Wednesday, 27 October 2010

CH - Filming the first sequences

On Monday of this week, Rosie, Josh and I began the filming for our final product. We all thoroughly enjoyed this task; overall it took nearly two hours, including footage from two locations to be edited for the first 30 seconds of our track. The first 30 seconds mainly concern the two female characters and the lead singer, so we were able to film with just the three of us present. This made organization far simpler than if we were to include the other 2 characters or 3 band members, even though Rosie, Josh and I live almost 40 miles apart in 3 towns.
Method and Troubleshooting
We began filming at my house, the location for the 'good girls' home scenes. These went almost without a hitch, although we found that the lighting outside was too poor to shoot some of the car sequence, so we decided to film that at a different location. We had been worried about Josh's ability and confidence in lip synching, but we were happy to find this wasn't a problem; playing the track from his mobile phone as he sang to it, we were guaranteed perfect timing. The photograph top left is a shot of Josh in the car; we were experimenting with lighting, and decided that we needed to film earlier in the day or in a more brightly lit location then Edenbridge, even for minor scenes of <5 seconds. However, this said, I might discuss the possibilty of adding this shot in the montage scenes for lighting effects, as it is very aesthetically pleasing.
In conclusion
The filming was very productive, and we accomplished much of what we planned to. Once we edit the clips we have, we should almost have finished the first 30 seconds or so.

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