Filming

Diary Entry 4

Production days 4-5



These 2 particular days were harder to film. Days 4-5 took longer to film as we were outside in a public so people were walking past and cars were constantly getting the way. In particular everyone found it difficult when we all had to film on the roads. We constantly had to stop and re-start filming clips due to these problems. I ended up leaving the camera rolling most of the time so that we could work more efficiently.

Again, because we are all friends we did all enjoy working together and natural bloopers happened. We had to re-film clips as sometimes the band members would laugh. I didn't particularly mind this as it made the process of filming more fun and less serious. This ended up showing in the video as it gave a fun and energetic look to some parts of the video which is representative of youth.

When it came to filming the tracking shots of Rees this is where things became a lot more difficult. I was having problems with the focus on the camera and whilst filming out the car window of my friends car. I was focusing more on my safety whilst trying to catch a good shot of Rees riding beside the car. We also had problems finding a long road clear enough that wouldn't have many cars down it. This made our clips limited due to constantly having to stop as well as Rees warning me and my friend Hannah (the driver) that there was oncoming traffic. A major factor that I couldn't help was the way the camera was shaking. This was impossible to not have. Neither I or my school owns a dolly, therefore there was no guarantee that the tracking shots would be smooth. The shots were also hand held which also added to the problem despite how hard I tried to keep the camera as still as possible.

There were also some clips that I couldn't carry through properly. This was mainly the clip with Ben walking and the camera pretending to be a POV shot of Rees riding. The clip was supposed to be more fast paced and should've ended up zooming past Ben at the end. I tried my best. I attempted this shots myself 4 times and even had to ask George to attempt to film the clip to see what I should do. Neither of us were able to get the perfect shot as we weren't quick enough and if we were the camera would be too shaky. It is also important to state that in this clip the camera was still attached to the tripod so running with a tripod, in the middle of the road, trying to keep the shot as still as possible, and trying to get a quick movement was extremely difficult. At the end,  I used my second attempt (which was the best clip) in my music video.

Filming outside also was difficult as the weather was constantly changing. In the morning specifically we had rain then we had sun in the rest of day. Due to the sun, it looked like it wasn't very cold, but it was. I had a few complaints from the band members about the cold and them wanting to get all the filming done quickly. This was one of the main reasons as to why we had to stop filming and carry on another day.

I managed to get all the shots that I wanted to get and followed through all my plans. The band members were extremely helpful in this process. My partner and I were extremely happy with the results that we came up with from days 4-5 of production.