Filming day 2

Today my group completed the filming for the performance aspect of the video meaning that now we have gotten what is possibly the hardest section to film out of the way. Though this wasn't managed without problems. Firstly we had an issue with instruments as one group member as a musician asked the music department whether we could use a drum kit after everyone left the school and he was told that this would be ok. However upon going up to get the drums at the end of the day he was informed that he wouldn't be allowed to use the drum kit after all. This would have been a major issue if not for the fact that another group member had a drum kit at home that we might be able to use. This meant that filming was put back by about 2 hours, and we were no longer able to use the pre-booked drama room to film since we'd end up staying for a lot longer than was originally planned. In order to overcome thins I spoke with the receptionists at castle green to check if Boothroyd hall (the schools main assembly/performance hall) would be free for us to film. Luckily it was and we then used that for as long as we needed to, this did mean that it was a bit more difficult to film though because the room was a lot bigger than we wanted originally. Initially we wanted a smaller room so that we might be able to link the setting with the 'elevator' theme of the song and make it feel more enclosed and personal. However we did manage to get all that we wanted filmed. 

We used two cameras for this section of filming, one team member used the handycam while another used the HD camera. This meant that we were able to get a larger variety of shots and do a lot more in terms of movement and camera focus. We generally used the handy cam for more free flowing shots that would follow individual band members, while the HD camera was intended for better quality shots that we would refer to more often for a majority of our music video.In the end we had 8 serious takes on each camera and 1 take where the band members just did whatever they felt like for the length of the song so that we had some spontaneous/incidental shots. We left at about 20 to 8 which is a lot later than we originally planned which meant that I had to take the HD camera home to bring back tomorrow morning, but we are generally very satisfied with how today has gone.