Film Log (Day Two)

We had originally planned to film much earlier but had issues with getting all band members together to film on one day, but eventually we managed to organise it. For this filming session we did not need the band members instruments as we were just planning on filming themselves as a group of friends. We met the band in town and discussed our ideas and went to our first location, PJ McGinty's pub. Here we set up our camera and tripod in their outside area consisting of wooden tables. Here we would film the band casually having a drink and laughing to themselves, using medium shots. To introduce each member of the band we pulled up each member from the table one at a time and got them to sing a line from the chorus each. We used a mid close up so you could not only see the band member but also the rest of the band in the background. We used a light attached to the camera so that you could clearly see their faces, and contrasted to the dim lit pub in the background.

We then headed to the streets and filmed the band from different angles walking, using a pan to track their movement down the street. We gave the camera and tripod for the lead singer to hold whilst he walked along and sung. Because it was dark, we attached a light to the camera to light up his face. This gave the video a personal feeling making the lyrics more powerful in the song. We directed him with the band closely behind around ipswich as he sang into the camera.

We then went down to an off license to film a short part that would match the lyrics of the song. Our storyboarded idea was to have the band being bombarded by a robber who had come out of the off license however upon asking the owner he said we were unable to film. Therefore we decided to go round the side of the off license where you could see a large sign reading "Off License" and managed to pull off our idea.

Lastly we wanted to film in a supermarket however when asked several stores they denied us to film in there stores, so gave up on this idea as we realised it wasn't a necessary part of the video.

Hand Held Tripod technique