Reassessing Progress

After the Christmas period the whole team discussed the progress of our music video along with the deadlines we have to meet. We have been set some final deadlines along with our own personal deadlines in order to keep the group motivated, organised and together as a team. The whole team is now aware of this and these are as follows:

End of January - We must have completed our first full draft of our music video. This will not be a professionally finished video and may have some areas which need reshooting or editing. The concept will, however, have no gaps meaning it is fluid and runs smoothly.

End of February - We must have completed our final draft meaning any areas which are not filmed to the best of our ability are removed and any issues are ironed out by reshooting or removing from the final plot. There maybe time to revisit the video after the other tasks have been finished.

End of March - The auxiliary tasks (Digi Pack and Posters to accompany the music video) must be finished in full so that these can be evaluated for April.

April - During April we will complete the evaluation questions, and depending on how quickly we manage to complete these, we hope to return to our music video and perfect any little areas which we are not entirely happy with. 

ALL WORK MUST BE HANDED IN, IN ITS ENTIRETY, BY THE END OF APRIL TO BE MARKED.

Additionally, at this meeting we arranged filming sessions in the coming weeks, such as the filming of the dancers, the highstreet and hall place for reshooting.

Changing the Lead's Outfit

Originally we had decided on layering our model so as she progressed throughout the video she would slowly remove her coat and scarf. This also ensured she stayed warm in the cold months of shooting.  

However, having shot the footage we soon realised the outfit looked too heavy so had to change. We used the same cotton white dress, with a white lace material over the top of the dress, as before, along with the red silk scarf. We added the bowler hat this time as previously we had tried without this. 

First Draft of music video (section 1)

We combined all of our footage which we would be willing to use, however, the footage at hall place needs to be re-shot as very shaky. We now need to continue to shoot our next section with the highstreet. 

Video by Rosie 

Edited Footage (Erith 2)

Although there are areas which can be improved and will need re-shooting, the main area which I feel needs addressing is the final cut in this clip where the model is walking round the corner. It can be clearly seen against the blue hut the words 'Erith boat house' in white. This needs to be removed by shooting from either a different angle or having a close up on the model's face to reduce the backdrop and then remove the writing. 

Hannah (Filming); Rosie (Editing); Katie (Model)

Proof of Filming (Erith 2)

After our initial first shoot at Erith, we decided to re shoot back at Erith to make some subtle changes. We changed the model's look, including a hat, pulling her hair back to ensure it did not get in the way when filming. We also made the make up bolder and brought a speaker so the model would find it easier to sing along with the track- making the miming look effective. 

The camera we used was the Cannon Legria FS306 and we placed this on a tripod to steady the shot. The advantage of this tripod was that it allowed for a smoother pan and also could be raised to the angle desired. 

We kept the make up consistent, using the liquid eyeliner and blue eye shadow that we had previously used in our first filming. We changed the lead's outfit, removing the coat, changing the shoes whilst restyling the hair with a bowler hat.


Due to the outfit change, Katie was very cold while shooting so we went through methods to ensure she stayed warm in between takes- layering her with coats and scarfs when the camera stopped rolling. As soon as the take started again we would remove the layers; alternating back and forth after each take.


Additionally, Katie was required to lipsync in the footage so to ensure the song matched with the movement of the lips, we had the song playing out loud just outside the shot so that she could sing along easily. You can also see that Rosie was standing close to Katie with coats and scarfs to warm her up after the shot as quickly as possible




















Danielle (Images); Rosie (Runner); Katie (Model); Hannah (Filming)