1st Video Shoot

Location: Barking (My House)

Aim: To video the first verse of the song using variety of different angles.

Props:

For the props I did create my own ciggarette to prevent any health issues for the actor and female clothing; which will be used in one of the shots. I did inform the actor to dress urban as the genre of my music video is rap.

Problems:

I did encounter a few problems and this caused me to change the beginning of my storyboard. The actor got my instructions incorrect and bought a keyboard used for computers instead of piano keyboard. Since I did not want to waste this day of filming I decided to re plan my storyboard and work with the props that I did have. Since I decided to change my ideas of filming this then meant that I would have to use myself in the filming as one of the characters. This was a bit tricky as I had to position the camera in the right place and let it begin filming, before I jump in front of the camera to act.

Editing:

Editing this footage was not hard to begin with as I restricted my footage in making sure I did not film any unnecessary footage. To begin with I started putting the footage in order before I began cutting parts of the footage that I did not need. Once the footage was in order I then copied the soundtrack that I will be using for my music video. I then had to edit the footage in time with the music, as the song itself is quite a upbeat track. Some effects were used such as slowing/speeding down certain clips, playing clips in reverse/forward and making few clips appear in black and white. The clips shown in black and white are significant as it symbolises memories from the past.

Problems With Editing:

When editing my footage i realised that after editing all the footage, I still needed to add more footage for the verse. I found few problems with making clips play backwards in reverse as I had put more than one special effect on the same clip. So when I played the clip back it meant that the clips would freeze or pause for seconds. So I had to remove all effects done to the clips and start again.