WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 5

This week was the week me and Aisha planned to get everything filmed for when we came back to school. Aisha helped me film on the sunday and monday which was the introduction scene before the song actually began. After these two days, Aisha went on holiday which meant that i had to record everything else by myself. I coped reasonably well considering i had to take everything to london as well as hainault forest. On the day we went to london, it was raining so we had to keep the equipment dry. I took theo and riteeka with me as i needed to record theo's shots and riteeka helped with keeping an eye on the equipment as i adjusted theo to the right positioning. Whilst recording theos shots, the rain wasnt a problem as we was under a shelter. The day i went to hainault with riteeka, it wasnt raining so it seemed to go well. But as soon as we got to hainault, the forrest was mostly flooded so we had trouble walking to the areas needed whilst keeping the equipment safe. As me and riteeka are close, we were able to get the filming done quite quickly. The only shots that i couldn't get was with my horse as she has become lame "sprained her foot". As this has happened she can't be ridded etc so we will have to wait for her to become better and then record in which i have set dates for re filming where we can shoot what we need.

WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 4

This week me and Aisha had completed the following tasks which were the waiver for cast, production schedule, location reccies, risk assessments and call sheets together. We done this over a period of 4 days as we had to get people to sign sheets and we had to scan them in. We also had to make sure that the location reccies had images that related to the scenery that we chose to record in of if not get an actual image of the location which would be better as it gives a direct image to what the music video will come to look like. The last things that we had to complete was the reccies and the permission to film as we still needed a few images of the scenery and a concent form from riteeka to show that we were given the permission to film in her house as we have to record some hazardous scenes such as breaking glass, which would have to be re filmed quite a few times ad different angles, and setting a fire which would also be done a few times as we need to re burn the same image over again for different angles also.  I also completed my job roles and responsibilities which had to be done individually. This was because it was to do with my role and how i would be performing it in the group for when it comes to recording. We have planned to film over the holidays as a substitution from this week as we were going to film, but we had to catch up on the paper work. The only problem for next week is that Aisha would be on holiday so i would be filming by myself which i am okay with and she will be back to film on the last sunday with me.

Permission to film

The locations that we are using to film are London South Bank, Riteeka's house and garden, Jarrow Road and Hainault Forest. At london we wouldn't need any permission to film as it is a public area in which recording is open to the public. We know this as there is footage of people skating and directing etc all up the bank and in the skate area. Hainault Forest wouldn't need any permission to film either as it is also a public area open to the public to record. There is natural scenary that is wanted to be shared to the public so they are able to look at in it their own views. Jarrow road is open to all public so there is no need for permission to film. The only locations that will need permission is Riteeka's house and garden as it isn't public property and there are some hazards that will need to be filmed such as breaking glass and setting pictures on fire.This is the permission note that we got off of Riteeka to give us her concent to film these scenes in her house. It states that she is fine with the hazards and is willing to go along with it.

Location Reccies

Our 5 location that we will be using in our music video are Riteeka's house, South bank in London, Jarrow road, the stables, and Hainault forest. 

Riteeka's house is personal property and so we have her permission to use it for filming. The reason we have chosen to film at Riteeka's house is because we need a house to film at in our music video. Riteeka's the actress in the video and her kitchen and garden are suitable places to film in. Breaking glass on tiled floor is more dramatic.

 

The skate park has a lot of graffiti on the walls and it has a more relatable vibe. The music video is set in London and that's what London looks like. Its also a contrast to the forest which represents their relationship. Their personalities contrast which is shown in the song.

The reason we chose the south bank was because it has the kind of look we were going for. Jarrow road could be replaced for any road in London but we chose Jarrow road because it is the most convenient for our filming.

 

Hainault Forest is also the most convenient place for filming. all the places are easy to film in as they don't need permission to film in. this will minimize problems while we are filming.We decided to film at a forest as it is where the character enjoys spending her time.

