Filming Some More Shot With Tom Card

As Tom and I were going through all the shots and seeing which ones were best to use, we realised we had missed this particular out. Therefore we used an image of a MSN conversation from Google Images and put it full size on my MacBook to make it look like he was online. The image itself isn't in English, however this didn't matter as in the shot the conversation cannot be seen; although the characters within the conversation are from TV show House, once again this didn't matter as the conversation couldn't be seen.

Second Draft for Music Video

I previously uploaded my first draft - here. Below is the second draft to my music video "Our House Is Dadless" the next video I will hopefully be uploading will be the final piece. Currently I am well on the way to finishing the music video, I am now filming the final pieces and pieces which needed to be re-shooted.

Filming Missing Pieces With Tom Card

As Tom and I have been filming different parts of the song each week, when we sat down and ticked off what we had filmed we realised there were parts of the song missed out. Therefore today and in the upcoming week we have been and will be filming these missing pieces, so I can edit everything together once more.

Full Day of Filming With Tom Card

Today Tom and I filmed numerous shots in hope to complete a big section of filming which was missing. Below are the shots which we filmed, including some test shots and the final filmed piece. 

Filming Another Shot

Filming Certain Areas

When I listen to "Our House Is Dadless" I think of a single mum living on a council estate with her children, therefore in some parts of my music video I thought it would be necessary to create verisimilitude by filming the 'rough' areas of Bransholme (the council estate I live on). Therefore I am able to create meaning and affect the audience when they watch my video.

Beginning Pieces to the First 8 Seconds

As the music video has 8 seconds of the sampled track Madness "Our House" I couldn't think of anything to do for it, therefore I decided to set the scene of where I am filming and do a title sequence. Even though I had made a plan - here, it didn't go to plan as I was unable to draw the images how I would have liked. Each time I had attempted to draw them, when scanned into the computer a lot of editing was needed as they were either drawn to light or had smudge marks.

The shot "Another Beginning Shot" will need to be re-shooted as I didn't take my arm out of the frame therefore on the paper it read "Our House is Dadle."

Filming A Part of the Chorus

As my cast member struggles with singing the chorus, I decided to break it up slightly and try a different way of filming the chorus but still including some of my cast member. I will need to re-shoot this as it's quite jittery and dark.

Filming the End of the Chorus

As my cast member couldn't quite get the hang of this part of the chorus, we decided to change the ending to what is viewable in the clip below. It took us three tries to get this far.

Re-Shooting a Previous Shot

The mise-en-scene in a previous shot was too 'girly' to be a males bedroom, therefore I filmed my friend in his own bedroom to ensure the mise-en-scene was exactly right. This is my final shot for this.

Filming Shot 10/11 with Tom Card

Yesterday (3.12.12) to ensure I had the chorus for my first draft, my cast member took the day off college to film these shots for me. Although it was difficult for my cast member to do this, we managed to work together to film a 'decent' shot, which gave me some ideas for when I re-shoot. 

Tom was slightly shy when it came to singing outside, however we filmed when people weren't around and this was when I managed to shoot a good shot, which I personally am proud of after how hard Tom had tried to over come his nerves. I had to split shot 10 into two shots; firstly, shot 10 was going to be the full chorus but Tom couldn't quite get the last line right as well as doing the rest of the chorus. Due to this small error, we decided I'd film him singing the chorus in one shot, but the last line "Something tells you you've got to get away from it" I filmed that one separately, later to be pieced up.

Originally shot 11 would be Tom walking out of the framing without singing, however now for shot 11 he's singing the last line, and walking out of the framing. 

First Draft for Music Video

Below I have inserted a first draft of my music video. Although there are many 'black spaces' in my draft at the minute, I am working on time to film these as it's difficult to get the right cast members who are willing to do the work, rather than people saying they will be a part of my music video, however then later let me down. 

Creating this first draft has enabled me to see how some shots will look in the video, and which shots will need to be re-shot. A prime example of this, is the chorus; my cast member couldn't sing the chorus properly he couldn't do the last line of the chorus "Something tells you you've got to get away from it," as he was getting mixed up with another band member in the actual song singing the chorus. We decided to shoot this line separate and then see if I could piece up the two shots together. Nevertheless, I have seen that this cannot be done unless my cast member stays in exactly the spot all the time, which I don't want him to do as this looks bland and boring. The chorus will definitely need some work doing to it, and will need to be taken several times until it is right. 

There are some shots which have not yet been filmed, however will be filmed over the Christmas period when I have more time to film and all my cast members will be out of their educational places. This makes filming easier and faster. 

