Filming Stage 2

Now that I have footage imported and edited to the song, I can now plan to film the 2nd stage of my music video. This section of filming will take place in the school Drama Hall. I have spoken to the head of drama at our school and have been given the go ahead, giving me 3 hours tomorrow in the location to film. This time limit is ideal as I am going to use the first hour to set up equipment and the other two to film. An update will follow in due course, notifying how the filming has gone.

24/03/11 UPDATE : I have just got back from filming the 2nd stage of my production and I have to say that it was stressful. It wasnt so much the filming that was the problem, it was the planning and moving the equipment from place to place. However the first hour gave me more than enough time to eventually set everything so that I could commence filming. I'l update the post as soon as the footage has been imported into Final Cut Express. Please find below images of the 'set up' that I used in the Drama Hall.

27/03/11 UPDATE : The footage obtained has now been successfuly imported into Final Cut Express. Now the editing process has begun, The next post will be once editing has been completed.

Commence Filming

Tonight I am going to begin my first batch of filming. This is going to include shots of the roads at night, giving me footage to begin work on. An update will follow in this post once I have uploaded and imported the footage into final cut express.

14/03/11 UPDATE : Last night was a success, I have now imported the footage into Final Cut and have now begun editing. If required to do so, I may go out on another road trip to gain some more footage however I feel that it would be unnecessary. Next on the list is to film in the Drama Hall. I shall update the post once I have filmed and have uploaded the footage into Final Cut.

15/03/11 UPDATE : The footage that I filmed has now been successfully imported into Final Cut Express. This now means that the editing stage is commencing and also the second stage of filming is also getting nearer to beginning.

Casting Problems

I have recently been talking to Inferno and they have decided not to take part in the music video because of upcoming exams and the time it will take to film may interrupt their revision schedules. Although this is not practical for myself, I can understand their reasons to why they are unable to appear in the video.

So because of this change, I had to rethink and now have created a back up plan. This plan consists of the video being shot in two locations. The first location will stay as the drama hall, featuring one character with various glowing items e.g glow sticks, face paints etc. The second location that I have chosen is filming driving down the road at night, watching how the night has an orange coloured 'glow' to it.

Having two locations will break up the music video, giving me more to work with thus making for a better music video.

Task Checklist

Below is the checklist that I have been following, it will be updated when the next task(s) are completed.