Filming and Editing: Film Diary from 6th October 2012

Film Diary

6^th October 2012

Began the day by setting up and checking the equipment, we have two HD cameras, 2 Tripods, flexi-pod and steady cam. Then it’s on to do hair and make-up, we have based Amy’s look on Miss Havisham and Alice in wonderland whilst bringing in features that her and the group regularly use so she is in a white gown with several different layers and has assorted pearl and beaded necklaces, her hair is down with a white rose and netted lace headdress, then her make-up is mainly neutral with a white band of face paint across her eyes with a white detailing to the side with silver jewels imbedded in the pattern. For Jenny she is dressed in black with knee high black boots and black beaded necklaces and a black earing she has curly extensions her look is mainly black to completely contrast with Amy’s look. Her make-up is mainly neutral with black eye-shadow. After make-up me Hazel and Tim set up the room. The room is aged and the plaster worn we allow a shade of light to enter from the hallway and set up books, a bottle of wine by the fireplace we then make the rest of the room look as bare as possible and set up a vase of wild flowers on the mantel piece.

We then go over the walk through for this part of the video and set up the cameras as well as the iPhone 4 we are using to create the making of video. Then we start filming most of the shots are hand held and I work on the close ups and extreme close ups of Jenny’s face, arms and legs. We then go to a tripod shot of Jenny reading and discarding books as well as drinking from a bottle of wine. We then begin to shoot her throwing the vase of flowers from the mantel piece we do this four times using a different angle on each camera every time she throws the vase off the mantle. We then set up a light above the door frame in which Amy will walk past, we film this shot form both inside and outside the room. After which we film Jenny’s journey to follow Amy down the hallway and out the door.

After this is complete we take a lunch break and discuss the next aspect of the video whilst making sure everything we need for the beacons is with us. The weather is sunny and quite warm my main concern is the large amount of rain that has fallen in the last few days will cause the waterfall to rise which may make filming more complicated than originally anticipated. Following lunch we all get ready to leave we drive in the Range Rover as this will be much easier to get us to the right part of the Beacons due to its off-roading functions. It takes us about ten-fifteen minutes to get the beacons the ground is quite solid but the rain fall has caused the stream that runs by the campsite to become higher. When we park up me and hazel set up the tripods and check that the two locations are ready for us to film, whilst Amy and Jenny work on hair and make-up touches and Tim sorts out the refreshments.

We quickly have a team meeting and discuss the plan for the filming here and then the filming at the waterfall. I begin by filming Jenny this part of the video is where Jenny has moved from an urban setting to the countryside, we film her taking in the surroundings and shoot her journey at several different angles. Whilst I do this Tim is now filming the shots for the making of video and Hazel and Amy are on the higher bank preparing for the next shot. After filming Jenny I position her in the correct place and then move to check that everything is ready for the next series of shots with Amy and Hazel. When I reach the higher bank I attempt to direct Jenny from above with a tripod to indicate the directions that she needs to move this does not work, so I direct Amy and then return to Jenny. We then film the next part of the video where Amy leads to Jenny from above to the lighter place. We film this from several different angles and then take a break.

After the break we set up the next shot where Amy and Jenny come face to face and we film this with a series of long shots, close ups and p.o.v shots. We then set up the throwing the leaves shot. Tim stands behind Amy and Hazel stands behind Jenny both holding lumps of leaves whilst I film for about ten minutes we cover the two in leaves, a few passers-by think that we are actually conducting a wedding and a dog decides that he wants to be in the video to.

But once we are sure that we have enough footage we work on the passing of the rose, I film from Amy’s perspective and Hazel films from Jenny’s we work with a series of long shots and close ups to the final shot of Jenny holding the rose to her and reaching a place of piece.

We then take another short break and collect all the equipment before going to the waterfall which is a short drive away. When we climb to the waterfall we see that the waterfall has risen so Jenny will not be able to cross it so we take a few minutes to change the way this shot works, we begin with just s hot of the waterfall and then have Jenny standing by it after a few moments of clarity we then use then show Jenny realising that Amy is behind her and she begins to follow her we then film this from other angles we then pack up and go back to Camden Road.

When we get back Tim and Amy take a well-earned rest and then me Hazel and Jenny film the final part of the video in the guest bedroom we shoot from different angles and use the flexi-Pod to get low down shots. This takes about 20-15 minutes and then we charge the equipment and tidy the room before calling this part of the music video a rap.