Filming: Redoing the Chorus

We will be re doing the chorus as people thought that our costumes were repetitive in the video and also that the curtain behind wasn't very professional. This can be filmed tomorrow period 1 as that is the only time it is free.


Date to film: Friday 1st April
Time: 8:50am - 9:50am
People needed: ALL OF GROUP (no extras)
Location: Drama room (booked)


Props/Items we need to take:
- Video Camera
- Tape for camera
- iPod (make sure it's charged)
- iPod dock
- Costume! (heels and RED flower for hair)
- Stage (this is portable, not using the main stage as it's too big)
- Mic stand + Mic (I'll get this from music dept.)


Shots to be filmed:
- Close up
- Medium shot
- Wide shot
- Singing to camera
- Singing to audience
- Pan shot
- Shot of 'rocking out'
- Shots of walking around stage whilst singing
- Extra shots incase extra footage is needed

Filming: Extra shots for second verse

After editing this section, I found that we needed many more shots for this section as it was not fully complete. Therefore, the group has decided to film extra shots for this section

Date: Monday 4th April
Location: French corridors, the white wall
Time: 13:00 to 14:00
People: All of the group/ Jack, Jamie and Michael

Shots:
- Artist walking around Jack and lip - syncing
- Shot of artist walking back to actors
- Jack/Gaga shot
- Artist doing "roar" to the song better

Filming: Re shooting beginning

The group is deciding to re shoot the beginning of the video with the artist walking into the dungeon tomorrow. This is because we have shot that section in different sections, which as a result, the lighting is considerably different:

Date: Friday 1st April
Location: Under school stairs (dungeon)
Time: 10:00 to 11:00
People: All of the group (no extras needed)

Shots needed:
- Medium shot of the artist lip - syncing
- Back of the artist walking down stairs
- Tracking shot of artist from the side
- Quick shots of the artist "preparing" herself - (make up, shoes, clothing)

REMEMBER: Hair accessory needs to be on the right side and her hair needs to be up!!

Filming: shots for the montage

We are still deciding when to film the last bit of the video with the "guy" being kicked out the door

We have decided to do a montage of shots, specifically with the artist and the "guy, reflecting their past before the problem. We plan to film this tomorrow:

Date: Friday 1st April

Location: Field/around the school

Time: 9:45 to 10:45

People: All of the group and Jack

Shots:

- Close up shots

- Medium shots

- Far shot/talking to each other

- Holding hands

We will also implement shots from other sections, such as the chorus, the "dungeon", the line up, the shots in the field etc we will make sure that the artist is singing in all sections so that when we come to editing, we will have a variety to choose from

Showcase for our video:

Yesterday, our group showed our media class our current unfinished version of our music video in order for critical feedback. We had numerous feedback for our video, some positive and some negative, nonetheless, this can still be edited. The majority of people felt that the video and camerawork was good, but felt that our chorus's need re - filming and that we should put different costumes on the artist.

As a result, the group has decided to do lots of re filming this week and next week, which has given us lots of new ideas such as a montage of shots from throughout the video, all placed at the end of the video.

This is the video that was showed, it has black screens in places where the footage has not yet been uploaded:

Next Filming Slot Response

Dear Natasha D,

Okay cool that would work, tomorrow we can film the parts with just me for the first period and edit second so that what we have is created well for the showcase.

On Friday, we have 2 hours so we should be able to film everythng we need to with Jack so hopefully the video will be finished by Wednesday 3rd period including editing and everything!

Natasha McGowan

Editing current footage:

I have just finished editing the footage that we shot yesterday onto our video timeline and i feel that it is really coming together now. However, i am having a few worries regarding some shots that i don't feel are as good as some others such as the beginning verse where the lighting is considerably different. I think we need to re film them, but I am worried about the time that is available will not be enough. I am also able to see the odd little shots that we need, such as more shots of the artists face in the beginning of the second verse, in order to keep continuity.

Next filming slot:

Hey Tash. M,

Seeing as the group will have to showcase the video that we have currently for other people to evaluate tomorrow, i felt that we could film tomorrow morning, two hours before the showcase? We could shoot the beginning section of the video, with you walking down the stairs into the "dungeon"? Therefore, we will have a complete beginning of our video that we will not have to worry about.

Also, I thought that this friday, we could film the ending of the video with the "guy" being chucked out of the "dungeon"? We can do this during our double free on that day and hopefully we will be able to find two more people to act as our bodyguards.

Lastly, if we have Jack on friday (hopefully!) we could film random shots of the lips being fed to him by you, which we discussed a few weeks ago? I will make sure that we have the sweets by then, then we can thoroughly start editing the rest of the video so that it will be complete by the holidays?

Tash D.

