Filming and such...

Our filming day was thoroughly successful!
The night before the filming ewan and i contacted the actors to let them know what they needed to do and when and of course what they needed to wear.

I had organised with mr Broadbent, head of music, to borrow a few guitars and the drum kit which we then shifted into the main hall which i had booked out for a few periods to help us film in a more appropriate atmosphere. Our actors were : Martyn nash on drums
James Labdarbs on electric guitar
Louis Bozzi-Catlin on bass guitar
James Ward on vocals.

Ewan and i had taken out two cameras and tripods along with a selection of SD cards so we could film as much as possible.
We played the music and let the boys play along with and whilst ewan and i gathered the appropriate shots. These included some panning shots of the performance, some over the shoulder shots of james and some over head shots oh martyn while he was drumming.

For the narrative shots i came up with a good idea that we could film James walking around the backstage of the school hall which looks remarkably like the back of a stage at a gig or recording studio, so i filmed james walking through from different angles and speeds and also some still shots of him up against the wall singing. I also thought it would be a cool addition to the narrative if as james was walking through the backstage the other musicians would come out of the side doors and join him as he walked through. This section is yet to be filmed.

We have planned our next load of filming for after half term and have begun editing the footage that we have just collected.

Filming Plans

Today Ewan and i properly planned our second load of filming for tomorrow.
We decided that our group would work better and produce a better quality film.
Our Actors are: James Ward
James Labdarbs
Harry Bullot
Tom Clark
Josh Alport
Martyn Nash

We also decided that this time we would like to keep to the original storyboard and have the actors in matching costume- to some extent- wearing white shirts and ties with either jeans or suit trousers and sunglasses.

We have also decided to film in the main school hall as the stage has a great white background and plenty of space to incorporate instruments and dancing. I have booked out the hall which means that we have priority over other groups in using it.

We will need to get hold of some instruments so this is a list of who is getting hold of what:
Lauren-Bass Guitar and Mic with stand and lead
Drums will be supplied by the music department
Guitar- Tom or james
Keyboard- Music department

More Inspiration

The link below is Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me"
I wanted to look into music videos that looked very realistic and as though they were done on grainy, lower quality cameras. i liked this video particularly because it was quite gritty and i liked all the dancing shots which is something we want to replicate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_H1KDjW9Y

Filming

We changed the location slightly and decided to film in the drama studio as it had huge black curtains that we could pull around to get a plain background for our actors: James Labdarbs, Harry Bullot, James Ward.

we took out two cameras and filmed the boys dancing from two different angles.