Production of Music Video - Day 4 of Filming

 DAY 4

Following up my discussing I had with Mary and the issues that I had which is stated in my previous blog , I felt that if we filmed on Wednesday we wouldn't have enough time to film in a different location and have a variety of different shots. I spoke to my group about my concerns and asked if we could film either Monday or Tuesday due to us not having college on both days. I asked Mary if she was available , but sadly she was not able to film on both days and the same problem occurred with Amy and Tharek.

As one of friends took a camera out for her group to do filming over the weekend, I asked her if it was possible for her to film me on Monday. Fortunately it worked out that my friend was able to film me.

I made a list of the different scenes I wanted her to film and the use of shot types I wanted her to use. Aswel of her filming me , I had to direct her as she did not know the concept of my groups idea for our music video. I took on-board a comment my media teacher stated about filming in a two different location, to break up the college location. I decided to film in my friends room, to show the artist getting ready. As my friends room is a hot pink, I felt the footage filmed within her room would contrast the footage filmed in college , with the black background. I felt the use of the hot pink would add a fun element to the video , as Jessie J's video's normal include a variety of colours. Also, Jessie J videos normally are filmed within general locations such as a school , a bedroom or a built up studio , which are locations incorporated within our music video.

The first scene was shot in my friends room of the artist 'Messie M'  getting ready to go out. Through this scene , the audience witness the artist change into various outfits and see the process of ' Messie M' getting ready. This same type of footage has been incorporated within many music videos, showing numerous artist getting ready. My friend came up with the concept of filming the artist choose and change into three outfits .Through the transition of having Messie M change into the three outfits, an effect would be added to illustrate the transition of the artist changing from one outfit to the next.
In order to get this effect , my friend filmed me choosing an outfit from the wardrobe. She then filmed me looking through the mirror holding the outfit. To illustrate the costume change , I had to stay in one position and allow my friend to pause the camera. This allowed me to go change into the outfit and we began filming again. I had to ensure I was positioned in the same place so we made a mark on the floor and outlined where my feet were positioned on the carpet.

Below illustrates what it looked when we filmed the first scene.

We then decided to shoot the second scene in an outdoor location to contrast the previous footage being filmed indoors. We decided to film in a park , where we would have a large quantity of space to move around. Before we set off to the park, we had to check the weather to see if it was practical for us to film.

The screen shots  below illustrate Mondays weather forecast

This screen shot illustrates Mondays weather forecast. As we  were filming in the afternoon ,  we were cautious  that it would rain later . Due to this we had to ensure that we filmed before it started to rain as it would have a huge affect on the lighting.

This screen shot shows an update on what the weather would be like  prior to every 3 hours. It also informs us what the temperature would be like to give us a better idea of what would be practical for the artist to wear. As we finished filming the 1st scene around 3 ,  filming had to be done promptly before it got dark.

Originally we decided to film in the play area within the park, but whilst filming we realized the footage looked quite dark. We decided to explore aswel and find somewhere else to film. We used a little hut built within the park , which was open , to allow the audience to see the surroundings. Also , within the hut , we had better lighting which was a positive aspect . Whilst filming myself as the artist ' Messie M' was able to sing base tracks of the domino song. I had to ensure I got into the role of the character. My camera woman shot this footage using mid - shots ( to allow the audience to see the artists costumes, and a tracking shot including close ups, to capture the artist. 


I felt overall , day 4 filming was very eventful and successful as we were able to obtain a wide variety of footage for my music video. I feel the my group will be proud that I used my initiative to film to gain additional shots/ scenes , for us to use within our video.