Task 10- Filming: production diary

Date: 12^th November

Location: Home location

Shots: opening scenes and arguments scenes

Equipment needed: Camera and tripod, props like beer cans and clothes to make the scene messy

I filmed many scenes at home as I needed a room where the boy was able to play the video game. I made sure the room was dark and also placed out beer and pop cans as well as clothes on the bed to make the room appear messy, dull and therefore unappealing. There are many shots filmed in this location as it's one the main places used in my production along with the garden scenes. This was because I wanted a continuing contrast of dull and dreamy throughout the production.

 The image to the left is a screen shot of the footage taken for my production. the image below is another piece of footage took in a home location however I have edited it. I edited the colour to black and white to make the mood even darker . In addition, I wanted the home scenes to look negative in comparison to other locations that are lighter as I wanted to show an obvious mood change.

Task 10 Filming- production diary

Date: 24^th October

Location: City location

Shots: Shots to be in the video montage

Equipment needed: Camera and tripod

Health and safety concerns: Careful around busy roads when filming

I only filmed some scenes in the city location as I already had a lot of street shots from when I filmed in London.

Task 10- Filming: production diary

Date: 12^th October 

Location: Floral garden

Shots: Garden scenes, shots of surroundings; flowers, trees

Equipment needed: Camera and tripod

Health and Safety concerns: Had been raining the days before which meant the ground would be wet and therefore could be dangerous, so take care when filming on the grass.

The shots filmed in this location of Blenheim palace are part of the main scenes. At the palace I filmed shots of the main character (Jess) in a rose garden by trees and by steps to get a range of location backgrounds. The image to the right shows Jess about to walk through the rose garden mining the lyrics. This shot is a medium close up and I zoomed out as she got closer to the camera. Most of the shots filmed here involved jess mining the lyrics to video games. This makes filming harder as I had to re-film if she makes a mistake or was out of time with the lyrics. However, when editing I was able to change the speeds of the scenes so her mining fitted the lyrics well. In the rose garden I filmed various shots like pans of jess walking the garden as well and close ups of her sitting on a bench mining, this meant I had a range of shots I could use in just that one location. The weather was very sunny which was beneficial as it make the shots bright which is what I wanted the garden scenes to be like as she was happy to be there in contrast to the dark bedroom.

Task 10- Filming: production diary

Date: 21^st October

Location: London

Shots: Video Montage shots e.g. Street signs, tube station, Streets, London Bridge, London eye, shots of walking the streets of London.

Equipment needed: Camera and Tripod

Health and Safety concerns: not too close to the tube tracks, careful when filming on the city streets due to cars.

The scenes I filmed in London were a variety of shots. I filmed shots of the main character (Jess) walking down the streets of London and looking over the famous London Bridge in order to create another location in the music video and that location being a place she would like to be as opposed to back in her boyfriend’s bedroom watching him play games. Whilst there I also filmed various shots of London’s attractions to put in my music video to create a small montage of various background shots. The weather did make it hard to film as it was raining and overcast making the sky look grey,  where as I wanted it to look bright and only a bit dismal in the music video so I edited the brightness of the shots to suit the video.  I filmed a mixture of shots; wide shots were used when the main character (Jess) was walking down the street as well as zoom in and out's on her walking the streets. I used a low angle shot when shooting big Ben so I was able to scale the building bottom to top.  London was very busy and crowded which meant some shots do have people in them meaning I will have to try and cut them out when editing the footage. I felt the London scenes are important to the music video as it will help portray a location where the girl wishes to be as opposed to back in the messy bedroom. The costume she wore involved fairly normal clothes making her blend in with others around her. However, her jumpsuit is quite formal implying that even though she is in a city with many people she still feels special as opposed to nothing to her boyfriend.

Filming different locations in London enabled me to edit them into many of the scenes. The image to the left is a still shot from the music video where a garden scene is overlaid on a tube shot. I edited many scenes of London into the music video as it helped create another dream-like location the girl would like to go to as opposed to being stuck watching her boyfriend paying video games.

