PRODUCTION - Filming session 4 - 7/11/13

Editing

After finishing our 4 days of intense recording which consisted of base tracks and scenery, we was left with near 200 clips to look through to capture our best shots to put into our music video. we done this by renaming the clips that we wanted to use in a specific order this was done via importing into final cut pro. after laying down our base tracks and audio we was ready to start editing the rest of our clips

 Track added and laying down base tracks

how my filming went

We filmed most of our footage during lesson time so it was best for everyone. After coming to an agreement we went out on 4 days consisting of 3-4 hours of filming. We went to a variety of places including London bridge, South bank, the park and the bus stop. These were are base tracks we decided to use before filming so we went through with it and kept to our plan.

Day 1 - Bus stop
We went out during lesson time because the bus stop we wanted to use was very close to our college. The bus stop itself was on a fairly quiet road and only one bus was scheduled to stop every 12minutes, this helped us as it gave us the time we needed to get our filming done and also nobody was getting in the way as nobody wanted to get on the bus. There were a few people walking past the bus stop but this was alright and didn't affect our filming. We only encountered the one problem and that was when filming, the glass of the bus stop got our reflection and could see us with the camera which obviously didn't look very good quality. There wasn't much we could do with this problem therefore we had to result in moving out the way and just let the tripod do its job.

Day 2 - South bank
After discussing when is best for everyone we went out on the tuesday night during october half term. We decided to go out during the night simply because we wanted to get some shots in a dark setting. It was a nice calm area to film however busy but people respected us when filming and wouldn't walk in the way. There were a few people that disturbed our filming and got in the shot and this was the problem that occurred for us. As a result of this we had to start over again until we captured what we wanted perfectly. We managed to get some very nice scenery shots.

Day 3 - London Bridge 
We went to London Bridge during our 3 hour lesson, as we needed a lot of time we carried on filming through our lunch break. When we first got there we was outside a train station and decided to get some footage of the station and our actor walking out the train station which we thought was a good idea. After that we walked on and got to London Bridge which was one of our base tracks. After filming some scenery shots we were approached by site security and were informed this is private property and need permission to film therefore we lost some time and we had to speak to the manager and request to film on the site. After accepting our request we were allowed 30minutes to get the rest of our scenery shots which was more then enough time. Other then that there wasn't as many people as we thought there would be therefore we didn't have any more trouble filming.

Day 4 - Park
The final day we filmed during lesson time as the park we planned to use was only across the road from us. This went very well and it was a nice day which helped us. It was only a small park but there was a path throughout the whole park and this is what we needed, our artist walking down the path with the trees and green surrounding him. A few times people walked in the way and looked directly into the camera however this wasn't that big of a problem and we managed to get it all done. As we had a lot more time then we thought we decided to create another base track of our artist sitting on the bench which came off very well.

Overall I personally am very satisfied with our footage we got and how our filming went. As a team we had good communication and time management skills which was essential. This only made our work even better. It was also a nice experience especially going to London Bridge and South bank and also its given me greater experience on the camera and other equipment.

Filming

Evidence of reshooting a clip 

Here is a tracking shot recorded by me of our artist tracking him down a path way, this is the first time i recorded the clip after watching the clip back on the camera i noticed the camera was a bit shaky which made the clip look unprofessional so i decided to reshoot this to improve the quality. 

Reshoot of initial clip using fig rig to reduce movement of the shot 

Filming

We filmed four days for about 3-4 hours, this included going to 4 different locations for our base tracks.  First day we recoreded our base track during lesson time at a bus stop off city road this went well because the area we chose was discreet and had low foot flow so no one would really get in our way or get in the camera shot that would've meant we would need to reshot the clip one problem we faced was when recording through the glass on the bus stop we noticed our reflection was visible and this made the clip look very unprofessional so we changed the angle of the shot so that we couldn't see our reflection.
Second day was during the half term when we booked out the camera to take to South bank, we planned on recording one base track of our artist walking along the side of a bridge and a number of scenery shots. I was in charge of the camera to recored our 2nd base track i felt it went well but i faced a few problems when recording for example as i was recording our artist members of the public would walk across our shot which would mean it would need to be re shot. I also wasn't comfortable using the fig rig when tracking so i practised a few times in order to get better at using it so the shot would be more still. It was getting dark early but we managed to get in all our shots including scenery.
Third day we travelled to London bridge with a Camera, Tri-pod and a Fig rig. our aim was to recored another base track of our artist which we managed to do however we faced a problem that could've made us unable. when we set up our camera security came to us and told us how we wasn't allowed to film without permission as it the location was private property, at first we thought we would need to change location but after talking to the security about why we was recording and what the purpose of the clips was for he told us he would take us to his manager in order to get permission. Nikki went to speak to the site manager and he allowed us to record in the area only if we didn't recored building entrances. After we finished recording our base track we took turns to use the camera to take shots of the area as scenery for our video.
Our fourth and final location was in a park located in angel opposite college. our initial plan was to recored one base track of our artist walking through the park but we realised we had enough time to recored another so we decided to recored a base track of our artist sitting on a bench through different angles. The only problem we faced during the session was that when noticed when we took shots that people from the public would directly stare into the camera lens affecting the quality of the shot so we decided to reshoot some clips to avoid this problem.

I personally am happy with the different shots we have including the base tracks. I believe i have gained more experience on using the camera and have learnt more skills than i already had. In comparison to my AS course work i think the camera shots we have for our A2 project is at a higher quality. I enjoyed recording clips with my group and found it easy to work with my group as we had good time management skills and commutation with in the group was affective and benefited our work.

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