6. Shooting the video - Day 1

Today we did our first recording session in the studio with a little help from our friend Trang. She is an amazing Photography student and so she assisted us with the lighting on the background. We used a variety of shots such as close up, extreme close up, side shots and medium shots. We also decided that the backdrop would be best if it was white because it was the best colour to show his innocence and purity during his relationship with his girlfriend, however for the print products, we might use the black backdrop as he is driven to committing suicide. Overall, I think we did a great job and we can't wait until our final piece is ready.

5. Pre-production - Location Release

Team Meetings - 4

Recently, we improved on our storyboard and I re-done the risk assessment for our Advanced Portfolio.

Today we went over our ideas/ notes and realized that we needed to record during the half term. We need to complete the suicide scenes, the bedroom/ living room scenes and the park scenes. If we can get this done then we would have plenty of time to do our editing. We need to eagerly get hold of the actors and schedule the meeting times/ points for the shoot. Hopefully, everything will go as planned.

Here were some of the notes and reminders I made using the 'Notes' app on my iPhone.

5. Pre-production - Actors

Nana - our male character (who is also the track's owner)

Imelda - who is our female character

Actor 3 - there wasn't any third actor as the male actor was unreliable

5. Pre-production - Storyboard

The storyboard was changed many times due to the fact that the second male character would possibly be unreliable. I definitely think that we would include more scenes whilst recording the actual video because we will make sure we have a lot of footage, especially for the flashback scenes and the bathroom scenes. I personally think that the part we will struggle the most shooting would be the bathroom scenes because Nana's bathroom (as I have heard) is not that big. Also recording the bathroom scene for where he will commit suicide would be difficult as we would need the support of the tripod to record him drowning himself. Also, hand holding the camera wouldn't work that well, neither would it look professional because we need to get a still image of him. I think using a variety of shots would also really be really useful because it shows a diverse need for all type of shots, which all clearly set a different meaning.

5. Pre-production - Costumes/ props, make up etc.

Props:

 

  
Nana will give a single rose to his girlfriend in the park to symbolise his love for her.



They both will have a pair of golden marriage rings to illustrate the importance of their relationship for each other.

Costumes: 



 

The costumes for both male and female characters should be casual/ daily worn outfits. We don't want to be dressed up all fancy because we want the audience to understand that both Nana and Imelda are comfortable enough with each other to

Team Meetings - 3

Nana and I were given back our Advanced Portfolio pack and was told to do some improvements in our work. We agreed that we had to put a little bit more detail in our storyboard, re-do our risk assessment and also complete the talent release forms and call sheets. We also had to analyze and breakdown the lyrics for each scene. I think this will help us understand what we want for our final product and will give us time to develop our ideas into further/ deeper meaning.

This is just a list of the things we need to complete on the blog. I think this would be very useful for us and help us organise our time and posts better. I will definitely use this and spend my time to go through everything and post them in the best quality possible.