Filming Shot Eight

During the filming for shot eight I had to make some music notes to be above my stereo. To do this I used A4 black card from WHSmith and some metallic embroidery thread from Boyes, I drew music notes on the card lightly which I then cut out; once I'd drawn all the music notes I needed and cut them out I used to different coloured threads, a white metallic thread and a plain white thread to see which thread would reflect better of the black wall which I had chosen to film on. However this wasn't such a good idea, although the metallic thread was slightly hidden (the plain white was too noticeable), the music notes themselves were lost within the background. 

As I was filming in my room, I had to move my whole bedroom around just to move the stereo onto a white wall. However this caused some disruptions as my bedroom is quite small, therefore I had very little space to actually film or put the tri-pod. As shown in the image to the right, there was only about two foot for the tri-pod to fit into, therefore I had to push the tripod up slightly, and due to having uneven floors in my bedroom I had to change the height of the legs on the tri-pod to gain an even and balanced surface. 

Previously when I planned to film on a black wall, the surface which I originally had the stereo on was at a good height for me to film, and enabled me to not have much trouble when it came to filming. Nevertheless, due to my issue with the black wall, I had to move everything off my 'floating' shelf to put my stereo on there. This could have potentially been a hazard due to the shelf not been manufactured to have heavy material on it, however I filmed quickly to ensure a hazard didn't occur. Although filming on a white background provided a better shot, the thread was hidden easier and music notes stood out more, even though there were shadows this cannot be changed unless I use a studio light which I may use if I need to re-shoot. 

I filmed in both darkness and light; when filming in the dark I used the light from my video camera, whereas filming in the light I used my bedroom light for lighting. To get the music notes flowing, I blew them with my hair dryer on a low setting. After viewing both shots, I have decided that I may try to get some smaller lights to give better lighting, rather than have total darkness, and full light. Below I have embedded both videos of shot eight.