Film Shoot Journal #2 - Thursday 9th October

Our deadline for filming is not that long or flexible so what we did was we asked our media teacher to excuse us from our lesson to film more of our outdoor shoots. We got the go ahead and went down the street, 'The Butts', right outside of school because it was a quiet place to film where we wouldn't be disturbed.

 

The location we shot in

The shots were of our protagonists Adrian, Shane and Taro who walked across the street for one of our 'Beatles' shot montages where we plan to pastiche the band's album cover at Abbey Road. We also filmed Adrian walking down a street pathway as a safety shot for our previous shoot at Wormwood Scrubs park because we were unsure of how one of the previous shots would play out in the final product.

 

L to R - Protagonist crossing street like the Beatles however, we also wanted to experiment with transitions and graphic match shots later on

Whilst here we also made use of the street to do an impromptu photoshoot for a 'band shot' we would use in our album cover digipak. We decided this would also be good place to photograph the band, not only because of its link to the music video but because it follows the conventions the music industry utilises in album covers as well. This is that the picture is simple but effective as it needs to make a first impression on audiences. Therefore, as the title of the picture implies, we were going to experiment with various looks and poses that we wanted to portray on the cover. The mise-en-scene (low-key lighting, location etc..) of the shot also had to relate to the music video itself through how it reflects the characters as buskers as well as the mood, look and feel of it. 

  Photoshoot

These were some of the pictures we took out on the day