As we have most of our footage, I think we have done well and got the shots we needed, however we will know if it is good or not next Monday when the 5 Media groups' videos are shown in assembly to the whole of Sixth Form next Monday!
However, I have seen other people's work and I believe that if we had more time to film then we should have filmed in other locations as we just filmed in the school. The advantages to this were that we didn't need to go very far to film our scenes and they still turned out well, but looking at other groups' work, there is more variation and they filmed in their houses and the surrounding towns and villages. One group even managed to film in the centre of Cambridge!
Overall I think we have made a video which is typical of the genre and challenges conventions, however I can see where we would need to improve if we had to make it again.
Showing posts with label Filming Progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Filming Progress. Show all posts
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Yesterday's filming
Yesterday, our group filmed some more of the music video. I couldn't make it again but this is what happened:
Amelia and Sean filmed the opening scene by a large tree to create a similar feel to Alice in Wonderland and the rabbit hole.
They took different angles of Amelia W to make the scene more interesting to our audience and the viewer.
Amelia and Sean filmed the opening scene by a large tree to create a similar feel to Alice in Wonderland and the rabbit hole.
They took different angles of Amelia W to make the scene more interesting to our audience and the viewer.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Filming Progress
Our group arranged another filming session so it could be on Monday, 31st October and this time I was able to make it! We met in our Media classroom just after school.
Our first task entailed Amelia Q bringing in a doll's house she had at home to stick to the theme of Alice in Wonderland. We needed to make sure our actress, Amelia W, could fit in it, and she managed to. This was after we removed the floors of the house and put a wallpaper inside it.
This had taken about 20 minutes, so it was nearly 16:00 when we were about to start filming, and as the clocks had gone back the day before, it would get dark in the next hour, so we had to be quick. We had a few takes of Amelia W opening the door from the inside. We managed to get our takes in 15 minutes or so, before it got too dark.
Then we moved back into the classroom and filmed more of Amelia W mouthing the words to the song. Most of the shots were long shots, but we took a few close ups as well.
I think the filming session went really well, however for next time there needs to be more variation in the shots. For example, the words "Your love" are repeated in the chorus quite a few times, therefore I think we should have Amelia W mouthing these words but in different locations because at the moment, she is only in the classroom and I can see the potential for more shots.
Our first task entailed Amelia Q bringing in a doll's house she had at home to stick to the theme of Alice in Wonderland. We needed to make sure our actress, Amelia W, could fit in it, and she managed to. This was after we removed the floors of the house and put a wallpaper inside it.
This had taken about 20 minutes, so it was nearly 16:00 when we were about to start filming, and as the clocks had gone back the day before, it would get dark in the next hour, so we had to be quick. We had a few takes of Amelia W opening the door from the inside. We managed to get our takes in 15 minutes or so, before it got too dark.
Then we moved back into the classroom and filmed more of Amelia W mouthing the words to the song. Most of the shots were long shots, but we took a few close ups as well.
I think the filming session went really well, however for next time there needs to be more variation in the shots. For example, the words "Your love" are repeated in the chorus quite a few times, therefore I think we should have Amelia W mouthing these words but in different locations because at the moment, she is only in the classroom and I can see the potential for more shots.
Filming before Half-term
Before half-term, I mentioned that I was unable to make the first group filming session on the 19th October as I had other activities. However, I asked about how it went and I saw the other members of my group's blog posts and I discovered that Sean managed to get a white table cloth for the table that was necessary for the tea party (hence the Alice in Wonderland theme) and Amelia Quinn (in our group) decided that the first scene that needed to be filmed was the main one.
Our actress, Amelia Waterson, mouthed the words to the Audrianna Cole song when Sean was playing it from his iPhone. At first, she was unconfident with the task requested but in the end got the confidence. More information I got from this filming session was the weather and everyone involved was freezing, especially Amelia W who was wearing a dress!
Our actress, Amelia Waterson, mouthed the words to the Audrianna Cole song when Sean was playing it from his iPhone. At first, she was unconfident with the task requested but in the end got the confidence. More information I got from this filming session was the weather and everyone involved was freezing, especially Amelia W who was wearing a dress!
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