Filming Log 5

 Band shots:

26/11/13

Within this filming session we set out to film all of the band shots that we needed when all of the band were back together. These shots were to be filmed at Andrews house in his front room and were to include all o f the band members.However this did not go to plan as much as we would have liked or hoped. There were many reasons for this misfortune.

One of these reasons was that we only had three members of our group present at the filming session and this included only two band members. This is because Liam, our guitarist, had hurt his knee and was having to be on crutches. This meant that he could not be present at the filming session and so in result of this he had to stay behind and edit the rest of the footage that our group had  filmed. As he was not present, we were missing the lead guitarist in our band and so any whole group footage could not be used in our final music video.

Another issue that we encountered was that one of the band members, Kieran, had forgotten to pick up his costume. This was because he was so busy trying to remember every other piece of misé en scene and the pieces to the drum kit that he simply forgot to pick up his own stuff. This meant that he was not in his proper costume for any of the footage that was also filmed meaning that we could yet again not use it in our final product. This is because it would not fit in with the continuity costume wise.

This is low, mid-shot camera angle of Andrew. This is the angle that we filmed one length of music to where Andrew can be seen lip syncing to the lyrics. As you can see, he has all the correct costume on and so the footage can be used. Within this shot he looks directly into the camera so that he is making eye contact with the audience. This makes it so that the audience feel more involved within the piece and so this fits in with the 'live' feel that Rock bands like to portray.









This is a shot of Kieran on the drums. Within this shot, he was practicing hitting the drums in time with the beat of the music.  This was so that when it came to the filming, he knew exactly when and where he should hit the drums so that it fitted with the continuity of the music. It also meant that he could practise being in the roll of a Rock band member and he could practise how he performed on the camera.





However, this filming session helped him get used to the idea of the drums and when to hit them in time with the beat. It also gave him a chance to really let himself go and get into his character a little more than perhaps he would have done at the beginning of our filming sessions. I feel this is because he is getting more used and comfortable to his character and what he would be like as a Rock band member. This also gave the rest of the group a chance to set up the drum kit as none of us had done it before. This included putting all the sheets and pillows down to help set the scene. We firstly encountered a little issue with the drum being set up as we did not know where it could be placed within the room. However, with a lot of discussion and moving the drum kit around, we found a perfect spot that it fitted into nicely.

Even though we encountered a lot of problems within this filming shoot, we did manage to get footage of Andrew lip-syncing to the song. This footage can be used within the music video as he had all the right costume on and the footage was in focus. We managed to film all this footage from a variety of angles so that when it is edited it will cut nicely to the beat of the music.