Filming.

Today me and Izzy are planning to get the shots completed where no band members are required. This does mean a bit of prep work needs to be completed:

• hire out camera
• hire out tripod
• get props ready and accessible

We also need to leave school early to try to enable shooting to be completed in the daylight as currently it gets dark about 4:15 and with both of arriving home around, or just before this time, it would be impossible for us to get it done. This has meant I've had to drive into school rather than getting to normal bus as this allows us to leave when we are both ready.

Hopefully the weather and lighting will hold out for us as we both work several times a week and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find time where we can fit filming in. The weather outlook at present is as follows:

The black circle is today weather and the red circles is tomorrows, the next day we plan to film. Luckily it isn't showing rain however it is currently raining outside! Hopefully this will clear up by later though. Our main issue is going to be lighting as cloud cover and fog/mist obviously restricts how good the lighting is going to be.

Tomorrow will be our main issue as we can't get all band members to leave school early to do our filming as we can't assume they won't have lessons. Therefore timing is going to be extremely tight so we will have to be as organised as possible with a full proof idea of what we want to achieve to make sure there is no unnecessary 'faffing'.

Digipack Feedback

After receiving my feedback I decided that drastic changes needed to be made to my digipack, due to getting extremely low grades that I wasn't personally satisfied with.

My Feedback for my digipack was;

• Colourscheme is dull
• Large text is good - handwritten text is weaker
• Layout needs more care, which is why the handwritten element doesnt work - sort out layout and it should be fine
• Back cover is stronger
• Add recording companies label and barcode
• Circular images are a nice touch - handwritten motif looks better here
• Need to have credits somewhere (songwriters producers studio engineer etc)

I acheived 5/10 for my digipack

Feedback for my advert;

• Text at bottom of advert is far too big
• layout is messy
• Cheap Kicks should be larger
• Pre-Order + release date should be moved
• Images need attention
• Lay out if off centre - could make it 1/3 of page - right in the middle
• A clearer link to cd cover might help (apart from the handwritten element)
• add record company logo

I acheived 2/10 for my advert

Obviously these marks aren't as good as I could have possible acheived so I decided to completely redo my digipack as it wasn't good enough. I decided to take inspiration from the Vampire Weekend - Contra album.

Lyrics/Song Timings

When editing our draft video we found out we were missing shots due to lack of organisation and precision in respect to timing so here I have decided to write the timings for each line to make sure there are no empty spaces where we should of storyboarded shots for:

0-5 seconds: (intro)
5-10 seconds: (intro + guitar)

10-13 seconds:           Pretty girl, wrecking' bar
13-15 seconds:           Ra ra ra ra yeah you are
15-18 seconds:           Growing up, I’m twice the man
18-21 seconds:           Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I am

21-23 seconds:           The angel's game, F Scott Fitzgerald
23-26 seconds:           The evening news and the morning herald
26-29 seconds:            I know they're not from very far
29-31 seconds:           But those girls do nothing for me

31-34 seconds:           Where you been? You can't say?
34-37 seconds:           Hey hey hey hey yeah you may
37-39 seconds:           That might seem a bit below
39-42 seconds:           No no no it's funny though

42-45 seconds:           Let’s go home, I think we oughtta
45-48 seconds:           I know you're your mother's daughter
48-50 seconds:           Well brought up and royal blue
50-53 seconds:           But I haven't got the time for you

53-1:04 seconds: (instrumental)

1:04-1:06 seconds:     Finger pointing, pre-supposing
1:06-1:09 seconds:     Watch out man the doors are closing
1:09-1:11 seconds:     This is what you get when you turn your back
1:11-1:14 seconds:     A clear blue sky turning dirty black

1:14-1:20 seconds: (ending)

Potential Hazards

As our storyboard has changed we needed to carry out a new risk assessment:

1. Falls?
2. Temporary structures?
3. Tripping Hazards?
4. Vehicles?
5. Special Effects?
6. Weapons?
7. Burns from lighting?

1. Hazard- jumping and falling
Answer- yes
Severity- medium
Likelihood- medium
Persons at risk- all actors + crew
Precautions- tape down wires, make sure all equipment is stable, make sure band members don't jump unnecessarily.

