Filming in Weston Super Mare

Our filming in Weston was of our actors Mason and Ellie. This was for our narrative. The weather was perfect for filming. This is because it was sunny and not raining, this helped make out shots look better. We took the tripod again as we found it very helpful last time we filmed. We had to bring the red cloth which was our prop which we remembered. The weather also helped with this as it was slightly windily so it gave a nice flow for the red cloth.

We managed to film most of our filming which was on the train, at the train station, the beach, on the pier and inside the pier. The actors were both very confident which reflecting in their acting which meant we could get filming done in sufficient time as we didn't have to re film much.
We managed to get the majority of the filming done and even more than needed as once we were there we could experiment was we got extra shots of Ellie walking though the town.

We tried lip syncing again however we still had the same problem before ands this only encouraged us to find a new actor quickly so he could do the performance based filming. We didn't get a full amount of time in the pier die to it closing early which we didn't consider. This meant we didn't get them on the rides however those shots were necessarily and we got other shots instead which can replace them.

Lastly we decided that this would be our last location as it would become too crowded and complicated if we added another location. We also had lots of footage so it wouldn't be very effective to film even more as it could be a waste of time.

Filming in Severn Beach

Our filming was just of our actor Mason and was about getting more shots in that we could use to we defiantly had enough filming to use as we didn't want to waste time by having to plan re filming. We managed to get a lot done in a relatively short time that we had and got all the filming that we wanted from the storyboard. However the weather was really bad. We filmed in just under an hour before it started to get really windy and heavily rain. Lucky the rest of the filming was inside the house but it still would have been better to get more shots outside.

This filming was of Mason walking along the path with the bridge in the background as it was a nice setting. There was also an small abandoned fairground which we took random shots of. We also used a dog in it to make it more realistic which wasn't planned but we thought we would experiment by putting the dog in their. The shots inside were of Mason waking up as it went with some of the lyrics.

Filming in Bristol

Our filming in Bristol was of our actor Mason and the scenery. The filming with Mason in was for the narrative and the rest of the scenery we planned for the shots for the chorus. The weather was dull but it didn't rain so it meant we could still film. We also had the tripod to make our filming smoother and we could have static shots. It also helped with moving the camera about with the motion of the actor. We didn't take the skate board which was one of our props because we felt that it wasn't needed. This was due to the change in our specific song audio which didn't have the skating noise on the beginning of the song.

We managed to film all of the shots for our narrative in Bristol city centre and even more than we really needed which will help us when editing as we can have plenty of shots to work with especially if our other shots don't look as good and we need to replace them. This saves us having to back out to film which could waste time as we could have been editing. We took shots of him travelling to and walking around Bristol. We also took some shots of the harbor, small festival, monuments, bear pit and the city centre.

The problems we encountered were that even though our actor could act well he struggled with the lip syncing as he couldn't put the words together well. This would have made editing difficult as we couldn't see it clearly. This has altered our music video slightly as we decided that we would only have him act and have a separate person to be our singer in a studio.

Ancillary Task (22)

This is my final digipak and digipak poster. 

Initial Pitch and Feedback (18)

Presentation to class from LeahDixonxxx

Learning Comments

Biggest Strength of the project

-The amount of planning, good scheduling
-The narrative was well planned and matches the location choice
-Locations are very varied and vast

Potential Problems and Solutions 

-Lighting: Get to the locations early as possible to use maxium use of light and filming time
-People braking the 4th wall: Individual performance will have to be good if there is not band
-Distance of locations can be difficult to re-shoot- Use maximum filming time by being organised

Weather Forecast

Saturday 12th November

Wednesday 16th November

We decided to check the weather forecast for our filming to see if we could film in the conditions we need so that we could alter the time we film if the weather was bad. The weather at the moment seems that we can just about be able to film. We have plans that we will film as much as possible and if it rains heavily then we will go inside to film art pictures for our video so we wont waste any time.

Creating a Brand (23)

Creating a Brand (23) from LeahDixonxxx

Extra Learning Comments

I got my inspiration from the existing logos. I noticed that they were fairly bland and used black and white. I decided to follow the trend of the colours to match the other logos. I made it more recognisable by using adding another colour to stand it out. I also saw that the logo was not in a bland text so I experimented with using a variety of texts. Finally all the logos fit in with the genre of the music which I decided to incorporate too to give it more of an identity.