Filming

Today me, Megan, Laxmi and Aaron stayed behind and filmed some more of the dance scenes preformed by Grace. We shot these scenes in the drama studio, this time ensuring that as Grace danced we tracked her movements with the camera following her in a circular motion. This enables us to get a 360 degree view of Grace's dancing. It also adds more effect to the music video as it is almost as if the audience are following Graces themselves as she preforms around the room. We were able to get some shots of Grace starting out therefore these may be incorporated into the beginning of our music video, the introduction.

Shooting the Dancing Scene

We have also arranged a second shoot in order to get more shots of Grace dancing as some of the previous shots we got of Grace she tends to go out of the frame. We are happy with the previous shots we got and have incorporated many of them into our music sequence.

the second shoots will take place on the 2nd March. We will shoot the dance scenes back in the drama hall using various different cameras this time, one of which being hand held. 
Furthermore from feedback we received we decided that we need to also film more of a ending that is coherent to the narrative of the music video.

Filming Narrative

We also got some more footage of the narrative we previously filmed of Grace. This time shooting her from different angles. In particular getting a shot of Grace on the stairs looking down on her parents argument which is present in the music video. These shots will be converted into black & white along with the rest of the narrative. This is to emphasise the story behind the music video of the artists childhood. 

Re-casting

After carrying out a series of test shots, we think we have found someone who is suitable for the role, is able to learn the lines and also has really good facial expressions which fit the lyrics of the song. Although this will effect what our music video looks like it will not effect our digi-pak. 

We also did a first shoot with our new singer Alex and we found that the shots we got come out really well and also flow well due her knowing the lyrics and us being able to film the song through from different angels all the way through. 

Possible Re-casting

After a shoot we did yesterday and looking back over some of the shots we got and we have decided that we may possibly have to re-cast as Poppy who we are currently working with, is not working with the way we want our artist in the music video to look. We are currently doing some test shots of a possible candidate, and so far some of the shots we have got her facial expressions work well with the lyrics. Furthermore Poppy was unable to learn the lyrics, therefore when it come to shooting her scenes, we were having to film in stages so it didn't flow. 

Filming

03/02/15

Me, Laxmi, Megan and Aaron went to Megan's house in order to shoot the scene of the parents arguing and also the scene where Grace gets into the car and the inside the car for the duration of the car journey home. In order to shoot this sequence we used a DSLR camera however the memory on the camera ran out towards filming the end scenes, therefore we decided to experiment filming the inside the car scenes with a iPhone 5s and from reviewing all the footage we got yesterday, it looks really good and usable in our music video. 

Plan another shoot

We have arranged to shoot on Tuesday 3rd Feb, where we are going to re-shoot the narrative and also the car scenes, we again are using Grace and her parents in order to shoot the parents arguing in the car, which relates to the narrative. After reviewing some of the edited footage we have found that we have got some really good shots, from the filming of Grace preforming the ballet routine and have managed to create some really good footage. We have also converted this footage into black and white in order to fit in with out initial plan and story board.