2. N/A

3. Hazard- standing on wall
Answer- yes
Severity- medium
Likelihood- low
Persons at risk- all actors
Precautions- make sure they don't mess around/move too much, use a low wall, make quick shot

4. Hazard- bus stop/ garage doors/ driveway with Mini's/ road lights
Answer- yes
Severity- high
Likelihood- low
Persons at risk- all actors + crew
Precautions- basic road safety will ensure no harm is caused

5. N/A

6. N/A

7. Hazard- car lights, daylight (sunburn)
Answer- yes
Severity- low
Likelihood- low
Persons at risk- all actors + crew
Precautions- no precautions really need to be taken as there is a very low likelihood that anyone will get sun burnt in this weather! However if on the off chance it is hot, suncream should be worn.

Prop List

Here I have taken the location list again and will write next to it the props we will need:

Location List (need band):

• Playground- for roundabout and swings (Narbourgh Park); Costumes, 2 x guitars, drumsticks
• Field- for band (Narbourgh Park); Costumes, 2 x guitars, drumsticks
• Garage Doors- for backdrop for band (Whetstone); Costumes, 2 x guitars, drums and drumsticks
• Car park- for band in trolleys (Asda Car park Fosse Park); Costumes, guitar, trolley
• Shops, Chinese + two others- for band to walk across (Wan's House Blaby/ Tesco Express, Pastures Narbourgh); Costumes
• Underpass- for band (Blaby); Costumes, 2 x guitars, drumsticks
• Bus stop- for band (Fosse Park); Costumes, 2 x guitars, drumsticks 
• Drive way- for band (Enderby, own drive), Costumes, 2 x guitars, drumsticks, 2 x cars (old Mini's) 

Location List (without band):

• Field- for dog + ball (Sixth Acre, Pastures); dog + ball
• Garden- for fairey lights + for wind spin (Enderby, own garden); fairy lights 
• Road- for passing lights (Leicester Lane, Enderby); (will need to rely on cars going past) 
• Traffic Lights- for light change (Fosse Park)
• Red/Green Man- for light change (Fosse Park)
• Horizon- for sky to turn dark (either Pastures facing Gilmorton wind turbines or Enderby facing Fosse Park)

Complete Prop List:

• Costumes, will need to have a change of outfit for each location which amounts to 9 changes. We will get the band members to bring their own clothes from the styling list we provided many posts ago to make sure we achieve the right 'look'.
• Guitars, Sam one of the band members already has an electric guitar, we will need to source one more.
• Drums, Harry from our band already has drums he can provide
• Drumsticks, Harry from our band already has drum sticks he can provide
• Trolley, we will have to borrow one from the Asda car park
• Old Minis, both Sam and Jake from our band own old Mini's luckily!
• Fairy Lights, we can source some from Christmas decorations
• Dog, we are going to use my dog, Toby, a Chocolate Labrador
• Ball, I already have a ball we can use

Shot List

After deciding to completely restart our video in order to get better marks and overall make a more effective video it was inevitble that we would need a new shot list. We initially wrote down all of the shots we would need then ordered them into day shots and night shots - as we would be filming after school time would be an issue as it gets dark very early. We then seperated these shots into shots me and Lydia can do without the lads, and ones we would need them for. Here is our final shooting list.

Wednesday Shooting List

Locations for Storyboard

Location List (need band):

• Playground- for roundabout and swings (Narbourgh Park)
• Field- for band (Narbourgh Park)
• Garage Doors- for backdrop for band (Whetstone)
• Car park- for band in trolleys (Asda Car park Fosse Park)
• Shops, Chinese + two others- for band to walk across (Wan's House Blaby/ Tesco Express, Pastures Narbourgh)
• Underpass- for band (Blaby)
• Bus stop- for band (Fosse Park)
• Drive way- for band (Enderby, own drive)

Location List (without band):

• Field- for dog + ball (Sixth Acre, Pastures)
• Garden- for fairey lights + for wind spin (Enderby, own garden)
• Road- for passing lights (Leicester Lane, Enderby)
• Traffic Lights- for light change (Fosse Park)
• Red/Green Man- for light change (Fosse Park)
• Horizon- for sky to turn dark (either Pastures facing Gilmorton wind turbines or Enderby facing Fosse Park)

As you can see we have a lot more locations than previously but this will give the video a fast paced, fun feel rather than just being bland and boring like our previous video. Inspiration for some of these shots (primarily garage doors) was taken from this video: