Production Diary Week 17

This week we took more shots of our narrative, partying with friends. Since looking at theses shots we have decided not to use them. We realised the narrative was looking at the camera too much, this again made it confusing with the artist and narrative was. Also the lighting was very dark and dim which didn't fit in with our bright theme we have used throughout. We also decided that partying showed an older angle of our narrative so decided to make her do more teen activities so that it could fit the song more and beat more, also this allowed us to reflect a lot on the keys words we had chosen before for our video.

Party shots

In these shots we created a party vibe for our narrative, we chose her to be one friend, we showed them doing normal teenage things such as drinking and dancing, We also did shots with UV paint to reflect the colorful theme we was going throughout. We had a lot of problems filming these shots, firstly due to the lack of room we had, this made the variety of angles and long shots limited. Also the lighting wasn't ideal as we couldn't make the most of natural lighting and their wasn't room for our own lighting.

In the end we decided that we was not going to use these shots, firstly because of the lack of quality but also because we decided to re image our narrative. Up until this point we had tried to portray them as a more mature teenager's but we found these shots were not working, so we have decided to image them as more young happy teenagers as we feel this would reflect the song lyrics and beat more
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Production Diary Week 16

This week we started to edit our first shots we took in London. We started to brighten them and increase the contrast to make them stand our more as we had lost a lot of lighting, we experimented with short and long shots, from our research we had found that we needed to use more short shots and therefore felt we should take more lip syncing in varied locations so that it didn't get boring and so that we could use small parts of each shot.
This week we also retook our photo shoot shots for the real thing with different people, these came out better than the practice shots, due to the setting being more white and clear and the lighting reflecting on the people better, we also styled all our artist in dark clothing so the props would stand our more. We started to edit these to the beat of the song which at first was a struggle as it can be hard to hear the beat but after practise we found it easier, we feel like editing to beat worked well and we would like to do this to more of our shots.

Photo shoot

Here are our photo shoot shots, we think the narrative looks much relaxed in these rather than the practice shot, also we have incorparated much more colour into these ones using the red and blue props. Also the white background and black styling of the clothes really helps them to stand out.

Production Diary Week 15

This week we begun filming our first shoots, we did these in London we begun doing shots of our artist singing infront of graffiti and with sky scrapper background. We also filmed our narrative in a shisha bar and also messing around in fountains. We got shots of our narrative infront of the graffiti too. From these shots we realised the struggles of filming in busy places, so therefore have gone back to our storyboard and considered different places that are less open to the public we could film. We also decided we wanted the shots between the narrative and artist to be in different places so the two did not get confused. Therefore from now on we will decide who will be filmed in each place before we go. The shots we found worked best were the shots infront of the bright graffiti and also the narrative shots, as both of these reflected the cool trendy vibe we was aiming for, for our artist and star,

Graffiti shots

Here are our shots infront of the graffiti, we really loved this location as their was lots of colour and it was very bright. As with our other shots we had to chose whether to use our lipsycing or narrative shots in this location, as from feedback we found using both could get confusing. Therefore we have chose our lip syncing as she seemed much more natural infront of the camera, and this took away the added confusion of the narrative looking at the camera.

Fountain

Here are the shots we took in south bank at the fountains. We really liked the background and the use of fountains which were really good lighting. But found this sometimes caused shot to look blurry. Our first problem with these shots were that we used both our star and narrative in the same location, once we recieved feedback that it became confusing to tell them apart, we decided we could use both of these. Also because they was confusing to tell the difference we have decided to not use any shots of the narrative looking towards the camera, in many of these shots she was so we have decided to only use the lip syncing shots. When it came to editing we realised that these shots didnt have the best lighting so we will not be able to use many.

From this we have learnt that we need be more aware of how outside lighting will effect our shots.

Tabel

Here are one of the first set of lip syncing shots that we filmed. We chose a location in london. Firstly we was put of using these shots as they was in the same location as the narrative that we had used previously. At first we was going to use these shots, but we found they looked a bit impersonal and that the location was taking over, also it didnt look professional as there was people/uneeded props in the background. After doing these shots we found that it might be more personal to do the lip syncing shots behind plain background so that our artist stood out.

