The Day of Filming

Mine and James' first day of filming was productive. Before we set off we agreed to meet one another and go over our checklists to see what we had and what we didn't, when we had gathered everything we agreed on we left for our location. When we arrived at the location it was quite a mess with different things that made it hard to see if this was a suitable location for our music video, but James and I soon cleared it and it was clear of all excess objects we move in the amplifiers drums and soon when the actors arrive we moved in their own amplifiers and instruments. We also realized when we arrived that the window in the location was letting too much light and so James and I decided to cover the window with bits of paper to help enhance the use of artificial light.

All of our actors seemed to be arriving on time, until our guitarist Mike was delayed by family issues, that was difficult as we were getting quite emotional about it but of course when he arrived we didn't want to seem insensitive to his situation, however when he arrived he seemed not too effected by it and gave a very good performance, working with a situation like this is difficult as we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

From left to right is our Drummer, Vocalist and Guitarist Mike on arrival.

When the mise-en-scene was organized, as shown in this picture,

the actors soon took places and filming looked it was able to go ahead. We decided to first to play the song through once or twice to allow each actor to get their own feeling of the song they were here to perform along to. When they seemed happy where they were James and I began filming them performing the song through as a band, realizing that when it came to the time for editing any shots we want will be kept and others we don't want will be cut.

James and I watched back over the footage, pleased with what we had, we began filming each individual member. We were soon informed that the drummer and lead singer had to leave ahead of schedule, we overcame this by choosing to film them first and after this came the solo Bass Guitar and Drums. Each member when filming were extremely co-operative, never going off task or losing focus which was a great help both James and I seem to be grateful for.

Ways in which James and I maybe could have managed our time better include that we should have checked what plans our actors had that day to make sure no interruptions like the ones we experienced would occur.