Avenue 1
This was our first planned filming day and we had this idea right from the start. We wanted to kick off the video with a well thought out and well planned starting scene. We had the storyboard and our practice the day before to work from and i feel the band really pulled together on this first shoot and this would run through the whole time shooting until the end of the year. We also filmed some key parts to the video down the road in a playground, this part was completely unplanned and on the spot, the group once again pulled together and rolled with the ideas, working well under time constraints and the environment. This first shoot of planing and on the spot filming cemented how the rest of our shoots would go from then on.
Avenue 2
We went back to the same place to shoot some more, filler shots, tracking and close ups. Also we shot the stop motion for the instrumental here, another spontaneous idea. The camera coped really well in making sometimes bad conditions look good, i changed the settings accordingly to try and make the days of shooting look as similar as possible and i think this came out fine. Once again the groups was great at working together to achieve the goals of shooting good footage.
Drama Studio
The drama studio was a simple idea of us playing instruments and Jk singing along. We would all be in blue jeans and a white top. Also we would have a hand print of our designated colours. Harry is blue, Jk is red and Olly is green. These shoots were simple with a black background and we had to idea to black and white everything else out expect our face paint. This looked really good as the colour stood out and popped. We got single shots of us all dancing and on our own to fill in the video if we needed it. At the start we had the task of getting and good print on our face. This took about half hour as we watch Ollie attempt this and it didn't looked the best. We had to get this perfect before we had our hour slot in the drama studio as there was lesson either side so we got prepared the hour before and got in and filmed efficiently.
Dance Studio
In the dance studio we shot a scene we call "The White Sheet Scene", in the end it was un usable simply because there was too much footage, lasting too long to fit into any quick filler spots of the video. The idea thought up by Olly and myself was a really good way to incorporate editing skill and camera skill into a scene by chucking a sheet at the camera and re arranging the scene and throwing the sheet again so when the clips are edited together its one smooth movement of scene, white sheet, new scene. Sadly it couldn't be used but atlas we acted on the idea to see if it would.
Science Room
We had an idea of doing a science experiment that would bubble up and be colourful. We went to the science room as this had all the equipment and the mise en scene fitted the idea of a science experiment. The white background of the wall looked good and made up pop more. We did have an idea of using science jackets but the science room didn't provide us with them as they had one but didn't have the others. They sent us all over the place saying there was more here but this was not the case. So we just rolled up our sleeve son our suit and took of our suit jackets. We had other ideas for the video as we was in these locations. We thought of us dancing on the table and getting our feet moving. We had a dance move mapped out that would go along with the lyrics and us dancing as we lip synced the lyrics.
Smoke Bomb Scene - Field
This was a big scene. We ordered the smoke bombs months ago. We had the ideas in our head from the start and we hadn't set a day to film cause we wanted together all he other scenes done first. We put a day and it was very lucky we did wait as the sun was out for the 2 hours we was over there and blue sky's as far as the eye could see. We strolled over in our suits with equipment in hand. We had toe cope out the area as the sun was in a different place compared with the location scout therefore the direction we were going to film was not useable anymore. We did a few practise shots and filming run throughs so we had it our head what we was exactly going to do. As we only had 30 seconds of smoke to get all the shots we needed. The first attempt we had Nathan scoping around us then when he was behind us we would lit the smoke bombs. Harry had trouble the first time but got under way after a few attempts. Jk and Olly did it first time. We held the smoke bombs then through them. We thought i was going to create a wall of smoke inn the 3 colours but this turned out not to be the case. The wind was strong and going towards the camera so the smoke ran along the floor. Us jumping over the smoke didn't have the same effect as planned. So we re-grouped and thought of a way the smoke will fill the screen like we wanted. The second take everyone lit the smokes bombs when they needed too no hassle. Instead of throwing them we would hold them while we run and then wave them about so it would cover the frame. This would be us lip syncing and dancing to the tune. Secondly we had the idea of us jumping down onto the camera so it looked like we was flying in mid air. All we needed was a blue, sunny sky. Overall we had a a very successful day of filming.
We had an idea of doing a science experiment that would bubble up and be colourful. We went to the science room as this had all the equipment and the mise en scene fitted the idea of a science experiment. The white background of the wall looked good and made up pop more. We did have an idea of using science jackets but the science room didn't provide us with them as they had one but didn't have the others. They sent us all over the place saying there was more here but this was not the case. So we just rolled up our sleeve son our suit and took of our suit jackets. We had other ideas for the video as we was in these locations. We thought of us dancing on the table and getting our feet moving. We had a dance move mapped out that would go along with the lyrics and us dancing as we lip synced the lyrics.
Smoke Bomb Scene - Field
This was a big scene. We ordered the smoke bombs months ago. We had the ideas in our head from the start and we hadn't set a day to film cause we wanted together all he other scenes done first. We put a day and it was very lucky we did wait as the sun was out for the 2 hours we was over there and blue sky's as far as the eye could see. We strolled over in our suits with equipment in hand. We had toe cope out the area as the sun was in a different place compared with the location scout therefore the direction we were going to film was not useable anymore. We did a few practise shots and filming run throughs so we had it our head what we was exactly going to do. As we only had 30 seconds of smoke to get all the shots we needed. The first attempt we had Nathan scoping around us then when he was behind us we would lit the smoke bombs. Harry had trouble the first time but got under way after a few attempts. Jk and Olly did it first time. We held the smoke bombs then through them. We thought i was going to create a wall of smoke inn the 3 colours but this turned out not to be the case. The wind was strong and going towards the camera so the smoke ran along the floor. Us jumping over the smoke didn't have the same effect as planned. So we re-grouped and thought of a way the smoke will fill the screen like we wanted. The second take everyone lit the smokes bombs when they needed too no hassle. Instead of throwing them we would hold them while we run and then wave them about so it would cover the frame. This would be us lip syncing and dancing to the tune. Secondly we had the idea of us jumping down onto the camera so it looked like we was flying in mid air. All we needed was a blue, sunny sky. Overall we had a a very successful day of filming.
Intro Outro Shoot
The intro outro shots was a quick idea i came up with towards the end of shooting and it was used to bring a small amount of narrative to the video of the idea of someone being bored at work as the songs lyrics show someone hating their working life. As a group we were quick to get these last shoots done fast and effectively. I like that the group just worked according to my directing so we could get the shoot done.
The intro outro shots was a quick idea i came up with towards the end of shooting and it was used to bring a small amount of narrative to the video of the idea of someone being bored at work as the songs lyrics show someone hating their working life. As a group we were quick to get these last shoots done fast and effectively. I like that the group just worked according to my directing so we could get the shoot done.
Gym Scene Shoot
The group worked together quickly with this last shoot as we only had an hour in the gym, we ran with idea that we had on the spot, everyone was coming up with them and we had a few that we knew wanted like the leg raises and swinging on the ropes. It was our last shoot as a group and it showed how far we had come as a group of people working together for a joint goal of making the best music video we possibly can.
The group worked together quickly with this last shoot as we only had an hour in the gym, we ran with idea that we had on the spot, everyone was coming up with them and we had a few that we knew wanted like the leg raises and swinging on the ropes. It was our last shoot as a group and it showed how far we had come as a group of people working together for a joint goal of making the best music video we possibly can.
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