Task 10-Filming: production diary

Date: 12^th October

Location: Blenheim Palace

Shots: shots of palace

Equipment needed: Camera and tripod

Health and Safety concerns: Had been raining the days before which meant the ground would be wet and therefore could be dangerous, so take care when filming on the grass.

One shot I filmed was jess walking down a set of stairs; this was very effective as the sun was shining behind her in the background making her stand out. I also filmed wide shots and close ups of the protagonist (Jess) standing by a massive tree singing as well as her sitting on one. This staging was very effective as it made her stand out against the three due to her bright purple dress contrasting with the brown trees. The costume she wears is a bright purple maxi dress which is quite formal, I made her wear this as I knew that filming in the rose gardens and the grounds would bring bright colours from the flowers and rural landscape and her colour would make complement as well as contract making her stand out. In addition, I wanted her to look more glamorous than she does in the shots in the bedroom as in there it is dark and dirty where as she is now in a dream location.

Task 10- Filming: production diary

Date: 6^th October

Location: Castle location

Shots: Camera shots of old derelict building, wide shots pans

Equipment needed: Camera and Tripod

Health and Safety concerns:  filmed on top of hills to get high shots of the castle so had to be careful when transporting the equipment up and down.

Filmed shots of an old derelict castle to use in the video with the London scenes to show various locations.

The screen shot is of the girl walking down the stairs at the location of the old building. This was another location like London that was used in the music video to present dream-like locations. The weather that day was sunny which benefited me when filming as it helped create the dream feel and it meant I didnt have to edit the footage too much to make it light and dream-like as it already was. The scenes worked well in contrast to the darker bedroom scenes as it exaggerated how happy she was in the locations like the garden opposed to the dark gloomy room.

Task 10- Filming: locations

The images above show some of the locations used in my music video. They include; Kenilworth Castle, Blenheim Palace and London.

Task 10- Filming: production schedule

When (Dates)	Where	What shots are being filmed	Who	What equipment will we need	Health and safety implications
21/09/13	-London	-Shots for the montage in the music video e.g. street signs, tube etc. -Shots of surroundings, girl walking the streets of London.	-Abi - Jess (Girl actress in some scenes showing walking the streets of London)	-Camera -Tripod	-Take care with equipment, busy areas of London.
06/10/13	-Castle location	- camera pans of old derelict Castle	-Abi	-Camera -Tripod	-Take care with equipment
12/10/13	-Park floral garden	-Shoot garden scenes with girl walking around. -Shots of surroundings e.g. shots of close ups of flowers, landscape for the video montage to show throughout the music video.	-Abi -Jess (Girl-main focus of the video)	-Camera -Tripod -Props of formal clothing	-Take care with equipment
24/10/13	-City locations	-Shots for the montage of the music video, shots that fit song lyrics.	-Abi	-Camera -Tripod	-Take care with equipment
12/11/13	-Home location	-Shoot opening scenes of girl and boy in the house. -Plus the scenes that are shown throughout the video in the house when they start to argue.	-Abi -Jess (Girl-main focus of the video) -Dan (love interest of the girl-boy how is playing the video game.	-camera -Tripod -A video game to play -Props to make the room messy(cans and clothes on the bed)	-Take care with equipment

The table above shows the filming schedule for my production of 'Video Games'. I went to film on five occasions and filmed a certain amount of scenes each time. I did experience some limitations when I could film the scenes as the girl who is the main focus of the production is at university so i had to work the schedule around her. 

Task 9- Casting: props

Props needed for the music video include a video game for the opening scenes where the boy will play it, plus props such as drink cans and cigarette butts to make the house look unappealing.  Not many props are needed for the music video I am creating, it’s a main focus on the girl and the location she is in.

The location of the music video was mainly focused in a garden therefore many flowers were used as a prop throughout the music video. Many Scenes involved close ups and zoom out on the flowers. The props of flowers helped portray the theme of contrasting worlds of the dark bedroom to the light floral garden.

During the scenes where the boy plays his video game many cans can be seen on the bed. These props were used to portray a messy undesirable bedroom. The image above shows the character to be holding one of the props whilst singing. She also fiddles with it in other scenes to show her feeling insecure as well as boredom of just watching her boyfriend play video games.