Blog Reflection: Week 11

This week we went out and filmed some more. Last week we had planned to film in the music studio at school however due to complications we were unable to and we had to use our back up plan. However we were still able to film in school which was good as we had easy access and we didn’t have any problem with lighting due to us being inside. During this time we filmed many shots that we would include in our music video. We used several different locations so we could pick which ones looked best and which ones would fit more with the Indie genre. 









This week we also imported our shots and began to put all of our shots onto the timeline.  This meant we could fill any gaps with the shots that we had filmed this week. By having a variety of shots that we filmed in different locations is meant we had more choice when it came to editing. We also made sure our actor sang the whole song instead of small parts like we had done previously. This made it better for us as it was much easier when we came to cutting the shots and inserting them into places where we had gaps. 

Call Sheet 3

Blog Reflections: Week 10

This week we mainly focused on getting all of our footage imported onto our own Macs. Once we had imported the footage that we had shot over the half term we had to download a copy of the song we were using onto Final cut pro.

This meant we could then go onto start editing our work which meant we could move forward with our production, we spent alot of time making sure that we were happy with the shots we had and we started roughly placing them onto our timeline. 

By doing this we got an idea of what shots we needed to re-film and what shots we needed to go out and film the next time we went out. This helped us realize that we needed shots of him working and singing in the music studio. We then decided that when we next go out to film we would focus mainly on getting these shots completed and then worry about the other shots we need to re-film later on in the week.

Call Sheet 2

Blog Reflections: Week 9

This week we finished all of our pre production work this included:

Shot List

Production Schedule

Our Magazine Flatplan

Our digipak Flatplan

Recci Images

We finally started to go out and start the production side to the course. I had to create call sheets for everytime we went out to film any footage that we would use in our music video. In our call sheet we had to say what equipment we would need, what cast was needed, the location, date and what shots we would film in that time. 

We went to film through our half term where we selected the shots we would film and where we would go to film. However due to weather problems we had to change our location to film as it was raining. This meant we didnt have to travel as far as planned, and the locations were still quite similar to where we had originally planned to film our music video.

Call Sheet 1

Shot list

We created a shot list which would be a description of what our music video will end up looking like. We had to talk about what shots we was going to use, how long the shot will last, who will be included in the shot, the angle, movement and where it will be filmed. By doing this we have an idea of what shots we will film and how they will fit with the music video. We completed as many shots as possible which would fit the length of the song, but we had to make sure there was a variety of different camera language that we would use

When coming up with our shooting script we looked at two music videos. For each one we counted how many shots were present in each video. On average there was around 70 shots in both of these music videos and the pace of the song matches with our song "Once in a lifetime"