Shoot in Drama - New Artist

We stayed behind after school for the final shoot with are brand new artist, Jess.The plan we had for the shoot was very clear and we all knew what we wanted the outcome to be so working as a team we was able to work efficiently and practically with the short time frame we had left. The location for the reshoot had not changed we still used the drama hall but a smaller one for this shoot but the black walls and lighting we still used. 

This time from the shoot we had various angles that we had set up to film her performance much more than previously and more costumes which matched the Pop genre conventions more.Jess was a great performer and took the role straight away which was a relief for us all, she was actually singing along to the song that was being played in the background so it looked already more realistic and I think boosted the performance because of the real emotion she was showing. Another prop we added in more this time was the use of the fan to create a more dramatic feel and to show her beauty. The footage we got for the start of the song was close ups and mid shots of her singing in a white dress, to connote vulnerability and purity. In the middle of the chrous of the song she wore a red dress, to connote love which relates to the song very much so.Where as towards the ended of the sing were the emotions and aggressive energy is in the song she wore a navy dress to show strength and dark emotions the artist is releasing.

With all the footage we got at the last shoot I believe are music video will be the best it can be.

Alex Danson Shoot

In Friday's lesson we planned for Laxmi and Hayley to go to Danson park and to film some footage of Alex miming the last half of the song, this is when the build of emotions is released in the song. Meanwhile me and Aaron stayed behind in the Mac Room and did some editing of the dance footage we have previously shot.


The equipment they took with them to shoot was: a camera and the crane. Laxmi and Hayley used the crane to get more high angle shots of her performance to show her freedom she has and passion, in contrast some low angle shots were taken with the camera to show her power and confidence. The majority of the performance was field in the park with the trees walking down a muddy track, this was to represent of form or a battlefield relating to the lyrics.

Ballet New Shoot

After school today me, Laxmi, Hayley and Aaron stayed behind to reshoot the ballet scenes for the music video, which were going again to be performed by Grace. Previously in the week we had booked out the drama studio that we required, so we could get the best footage. Aaron filmed some of the footage in a circular motion with Grace dancing around him in a circle and him following her with the camera on a steadicam. By doing this it would give us a more clear movement of Grace's whole body when she was dancing than just certain parts of her, however we also did on getting some head shots of her when she was dancing because we lacked of these when editing for m the first shoot.

In addition we need to get the opening footage for the music video, which had already planned would be grace dancing, however we was not sure what it would specifically be. We all decided on her doing specific ballet moves to the beat of the instrumental before the singing begun, so that when the song began it would a wide shot of her in her ballet outfit.

Next Shoot Plan

After discussions within the group of what are music video needs, we have planned to shoot again with Grace of the ballet dancing. This is due to some of the original ballet footage being out of focus and not having her all in the frame. We plan to re shoot this ballet dancing in the second biggest drama studio with lights set up, also there will be more than camera and we plan to use the steadicam. Another point made clear to us was at the ending of the video, to try and make a more significant ending connecting the narrative and the artist together.

Narrative Reshoot

After school me and Aaron went to my house again and re shot the some parts of the narrative of my sister playing the young Isabel Beau of her outside waiting for her parents and the reaction of her parents arguing in her room. The shots we got worked well for what we wanted of the many angles we got for her to be cut into the music video and her reaction was more emotional and sad. One of the highlights of her performance was of her crying ifront of us to be able to get this shot for her reaction to all the arguing.

Editing New Artist Footage

With the footage me, Lamxi and Hayley filmed yesterday of Alex we uploaded it to the Mac and showed Aaron the footage we shot. Firstly we began by choosing our favourite clips and deleting the ones that did not work, we kept the majority of the clips because overall they worked well and her performance was believable. After this we then began to upload the clips we choosen into FinalCut Pro and started cutting them and putting them in place within the music video so far. With all the new footage we have got the video is coming to together with the artist performance and the narrative.

New Shoot - Family Car Scene/ Narrative

After school today we are going to shoot more of the narrative scenes for the music video, also we are going to re-shoot the young girl scenes outside as well. We struggled finding a mum and dad for the roles of the child's parents but we asked my mum and dad to be in the video and play this role. This will work better for us as Grace we will feel more comfortable acting and being involved in an argument between her own parents. It also makes the narrative more believable because of how old they are as well.

This is the car we are going to be shooting in for the argument scene: