

What went well?
We recorded some shots multiple times so that we could replace some shots if they were shaky or otherwise seemed unnatural.

What went wrong?
Something that went wrong was when we filmed at the Ashmolean. We tried doing a long shot, but there was a road in between which meant that cars and other vehicles would obstruct our view of the protagonist. We had difficulty filming from that distance, so we decided to film from the pavement, a couple of metres away.

What we need to achieve next time?
Our next filming shoot will be on Friday 7th March. For this shoot, we will focus on the shots we need for the next location, which will be in a bedroom and then in South Park.

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