Filming Verse 2

Today, we were able to find 3 guys to use in our music video however, the main guy couldn't make it so instead of changing the date again (which wouldn't be good as we have a deadline coming soon) we filmed it all without him, we should be filming with him in it asap.

However, the filming went well, we managed to get some good shots which we should be uploading on to the edit station tomorrow. Although, we didn't take the storyboard with us so we forgot to do a few shots, however, the shots we forgot can be done in our own time as we don't need other people for this.

New filming date:

With problems regarding location and extra actors, we have decided that we will definitely film next time, during lesson time. We have decided that by doing filming in lesson time, we can take people from our lesson to star as the extra people will be available. Also, the corridor which will be the new location of the second verse and will be empty as it is lesson time.

Therefore, filming will take place the coming Monday:

When: Monday 28th March
Location: French corridors, long white wall
Time: 1:10pm to 2:00 (preparation will take place during the lunch time before this)
Props:
-Actors
-chair
- black paper strips
- blue tack
- camera
- tripod
- phone (with song on it)

Shots:
- P.O.V shot from artist to guys
- Tracking shot of the men in line
- Medium shot of artist walking through doors
- Close up shot of artists face/actors face
- Very low angle shot from "guy" p.o.v

Filming Postponed

We were supposed to film today, however, the main guy couldn't make it so we couldn't film. We know we have a deadline coming up soon so we are going to try to find the next available date to film when we have got all our props, the actors and the location booked.
Instead, in this lesson time, we made the black strips to put in the background for our 2nd narration for the line up as they went missing from when we previously made them.

However, an idea that I came up with is that we could use the black strips across Jack as a postmodern version of Lady GaGa's dress:

This fits in with the interrogation theme we are going for and could be used at the end for our montage of quick fast shots. This dress is iconic so the postmodernism of the bars should be obvious. We could film it and see if it works or not?

Location Change Again!

We realised that this time wouldn't be suitable for the actors so we searched around the school for about 20 minutes to search for a plain white wall that we could use instead which wouldn't need to be booked for a specific time.

We found the french corridors did the job, so we have decided we will film on Thursday 1st period as that time suits all of us!

Booked the Location

Due to not being able to film last week as the Drama rooms were busy, we realised the best way to make our filming session successful would be to book the location first to avoid disappointment.

So we have just booked Thursday 24th March, period 5... all we need now is to find some male actors to be in the shoot

Update:

With being unable to film for our second verse lately due to the lack of male actors, i have been asking around friends and people i talk to if they would be willing to be our actors. Fortunately, i have been successful and have been able to find someone who has offered their time to be in it, although i still need to confirm with the person yet, which will probably later today. I will also ask if he is able to ask his close friends if they will accompany him to be in the video

Unable to Film!

Unfortunately, we were unable to film today as our location (drama room) is being used for GCSE rehearsals. So to make sure we don't have another incident like this, we need to book a time with the drama teachers to book the space.
This has set us back in our planning but will be filming this scene asap and do as much editing as we can whilst we are waiting to film this last chorus.

Update:

I have just bought some black paper in order to make sure that the setting for the shoot in the afternoon today is ready. At the moment, i am beginning to cut the paper into strips with about an inch and a half; which will then be situated on the white wall that we will use in the drama studios, for our line up of the  different boys in the shoot

Change of Plan

Tasha D,


Me and Jack (the actor) have to go to a last minute school commitment tomorrow for half an hour after school so this may affect our filming time. However, you know how I did the setting last week whilst you were in class to save time? I feel this helped a lot so maybe it would be useful for you to do this tomorrow, if you want? Such as getting the camera (make sure it works) and the tripod (and whatever else is on the filming list). Just thought I'd write this on here incase you see this message before I see you tomorrow.


Natasha M

Idea Response

Natasha D,


Okay that's fine as the best videos usually have something different that gets people talking.
Also, did you manage to find the lip sweets? If so, can you bring them in on Wednesday please so we can film that scene with Jack.


Natasha M :)

Idea:

Hey Tash M,

I was thinking, looking at the video whilst editing, would you want to re shoot the chorus of the song at some point. i say this because the shots i feel have no uniqueness to them. I thought that by re doing the chorus, we could add more accessories to you maybe? or i was thinking adding paper lips or hearts in front of the fan so it blows in the air whilst your singing. It just gives something different to this section of the song

What do you think?

Tash D

Editing update:

I have currently started to add the clips that we filmed on Friday which is of the first verse of the song, onto the music video time line on the program "Final Cut".  I have therefore, got most of that verse completed. However, i am finding it difficult in terms of continuity that we haven't got enough diverse shots of the artist and the "guy" in that section.

I feel that the group could maybe do some more shots such as the zooming shot of the "guys" face which we could maybe have the guy do different facial expressions so that we can experiment with the editing. Also, in some shots, the artist is smiling and is not in role for the whole time which makes the editing harder. Therefore, i feel that we may have to re film certain parts of this section.

