Vlogs (behind the scenes)

This is our video log, when we went to film at Heathrow airport.

What went well?

We were able to get the bands style image as we had already planned out their costume so that it will look appropriate for our genre and for or narrative theme.We also got various footage and shot/angles of the band including footage that was not planned in order to have a variety of shots for when we have to edit our music video. 

What didn't go so well? 

Unfortunately, as we were at the airport there was a problem with privacy and so tried not to have people in the shot whilst we were filming. However, this was difficult to do as there was many people in our shot. 

This video log is from when my group and I went to shoot for one of our fisrt scenes for the music video; Liverpool St and Canary Wharf.

What went well?

Fortunately, we were able to get all the footage we wanted and got all the shots we needed for the editing process of the music video. 

What didn't go so well? 

Some problems did arise, as in Liverpool Street the tripod we used was not working properly as it was unsteady, which meant that we had to hold the tripod and hold the camera for ourselves.  

This is the behind the scenes at the beach for the verses and for some of the chorus for the music videos.

What went well?

We were able to go to our location when it was sunny, which is what we wanted. We brought with us all our equipment that we had planned to use and used it effectively. We were also able to get some good shots for the main verses of our music video. 

What didn't go so well?

However, we only had limited time to film as we had to get back to school as it was the only day we were able to shoot as we each have different timetables. Another issue was that we did not focus entirely on the footage whilst we were filming and later realised that some shots were darker than others. As well as this the colour smoke bombs did not work at one point making it quite unreliable, which became a waste and limited the time we had there. 

The behind the scenes footage features the shots that we wanted for the chorus of our chosen song.

What went well?

The studio was what we wanted as it had the white wall that was made out of bricks that was trendy for our genre-indie. We had all our equipemnt and the projector was easy to use and we had no hassle with it. We had a variety of shot/angles from low angle shot to extreme close up shots. 

What didn't go so well?

As we only had 2 hours to film, we were put under pressure to ry get as much footage as we could we only focused on the main singer rather than the whole band, which is what the indie genre is about. 

This video log features the behind the scenes of our screen test that was straightforward. We had no problems when filming this as we were just testing to see our artist lip sync in different angles. 

This footage is showing when my group and I went to film at a amusement park in order for our music video project the theme of youth. 

What went well?

The amusement park had all the lighting we needed as it was bright and colourful, which is what we needed to highlight the theme youth and to use that lighting to make the band look like they are having fun. Another reason for it going well was that the park was not full and so we had better footage as there was not a lot of poeple getting in the way.We got much footage from the bumper scenee. It was fun to do and made us even more enthusiastic to film, which is what is seen in the footage. 

 

What didn't go so well?

Some of the rides were far too much expensive that only allowed us to go on one(bumper cars)we had to use that time wisely. When on the bumpercars, everytime we got hit the camera would shake hence not giving us steady footage, however it made it look more relaxed and more as if it was the band truly having fun than it being strictly planned out.