Filming Diary Entry - Friday 22nd November 2013

Today was one of the busiest days of filming because I filmed so much stuff. The footage filmed on this day contributes to about 35% of the whole music video, so it was well worth the time filming in college.

First of all, I filmed all of the green screen stuff in S108; from close-ups to mid-shots, you name it! This was scheduled to be filmed the day before, but as the studio was booked on that day, I was to unable to film.

Above is an example of a mid-shot of the artist of which was filmed on the green screen. Here we can see a convention of the 'dance-pop' genre, which is the bright colour clothing I'm wearing. The artist (me) is also seen dancing to the beat of the song whilst lip-syncing, which is done to identify the genre of music, as dance-pop is played in nightclub, which involves dancing and possibly singing to several dance classics.

Here we see a close-up of the artist. The reason for incorporating close-up's with the mid-shot's above is to vary the different shots used in front of the green screen and to make this look a lot more exciting for viewers. This shot is shown a lot of times, therefore presenting a 'star image' of the artist. This is very important in the pop music genre, so the audience can figure out who they are through visuals and therefore recognise them a lot easier in future music videos.


To the left and right of the video, I've included shots of lights being turned on. This is then followed by a mid-shot of me dancing in front of the green screen. I've done this to show that I (the artist) is the star of the show and all the light is on me. Have you heard of the spotlight used in catwalks and theatrical plays? It is similar to this. This shot is shown at the start when the beat of the song kicks in with the melody. Normally in theatrical plays, the spotlight turns on when the play actually starts and the audience are all sat in their starts. In this case, when this is shown, the exciting stuff kicks in (the music and the editing skills).


At around 2:30pm on this date, I met up with 2 of the actors of the music video to film the 'Titanic' scene, by the names of Bobby Wheeler and Sophie Newton. This was indeed scheduled to be filmed today, which means I am right on schedule on this day.

Here (above) is the MCU/mid-shot of the actors lip-syncing to the chorus of the song. I found this very easy because I had the chance to film other people, instead of myself all of the time. I had the chance to make this shot look as perfect as possible, as in the angle of the shot and the type of shot it is. There were no difficulties when filming this shot above.