Filming Log - 2

 Filming Log

On our second filming session my group encountered some issues to do with weather, it was too rainy to film for a while and we decided that after the rainfall the area looked too grey to suit the lively aesthetic of our video. To troubleshoot this in future we plan to film mainly inside on rainy days and try to check carefully that the weather will be substantial enough for filming, we thought that it would be a good idea to test our performance shots which introduce the start of the video. We chose to do this in the location of Wimbledon because it looks like a very cosmopolitan area and the architecture and bustling roads reminded us of central London, which is something that is important for our video because we want the shots in the streets to be very obviously London based and not too modern because the theme for our video is very vintagey, 1950's British style.

Test Shots

These were the shots that we produced from this session which helped us to decide what we should do next time we film here, this was very successful because we managed to experiment with some shots that we didn't think would work originally.

• Shot 1 - This shot would be used to show the artists shoes, which in the video will be high heels. We thought that this would make the audience recognise that they are going to watch a female in the video but we don't want to give away their identity straight away. We thought that if we could use the fig reel smoothly that this shot would have been perfect for the video to introduce the artist and give a symbol of their glamorous image.
• Shot 2 - We tested this similar shot but from the middle because we wanted to show the transition from the feet to the outfit of the artist, we think that a flowing dress blowing in the wind would look very glamorous and would suit the image of our artist. We will put these shots together in our final video and slow them down to create tension as the audience wonders who the artist will be. We wanted to create a smooth transition from these to shots to make them look as though.
• Shot 3 - This shot is the first shot where our audience will get a glimpse of our artist from the back of their head, this shot still won't show the artist's face to increase the excitement of the audience as they wonder when they will first see the artist fully, this clip will also be in slow motion to increase this tension.
• Shot 4/5 - These close up shots will appear later in the video but we think that using these as cut aways would be effective because its a very glamorous beauty shot of the artist looking happy and with their makeup done really sophisticated and this will draw the audience in and make them feel like they are in the actual video and talking to the artist.
• Shot 6 - A slow tracking shot would work well to show the artist lip-syncing and we can shift focus here from the artist to foreshadow that she is talking about something she can't quite grasp.
• Shot 7 - This shot will be more speedy in terms of walking and the artist will be lip syncing to the camera, we thought that the building in the background worked for a location because its very clear and the main focus is our artist.
• Shot 8 - This was a shot that we thought could work really well and we will plan to tracking the artist and then pan around as she walks past the camera and we can watch her walking down the street. This can be a very dynamic shot and it will help to make the scene fllow through to the other shot, we might also do a scene which involves George and another girl to show tension.