 

We chose the stables to film in because it goes with the indie theme of the song and its genre. It shows the character personality as she like nature and animals. The use of a shot with the horse at the stables is useful as the male character is remembering her as she was with him. 

 

Shooting Script

Job roles and Responsibilities

Between me and Aisha, we have split the job roles between us. Aisha will be the camera operator and editor as she has a better knowledge of camera technology compared to me. I am the director and production manager as i know what i want the overall music video to look like. This is because we chose to use my idea from our pitch's. We chose mine as it would be an easier choice and more people can relate to it as it has that whole relationship genre to it which the majority of music is about e.g. Taylor swift "Blank Space"  and Hozier "Take me to Church". I will also be directing Riteeka's and Theo's outfit and style for the video as i know what i was it to look like and i want to try and keep it to the whole Indie style which the original artist is in to. We haven't chose anyone to do lighting as we are going to be relying on natural light as it would fit in with it more naturally so it doesn't look staged a lot of the time. For the sound, which is just going to be the song apart from the opening scene, we will have the song on a CD etc so that when we shoot the scenes we can get it in time with the music itself.

Waiver for cast

Risk assessments

Call sheets

Production Schedule

This is our production schedule in which we plan to stick to when it comes to recording and editing. We chose to get all of the recording done during the holidays which is from the 15/02/2015 - 22/02/2015 so by time we come back to school, we can get straight on to editing. Once we have edited all of the footage together in which we recorded, we can go through it and see if there is any footage that we missed. In this case, we have set days in which we can go out and record any extra footage which we didn't pick up yet has to be done by the recording deadline which is the 25/02.2015. I have put in set dates to do the recording which is over the weekend so that it wont clash with any work which has to be done during school times and it would be better ans if we have to go back up to London, it would be light out still where as around 4 pm-5 pm it gets darker so we wouldn't have much light. The editing deadline is 13/03/2015 as we would have plenty of time to go through the video and match it up to the music and timings. We would also have enough time to keep progressing it to make it look better as a whole.

WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 3

This week me and Aisha carried on with the shooting script. We colour coded it by location so that we know where each part can be shot and how many shots we may be able to do in the same time period. We had some trouble with the timing of things so we listened to the song over a few times and then it gave us a better idea of how long each shot would be instead of guessing it. This means that we would be able to fit more footage into sections of the song. We also had to try and make some parts a bit longer e.g the intro log just before the song begins, we added a few more shots in there to fit our target number of 100 sections on the shooting script that was set at the beginning of the task. We are slyly behind as we had missed a day due to a trip to the BBC and BBFC. In this time we could have finished the shooting script and gone over it to see if there could be any improvements to it by adding in extra shots or seeing where we could have effects. Although this has set us back, we went over it on Friday and we have a clear image of what we want to do so we can get that down on the shooting script straight away. We also had a rough look at the production schedule which was on my presentation so we got a rough idea of when we will be recording. As we have already got a rough idea, we can set what shots can be recorded on the specific days suited to the people who would be in the video.

WEEKLY PRODUCTION LOG: Week 2

This week we had been asked to complete a clear production script to help us out when it comes to recording our music videos. This would help by showing what specific shots would be taken where, how and with who. It would also show us if there are props included and what part of the song it will be set to. Each cut would need a new input so there would be many spaces. The minimum we could do is 100 in the group so that would be shared between me and Asisha to do 50 each. As Aisha had been absent all week, i had to start off the production script by myself. I was stuck at first because i didnt have a clear understanding of what she wanted to do for the introduction in which there would be an acted scene before the music started. Yet i overcame this and done my own idea which i would explain to her when she comes back and she can give me feedback on it to see whether anything needs changing or not. This would also delay us quite a bit as when Aisha comes back in to school, i would have to explain everything to her so that she knows where to pick up from so she can do her share of the script. Although we have to share the task between us, we should be discussing everything as we go along so we both know the idea of what is happening and if it would link well with the other persons ideas. This would also help so that if were not clear or something, we can get around it by getting a clear explanation of one of our ideas.