Shooting Schedule

Saturday 23rd November - Tunnel

Friday evening - pick up cameras (ensuring they are fully charged), tripod and speakers from school

Saturday:

11.30 - Crew members arrive at Denham station and go to tunnel to set up

12.00 - one crew member stay with equipment in tunnel and other go and collect singer from the train station

12 - 1.00 - film shots with singer only

1 - 1.15 - break

1.15 - 1.30 - set up ready for dancers arrival at 12.30

1.45 - 2.30 - film the dance sequence once through (allowing for re-shoots)

2.30 - 3.30 - lunch for all at cafe (bring equipment and money with us)

3.30 - 4.30 - film dance sequence 3 times (including close-ups of dancers and singer)

5pm - pick up for dancers and singer

5.15 - pick up for crew members

(If time do shots in the train station with Hannah only, if not then arrange another day)

Equipment List - Tunnel

We sent this as an attachment in the Facebook group chat so everyone was aware of what they needed to bring.

Crew members:

• Cameras X2 (fully charged) 
• Tripod 
• Speakers and iPad (for playing the music) 
• Umbrella's (incase it rains) 
• Money (for hot drinks and food) 
• Phone (fully charged)
• Storyboards 
• Notepad and pen 
• Snacks 

Dancers: 

• Come with outfit on (leotard, tights and converse), make-up done (heavy but natural, fake eyelashes, natural lips, eyeshadow) and hair done (messy ponytail, black hair tie). No jewellery except pearl earrings
• Bring hairspray, hairbrush, spare hair tie, clips etc. 
• Coat/ warm clothing for when they are not dancing 
• Phone (fully charged) 
• Money (for drinks, snacks, lunch etc) 

Singer: 

• Come with outfit on (leather leggings, crop top, statement necklace, hoop earrings, heels), make-up done (heavy but natural, fake eyelashes, eye-liner, red lipstick, red nails) and hair done (down and wavy) Clothes for the train station are already with crew in a bag.
• Coat/ warm clothing for when we are not shooting
• Phone (fully charged) 
• Money (for drinks, snacks, lunch etc)

Filming Day 1 - Apartment

Today was the 1st day of filming.

Whilst planning i decided one of the location we would use would be the an apartment to show Hannah's lifestyle. So we began filming here. I used a friends house as after observing several locations i believed this was the ideal one! 

We decided to film during our study periods as it me, my friend Maria and Hannah were available.


Whilst i was setting up the Hannah was getting ready. I had to set up the tripod for our establishing shots and high angle shots.

Using our risk assessment i also had to make sure everything in the house was safe and items were out of the way to prevent anyone from falling over and ensure all the items were in the correct location of the house i.e. the shoes in the right place.

 I also had to be very specific, putting them in height order and ensuring the colours were put together. after i did this i decided to take close ups of the shots in the house such as flowers, shoes, pictures. After this i decided to do the shots of Hannah in the mirror as this looked cool.

Later we were joined by Vicky who then helped to do some of the close ups midi shots in the kitchen whilst i did shots of Hannah including high angle low angle and many close ups especially of her singing and the alcohol for the lyrics - 'Breaking the rules'. I also used to shot reverse shot to film Hannah walking into the house.

Planning the first day of filming - (apartment location)

To ensure tomorrow is successful everything needs to be fully prepared therefore I spent today's lesson organising the following things:

Who we needed for this shoot – Hannah only (Popstar)

Mise en scene – Clothing – crop top and jeans

Where/location – Maria’s (Our friend) house as she lives round the corner from school so it no transport arrangements were needed. Also her apartment is very modern and quirky which appeals to our target audience. Asked Maria if we were able to use her house for a few hours and ensured it was tidy with the relevant items out we needed.

What’s happening – filming the beginning of our music video here. Initially we had the idea of ink in water however we decided to change this as this may be a bit boring and although we didn’t want a narrative throughout the story we decided to make some of the video match and have some of it mixed it up.

When – Period 5 and 6 and we were to continue into lunch. Seeked permission from our teacher to see if we were allowed to go in our study periods, luckily this was granted.

Items needed – 2 camera’s and a tripod, shot list, storyboards and risk assessments. Collected equipment and took it to Maria’s after school today so it was all set for filming tomorrow.

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Potential editing and video effects idea

Whilst watching the video ‘You know it’ featuring Nelly Nicki Minaj and Pharrell it gave me some editing ideas with reference to changing of shots.

The editing was done quite cleverly as shows changed using different transititions. This added effect to the video as it was unique and made the video quite eye catching. This may be something we could use in ours.

Also the video is in black and white which is different and the ‘splash’ of colour in each clip is quite effective as this is not usually done. We may also decide to use this as it may add some contrast into the video making it more attention-grabbing and fascinating as people will watch it many times we need it to be very memorable.

Filming Dates Sorted

After discussing with Vicky and Hannah, these are the proposed filming dates:

• Tunnel: 23rd November
• Stage: 29th November

We Facebook messaged the dancers and they we all able to attend!

We are also filming the shots at the apartment with Hannah on 20th November during our study periods as Me and Hannah are both free at the same time.

Bits and Bobs to do

Today we had little bits and pieces to do. relating to our music video planning.

Here is a list of what we did:

Went to see the art teacher to ask about the painting the background of the stage as its themed with the last musical the school produced and this wouldn't fit in with our music video. Therefore we had to make the necessary arrangements to fix this.  

Then we went to Junior House to collect the smoke machine. However this was not working unfortunately so we are unable to use this!

We also contacted the Bursar to inform her of when we were filming.