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.

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 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 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.