Filming Update

Today, we have officially started filming our music video. We have started off filming our Narrative part of our video as we felt that this is the hardest part, as we need to piece our storyline together so that it will flow through, then we can record our performance as it is the easy part. We had altogether around 2 and a half hours to film. We decided to film from the first point where Matt (Singer) is driving to our destination. As it was a clear and sunny day, we thought that we should film in High Vinnalls as it lowers the risks which I had previously stated in an earlier post. Today was successful overall because it gave us as a group an insight into how much we can get done and if we are on target with our progress for our music video, which we are. Here are a few photographs which I have took whilst filming the video to show the different camera shots which we have done today.

 This is a group shot which we filmed today, which is commonly used in the Indie genre to show the popularity of an individual. It also brings the shot together and allows the audience to see the whole of the scene. In this particular shot, you can see that it promotes the band by having the actual two artists in the shot too. We chose this shot in particular as it really shows the location off, which has the indie vibe also which relates to our target audience. The reason we chose the behind group shot is because we wanted to show the props which were involved including the sleeping bag and rucksacks. This lets the audience know what they are going to do already which is important to ease into the storyline with the use of different camera angles shown. 

We then did an opposite shot to allow the audience to see the front of the audience. I also think that this is an important shot to see what the performers are doing with their facial expressions. This show also promotes the artists due to the strong eye contact which the performers have with the camera. With the long shot, it helps us to establish where they are which leads into the storyline. With the use of the empty space around them, it makes them look quite vulnerable which is what most teenagers are at this age. This way, the audience can relate to the music video, which is important so that they would be more interested. Overall, it is quite a redundant feature shot for this music video as this target audience are known to be in groups when camping so they can instantly relate.

This is a sign in the woods where we felt would be a good camping spot for us to use. We wanted to capture this so that it shows where we are going, relating to our journey idea. I feel that this shot is redundant as these type of shots are commonly used when documenting where the group or individuals are going. The mid shots are also commonly used to help establish the main view point for the audience to concentrate on. We also felt that this would help the audience know how we got to each point. It also brings the audience along with performers on their journey to the camp-site, which shows more of the documented side of the music video.

Due to our time management, we have next planned to film on Monday 12th November. Here we will plan to film the most of the performance as we have around 2 and a half hours to film. We felt that this would balance out the performance and narrative part filmed so far.