Refilming the last bit of the performance

We booked the drama studio out for after school to film the final bit of our performance - which was to get a close up of just Tilda singing the whole song, specifically the longer screaming notes as the ones we had previously weren't in time. Also from audience feedback we were told that these long loud notes didn't look like they were coming from the singers mouth which made it look odd so it was essential we re-filmed these shots.

Again, we borrowed a laptop, extension lead and a projector which Bev and Reece prepared in their free period lesson 5 so we could begin filming straight away when Tilda arrived.

We had pondered on the idea of Tilda singing against the white screen for a while and decided that this time we should try it and see how it looks. With Tilda getting more comfortable with singing out loud, we think that the footage we got looks really effective. This extra performance element adds more variation to the video.

We took this type of shot from an angle either side of the singer, though only the left hand side ones were used in the final cut this is because of the lighting in the studio looked better from the left side and there was no black bars of darkness.

Organising a reshoot

Today we looked at our group timetable and decided that all 4 of us are free last lesson and after school on Thursday. We contacted the band members and they confirmed they were free also.  Next we confirmed with drama that the hall was free that evening which it was so we booked it out. We then booked the cameras, dolly, crane and instruments we needed on the booking sheet for the relevant dates.

Problems with lighting

Due to the clocks going back and the darker evenings setting in, we can no longer film outside of school hours, especially on the weekends as some of us have work commitments. As a result, we need to film during school time and are prepared to miss lessons - with consent from teachers - to get the filming done.

Thursday timetables - free periods

Period 1 - Tom

Period 2 - Bev, Reece and Tilda

Period 3 - Tilda and Reece

Period 4 - Bev

Period 5 - Tom and Bev

Although Tom will have to be back in school for 10.10 (second lesson), this is one of the only times that Mr Convery is able to take time off to come and film with us. Another positive of filming during the day is that there is likely to be less people at Jesmond Dene.

Forecast for Thursday:

Apple scene refilming

Shots we will use when refilming the apple scene:

~Extreme close up of hand and bat

~action match of hitting apple

~over the shoulder of Reece of Tilda

~mid shot of swinging of bat

~extreme slow motion of smashing apples  

Reshooting the performance

When we were editing for the rough cut we realised a lot of the footage we got from the first two performances were quite poor, and in some cases we hadn't filmed enough of the instruments to be able to highlight them during the instrumentals. As a result, we have decided to refilm the performance for a third time this Thursday evening when both us and the band members are free.

The only things we need to remember to bring to school on Thursday are the shirts for the band members to wear and Tilda's costume; all the equipment we will be borrowing from school.

Graphic matches

In the middle of our music video we have a graphic match over one of the longest notes in the song. We used a clip of the main female protagonist shouting off a bridge, then a cut to a shot of the singer, facing the same way, also shouting/singing.

We took inspiration from Martin Garrix's 'Animal' who does a very similar thing when the speed increases in the song. The two clips in this video are that of a woman shouting, then an image of a tiger shouting.

Today's Re-shoot

Today we got together to re-film some parts of the music video and to film more activities to make our video more fast paced.

We re-filmed some of the fight scene to make it more effective on the audience and  to make it seem more action packed. This took a while as we needed to choreograph it to make sure both characters knew what they were doing.

We also filmed a part of the couple sitting in a car looking suspicious waiting, we originally planned these series of shots in our animation story board but we didn't have time and it wasn't one of the most important shots for the rough cut. We filmed various angles including over Tilda's shoulder in the mirror for an interesting shot.

Then we walked to a near by wall that I had in mind and positioned the camera in a way that would make it look substantially higher than what it was and both characters jumped off onto the ground and ducked to make it look like a higher jump, this was filmed to be used as another action/rebellious shot as the target audience requested more of these shots in our rough cut feedback.

Next we re-filmed the siren scene, we did this at Reece's house this time because there was more space and the pattern of the glass made the lights spread wider giving a better effect. Another reason why we had to re-film this was because of of grain appearing on the footage due to the low lighting. When the sirens we ordered were delivered, we saw that the blue light was more green, so we lent some blue cellophane to hold in front of it to correct it. However, the cellophane dimmed the light so instead we used the flashing light on our phones instead of the blue light, which happened to look better. We spoke to Mr Convery whilst filming our band performance and he told us how to lock the exposure on the camera settings to prevent this.