Wednesday 19th October - As we have been putting our video together we have had concerns in terms of the fact that most of the performance shots include Kate in the same costume - either the tutu outfit or the blue jeans outfit. Therefore, we felt performance shots in the graveyard were necessary - we did this after school today. Filming Kate next to grave stones and walking through the graveyard to portray the notion of death.
Here is a photo of the costume Kate wore. We decided upon this choice of clothing as we felt the dress with skulls and roses on it with a net underlay teamed with black laced tights etc amplified a rock pop feel as skulls, black, statement making textures etc are generic conventions of thhe rock pop genre and we hope this will genere will be communicated to our target audience through these choices.
Below are stills from Market Rasen, Graveyard opposite school. You may be wondering why we did not film at Gemma`s local graveyard in Wickenby as originally planned. We decided not to film at Wickenby and film in Market Rasen graveyard instead as it was easier to access due to it being directly opposite school and therefore it was just a case of walking across the road instead of having to transport ourselves and the equipment to Wickenby. Also, we decided upon Market Rasen graveyard because as I say it is directly opposite school and therefore if we need to film anymore scenes within the graveyard we can do with ease. class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
During this time we also took photos that we could possibly use in the ancillary task. These can be seen below.
When taking these images we was trying to capture the expression of emotion which is often seen within the rock pop genre while trying to emphasise the emotion of the song - "My Happy Ending" as within our music video we want to amplify the theme of love vs heartbreak. Therefore, this emotion and theme needs to be instantly communicated to our target audience within our ancillary tasks (digipak and magazine advertisement).
Wednesday 19th October - Today we filmed Tom at lunch doing the shots where he was controlling Kate via puppet strings. We ensured we used the same lighting as we did when we filmed Kate on the 13th to make sure continuity issues were avoided. However, we did put an extra spot light on the floor shining up on Tom's face to make him appear evil and superior. Unfortunately, Kate could not make the shoot as she had to prioritise her own filming for her own piece. This didn't necessarily matter as we only really needed to film Tom and we already had the shots we needed for Kate in terms of the puppet scene.
Here are the props we used and what Tom looked like.
Here is the spotlight we used to emphasise Tom's face.
Tom's costume was all black to fit the pop-rock/pop-punk genre. As males from this genre usually wear dull, simple clothing.
Thursday 13th October - Today after school we did filming for the puppet scene in the Drama Studio. Unfortunately at last minute Tom Manson the person who is playing our boyfriend figure had to rush off to a family emergency. However, we used our time wisely and decided to film Kate Fenwick - our artist/girlfriend figure/puppet and we will rearrange a time where we can film Tom controlling her. The idea to film in the Drama Studio due to the theatre lighting worked very well. We used one light beaming down on Kate and the rest of the room was in darkness. This helped to highlight the puppet strings controlling her and also created atmospheric shadows. By using the lighting in such a way we feel we have created a mood which expresses sadness which correlates with the mood of the shot as Kate is looking very morbid and upset. We believe this fits the conventions of our genre because in many pop-rock/pop-punk videos the lighting amplifies the mood trying to be expressed.
Below are photographs we took while filming which show our use of lighting and Kate's appearance as a puppet. We also took some of these images taking in to consideration the ancillary task.
Due to Health &Safety this is a picture of media technian Simon Corby helping us positioning the lighting we wanted.
Making sure Kate is comfortable with the lighting and the strings attached to her.
Adjusting the strings presenting Kate as a puppet.
Here are the props we used which we will need to use again when we rearrange a filming date to film Tom.