Pole shots

Here are more shots of our narrative. We have decided not to use these shots, firstly they look very put and not natural. Also there are lots of people in the background taking the view of the actress. We also didn't like the way she kept looking at the camera as it caused a confusion between star and narrative. Finally you can see the reflection of the filming in the background.

Shisha

Here are the first shots we have taken. This is part of filming is for the narrative part. It shows the main narrative with her friend, they are doing shisha and we have tried to enphasise that they are having fun by showing them laughing. We have also tried some tracking shots. We liked the close up of the narrative blowing the smoke into the camera. We also liked the mid shots of the two of them looking at eachother laughing as it shows they are having fun. We found that the best ones of these was where they looked natural. We didn't like the shots that were tracking as they was quite shaky. Finally we didn't  like the high or low angle as they are not very flattering.

Production Diary Week 14

Now out video was planned we decided to try out some practice shots, we begun with the "photobooth" shots we wanted. From practicing theses we realised that we couldn't have our artist and narrative in the same shot. Also we decided they would look better with more people. Finally we decided the props could be better fitted with out colour scheme that we are going to use throughout.

Practise Shots

One of our original ideas was to have our narrative in a photoshoot with her friends. This fits in with our song firstly as our narrative is about her being seen happy with her friends as she has got over her boyfriend. It also fits in with the lyrics "freeze frame, I dodged that shot". We have decided to practice these as we wasn't sure how best it would to make it portray as they was in a photobooth. We decided to do the camera as if it was the photobooth. We have decided we like it this was. We also wanted to try different props and poses to see which worked the best we decided we liked the group shots better, but also with parts of the actors by themselves. We also added photos but we found that they stood out to much. Finally we think that for these to work well they have to look natural and like the actors are having alots of fun, also we do not think the artist should be in these shots as she is a separate part of the video.

Risk Assessment

Activity	What is the risk?	What can you do to prevent the risk?	Risk Factor
Crossing Roads.	Filming up London we will have to cross many busy roads. There is a risk of me or one of my group members getting hit by a car.	To prevent this, my group and I will make sure we always use a crossing (if one is available). We will also make sure we are aware of our surroundings at all times.	High
Traveling to and from our destination.	We will have to get trains and tubes to reach our several destinations. There could be a risk of one of us falling on the tracks.	To prevent this we will make sure we are calm and don’t rush anywhere.	High
Traveling in rush hour.	We expect to be finished filming around 5-6pm. As this is rush hour the trains and streets will be very busy. There could be a potential risk of my group and I getting split up in the crowd.	To prevent this we will all make sure we save our phone battery throughout the day so if one of us does get lost we can contact each other.	Medium
Handling glass.	Another location we will be filming at is my house. When filming here we will be handling glass. There could be a risk of someone dropping the glass and further resulting in someone cutting themselves.	To prevent this we will make sure we don’t mess around when handling the glass.	Low
Painting.	We plan to use paint to smudge over our artist’s body. This could potentially get into someone’s eye or on someone’s clothes.	We will be very careful when applying this and also wash our hands after wards to prevent this.	Low
Tripping over wires.	When filming inside we will have wires around because of lighting that we will be using, therefore someone could trip.	Before we begin to film we will make sure we all know where hazard wires may be and also try to make the walk space we are using as clear as possible.	Low
Weather.	Our artist will have to stand in a range of clothing outside and inside. If she is wearing an outfit that reveals her arms and legs she could become cold as we are in winter. Also the other members of the group could become cold whilst filming too.	To prevent this we will all make sure we wrap up warm and have a coat on standby   for everyone who will be filmed.	Medium
Falling off Skateboard.	We are filming using a skateboard, however our actress has never used one and isn’t steady on it. We need to be careful that when using the board she doesn't fall off and injure herself.	To prevent this we will make sure she takes her time with what she is trying to do and practices beforehand.	Medium
Round about in park.	Playing on the round-about in the park we need to be careful one of us doesn't fall off or get our foot stuck under it when trying to spin.	Although in the shot the actors are supposed to be messing around, when filming we will be very conscious of what we are doing.	Low