Day 1 filming

Unfortunately Annelie was unable to shoot with us today however Shaista is filming me on the DSLR camera and we're so excited to start! I will update you on how the day goes :)

Weekly Production Diary

I have not done a weekly production diary recently so here is another one of what I have done in the past couple weeks

Weekly Production Diary

Day 1 filming review

After Shaista and I had spent hours recording one scene for our music video we put the SD card into the mac computers. To our surprise the quality of the footage was not as high as expected and not up to the standard that our group would like to produce so we are now thinking to retake the shoot however this time with the HD video camera.

Here is some footage to give you a brief idea of how the quality came out 

Audience research

Animatic

Magazine Poster Advertisement

Here is our groups magazine poster advertisement ideas where we will be promoting Arabella's album. However the album will not be called "Don't go knocking on my door" because it is a very long name therefore our group will come up with a shorter and more effective album name.

Magazine Advert Analysis

Having been looking at some advertisement posters for our music video I have come across this Britney Spears poster which our group and I will take inspiration from. I particularly like the blue circles around the poster. However I think our group will use the yellow circle stage lights to give the poster a more glamorous effect. Furthermore, I think the yellow stage lights will contrast with my black hair. I also like the way the "Britney Spears is written as it curves which gives the poster a very poppy and classy feel.

Draft Storyboard

Here is our draft storyboard for our music video. It includes the concept of our music video and the various locations we will film. 

Photoshoot day 1

My team and I had planned to do a photoshoot for our digipak and for Romano's character profile picture on Monday this week. Unfortunately Annelie could not attend the photoshoot day. The plan was that Romano came into school and we shot Arabella's and Romano's (character profile picture) in the studio. This did not go to plan however as there were several incidents during the day.  Romano (also an ex Harris Academy Purley pupil) could not enter the school building during the school day due to law and safety regulations which our group were unaware of.  We resolved this problem however by going off the school grounds to take a picture of him. We also filmed Romano dancing to showcase his talent (almost like an audition except he'd got the shoot beforehand as I used to dance with him, and know his dancing capabilities). Our group and I are now aware that we can only film with Romano in the school building after school which puts us at a slight disadvantage as we cannot film whenever we choose. Nonetheless in these instances we will simply film another part of the music video.

Dance Preview

Since we have chosen to star Romano as the boy in our music video we figured it would be necessary to do a preview of him dancing first. Therefore we have asked him to freestyle as we film him to see how he responds to the camera and whether he will be camera shy when dancing. He proved to show confidence and fluidity whilst incorporating his own distinctive style of dancing.
Shaista was recording this dance footage whilst I was playing the music from my phone near the camera so it could be heard.