Blog 14 - Shooting diaries

When filming we had to remember that there was a chance things may not go to plan and we would need back up plans etc. We chose to film over a weekend as this left us plenty of time incase we had any problems such as the house being occupied by other people. Luckily we didn't encounter any major problems, we did worry about the lighting, this was because we filmed during the day and our video is placed at a party where normally its night time and dark. This meant we had to improvise with the lighting but also be aware that it wasn't too dark as that may make it difficult to see our actress when the video is editted. We didn't encounter any other problems as we made sure before we starting filming that the location was available and empty, and also that we had all our props etc. I felt the filming went well as we both put equal amount of effort into it which meant filming was quick but effective as well. We both took it in turns to be the camerawomen, and the director who told the actress where to position herself and also checked the shot was exactly what we had wanted. We made sure we kept up with our shooting script; writing notes on why we did or did not use the shot we had just filmed, this made it easy when it came to editing the video. Whilst shooting we had to use several effects such as 'blurring' and give the effect that our actress had taken drugs, therefore we made the actress hold the camera (handheld) so that it was from her point of view as well as wobbling the camera whilst moving to show that she had become dizzy and unsteady due to the drugs.

During the filming we used a shooting script, this is similar to a storyboard in the way that it contains still shots of the video and shows whats happening in the shot and the camera movements etc. It also enables us to comment why we didn't use certain takes, this helps with the editting process so we know which takes to remove from the footage.

Here is the first 6 shots of our shooting script;