Idea following first editting

Following our start to the editting process we have decided that there needs to be a clear difference between the shots of 'James Morrison' (Neil) in the present and the shots of the boy and girl when they were younger. We will use a black and white effect for this to make it clear.

Also we have decided to do a ruff cut of the whole video first, putting the right shots in order and to the music before we add the small details like adding effects and framing the shots. We decided this becuase it will allow us time to go and shoot some more footage if its needed and will we have a clearer idea of how the video will look from start to finish.

Chris

First filming attempt

On Saturday (26th january) we went to 2 of our locations and started our filming. The initial shots we filmed was the main performance shot at Dunorlan park which we found took a considerable amount of time to set up the cameras and set up the shot at various angles. We filmed a medium long shot of Neil and close ups of both his face whilst singing and of the guitar to reinforce the authenticity necessary to adhere t0 the conventions.

We recorded various shots in the house for the start of the video where the boy and girl wake up and we also recored the other main performance shot of Neil in the house whilst sitting on a sofa. We managed to add some movement to this shot by resting the camera on a skateboard and slowly moving the skateboard from right to left to create a panning shot and we also made a pedding shot by moving the camera up and down.

We will be continuing filming this saturday in an attempt to record the remaining shots and visit our final location, a graveyard, for the shots towards the end of the video.

Animatic

We produced an animatic in order to see how the shots we storyboarded flowed with the track and how quickly we needed to cut the shots from different angles to keep the audience interested. When watching the animatic its clear that we will need to have a lot of movement within the shots as there are a variety of shots that are reasonably long, mainly performance shots, which felt too long with the static picture in the animatic.

Planning review #4

You have completed your animatic, however you have not met the deadline to post on the blog. You must use the blog to record reccies, practice shots, comments on costumes, key shots you want to use, issues with locations etc.. it should be a busy, working document.

Post up your animatic, reflect on how you made it and what you have learnt from doing it ASAP.