Target Audience

Final Cut Pro - Tests

Test Shots

Rachel Butcher

Actor: Rachel Butcher
Costume: White tutu, white tights, pointe shoes
Hair: Ballet bun
Make-up: Natural

(Need to take test shots of Bella)


These test shots of allow us to create and display the characters for our storyboard. They also enable us to have a visual list of the costume, hair and make-up that is to be used the same on every shoot to allow perfect continuity. They also allow us to see exactly what they will look like on camera and gets them used to being filmed and having their photos taken so they are not uncomfortable on the shoots. 

Shoot 2 12/12/13

When on shoot 12/12/13, we had a few problems with permission. We wanted to film opposite London Bridge so that we could use it in the background of our shot to create an establishing shot. We were questioned by local security to which we told them that we were A-Level Media Students filming for our coursewor. They allowed us to film for a time slot of 20 minutes free of charge and were told that if we wanted longer we would need to fill in forms and the sixth form involved. We stuck to our time limit and were able to film our footage with no problems.
The student card was used as proof of identity. They gave us a business card in case of need to contact the control centre.

Website Analysis

Foals

The Foals website is an great example of a professional looking page. On the main page just below, they've included links to different pages. A page for their new album Holy Fire. News page, which allows you to see what the band has been up to. A videos page which allows you to see live performances of the band on tour. A Merch and Music Store where you can buy either merchandise and music products directly from the website. 

 This little icon below are symbols for different social networking sites they have. Like Twitter, Facebook, Sound cloud, YouTube and Myspace.

 Tour Dates are important elements to have on your website as it will allow your followers to see when the band is next in town and will pay money to see them.

Shot List

This photograph is the planned shot list: it demonstrates which shots are being filmed where and in which order. This will enable us to structure our second and third shoot as they will be the longest shoots. 

Production Schedule/ Call Sheet

This production schedule allows us to know where we need to be and at what time of the day. It also divides the day up to show us how long we should spend doing each task, though only a rough outline, we can learn from this production schedule as tasks may take longer or shorter time than expected.

The call sheet allows everyone to have a place to look if they need contact numbers of either the members of the group or actors. We also have an email address if we have any unexpected enquires on shoot.

The third shoot is yet to be planned, but will take place in Dartford.

Weather Check

We decided it would be a good idea to check the weather forecast for December 12th as this is the day allocated with the camera. Here can can discover the times to avoid filming such as 8am and 10am due to the fog, which is not an appropriate setting for our music video.
The best times to film seen to be around 11am, we have to ensure that we finish filming by 4pm and we begin to lose daylight.

Preparing Props

Fake polaroids have been made to feature in our music video. The green square allows us to superimpose the sequence of the dancer onto the polaroid. The writing underneath is lyrics taken from the song so incorporates the 'lyrics and visuals' aspect of the Goodwin analysis. These will be used for the shoot 2 (12th Dec)

Shoot 1 - Friday 6th December

Our first half of the shoot proved successful and we are happy with the footage taken. We had a few problems but found ways to over come them such as the red flooring which we covered with black material, we had to decide on which space we were going to use for the shots to be more effective, which we decided would be the floor opposed to the stage. 

We then had a problem with the the lights and their batteries but soon overcome this by swapping them every so often to keep them working the way we needed them to. 

The previous dummy run of using the green screen and green ring seemed very helpful as it enabled us know how to use the equipment properly successfully use it in our real shoot with no problems. 

Below are the photos taken on shoot: 

Tom using the camera and checking shots were lined up using the rule of thirds and checking the lighting was correct for the type of shot we desired.

Rosie setting up the lights in order to create a silhouette by placing them behind the performer and lighting the front in the slightest to highlight some main features.

Our actress in her costume getting ready to be filmed. The camera is correctly set up for shooting and the lights positioned where necessary. 

Using the green screen to film our actress spinning as if in a music box. For this we using a turning exercise plate in order for her to keep still and positioned whilst Rosie laid on the floor and manually span her round slowly, which proved effective in what we wished it to look like. 

The feet of our actress on the turning board. 

Green Screen Demo Shoot

We decided to carry out a test shoot to understand the set up and editing process of using a green screen. We found that it took 40 minutes to set up the equipment so we learnt how much time was necessary on the real shoot on Friday 6th December. 
The equipment we need is to accomplish our shot:  

Green Screen
Camera
Extension Lead
Tripod
Lights
Battery (Camera & Lights)
Camera
Green Ring

We learnt how to set up both the green-screen and green-ring in the camera which will enable us to set up the equipment in a less time consuming way to save time on the real shoot.