Filming Photos - Vic

Finally got the photos of us filming!!

The photos have come out really clear, and really show the day pretty much step by step.

The start of the day...

Mine and Jacks cars loaded and ready for filming. It was difficult to fit the chaise long in my car so it had to go in at an angle and for the drum kit in jacks car, it took about 3 times for them to fit in.  

A key issues that we were concerned about was that the gate wouldn't open  so therefore we wouldnt be able to fit our cars in, to unload the props and get the light from the headlight (if needed). However on arrival on the day of filming we found out that with a bit of strength we got the gate open.

Setting up the drum kit was a big struggle. We didnt even contemplate that it would be hard to set them up. Luckily we had trinity's boyfriend at hand to help set them up... and give a quick introduction lesson on how to play them. Which really helped when it came down to filming her playing them, because she listened to what Ben had to say and had a natural rythm. A further bonus was that Hannah was able to pick up the beat of the song whilst it was played off Jack's phone on set.

Hannah helped do all of the girls make up (including her own).This was a massive help because as it turned out she was very good at artistic make up, which really benefitted for our filming. Seeing as hair and make up is massive element of it.

I helped with the girls hair, as I new what sort of look we were going for. Therefore I brought some hair products to give it a 'messy' look.

The set...

This image shows jack filming Trinity close up: lipsyncing. This shot took several times to perfect however Trinity was a brilliant at lipsyncing. 

This second image shows jack

(with the help of Ben)directing the girls on what we are aiming for this particular shot. I stood at the back (taking photos) and directing from the back of the girls.

This shot is a shot of the video camera recording hannah playing the drums.

These shots are of jack and myself, which Ben took whilst we were filming the girls. We worked very well together as we had the same ideas in our heads of what we were looking for. The camera work on our first draft looked very effective this was possibly because for most shot we had someone holding the base of the camera to ensure that there wasnt any 'wobbily' shot. We used Emily's camera to film which was better than the school camera which also benefitted when it came to the footage.

 I think working together was a key element to the success of our first draft. Furthermore our time keeping was very good, this is because we followed the story boards and also Emily had previously created a time Schedule, to ensure that the day ran smoothly and as quick as possible.

Emily finding a good location for one shot, and doing a similar pose to how we wanted the girls to pose; also seeing how wide it was assessing whether we coulc fit all three girls alongside each other in the door (we obviously concluded that we couldnt). 

The second shot is of Em filming daisy walking towards the camera. Emily had a good advantage filming these shot mainly because she is fairly small and could therefore assess the way the girls were walking better. Em coached the three girls how we wanted them to walk, and was able to critically assess whether they were doing to right.

Trinity Being a diva...

Trinity and thge girls became cold fairly quickly due to the lack of clothing, therefore jack, emily and myself were constantly fussing keeping the girls warm. Trinity's feet also began to hurt so therefore she had Ben (her boyfriend) on carrying patrol. 

 

This is just a shot from behind the camera whilst jack was filming of the first shot in front of the main gates.

This is a shot again from behind the camera of daisy walking towards the camera.

These are the final shots of us packing up and walking back to the cars. This was just after 'thats a wrap shot'. It was lucky that we finished when we did as it began to rain just after we filmed the last shot.