Filming!

Today we went filming to Bristol, we were filming the train journey for the bus scenes on the storyboard. We also got the handi-cam footage done today while in Bristol.

We had a few problems as Mike forgot his SD card and ipad so we had no way of recording the footage or being able to mime intime. We decided to go to tesco's and Mike brought a 4BG SD card so we could film, instead of going all the way back to his house, and he used his ipod in the shots to he could tell when he was in time. This might not look good though as he is singing, playing the guitar and listening to an ipod.


We decided to film on the train instead of the bus as it would be more steady and there would be more room to film. This was limitied time as a train to Bristol from Weston-super-Mare is rounghly 30 minutes, we had to get 9 shots done including the speeded up footage for the effect. Luckily, we managed to get it all done just in time.

Mike and Vanessa then went round Bristol filming their day for the handicam footage. They got some good shots but we will have to edit them after christmas now.

Filming on Weston beach

Filming!

Saturday we went filming on location. We were filming on Weston's beach although the weather wasn't on our side as the sun wasn't out. However, we managed to get everything filmed for that location.

We spent a lot of time with the tracking scene as we couldn't get the camera to stay straight enough. We tried walking with a gorilla stand, walking with just the camera and putting the camera on a push chair. We finally decided to keep the camera still on the stand and zoom out slowly to give the effect of tracking. If we had access to a dolly we would have used one.

Overall, a productive day of filming.

Filming!

We went back to the park location to re-film a few shots that we weren't satisfied with. Today, the weather decided to be sunny and bright, which wasn't what it was liked when we filmed last time.

We changed the ISO and the shutter speed of the camera to make the image much darker so it isn't too different. The shots are much better and look better than the previous ones.

We also edited the footage in the lesson and showed it to the other media class to get feedback.

Filming at Ashcombe park

Filming

Today we went filming on our second location, Ashcombe Park.
Although the weather was againsts us we held up through the cold and filmed most of what we needed. Unforunately, we didn't have enough time to film everything in that location so we will be returning there A.S.A.P

Filming

On the 28th Of November we went filming to Mike's house. We filmed the shots that needed to be done there. We decided filming each location separately was the best way to do it.

Vanessa Wall was able to play the part of the romantic interest for our music video. Luckily, she was a fan of Chase Coy too and was very helpful when it came to filming.

The filming overall took about an hour and a half and we were filming two difficult parts of the video. We filmed the effect of the slow down but still in sync footage which took several takes as Mike had to play and sing in double speed. The other difficult shot was the opening scene, this is where the guitar plays itself. After figuring out the strum pattern we managed to capture it after a couple of takes.

Overall, it was a successful shoot and we managed to get all the footage we needed from that location. Next, we will be filming on location in Ashcombe park, we will be getting all the shots we need from here and then, like we did for the first lot of the shots, we will edit what we have so far so the editing wont take as much time.

Effects Test

Colour And Black And White

This effect was alot more difficult to get our heads around. After, messing about with the programme (final cut pro) we managed to create this effect of greyscale and colour.

We want to look at different ways of doing this as when Mike moves in the film the coloured part stays the same. We need to figure out away of using a mask to only make Mike stand out.

Lip Syncing

We created a short video to test out lip syncing. We used Gary Jules' 'Mad World' to test music syncing and lip syncing. We used this song as like ours it's slow and meaningful rather than fast shots.

The video is only simple and short as its only just and experiment to show how lip syncing works and if it will look right when our actor mimes.

Effects Test

Fading Away

For the ending of the memories shots we wanted the girl to fade, to show the singer is coming back to reality. We wanted to experiment with how to create this simple effect. We are also using it to show the two of them going their own ways.

Effetcs Test

This is a test to see if we can record a reflection off a window.

Effects Test

Focus Pull


We tested the camera we want to use to see how good/clear the focus pull would be. We will be using this in our music video to change the importance of different mise en scene.

The camera is very good and shows smooth focus pull, it will be clear to the audience that it is a focus pull. This was done using the Canon 550D and we will be using this for both the filming and the photoshoot for the ancillary tasks.

Effects Test

This is a test video of me trying out the effect where the video is slowed down but the vocals appear in sync still. The effect is very simple and easy to do but looks amazing when used correctly.

To do this effect you have to play the music and mime to the music at double speed. This way when the backing track is normal you can reduce the footage speed to half speed but your still in sync.

After trying it out now, before we start filming, we can deffinately use it as a possibility!