"Runway" by Forever Wrecked- Final Music Video

Planned Shoot

Saturday 30th November 2013: Planned Shoot

• Long shot of girl waking up
• Close up of her face as she looks around her room
• POV shot of her looking around the room
• Long shot of her getting out of bed
• High angle shot of her getting clothes out of some drawers/wardrobe
• Long shot of her walking to the bathroom with her clothes
• Eye level shot of her walking out of the bathroom, cuts to high angle shot of clothes being thrown on the floor
• Jump cut to a close up of her walking back into her room
• Cuts to low angle shot of her walking down the stairs
• Long shots of her getting something to eat

Unfortunately this shoot didn't go to plan and my production partner and I had to reschedule for another day, which resulted in my production partner and I taking on the roles of the characters in our music video.

We planned to film on Wednesday 4th December 2013 instead, and we wanted to include these scenes:

• Bedroom scenes- waking up, washing face, getting clothes, sorting out hair etc
• Getting breakfast- going to the fridge or cupboards etc
• Packing a bag- grabbing/folding clothes, packing essentials- hairbrush, toothbrush etc
• Leaving the house- closing the front door, locking it- facial expressions
• Walking to meet their partner- facial expressions, body language
• Scenes of their jobs- stacking shelves, sorting stock, arguments with their boss- cafe/shop
• Bus scenes/train scenes- facial expressions, body language

Today was rather successful, we managed to get the majority of our filming done. This helped us greatly as we could now begin editing our music video again, however we still need to do some more filming in order to get the rest of the scenes we need.

Decisions and Planning- Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Logistics

The email I sent to our Media teacher about the mini bus hire.

In order for our first day of filming to be successful my production partner and I need to get everything organised so that the day runs smoothly. In order to get to our chosen location we would need to hire a mini bus big enough for all our equipment and the people that are helping us. Due to the fact that neither of us own a mini bus I decided to email our Media teacher about the enquiry of a mini bus hire because I thought this would be the best option for us. After a few days our Media teacher got back to me and suggested that we go and visit the school office to find out if hiring a mini bus would be possible. So we went to the school office and sorted out a mini bus for Thursday 14th November 2013, which was our first day of filming, hiring a mini bus was the best way to get all of the equipment to the location. It made the day much easier to get through and it meant that no one had to use public transport which was good because it takes longer to get to the location by bus.

A map of the route we took to get to The Chase

This is a map of the route we took in order to get to our location, the journey was about 15 minutes long which is more efficient than going by bus because it would've taken longer that way. We decided to change the location of filming because Hainault forest was much further away compared to The Chase and it would've taken a lot longer to get there with could have potentially put us behind schedule. This means that we might've had to do 2 days of filming instead of 1 so in theory it was a much better idea to change the location and hire a mini bus.

Day One of Filming

Thursday 14th November 2013

Today Perry and I were filming some band shots for our music video, we travelled to The Chase with Mr Fossey, Mr Wing, Scott Long and Daryl Staggs. We chose to film at The Chase due to finding a really natural open space yesterday when we went to get some test shots in order for us to get used to the camera as it was new. After arriving to the location and setting up the drum kit and piano, we started to think about what sort of shots we wanted and how we wanted them to look effective in the music video. We started off just getting a normal long shot of the band at eye level, this can be edited in order to fit in with other shots for our music video so it will look more professional. The location reflects the ideals of the band because it represents what they're about and it shows the audience a side to their personality through music. The location had a few trees lying around which made it look more rural.

Getting to the location was easy, we hired a mini bus big enough for all the equipment and the people we needed in order to complete the filming. Once we'd arrived we parked up and began to unload the equipment because we had to carry it to the location in which we'd be filming. It took all of us about 15 minutes to get the equipment to the final location and the about 15 more minutes to set up the equipment and position it correctly in the location we were using to film.

We got some really good shots during filming today, they included some close up of both actors singing to the camera which we will be able to use in our music video to show the synchronisation of the band members which will then reflect the ideals of the band to the audience. Other good shots included a tracking shot of the actors walking to their instruments, this shows the audience the kind of relationship that the band members have with each other and can help the audience to also build a relationship with them on screen.

Storyboard

This is the storyboard that I have created for my music video, making a storyboard will give me an idea of what I need to film in order for my video to have a good narrative and some effective shots. The first few shots revolve around the two main characters in my music video, it shows the audience them getting ready to go somewhere but the audience don't know where. This gives them an enigma code to deconstruct which will keep them engaged when watching the video, the type of shots I shall be using include long shots and mid shots to show the audience what the boy and girl are doing. I planned to include some close up shots as well to show the audience the facial expressions of the characters which will show how they're feeling at that particular time. The next few shots involve the boy and the girl getting breakfast as if they need to be somewhere, they'll be in a rush which will make the audience question where they're going. Both of them get onto different types of transport which is shown to the audience through long shots, the camera then jump cuts to a long shot of the boy

sitting on the bus going to his destination. An establishing shot is then shown of the girl waiting at a train station, and the audience don't know why so this will offer them another enigma code to deconstruct whilst they watch the music video. Another split scene is shown as both the boy and the girl travel to the unknown location, the camera the jumps to a high angle shot of the boy getting off the bus. The camera then cuts between the boy and the girl using various shots such as close ups and long shots, this will show the audience that boy and girl meeting up and walking through a forest.