music video filming notes

We filmed our music video in 2 different locations which consisted of the school theatre where we filmed the majority of the band shots. This location was very useful to shoot in as the theatre is primarily used for school plays so we could manipulate the lighting to best suit our music video shots. we chose to stick to a typical rock music video lighting and kept the lighting fairly bright but kept it dim in places to focus on the band members, almost as if we had a spot light on each of them. The second location which made up the narrative was filmed nearby to our school which is located close to the coast line which is called the lake grounds. This location gave us a variety of shots in which we filmed a couple struggling with their relationship as they are searching for each other.

We used 2 cameras during our filming, one being the hand held sony HDV camera which we were familiar with from previously using it in our last project, we equipped it with a tripod to keep it steady for panning shots etc. our other camera that we used was my go-pro camera which was very useful for acquiring some unique shots as you could attach it to certain object such as the guitar and parts of the drum kit. Although you could not zoom in with this camera it had a very wide angle shot to it which captured a lot of the band.

Go-pro camera attached to guitar for a point of view shot.

Go-pro camera equipped to a tripod to get a birds eye view shot of the drum kit and band.

I also attached the Go-pro camera onto the high hat of the drum kit to acquire a close up shot of the drummer and for our last shot that we use is when the drummer hits the high hat resulting in the camera swaying from side to side due to the hit.

Production Schedule

Date and time	Scene	Shots used	Actors	Location	Props
10/11/13	Narrative shots	Close up Long shot Medium shot	Anna Stevens Sam hughes Olly wilkins	Lake grounds-Portishead Olly’s house	Phone
15/11/13	Band montage shots	Close up Long shot Medium shot Extreme close up	Band members: Sam Matt Alex Tim Olly	School theatre	Drums Electric guitar x2 Bass guitar microphone
20/11/13	More band montage	Close up Long shot Medium shot Extreme close up	Band members: Sam Matt Alex Tim Olly	School theatre	Drums Electric guitar x2 Bass guitar microphone

shooting schedule

Camera work/Narritive

We plan on using my dads camera agin which we used for our last piece of work. It is a a HDV sony camera, I find it very easy to work with and it can capture a large variety of shots.

 Our shots will range from the opening camera shot will be a medium shot, of the drummer entering the screen, sitting down and start playing the basic drum beat that gets the song moving.The shot of him walking to the drums will be a still shot so he will just enter the frame from dark to light. This will be shot in a medium long shot so you can only really see the drummer and the top of his kit.

The next shot will be of the guitarist who will enter to the left, already playing the guitar because their is not time for the drummer and guitarist in that time. Another issue is the long introduction to the song means that there will be a bit of time where their isn't a lots that can happen in that time as it is too short to start the main story but to long to focus on just the band so I may have to have a few establishing shots of whats going on around the story of things like the location or a shot after the accident that makes Jane Moore ill. perhaps with this shot we can have the light creating a silhouette.

The third shot will only be a short shot of the bassist entering the shots from the right hand side of the frame. The shot of the guitarist and the bassist will both be filmed in medium long shots. I have chosen this style for the opening because I want the band to be known for how they look in their band, so you can see the strong bond a band has.
The final shot will be of the singer. This shot will be filmed from the side of the room so you see the singer walking past the drummer and guitarist and bassist. As he nears the microphones at the front the camera will move round in a circle until the camera is in front of the singer. There will then be an extreme close up of the singers face as he starts singing, then it will start cutting to the main story.


Aside from the band shots the narrative of the story will be set in a hospital  and in random street areas throughout Bristol. The story is that Matt Craddock's girlfriend is involved in some sort out accident that he caused that has made her terminally ill, and all he is trying to do is make himself a place is her diary. The Diary of Jane will be written. You will see over the shoulder shots of him looking into her room at either the hospital or in her house where she will be home medicated. There will be be an argument between Matt and Jane, which will use plenty of reaction shots. There will also be a scene where she will be watching a slide show of pictures of her and her boyfriend, where there will be a picture that will turn into a little mini clip of Jane and Matt cuddling at a beach which will show a memory she is having of the two of them.An eye-line match will be used when both Jane will be looking at images in the room of things that remind her of Matt.Towards the end, Jane decides that she wants Matt back in her life, leaves her sick bed in search for him and stumbles along lonely roads trying to find him. Matt will find out that she is looking for him and go looking for her. They will meet on a long and empty road on opposite ends, where there will be an over the shoulder extreme long shot of each of the people, and as Matt starts moving towards Jane she stumbles and falls to the ground. There then is an action shot of Matt running towards her and he pulls her into his arms and starts to cry. Her diary falls out of her hands and he looks at the open page and just sees pictures of him and her together. The final chord in the song will just be a high shot looking down on the pair.