Wood practise shots

Here are some of the shots we practised for the wood.

Hall practise shots

Here are the shots we practised for the hall, we are filming from 4 different angles.

chapel practise shots

Here is the film from the shots we practised for the chapel location. As we used the tripod and the dolly we found that we are going to have to take a row of chairs out to keep the shot smooth. We wanted to keep him in shot the whole time so we have to point the camera down as it goes round and then slightly go up again as the actor stand up.

Practise shots 3

We filmed practise shots in the chapel today as we have decided that rather having Mossy sit outside a church looking as if he has lost faith the shot may be more effective if we use the inside of an empty chapel. We also felt it may be better for him to see the audition sheet on a notice board, where you would normally see one, rather than to just find one in the street.

So we now are thinking about having a shot where the audience can see him sitting in an empty chapel, the camera walks down the aisle to him turns round and see his face (so the audience can see his expressions). He then gets up to leave walks back down the aisle and walks out. As he is doing so, he sees the audition sheet on the door, the camera focus' on it so the audience can fully read it, he rips it off the door and walks out with a new determination and enthusiasm. We think this will get across that performing and being a musician is his dream and what he wants achieve.

We will have the practise shots up soon!

Practise shots 2

Today we went out into Gerrards Cross to practise our shots in the woods that are by Gerrards Cross Common. Unfortunately it was very rainy and cold but we did get some good shots and found that actually filming with the camera hand held was not as bumpy as we first though it would be (we couldn't use the dolly and the tripod as the ground was too wet and we were continually moving). We now know exactly where we want to film in the woods and what angles we want to film from

The weather was, rather stupidly, something we hadn't really considered before so today definitely brought it to our attention..overall we think the shots will be good as long as we have an umbrella to cover the camera but we know its going to be more difficult for our actor and may make it more difficult in that he may look different if we need to re-do shots so we will have to keep checking the weather updates and make sure we have enough umbrellas and rain macs to keep us all dry! we are even considering a pop up tent to bring along with us to protect everyone and everything.

Practise shots

We have done some practise shots of our music video to preempt any problems and to make things go smoothly for when we actually film.

The problem we first came across was keeping the camera steady whilst it being moved, how we overcame this was by using a dolly. This meant we had a lot more freedom with the movement of the camera, we could keep the shots at the pace we wanted them to be at and could turn the camera quite quickly. In using the dolly we thought it would be best to have someone directing the actual camera itself and seeing the shots and then have someone in front but not in the shot just pushing the tripod/ dolly so that someone could see where they were actually going and someone could see the actual shot, as we were walking backwards. The next problem we encountered, was filming going up the stairs as we thought it would be better to hold the camera by hand the difficulty with this is is that there is either too much room above the actors head or it gets cut off slightly. We thought that this would just be something we would have to be aware on on the day and purposely move the camera as necessary.

Here are all the things we need to make sure happen for the shots to be the best they can be:

Common room:

• Make sure all chairs are on the right
• camera close to the breakfast bar
• Wheels of the dolly must all be facing the same way for the shot to be smooth.

Going up stairs: 

• Follow actor from behind
• hand held camera
• start a little bit further back from the stairs

Hall Auditions: 

• One shot from the back of the hall to get all the stage in and the backs of the judges. 
• Side shot of judges and contestant
• Shot from behind Mossy on stage.

Locations

Here are some of the locations that we are thinking of using and how they would fit into the music video.

Possible Locations

We are thinking of using varying locations in the video to add interest but also the distinctly show him going from one thing that he hates and wants to get away from to a place where he does want to be. The walking throughout the video then we hope will show him emotionally going from one place to another as well as physically.
The places we are considering using are:
-Our school, as it is not only convenient but also we think will provide good spaces for the office, the artists flat and the staircase to the flat. - Gerrards Cross High street, again this is convenient but also as it is a lively high street we think it will be an interesting shot and will be a good transition between the office and flat.
- Black Park, This is a fantastic place to shoot because it is very pretty but also we hope will create a sense of distance so that it is a long journey to get from where he is to where he wants to be. Also because we know that there are small rivers/ponds there that we thought we could use for "Down this river, every turn" and "Hope is a four-letter word" as we were thinking to have a piece of paper that said the word hope on it floating in the water.
-Abbie's house as she has a fire pit which we hope to include in the lines "I feel the love and I feel it burn" and "make that money watch it burn"

we did consider using places like Cliveden and/or Stoke Park, as we thought as they are such grand places they would be good to show a clear devision from where he started to where he would be by the end of the song.