Next planned shoot - 9/12/2012

The next shoot I am planning will be this Sunday. I am planning to get out of this shoot atleast 10 more seconds of footage at Ellies home of her arguining with her mother other the table.
Then I plan to get some footage of ellie travelling on a bus into the city centre where the main storyline shall begin. Today (07/12/2012) I have created more model release forms as her mother will have to sign one. Hopefully the shoot will go smoothly with no complications although I will go ahead no matter the weather.

This Personal Release form i have made is a simple contract that gives me legal permission as a filmmaker to use the footage of the actor in my film, to edit it and to publish the video online.

Filming day 1 - 24th November

 The location of my introduction to my chosen song I decided was to be a bedroom and a bathroom in my performers house. The introduction of my song I decided to include:
-  extreme close up of alarm going off
- Ellie waking up close up
- close up of feet getting out of bed
- close up of feet walking across the screen
- medium close up of Ellie taking off her makeup
- Ellie then reapplying makeup close up
 
To make my performer look like she'd had a rough night of crying I applied eyeliner, eye shadow and mascarar and then smudged. Below this image is the makeup I used.

The mise-en-scene of this music video epically when in the characters room had to be very specific. When filming the first shot of an alarm going off I decided to place some books next to it to connote that she's very knowledgeable and probably from a middle class family.

This is a shot the reapplying makeup shot I used, this is one of my favourite shots as it's very clear and by the use of Ellies stable hand it looks like she's looking in a mirror.

I dressed Ellie in matching pjamas for my first shoot as in the video she's waking up.

I used Ellies bathroom for the shot of her wiping her makeup off.

What went well

The day ran smoothly as I made sure my video camera was fully charged so it didn't create any filming problems.

The lighting of the shots are very good as all my shots are very clear and crisp.

I was very organised and I knew what probs I needed so in advance I made sure I had them.

 

Things to improve

I took a while to get to grips with using a trypod which took up a bit of time.

The makeup I used on Ellie needs to better presented and less rushed.

Make sure I have all my props in advance as I couldn't find an old fashioned looking alarm clock as I had to use a digital one instead.

 

 

 

Exporting my video to the editing suite

Today was the first time I used an editing suite in college as I had my first 1 hour of footage to place on the system. The process took a while as I had to create my own folder on the  suite and then I had to individually  rename each clip that I had imported to make it organised and easier to edit. I then deleted clips I felt were to short to cut and edit such as clips under 3-4 seconds although this wasn't a problem as I had many shots of the same thing to avoid having to reshoot.

Hazards

Prop List for first shoot

- Makeup (dark eyeshadow, mascara,eyeliner and foundation)
- Pyjamas (preferably matching)
- An alarm clock (old fashioned looking)
- Books (middle class looking)
- Make up wipes
-Mirror
-Socks
-Bed with matching pillows and cover