Group: Evaluation of 2nd Shoot

Date: Sunday 19th November
Location: Tunbridge Wells Town Centre

On our second shoot all 3 of us went to Tunbridge Wells Town Centre and filmed from 3.30PM until 5.00PM.

We made good progress in filming footage for the 'urban' aspect of our music video, and manages to introduce two new characters to the storyline through various shots. This has now meant that we are beginning to develop our narrative and we're making good progress.

We have had some problems with the lack of footage we have filmed so far, but as we plan to shoot for a long time this weekend, we feel we are still ok in terms of meeting the deadline and completing our production.

Therefore, in our forthcoming shoot this weekend, we plan to film the rest of the footage we need - in both the 'dream' and the 'reality' states. We have prepared a shot list (below) so that we make the most of our time in our locations.

Group: Editing

Due to our lack of footage, which we plan to rectify this weekend, our possibilites to edit were limited. Mostly we have been condensing shots and putting them in order. However we have still managed to incorporate a few techniques.

Time Strech - We have used this technique on two occassions so far and feel it is an effective tool when attempting to add emphasis to a specific shot and slowing it down to enable to audience to analyse it more.

Fade - When shooting we were conscious we wanted to show certain characters fading out of a shot. Therefore this planning ahead allowed us to be able to fade an object or person out of a shot without distorting anything else in the frame.

Group: Planned Shot List for Shoot

Date: Saturday 24th November and Sunday 25th November
Locations:

• Dunorlan Park
• Tunbridge Wells Town Centre

Dunorlan Park - Dream:

·        Various Shots of Harry waking up (different height, angles and distances)

·        Several establishing shots of Area in Dunorlan – e.g. Long Shot, Pan etc.

·        Shots of Chase (throwing leaves in air) in Location before cut to Harry waking up

·        Harry seeming lost in the new location for a few shots.

·        Shots of Chase seeing Harry arriving in Dunorlan

·        Harry acknowledging Chase and beginning to follow

·        CU of Harry by Tree – Touching the tree - confused

·        Low and High angles of Harry by tree

·        Shot of Chase running away from Harry

·        Shots of Chase teasing Harry

·        POV/Pan of Chase turning to see Harry behind her

·        Variety of Shots of Chase and Harry walking up by waterfall (different heights, angles and distances)

Tunbridge Wells Town Centre - Reality:

·        Harry going through bag - finding money and headphones etc.

·        Harry going back to dealer with money he’s found – getting drugs as a result

·        Face Shots – CU’s of drug deal

·        Harry taking the drugs – back to reality

·        Sped up Shot of Harry walking through town.

·        Last Shot – focusing on a light – transition for his eyes closing – then goes to dream

·        End Shot - Chase picking Harry up off the pavement – Low angled POV – where he took the drugs.

AS - Music Advertisement: Stage 2

• Above is the beginning stages of my music advertisement poster.
• Originally I had planned to build around the idea of 'casino', but now I have made the decision to abandon this idea and to go for a more etheral and scenic themes.
• So far I am happy with the titles and the pictures of the birds in the top right.
• I am also happy with the quotes either side of the poster and the font for the website at the bottom.
• I now plan to start placing images into the poster to make it more visually appealing.

AS: Music Advertisement Initial Idea Stage 1



Initial Drawing for my Music Advertisement

• Above is my initial drawing for my music advertisement for Clams Casino, the main centre pieces are likely to be a roulette wheel - 'Casino' and a picturesque image of a man running at sunrise - to coincide with the ethereal feel of the track.
• The title at the top has the artist's name and the name of our chosen track, and is flanked by birds flying away - again to do with the dreamy and detached feel of the track.
• Either side of the wheel and the man running are quotes from media institutions in order to show that the artist has gained positive reviews from the audience and critics.
• A brief message giving the audience the information to see more from the artist and further ideas built around 'casino' with playing cards is at the bottom.

Group: Evaluation of 1st shoot

On our first shoot on the 30th of October, all 3 of us went to Dunorlan park with our female actress Chase and filmed from 2.30PM until 4.30PM. 

We filmed approximately half of our footage, nearly all being the shots required to make up the dream state. We successfully filmed shots including both Harry and Chase, and we felt we managed to portray the ideology we are aiming for through thought out shot selection and mise-en-scene.

The only obstacle we encountered was undesirable objects or people in the background of our shots. For example, in many cases we had to re-do the shots as there were people walking their dogs in the background.

For our next shoot we will try as hard as we can to select the most convenient time of day for our filming to avoid the problem we have encountered in our previous shoot.