1st Filming - Lane Scene

We decided to film the easiest scenes first as we could edit them faster; the scenes we decided to film first were down a lane near our school. We took shots of Alice, our main character, walking angrily down the lane as she had just walked out of school in the video. We took shots from behind her as she walked, next to her and in front of her as we would want to convey continuity in our final product. We showed Alice our make up, hair and clothing research so she was sure of how she should look and behave in our video. We assissted Alice as she got ready and instructed her as to what to do in each shot. All together we acheived making 22 videos, however, some are not usable as we found using the camera quite difficult.

This is the camera we will be using to film our music video:

We also brought along a digital DLSR camera to take shots as we were filming, to use as evidence of filming and so that we could look at the angles we were filming in. This is the camera we used:

 

 

 

Here are the shots we acheived by using the DLSR digital camera whilst we were filming:

 

the first scene we shot presented Alice recieving an abusive text message from her best friend and then angrily walking/running down the lane and throwing off her blazer in anger. We shot this seen a continuous amount of times in order to give ourselves more choice when it came to editing.

 

Throughout filming we all gave feedback and our own opinions on the angles and shots that we wanted to use and whether or not these were suitable.

 

Alice stayed in the same 'character' throughout the filming, as this would help us to convey continuity in our music video.

 

We tried to film in different areas of the lane to find out which places were more suitable. We found conversely that the more open parts of the lane contained a lot of light, which was helpful as we would then not need to use the lighting equipment.

 

We concentrated completely on trying to gain the correct shots we had planned in our research. We watched over the filming after we shot the scene to ensure that we had covered all of the areas we had planned to.

 

This over the shoulder shot will be used in the music video so that the viewer can be aware of why Alice is angry and the reasons behind her storming down the lane.

 

This is the abusive message which Alice will be recieving as she is walking home from school. The camera will cut to a close up shot of this so that the viewer is aware of what is happening. We decided upon using the phone with the cracked screen as it would represent the carelessness of Alice's character.

 

We tried our best to capture each angle of the shot before moving on so that when it comes to editing the film we will have plently of shots to cut to and from.

 

 

Here are the video shots we decided were good enough to use in our final video, however we need to edit them all. These are the first copies: