Film Day 1: Hot Tub and Picnic

Today our group met at Ellie's house along with Sabrine (Who will play George's girlfriend in the music video). We filmed 2 scenes from about 5 different angles, we got a lot of footage but I have a feeling it won't even make a dent in the amount of time we need to fill.

We encountered a few problems today including:

• We want a scene where Serine rides off on a motorbike but the main problem was that she doesn't know how to ride a motorbike. This meant that we will have to cut between scenes of Serine sitting on the bike and Ellie driving to and from the house on the bike.
• The second problem directly links to the first issue we had. So the problem was that we needed a clear shot of Ellie riding away from the house and to the house without any oncoming traffic, this posed a problem as it took about six tries to finally get that shot. 
• The weather also posed a problem because it was so cold that George and Sabrine were reluctant to get in the outdoor hot tub out of fears of how cold it will be leaving the hot tub in their wet clothes. 

Band Name Reasearch: Name Generator

   

1st Film Day Schedueld

Our 1st filming day is going to be on Sunday 26th November 2017.
Below are some examples of the shots we are aiming to achieve, we are going to record the whole song for both shots so that we have enough footage to play with when we begin to edit our music video.

 

                                                                             

Band Name Research: Class Task

Today collectively as class we carried out a random band name generating task. The task required us to write random verbs, nouns and adjectives on alternate pieces of paper. 

Some of the Names our group got collectively were:
1. The Amazing Dragons
2. Magical Jazz
3. Mysterious Music Makers
4. Jazz Giants
5. Beautiful Chicken Drumsticks
6. Musical Geezers
7. Purple Pumkin

My Storyboard

Prop Research: Microphone and Stand

Our media department already has the microphone we want to use in our performance scene (see below) however, we don't have access to a stand that can connect to the microphone. Therefore we are looking into purchasing one, but as the microphone has a specific connector this may prove difficult and expensive. In which we may purchase an ordinary microphone stand and try and make do or my will attempt to make use of what we already have access to. Below is a Screenshot of some of the stands we have found but unfortunately none of them are 100% suitable for the microphone we have in the media department.

Storyboarding: Preparation

Before beginning my AS production, last year, we were required to create a storyboard of our film opening. As we didn't know where to start with the storyboard I took it upon myself to research into how to create a successful storyboard. Amid my research I came across a very helpful powerpoint which explained how to storyboard and provided me with useful tips. Below I have included the slides that I found most useful and that I can still use in my A2 Production this year.