6. Shooting: day two

Today we all meet up at Greenwich University, Gulsen, Rafa, Zahra and myself went to shoot our scene 1 which was the scene when the first female actor (Gulsen) is arguing with the artist (Rafa). I believe that we good really good shoots for our first scene. We also shoot at Greenwich for scene 5, when the main male artist and the first female actor is walking together having a good time. The weather was clear and there was no risks around us so shooting the video was very quick and easy.

We then traveled back to Walthamstow so we could finish off the whole shooting. We only had scenes 2 and 6 to finish off. When we got to Walthamstow we went to shoot in H.M Samules for our jewelry scene, we got two shoots which clearly shows where the scene is set and what the artist is doing. However, we had an issue with getting in the jewelry shop and shoot due to security conditions, the manger allowed us after letting her know that we were not going to shoot anything they did not want us to. After shooting at the jewelry shop we went to Costa cafe to shoot with our second female actor (Iqraa) and Rafa our scene 6. After we shoot at Costa we had finished our whole shooting off the music video. I believe that we stuck to the storyboard and kept it quick. We got the whole shooting done in two days. We couldn't stick with the call sheet due to the fact that we had issues with the main artist and also forgetting to pick up the cameras for our Sunday shooting in Greenwich, so we had to change the date for shooting in Greenwich to Wednesday. After two days off shooting we have successfully finished our whole shooting. Zahra and myself will start the editing when we get back to college.

6.Shooting: day one

Today we started to shoot parts and scenes of our music video. We finished scenes 2, 4 and 7, which included all the studio scenes. We also got a few other shoots we may use for parts of the video if we like them. We sorted out the setting, so we got a couch and placed it on one side of the studio which was used for our scene 2 the couch scene. We also placed the photos we printed out on the wall, this was used for scene 4, when the artist rips up the photos and throws them. Then we had the photos placed on the floor and the artist was sitting in the middle, this was used for the last scene which is scene 7. We used the lights to bring a scene mood of depressed and upset. I believe that this shooting day was really effective and we as a group got a lot done. For our next shooting we will be doing it outside, in Greenwich and Walthamstow for scenes 1,3, 5 and 6. We are hoping to get these shootings done by 28/10/2015. If we get all of our shootings done by that day we could get straight into the editing. We are hoping that our actors could make it to the shooting and get everything done on time

5.Team meeting

We updated everyone what time and when we will be shooting. We told Rafa our main artist that he needs to be at the studio on Monday so we could get our studio scenes done. As we forgot to pick up the camera on Friday we couldn't do the shooting on Sunday. So we have decided to finish the rest of the shooting on Wednesday.

Booking: studio

We have booked the studio on 26/10/2015. For this part of shooting we only need our main artist which is Rafa. We will be shooting scenes 2, 4, and 7.

5. Pre production: equipment sheet

We will be borrowing the DSLR camera and also the tripod till Wednesday. We will be shooting on Monday and Wednesday.

5. Team meeting- 15/10/2015

Today we gave in the call sheet and also the lyrics of the song to the main artist, we are hoping to get our shooting for our studio scenes on the 21/10/2015. Then we will be finishing the outside scenes when we get back from half term.

Researching and planning the moving image work

5. Pre-production - Production team roles

Director: Zahra (main director) Sila (help out when needed)

Actor 1: Gulsen

Actor 2: Atikah

Actor 3: Rafa

Actor 4: Iqraa- potential third female if the second female actor doesn't turn up.
Producers: Zahra & Sila 

Camera man: Sila

Editors: Zahra & Sila

5.Pre-production: Actors

Actor 1: Gulsen, which is one of our female actors. She will be used as the first female actor that will be seen at the beginning scene and scene 5 at the street scene.  

Actor 2: Atikah: this is our second female actor. She is still unsure about being in this role. She will be used in scene 6 at the cafe whilst they are arguing. It has been confirmed that she will not be used for the video.

Actor 3: Rafa, which is our main male actor. He will be acting and lip syncing.  

Actor 4: We have a potential third female actor, Iqraa. If our second female actor Atikah doesn't attend we will be having her to play the role of the second female. She will be used in scene 6.

It has been confirmed that actor 4, Iqraa is our second female actor. She will be used in scene 6.   

5.Pre- production: call sheet

Team Meeting: lesson Update: 06/10/2015

For this lesson we had to finish of the call sheet and finish the recces. We have uploaded our recces but will be needing to put up out call sheet and also release form. For our next lesson we need to upload the final pre-production information and start on our shooting.

5. Pre-Production costumes, props, make up etc

These are some costumes and props we will be using and make up we will be using in our music video. We have decided to have our actors in casual clothing which is suitable to the age which is around the age group of 16-26. We will be using the ring in the jewelry shop scene. The photos will be used in the hook part of the song.

5.Pre-production: location release: H.Samuel Jeweller

We went to the H.Samuel Jewller to get permission to shoot in the shop on the 21/10/2015.

5.Pre-production: location Release: Studio

We got our media teacher to sign our location release to use the photography studio after we have booked it.

Team meeting: lesson update 05/10/2105

For today's lesson we started on our call sheet and we organised when we will be shooting. This helped up become much more clear to what we we will be doing on which dates. It also helped us knowing when exactly we will start to shoot. We have decided to do the studio scenes first, this is mainly become we could use the studio as it is in our college so we could get it done much quicker than the outside scenes. We will be using up around 2 days for the studio scenes, this is so we could just get everything in properly. The week after shooting in the studio we will be going out to Greenwich so shoot the rest of the scenes. On the second weeks Saturday we are also going to try get the crew to get back together to finish scene 3 in the jewellery shop. For our next lesson we will be finishing of the team meeting, costumes,props, make-up etc. sheet so we could be fully organised to what the shooting should look like.

5. Pre-Production: Talent Release Form

Copyright clearance

We sent a message to the RCA Records asking for permission to use their song from Bryson Tiller.

5: Pre-Production: Risk Assessment

5.Pre-Production: Recess

This is one of the locations we will be shooting in. We prefered to use a professional location which is the studio for our house scene and for out hook part of the lyrics. We will be using the lightings to form a depressed and sad atmosphere and the lights will be switched off to form this atmosphere. The lighting will be on the artist this will make a shadow effect on him. We also prefered a black background because this really gives the emotional depressed setting. The studio will be used on scenes 2, 4 and 7.

We will be shooting in Greenwich park, we will be shooting in Greenwich for our first scene when the artist and the female actor is having an argument. We believe that this mis-en-scene would have been suitable because the park atmosphere is very relaxed and calm so whilst they are arguing there would be a quite atmosphere so it's concentrated on them. We will be in Greenwich scenes 1 and 5.

We will be using the H. Samuel jewellery shop in Walthamstow. We will only be using this location for a short period of time, this will only be used for scene 3. This is the scene when the artist looks at rings for the girl which he still loves. We believe that a ring is a symbol of marriage and love so we thought that the artist looking a rings will show the audience that he is serious and still loves her. This set will be used scene 3.

One of our other location is Costa in Greenwich, we will use this for scene 6. In this scene the artist and the second female actor will be having an argument whilst drinking coffee. We believe that this atmosphere is a social type of place and it is a typical type of location to go out and talk with someone. We will be in Costa in scene 6.