Day 3 Filming: The Studio

Although I was not present at today's filming because I had a college trip, I met up with my team members after to watch the footage and discuss whether we wanted to keep D'angelo. We were all positive about today's filming because we had finally chosen a male and he looked good with Hannah. I was informed wasn't organized and answered phone calls during the middle of filming. From the footage that I saw, he didn't know any of the lyrics and was very over-confident. We decided to change the male character at the last minute that would take our work seriously and compliment Hannah's work ethic.

Day 2 Filming: Springfield Park

The second day of filming was equally as good as the first. We filmed at Springfield Park for our field shots. Again, we used the shoulder mount for all of the filming because the tripod was faulty. We were interrupted a few times because of people walking by while we were filming but we knew this would be an issue because we were filming in a public location

Day 1 Filming: The Terrace

Today myself and my group filmed at the Terrace location, which is located at my group member Nyasha's house. The footage we got was excellent and our model Hannah was really good. She knew all of the lyrics and used our criticism effectively. However our tripod was faulty so a lot of the shots were filmed with the shoulder mount. While filming on the Terrace, we decided to use a male actor called "D'angelo" who was a "friend" of Hannah's. We wanted our actors to have great chemistry on-screen so we thought it would be a good idea to use somebody that Hannah was confident with.

Booking Equipment for Filming

Our group booked our equipment for filming today. We booked a Canon DSLR HD camcorder for the best quality filming as we are filming in natural locations tomorrow and also on Sunday. We can film a range of shots with the DSLR such as close-ups and extreme long shots which will be featured in our music video. We also booked a tripod and a shoulder mount so we have a choice when we are filming

Canon DSLR:

Tripod:

Shoulder Mount:

 

Storyboard

Sunset and Sunrise Times for Filming

We decided to check sunset and sunrise times and the weather to make sure that the weather was nice when we filmed that same weekend.

Location Release Forms

The Terrace:

 

The Studio:

Female Actor Update

We will be filming on October 20th & 21st and we have decided to use Hannah Skyers to play Rihanna in our music video. Hannah appealed to us because she was very reliable and seemed quite eager to act in our music video. During her audition, it was clear that she had thoroughly rehearsed the lyrics and could easily adapt to being vulnerable.

We haven't yet decided on a male character so we will film all of Hannah's solo scenes this weekend. When we decided on a male, we will film their joint and the male's solo shots together.

Record Label Copyright Email

To prevent any copyright issues, I had to write an email to Universal Music Group asking for permission from them to use "Loveee Song" by Rihanna & Future. Rihanna is signed to Def Jam Recordings which is owned by UMG, so I decided to directly contact UMG via their email address.

Media Recee

We decided to record our Media Recee and upload it on YouTube instead of writing our thoughts on a word document.

Editing Tutorial

In today's Media lesson, my group and I attended an editing tutorial in order to prepare us for editing our music video when we have finished editing. We will be using a Mac computer to edit on Final Cut Pro for our final music video. The program gave us a head start and a vivid understanding of how to control basic functions such as how to cut a video clip and lighting effects.