Third Day Of Filming For The Music Videos

2nd December 2016

I’m not normally in on Friday, so I getting up early didn’t exactly put me in the best of moods, but I had to put that to one side for the day, I wasn’t going to let it get in the way of filming. Once I arrived at the college at about 10 in the morning, I went to get the green room open so we could get the gear out and ready to film for the day. Since none of the tutors were in for the day we had to rely on the maintenance guys opening the doors and rooms for us, which started to get a little grating on them after a while, but oh well. Once we got all the equipment ready the acting students we needed, Ben and Dylan arrived and we set out to film there scenes. Before we could leave the green room we had to lock it as no one was going to be there for a while, but we couldn’t because we didn’t have any keys for it. Amy came up with the idea to leave Andrew behind to look after it until the maintenance people could lock it, as we were already behind schedule. The rest of us set off for the little path that Logan had picked out for his video, and once we arrived we set up the camera and got right down to it. We filmed the scenes that had both Dylan and Ben in them at the little pathway until Andrew arrived. Once he had arrived we finished filming in this location and set off for the infinity bridge. We filmed a fair bit of footage there too, and finally set off for a small path down by the riverside. We only got a few shots there, but it was all we needed for the video. After we finished this we sent Ben home as he was no longer needed for the days shoots. After this we sent Dylan off to do his own thing and told him he would be needed at a later point in the day for the rest of the filming. At this point we had almost 2 hours to burn in between shoots, so we sat in the classroom and discussed future filming. Amy and myself decided to go to Sainsbury’s to get some food to pass the time, and Amy learned about the ‘meal deal’ you could get. Once we returned to the class we had a little bit of time left before we were needed to film. Once we had to get ready to film the next scene, we departed from the class and set off for the green room to get the equipment back out to be used again. We opened up the classroom we would be filming in and quickly realised that the acting students we were using had been told to go to the green room instead of this class, so I decided to go and wait at the green room for their arrival. Once all but one had arrived, we headed for the class to start filming. It turns out, however, that we needed one extra person to be in the video than was there, so it was up to me to, reluctantly, fill in the blank space. After a few shots had been shot, the final actor arrived, a little late, and we could get the rest of the wide shots that had more people in them. After we had filmed these we sent Johnny away to get his makeup done while we filmed the rest of the close ups on each of the ‘students’. After that was done we let them go, as they were no longer needed. Some chose to stay behind, however, just to keep us company, which was nice. Once Johnny got back from makeup with his clown face on, we finished filming the rest of the shots that had him in them and called it a day. We set the tables back the way they were supposed to be and put the equipment back in the green room just in time for the maintenance guys to lock it up for the night. We pulled the rest of the recorded footage off the SD card and put that away too, and that was the end of the day of filming for us. I think that this day went the best out of them all do far, so its only downhill from here.

Second Day Of Filming For The Music Videos

 29th November 2016

Now, for the general premise of the second day, things went pretty well. We started the day out a little bit later than the first day, getting in at about 8 in the morning to get the cameras ready for the filming, getting the tri-pods and the like ready to be used for the day. During this time the rest of the team arrived along with some of the acting students so we sent them off to the room we would be filming in. We decided to take the table from the small room at the end of the corridor and use it in the video, so we began to bring it down to the classroom we were using. Once we arrived at the room, however, Kelly spotted us attempting to get it in the room and told us we couldn’t use it, so we went all the way back and put it back in the small room. We figured we could just use the tables that were already there and just shift them into the shape of a larger table in the centre of the room. We followed Andrew’s instructions and got the acting students into their positions around the table and began filming. After an hour or 2 we were almost done filming the main parts of the scene, along with some other shots that weren’t on the list but we got them just in case, so we sent 4 of the acting students off to get makeup done for later that day, thanking them for their help. We finished the rest of the shots with Josh in them and sent him off too. We put the tables back in the right places and left to go wait in the classroom for the next part of the day’s shoots to begin. After the lesson with Kelly, our group departed to get the cameras and gear to get ready for the shoot at the Edge Bar. Once we had everything ready to go, we set off for the makeup department to gather the last of the acting students. We had to wait around for a bit so the makeup girl, Becky, could get the last of the makeup done for each of the acting students. Once that was done we set of

f on the cold journey to the Edge Bar. We crossed over the bridge and arrived at the bars main entrance only to find we were locked out. Andrew called the owner of the bar and he came and let us in. once we got in the owner, Mark, showed us around and showed us each different room we could use. He gave us practically full control of the entire bar for the night, or at least until 9, when the bar actually opened. We decided to use the bottom room for the shoot as it had the best lighting available. We set the gear down and figured out the lighting and the sound tech, before we could even start shooting. Once we figured everything out we started to shoot the main bulk of the shots for the scene. We had the music booming and the lights going, it was quite the spectacle. We then started to shoot the shots that had Josh in them. One by one, the acting students went home after we had finished filming their parts, as we didn’t want to keep them there when they weren’t needed. Once we had finished filming all the shots that we needed we put the equipment away and started to head out, but when we went to thank the owner, the topic of filming a promo video for the bar came up in conversation. We agreed to film a short ad for the bar when we had the time, and head off home. Amy and Logan took it upon themselves to take the equipment home with them, as they were the only ones who didn’t need to get the bus or walk home, they were getting a lift. I set off for the bus stand and called it a day.