Filming Shot Twenty-Seven with Tom

Filming shot twenty seven took some time to get right, as my cast member was trying to think of different ways we could shoot the shot. We decided to stick to my original idea; I have embedded the walk through which I did with my cast member. I talked my cast member through what I wanted him to do and say. 

However, when it came to filming my idea, I couldn't tilt the camera up and zoom out quick enough without the filming looking scruffy. I continued to try, nevertheless after practicing four times my cast member and I came to a conclusion; instead of him standing up to say "Man I can't get a lie in any day" he was to sit on the edge of the bed, then walk away from the camera. This shot didn't look too bad, however I will have to re-shoot due to the setting being a girls bedroom, and I'd shut my bedroom door which was a daft idea - I realised this whilst filming - as my cast member when he was to walk away, couldn't walk out of the framing completely. I have embedded the first shot I took of me trying to film my original idea, and I have also embedded my 'final' shot until I re-shoot.  

Filming Shot Nineteen with Tom

Filming shot nineteen didn't take too long to do once I had set up the tri-pod and camera in an efficient place. I originally wanted to film this shot by creating an over the shoulder shot, however due to the placing of my cast member I couldn't do this, not only was my cast member in a difficult position, I couldn't move enough furniture around in the living room to achieve the space I needed. I then tried to film from the right hand side of my cast member, but once again this couldn't be filmed. After moving the camera around decided to shoot the footage by tilting the camera down. Shown in the image to the right. 

Although filming was difficult as I had to stand on a chair and hold the tri-pod so I could get the decent shot. I think this shot is quite good, and I may not need to re-shoot this, although it depends on how it looks on my first draft. 

Filming Shot Twenty with Tom

Filming shot twenty was very easy to compile. My cast member Tom played on the PlayStation for the lyrics "Or if not I'll be on PlayStation." I have embedded the video below. 

Filming

Tomorrow (30.11.12) I am going to be filming with shots 19, 20 and 27 for my music video with my cast member Tom Card. These shots are considered to be easy, however they some will take more time to film than what others will do, due to the positioning of camera and whether my ideas for the shots will work. 

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. 

Filming Shot Twenty-Six

Filming this shot was very easy, there was some washing to be done so I decided this would be the best time to film the shot. After watching this shot back I noticed I zoomed in too quickly when I wanted to do it slowly, and I didn't judge how long the water would take to show on the door. However after looking back at it I'm not too sure if I'll need to re-shoot or not. Below I have embedded the shot. 

Filming Shot Nine

The location in which shot nine was filmed was outside of my house, all the houses are the same except one person changing their white PVC windows to brown. Before I began filming this there were the local children playing on the green, I waited until they finished playing before I filmed. I did have a few issues when filming this pan shot, as immature adults kept walking in front of the camera and messing about which stopped me from filming several times. It wasn't until one of the neighbours came out and told them to leave me alone that I was able to film. 

Whilst filming shot nine, the children were about to come back onto the green to play but instead they politely waited behind me until I was done. Even though it took quite some time to film this specific shot, I got more than enough filming which can be cut down and edited. 

Filming Shot Two with Helen

During filming the three shots of Helen I had to make some preparations to ensure when it comes to editing I had the correct spacing between each shot, that way I could pair them all up to create a split screen. 

To create the correct spacing I asked Helen to position herself to the left, centre and right side of the frame. I then placed tape on the floor to ensure Helen would be in the correct position for me to film; even though the space for filming was slightly tighter than I originally planned, the shots look OK  But I already think that maybe a re-shoot may be an option to ensure that the shot is exactly how I want it and not all over the place. Also, when popping the party poppers it was quite difficult to pop them without making it look too much of a cheap production; therefore I am already thinking of ways in which I can develop this shot more. To the left is an image I have taken showing the markings on the floor in my kitchen which Helen was to follow. 

When filming these shots, one of them consisted of Helen spraying party spray directly towards the camera. However after reading the safety precautions we made sure the party spray wasn't sprayed on any of the white walls, or white appliances due to the staining which can occur. Also, to keep things hygienic in my own kitchen Helen made sure the party spray didn't go anywhere near the counters or work tops, due to food being prepped on these areas. Therefore when Helen was spraying the party spray, we opted a direct shot at the camera which resulted in the tripod being covered in sticky party spray; an image of this is shown to the right. 

Below I have embedded all three shots which I had taken, they'll be embedded in the order in which they'll be split when shown on my music video.