Filming 13/03/13

Today we filmed some extra footage for our music video in one of the Drama classes,
We also used a guitar from the Music Department for the scenes today.

An advantage when filming today in one of the drama classes is that there was a plain black back-drop, many props to choose from and we could play around with the lighting; which helped to draw the audience's attention to the actor/singer.
We also used different coloured lights, like red, which helped to add warmth to the scene.

When filming, Ellie sat on a stool and pretended that she was playing the acoustic guitar. We also shot footage of Ellie 'playing' and singing which looked quite good when watching the footage.

We did many takes and tried many different angles and positions so that we had enough footage when it comes to editing.
Overall I was very pleased of how the shots turned out and I feel that we got all the shots that we needed.

Filming 06/02/13

06/02/13

Today we filmed some extra shots of Ellie lip-syncing against a white background, so that we can include some more lipsyncing to our music video which we need badly and so we can fill in any gaps that we have so far.

We filmed at my house in the early afternoon to make use of the natural lighting. 
We tried filming form different angles and distances for diversity. Also, I filmed Ellie singing looking out from a window, deep in thought, this was experimental so it will be interesting to see what the shots look like tomorrow when we edit what we've done today.

Filming 12/12/12

Location: Dance studio, Robert Clack Leisure Centre

Today we filmed the dance studio part of our video, I filmed Ellie dancing and singing to the  first 40-50 seconds of the song. I filmed many shots so when it comes to the editing process we would have a variety of footage to use. 

Filming 04/12/12

Today we filmed some more shots, this time we filmed the piano chords part which we are going to use at the start.
Ellie filmed me playing some chords on the keyboard, I play the piano so I tried to make it look realistic. We filmed at many different angles and at different heights e.g. close-ups, crane shots.

After doing this, we spread the cards which we used yeasterday when we filmed, and spread them on the floor and filmed. One of the shots was we had the cards, in the order they appear, in a line on the floor and I hand held the camera (trying to keep a steady shot) and went along the line of cards.

We also did a bit where Ellie filmed me writing the lyrics, drawing a heart on a back of one of the cards and writing on manuscript paper.

Filming 03/12/12

Today we filmed some shots of Ellie standing, holding up the cards and changing them in sync to the music.
I also took some shots of Ellie pretending to play the guitar.

Here are the cards that we used in the footage today, and my blue guitar: