First Day Filming

Wednesday 12th December was our first day of filming which proved to be very successful. We was able to film the first and last scene with minimal disruptions. Below you can see the outcome of what the protagonist looked like for the final scene (the funeral). We stuck to our initial idea of the bright pink contrasting with the black and the candy make-up and I feel it proved to be very effective and striking. 

On this day of filming, we encountered the issue of one of our actresses not turning up due to illness however, we had already known about this for approximately two days and was able to find a replacement. We organised to have one of our members filling in for the missing actress.

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Below you can see one of the props used in our music video. I made and painted this for my group and it proved to be a very important piece of equipment.

Edit Footage Step-by-Step

When uploading our footage, we noticed some of the shots were very dark and difficult to see. To overcome this, we used a piece of footage we did not need and figured out how to make it brighter. 

We came up with the following steps:
Brightness/contrast
colour correction
DO NOT USE LIGHT RAY
Colour corrector ('sat' all up)
gradient colourize (gradient mix)
RGB balance
Gradient mix

Rehearsal

Today we rehearsed the part of the music video with the biggest element of performance. This will make filming easier as we now know what we want and the actors know what to do. This will reduce time spent filming.

Call Sheet

Today I created some call sheets. I thought it would be a good idea to create one for each person we need in our music video, thus resulting in me creating seven addition call sheets. I also made one call sheet with all the information of all the actors/actresses for my group and I so we know who needs to be where and when they need to be there.

I included an 'other' column for any additional information that I felt was important for the actor/actress or ourselves to know.

Our Two-Column Storyboard

We have been working on our two-column storyboard for several hours and today we finished it. As you can see, we decided to turn it into a three-column storyboard by adding a third column entitled 'EMOTION'. We thought this would be a good idea as it will make it clearer what emotions the actors should be conveying.

Prop List

Today, two members of my group and I discussed what props we will need for our music video. We devised a list of all the things we will need and split them up between each of us.

Prop list:
Giant colourful lollipop
Bright pink dress
Grave stone
Flowers
Tissues
Pink hair spray
Drum sticks and drum
Guitar

Two-Column Storyboard

Today, we learnt how to use a two-column storyboard and created one ourselves. In doing this, I understood what is important in when creating a two-column storyboard such as clear action of shot, shot angles and editing notes. If all of these are consistent throughout a two-column storyboard, then when it comes to filming (and editing), it will be a lot easier to get things done. One reason for this is if you forget how you wanted to film something, you can refer back to your storyboard, and if it is clear and detailed in all aspects, you will be able to re-gain your idea again. Other aspects that are important to consider when creating a two-column storyboard are that you must storyboard the whole sequence of shots, but not necessarily each individual shot. It would also be useful to specify the lighting, special effects and sounds used in individual shots/sequences. Doing this would enable the editing stage to be simpler as all of the information will already be there for you.

Using this information, I drafted a practice two-column storyboard for the opening sequence of my music video. Once I did this, I gave it to a peer and asked if they were able to understand my idea and to write notes on what I did well and what I could improve on for next time. As you can see I received positive feedback on the clearness of my idea.
This was useful as a trial storyboard for the reason that I had forgotten to include the audio time slots for each slot which may have proven difficult when it came to filming, if this were the real thing.