First Filming Session

On the 7th of october, we began filming for our music video, following all the preparation and planning that we had done. We went to the top of hulme bridge, to film traffic from both sides as in our plan we had arranged a scene at this location. We aim to speed up the traffic for added effect and use it as a back drop for when the protagonist (Dominic) is singing. We then came back to college and began editing out initial scene using Adobe Final Cut Pro. In tuesday's and today's lesson we decided that we would complete the scenes we wanted inside the green room. Firstly we placed 3 cameras in their alternative positions and placed a grey/white backdrop behind the protagonist. We felt this would help us, as if later on if we wanted to use Chroma key which gives us the ability to put the protagonist in front of a location that was filmed at a latter date this would be possible. We used the three different cameras to alternate the shots as we cut to the beat. We also dimmed the lights for added effect. Lip-synching was also vitally important and we managed to film the whole song in the green room. Lip-synching and performance is often the "the meat" of the typical music video, as it used to promote and the artist and his album to the music world. It is often seen as the integral part of the video, and poor performance would give a negative perception of the artist and "spoil" their reputation. Although the whole song will not involve the footage we filmed in the green room, we felt that we would alternate with the protagonist, narrating the story and acting at the same time. It is important to film the whole song in the green room as a back-up incase we find any gaps to fill in our timeline.