I feel that we need to have -
- Another shot of the artist slamming the table but keeping a straight face when doing it
- More individual shots of the "guy" such as his arms in the air/looking with lots of despair in his face
- A reaction shot of the guy jumping/acting surprised when the artist slams the table

Filming List for Narrative #2

Date to film: Wednesday 16th March 2011 (POSTPONED TO THURSDAY 24TH MARCH)
Time: 3:25pm - 6pm
People needed: ALL OF GROUP plus Jack, and 3 other boys
Location: Line up in drama room


Props/Items we need to take:
- Video Camera
- Tape for camera
- iPod (make sure it's charged)
- iPod dock
- Costume! (biker boots and PINK flower for hair)
- Black paper into strips

Shots to be filmed:
- Close up
- Medium shot
- Wide shot
- Singing to camera
- Acting, but not singing
- Pan shot
- POV shot in front of each boy
- Shot of spinning chair
- Extra shots incase extra footage is needed

Filming

Today was very useful as we finally had the 'guy' available to film the scene for the first verse. However, we came across troubles when a teacher told us we couldn't work where we were working due to health and safety reasons, incase there was a fire alarm. Although, it was okay because we had filmed enough of our scene.
We asked the 'guy' when he was next available to work with us for our next scene (the line-up) and we decided we would all be free to film on Wednesday after school. We were also able to find other boys to be in it on that day as there is a show in the evening so t is a good time for everybody. This is also a better time as it is after school so won't be in the way incase of a fire alarm as students won't be in school anymore.

Pictures

I've just printed the pictures of the 'guy' and the girl he cheats on the artist with. I got these from his Facebook account and he has given us permission to use them. So we have definitely got these. I am currently getting everything ready for our filming in a bit.

Filming for Interrogation Scene

We will definitely be able to film tomorrow as I have contacted Jack (actor playing the 'guy') and he will be able to make our required time. I will get ready during period one and set the scene so we are ready to start filming at our chosen time. Therefore, we should be able to film all of our interrogation scene in the 2 hours! (and lunch if needed)

Filming List for Verse 1

Date to film: Friday 11th March 2011
Time: 09:50am - 11:10am
People needed: ALL OF GROUP plus Jack
Location: Under the stairs (interrogation room)


Props/Items we need to take:
- Video Camera
- Tape for camera
- iPod (make sure it's charged)
- iPod dock
- Costume! (biker boots and PINK flower for hair)
- Table

- Lamp- Fan + extension cord

- Pictures of Jack with other girl

Shots to be filmed:
- Close up
- Medium shot
- Wide shot
- Singing to camera
- Acting, but not singing
- Pan shot
- Shot of back of hair walking down stairs
- Shot of spinning chair
- Shots of throwing pictures on table
- Low angle shot of artist (Jack's POV)
- Extra shots incase extra footage is needed

Change in filming plan:

The group has decided to change the filming day to Friday 11th instead of Thursday 10th. This is because for the section that we want to film of the music video, it needs to be filmed with the "guy" in the plot, therefore, we have to wait until Friday so that he is able to be on the shoot location with us as he will be available.

As a result the group have done another filming plan for the video shoot of Friday.

Planning of filming:

We have been unable to film recently due to unavailable time and people that we need. Therefore, we have made sure that we begin to start filming the majority of the video this week, more specifically, this thursday.

Location: In school, drama studios or/and underneath stairs (Dungeon)
Date: Thursday 10th March
Time: 15:30 to when filming is completed
Props: Camera, Camera tripod, Sweets, Clothes for the artist, Ipod, Ipod speakers, extension cables, a table, chairs

Shots:
- Close up shots
- Medium shots
- Low angle shots/High angle shots
- Tracking shots

What will be filmed:
We plan to film all the sections that needs the main "guy" of the video, such as under the stairs more and if we get time, we will also film the line up of lots of other guys in the drama studio. It all depends whether or not we can get the extra actors.

Update:

The group has been updating and editing our current footage of what we have filmed so far for our music video. It seems that we are still missing main sections of the video, but we plan to get it done through filming next week sometime.

Yesterday and today, we have been focusing on editing the footage, the beginning, the end, the bridge and one of the chorus's for the video. We have been making sure that the cuts are quick and accurate so that it links into the same rhythm of the music from the song. For the beginning of the video, to link to the fast beats of the music, we have implemented different jump shots of the artist to give a disorientating feel.

Editing can not be completed before we finished all the filming and we intend on adding effects to the footage.

How We Keep In Touch

When we are not at school, we have found that a good way to keep in contact with each other is by texting so we text regularly to make sure we are on schedule and to remind each other of when we need to film and what we need to film.