Filming Journal Day 2

When creating the plan for filming it made it a lot easier to follow and stay organised. It made us to keep on top of the scenes that we needed and allowed us to not miss any out. We made sure that we stuck to the 180-degree rule for majority of the time while we were filming to create a smooth run. We also had used shot reverse shot to show the convocation between Emily and Etienne to create interaction and make it seem more realistic when they are with each other.

We began to film the scenes that only included Emily, we completed these shots in the daylight so these shots were ones such as; when she’s leaving the house to go to school, when she is having the argument with her boyfriend and then she goes off and meets the other boy. When I was filming the shots of Emily I intended that we do a mixture of different shots to get different angles and therefore we would be able to choose which we thought were most effective.

Overall, the filming that we did went the way we wanted it to go, we used a great quality camera which I borrowed off my dad and he gave us an artificial bright light to attach to the camera for additional effect, as we came into some issue where we had to continue to film in the dark, this was due to us not being able to get Etienne until later. We also had to re film the part where Emily is in bed with Etienne, we got a shot of her sneaking through the door to see if anyone was awake and then telling him to come through. This implied that she was more powerful than him and rebellious.

We also completed the filming of the small clips to use at the end of our music video.

Day 2 plan

Today; 01/02/17 - we are going to finish our filming that we were meant to complete couple of Das ago but unfortunately we had some struggle getting everyone together at the same time. As I've said previously in my blog we have decided that we are going to change a few scenes to create more of a relation with the audience. We are going to have Emily and Etienne (a 'boyfriend' ) to dress as how she did for the photos that Jess took of her and we would like Him to be dresses just in his normal clothes as he has quite a quirky personality and this is what we are looking for in the actor. 

Music video: Actors

The main actors that we will be using for the production of the music video are Emily as she fit the criteria that we want, she will be represented as the corrupted girl who spins off the rails and has a bit of 'fun'. We will also be using Etienne, he will be playing Emily's 'side' boyfriend, we thought he was a good idea as he is a big fan of the indie rock genre so has a feel of how the actors in different music videos act. He is also Emily's actual boyfriend which will make it more comfortable to film the more intimate scenes. 

For the band, we will be using them. This was due to it being there song and therefore they know the vibe of the lyrics, also they have done a few concerts so they will have experience on how to conduct themselves in the performance.  

Music video: Props

The props that we intend to include in our music video are of the following;

• Guitars (bass and electric)
• Drums 
• A mic- this was needed for the main singer.

These are vital for the band to look like they are giving the performance, the good thing about going to see the band before they performed was that we did have access to their own instruments. 

the use of a amplifier for them to plug there instruments in gave the music video more of a realistic, professional indie rock vibe. However, they didn't use it as when the band was playing none of their instruments were on it was mainly there for visual effect. And these props were vital for the production of the narrative to work.

Music video; Make up

I did some research into different existing media music video and what I had gained from this research was that in most Indie Rock videos the girls makeup is minimal. They mostly contained dark eye make up to show the careless natural beauty of the actor. There didn't seem to be much face makeup it was mainly the eye shadows, dark lipsticks or none at all. From this research I decided that this was the look that I was going to give my main actor Emily.

Examples;

• The Vaccines.
• The Kooks.
• Cage The Elephant.