Filming:

The group has just completed filming the beginning section of the narrative part of the music video. We successfully found an extra person to be our "Guy" so we were able to film the beginning narrative of the song which we had difficulty with before, as the actor was previously unavailable.

I found that this session of filming was very successfully as we were quick with getting the props such as cables and cameras which i felt with the last time of filming took up the most of our filming time trying to find the props needed.

We captured all of the shots that we needed with the "Guy" such as the close up shots of his face, the singer shouting at him, being able to zoom into his face in order to allow editing to be easier for us in the future. I made sure that we shot an array of different angles of the same section to make sure that when we came to editing, we would not have the problem of not having enough shots.

I am about to start uploading the recent footage onto the program "Final Cut" to make sure that our editing is kept up to date.

Update editing:

Today, i continued on editing our footage on the computer. Today, I implemented quick jump cuts into the beginning of the video where the artist is walking down the stairs. I felt that we needed to have quick cuts in order to compliment the quick beats of the song. Therefore, we now have quick flashes of the artist at the beginning of the song to give a disorientating feel to the video and also a sense of mystery that the audience is unable to take time to have a good look at the artist.

Editing Update:

Yesterday, i edited the footage that we filmed before our half term which was the beginning, the first chorus and the very end of the song. It has given the video some sort of structure and allows us to see what else we need to film to complete the video.

So far, the editing footage is in sync with the song on the program "Photoshop" as i have carefully cut the footage to where we need it. However, it is very difficult at certain times to sync the footage to the song as I had to make sure that it was perfectly in time, such as the bridge of the song had become out of sync with the music which i later resolved.

Response to Photoshoot:

We have just finished our video shoot of the beginning of the video narrative. This lasted from 10:00 am to 12:00 mid day. This was one of the most hectic shoots as we had problems in terms of costumes and equipment. We used a floodlight in order to make the location have natural lighting as the location is fairly dark.

We came across problems such as finding extension leads for our lighting supply. We also had a problem with our costume not being with us on the shoot, therefore, we had to wait until we had it given to us. This therefore, delayed our filming time.

I felt that it was hard to film the sequencing of the shoot because we felt that we could film this section without the use of the actor, who plays the main guy of the video. However, we realized that it was a lot harder to film as he is included for a lot of the filming and he would allow us to see which bits to film with just the artist. Therefore, this is something that we will include next time we shoot this section.

Response to filming chorus:

I felt that this was a very long film shoot in terms of equipment needed and the time spent at the location for the filming. However, i feel that we managed to succesfully capture a number of great shots for the chorus of the song with the use of different camera angles such as close ups and low angle shots to all show the importance of the music artist in the chorus.

I feel that instead of just focusing on the artist solely in this section, during our editing of the footage, we could implement jump cuts of other sections of the narrative to make sure that the video stays interesting and quirky

Suitability of main filming location:

This is a rough birds - eye view of the main location that the group is planning to use for the beginning of the video, the majority of the narrative and end of the video. We felt that this was a suitable location because we wanted the area to have a secluded abandoned feel to portray the artist as being mysterious and that it is her "dungeon" where no one is allowed to enter and not allowing the audience to know the proper location. Also, this location has many benefits for our filming as it is big enough to film different angles, but is still a confined space at the same time and there is a door leading outside which links well with ending the video with chucking the guy out.

Filming: Chorus

Yesterday, the group filmed the chorus of the song. We all met up after school with the correct equipment for the shoot. We decided to do it after school because it would allow the hall to be free for us to film as much as we liked. This section of the song is seeing the musicality of the artist, Violet Rowe. Therefore, we have decided to have the artist on a stage with a microphone whilst singing the chorus to give the impression that she is performing to an audience and also toward the camera.

This took place on our main stage in the hall. It give the camera a low angle shot with the use of a hand held camera to give it an authentic feel that I am a part of the audience listening below. I am pretending to be the audience by giving it an amateur footage feel to this section of the video as it is a hand held camera. I feel that the group can edit this section or re film it to improve this part on certain areas such as adding more props later in the future.