Filming Log 7

Thursday 12th December

Within this filming session, we introduced lee into the band as the guitarist. This is because of the issues we have had previously which has lead to Liam being unable to film with us. Within these shots, we can see all the band together in their correct costumes. The area was quite cramped which helped portray the Rock genre to the piece. To make sure the mise én scene fitted with the Rock genre, we covered up the sofa with white blankets and different materials. We also made sure that the background was less family orientated by removing the family pictures from the wall.

We managed to get a variety of different camera angles to make sure that we really portrayed the Rock image that we wanted to get across. We got a variety of different camera shots of Lee on the guitar from various angles to show his image in a range of ways. Also we filmed Kieran playing the drums to make sure that we have a variety of shots to cut to the beat. These will be used to sync up the playing of the instruments in time to the music. Some of our most successful shots were when Andrew was looking directly into the camera lip synching. I think these worked well because he is engaging with the audience so you almost feel part of their band. This fits in with the conventions that are needed in a Rock music video.

However, towards the end our camera had filled up all of its memory which meant that we couldn't get a shot done that we would have liked too but was not necessary to our music video. We now know for next time that we should take more than one memory card so that an issue like this does not come up again. This way we can avoid any mis-hap from happening.

Overall I feel that the filming session went well as we managed to get everything done that we needed too.
We all worked well as a group,which helped the process of the filming session. This meant that we managed to set up the background and misé en scene quickly and efficiently. We also managed to get a lot of filming done in the time we had provided for us which is excellent.