Second Filming Day For Music Video - Session 22

Today we did our second shooting meeting from 3:30pm - 7:30pm and booked all the equipment we needed (DLSR camera and tripod) and remembered to get 2 batteries in case one ran out. Also, I bought my dress and Tammy had her onesies.

We used the shooting schedule a lot more this time around as it helped us keep on track for what needed to be done and so we knew what had been done we would put a tick next to it. The first bits of filming we did was the quick cuts of when the girl has left which in editing we go it quick cuts to create a dramatic effect. Shots included a long shot of the bedroom, a close up of a mug on the bedside table, a close up of TV being left on and a mid shot of her dressing table.Then we filmed the girl (played by myself) packing her bag in a mid shot, opening the door in a close up, going downstairs in a long shot and leaving her coat in a mid shot.

After that we filmed the footage for the sleepover narrative. First we did a long shot of us all sat on the bed, but since looking at it we feel that we will need to make it darker in editing to keep the 'spooky' theme going. Then we did to a close up of each of us with the torch being held underneath our faces to once again keep the spooky theme. Also, we did the close up shot of Tammy blowing out the matchstick.

Finally, we redid the lip syncing parts that Laura and Tammy in a mid shot. We were able to improve the lighting by using a torch and Tammy's phone and remembered to take down her posters so it looked more professional.

Things that went well include our time management as we were able to get done most of the shots that we were planning to do. Furthermore, we started filming shots from the other narrative (the 'spooky' story). Also, Laura and Tammy's lip syncing shot improved.

To improve we need to set up quicker and make sure that everything we need for what we want to film is available. The reason for this is we were going to film the shots from the 'spooky' story narrative of the girl opening the box and looking at the picture of the boy the she likes, as well as the shots of the girls friends destroying it. However, there were technical problems with Tammy's printer so we will have to film it at the next filming day we have at Tammy's house.

Here are some screenshots of what we did today: