PRODUCTION- Session 5

We had the equipment booked ready to film yesterday, unfortunately the lead model in the other shoot could not make the shoot. This was one of the last days we could film and put the group in a dilemma. However we wanted to get some shots done to ensure we had more footage for Hennesha to edit even if it was just a rough copy and didnt have the same model so we therefore continued with filming.





We have been contacting the models and dancers through a group chat Katie made. This has helped us in being organised and seeing when the models and dancers are free. We have also made a separate group chat with Hennesha, me, Katie and Danit which again has helped with organising equipment and schedules.





With this filming we decided to use a studio to film the dance scenes to see how they would look on camera. We used LED lights with different colours to create an atmosphere and used a black background to keep it neutral and to make sure the colours came out on camera. Overall filming went very well.



The location we have used is not something we had planned to use however we believed it was important to work on the dance in a studio and get some footage instead of trying to record on location something that wouldn’t be of a good quality for Hennesha to edit. The dance Katie had choreographed worked extremely well and looked great on camera. And the lights sparked more ideas of what we could use in the final edit of our music video.
On this shoot Katie worked on the main camera on a tripod to make sure the shot was stable and steady and me and Danit took terns in using the other camera to get extra shots in a shorter amount of time if only Katie was filming. Me and Danit also used the lights and changed their color throughout. Meanwhile Hennesha was working on the edit of the other footage we had filmed.

Today we have decided to do more filming to again make sure we get footage to edit. One of the dancers Lewis has been very reliable throughout filming and has the best ability to pick up the routine. We therefore decided to ask Lewis to be our main model for some of our shoots. We therefore filmed the start of the music video today with Lewis as our main model. We have yet decided whether we intend to use Lewis as the main model in our final edit. The footage we have got has really helped Hennesha to be able to edit in and get a clearer image of what our final edit will look like and also consider things we can change.

In this shoot Hennesha and Danit worked on lighting, Katie worked on camera and I worked on music and directing Lewis on what he would be doing, however we all worked well together to help direct Lewis on his moves (as Katie is a dancer).

Our deadline for our first edit is this Friday so we all intend to help Hennesha with any editing she needs and plan future filming dates. We also need to have a meeting to discuss which model we would like to ask to do our final edit.