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Rough Ideas For CD Front Cover And Back Cover - Session 33

Today I had an idea to add the band members to our front cover as it it very common for artists to appear on their CD's to promote themselves. In a lesson Tammy bought up how she liked when on the front cover the artist was facing forward and then on the back cover they were facing away. Therefore, I thought we could incorporate this into our CD by having the band looking upwards towards the falcon on the front and them looking at the track list on the back.

Here is a rough sketch I drew of this idea:

Sixth Filming Day For Final Music Video - Session 32

Today we filmed from 3:30pm - 5:30pm and remembered to book all the equipment we needed (DLSR 4) along with the props (black dress, white cardigan, picture of boy and small box).

To begin with we re-shot the girl opening the box with a picture of the boy in it as we found it difficult to match the lighting with other shots in editing. The reason for this is the original shot was shot at my house in natural lighting while the shots following it were shot at Tammy's house.

Next we moved on to redoing the shot of Laura throwing the picture as we found that the original shot was quite blurry. too fast so it was not noticeable and did not have the impact that we wanted when adding it to the music. To fix this problem we decided to do a variety of shots from a close up of Laura's hand before she throws the picture and a long shot of when it is in the air.

Finally, we re-shot the close up of Tammy for the beginning shot at the sleepover as when comparing it to the shots of myself and Laura we found the lighting was different as we had a much darker background while our faces were lit up. Meanwhile, Tammy's original shot was lighter with it being more fully lit due to other lighting than the torch such as lamps in Tammy's room. To fix this problem we made sure that we got rid of some of the lamp lighting we used before filming so it did not interfere with how bright the shot was overall. We also tried to put the torch Tammy was holding in a variety of places to see where it would look best in showing the contrast between the bright light and dark background to create a spooky atmosphere.

Here are some screenshots of what we filmed:

Sixth Shooting Schedule For Final Music Video - Session 31

Here is what we plan to film on our next shooting day:

Behind The Scenes And Outtakes For Final Music Video

Here is a vlog with behind the scenes and outtakes from filming days (1-5):

Fifth Filming Day For Final Music Video - Session 30

Today we filmed from 4:00pm - 6:00pm and remembered to bring all the props we needed (black dress with white cardigan, bag and flannel shirt), along with the equipment (DLSR camera and tripod).

To start off we redid the shot of me running up the stairs as in editing we noticed how I had forgotten to carry my shirt and bag while doing it which would cause continuity problems. After that we filmed the shots of me punching the wall as they did not look like a smooth action when we were editing them together.

Then we filmed a variety of breakdown shots of the girl for the instrumental, these included:

• A long shot of me sliding down the wall.
• An extreme close up of me clenching my hair in frustration.
• A close up of me clenching my fist.
• A close up of my teary eyes.
• A long shot and over the shoulder shot of me throwing clothes in anger.

After this we then decided to shoot the stop motion footage we planned to do for the lyrics 'Ugly is the' and a silhouette drawing of a girl holding an umbrella with the rain pouring. To do this we took a picture for each letter of the word for the lyrical part and a picture for each raindrop added to the silhouette drawing.  

Finally, we redid the lip syncing part for Laura and Tammy for the sleepover narrative as in editing we found that when it came up to linking up to the music it looked like they were both saying different things for the line 'Who is your lover?'. Then to finish we did a shot of me turning the torch on for the instrumental at the beginning before the singing starts. 

Here are some screenshots of what we did today: