Filming Notes - Hotel Room / Bathroom

This will be filmed on the 17/11/15 at our friends house.

LIGHTING
- Quite low key lighting to match theme

EQUIPMENT
- Tripod
- DSLR
- Set lighting

SHOT LIST
- Close ups
- Reverse shots into the mirror
- Mid shots to cut out faces

HEALTH & SAFETY
- Lighting and wires
- Valuables in the room

COSTUME
MILES
- Jeans
- Shirt
- Tie

HONOR
- Fishnet tights
- Heels
- Short skirt
- Fur coat

PROPS
- Bed
- Posh bedding
- Mirror

Filming Notes - Studio Performance

This will be taken with us to filming in the studio on the 11/11/2015. We will use this to make sure we have achieved everything we set out to achieve and also have taken into account all of our safety checks.

LIGHTING
- Two studio lights (one focussed on performer and then one highlighting the background)

EQUIPMENT
- Two different DSLRs
- Two tripods
- Two studio lights
- At least 3 SD cards
- Black and White back drop

SHOT LIST
- Close ups
- Direct address
- Panning shots

HEALTH & SAFETY
- Wires covered by gaffa tape
- Lights protected by soft boxes and reflectors

COSTUME
MILES
- White top
- Leather jackets
- Black jeans

HONOR
- Leather skirt
- Fishnet tights
- Fur coat

PROPS
- High stool
- Backdrops

Filming Notes - Cambridge

This will be taken with us to the set next week so that we can quickly work through everything without missing anything out.

LIGHTING
- Large industrial torches
- Spotlights
- Lighting from stores/clubs

EQUIPMENT
- Cameras
- Tripods
- SD Cards
- Dolly

SHOT LIST
- Mid shots of Honor sitting on the floor
- Long shots of Honor wandering through the streets
- Establishing shots of traffic and lights
- Reverse dolly zoom

HEALTH & SAFETY
- Warm outfits
- Gaffa tape to cover any wires

COSTUME
MILES
- Black jeans
- Grey jumper
- Leather jacket
- Casual footwear

HONOR
- Mini skirt
- Fishnet tights
- Boots
- Fur coat

PROPS
- Blankets
- Cigarettes

Permission Email

This is an email we sent to Virgin Records asking for permission to use their song. We sent it to the record company because they have ownership over their music and is important for them to know that we are using it for educational purposes and nothing else.

If we have no response from them we will then continue to use their music for our own use. However if they decide for us not to use the music then we will have to remake our music video and redo our story boards.

Editing Club Scenes - Timelapse

This is for part of video where we want the focus to be on the main actress, Honor. So we made all of the dancers dance in the background and made Honor stand still. This was important because then during time-lapse she would stay still and everyone would be bustling around her.
We put it in black and white as the strobes looked best desaturated and it also looked more like a club scene.

Editing Club Scenes - Slow Motion

For this club scene edit we experimented with the colour board to see what would look best for our music video style. We decided that a low saturation level and a slight dimming of the exposure was best for our music video.

We have also been playing with the speed of the video because we want it be slow motion and to fit in between shots of the Hotel Room. This will create a contrast between the fast and slow shots.

These clips will be used in our final video. But we will have to adjust the colour levels to match the rest of the video.

We have done a few slow motion clips in this style as we thought having more of a variety would help.

Problems & Solutions

Lighting Plan - Bathroom

This will be our lighting for the scene in the bathroom. Unfortunately we wont have a lot of room and we will have to make do with spotlights for lighting.

We will light the subject from the side so to create a silhouette and the camera will be filming the subjects acting in the mirror's reflection.

Lighting Plan - Studio

We have set the subject up to the centre of the image so that all focus is on them. There will be a light that will make sure the background looks strongly isolated from the subject. We will also use a light to light the subject from the side which will be soft but still high key.
The camera has been set up so that it'll be a mid shot of the subject but also in enough space to move around and pan.

Lighting Plan - Hotel Room

This will be quite difficult to light effectively as we will also be battling with daylight.
We will have a soft light on the rest of the room behind the subjects to create a blurred effect.
We will have quite a harsh, low-key light on the subjects so that they are in focus and strongly distinguished from the rest of the room.

Lighting Plan - Club Scene

This set had many different lights from all directions.
This was to create spotlights on the main subject and then the dancers were subject to the strobe lighting.
The camera was set up on a tripod so to capture the subject among the crowds.
Then we moved the camera around and everyone was immersed in strobe lights for the slow motion clips.

Lighting Plan - Cambridge

This is for the filming in Cambridge in the back streets. We are going to try and use set lighting to light the subject and rely on the light coming out of club windows to create a blurred effect behind them. 

Signed Model Release Forms

 These are the signed forms that we collected from Honor and Miles.
These have been signed by themselves and their parents.

3D Mock Digipak

Digital Story Board

We created a digital storyboard on Prezi after our feedback. This meant that we were able to see all of our clips and our progress from the original story board to this one too.

Story Board

Studio Application

This is a studio near where we live which lets you hire by the hour. This will be perfect for us as it isn't too expensive as we are working from a student budget and also it is close. They let you control your own lighting and you can construct your own shots.

It will cost £18 in total which means only £6 each.

Mock Advert

MILES - FUGITIVE

This is an example poster that Anna created during our lesson time whilst we were completing the risk assessment. We have decided to do a tour poster which shows the different venues that have or haven't been sold out. This is selling the band well because it shows that they are desirable and sought after by bands.

We have used images that we will use on our CD Digipak to show intertextual references. 

Digipak Information

BAND NAME
- Miles

ALBUM TITLE
- Fugitive

SONG NAMES
CD1
- Random Look
- Trouble In The City
- What Would You Do
- Giant Soul
- Dangerous Promise
- Attack Of The Shadow
- Destruction
- Cold Thunder
- Mischief
- Hand Grenade
- Missing Battle
- Rocket

CD2
- Foreign Story
- Heartache
- Vesuvius
- Bones
- Step Away From Reality
- Fate
- Uncontrollable
- Ultimate Woman
- Bet On Your Dream
- Monster

Cambridge Filming - Weather

We needed to look at the weather conditions for our day out filming during half term. We will be going to Cambridge and we will be outdoors the whole time which means we will have to adjust our costumes accordingly. Unfortunately, as we are filming during October, the weather is not going to be particularly easy to handle. The temperature is already dropping quite low and so we need to make sure our actor and actress are as comfortable as possible.

From the forecast so far, we can see that it is going to be particularly cold and possibly rainy. This is not ideal but it will have to be coped with well. So we will make sure we have briefed the actor and actress on the correct costume and we will also bring warm coats, hot drinks and umbrellas to make sure they don't get too uncomfortable.