Review of Filming Day

Friday 13th October 2017

An extremely successful day of filming for our music video for 'Let It Go' by James Bay. We have a range of shots from various camera angles so that when it comes to editing we have flexibility in choosing which shots look best/most effective in portraying our narrative and visual effects. All props were used effectively and outfits were changed from scene to scene to show different time periods when flashbacks happened and to outline the mood of our actors. Our actors were highly professional throughout and followed instructions very well so this made things very efficient when filming scenes so they were done with quality.

We filmed at two main locations:

- House in Edgware (bedroom, living room, hallway, drive)

- Hampstead Heath (by the lake, on top of the hill and on bench)

*screenshots of filming*

Things to Do:

- Shot all scenes of flashbacks except for Chinese lanterns (Tommy's house)

- Lip syncing footage filmed in various locations (Hampstead heath/surrounding areas). Still need to create time lapse on green screen of busy London road with cars going past behind male actor lip syncing.

- Looking to make significant progress in editing the music video over the next few weeks once all the footage is uploaded on to a platform and the editing software is downloaded.

• Our filming day followed our schedule more or less. We spent a bit longer filming flashbacks at the house and a bit less time for lunch and travel. We devoted the same amount of hours than we planned and it turned out perfectly. We wanted a bit longer filming the lanterns at the end and the time lapse but we ran out of time because of family commitments. We will devote another day to this.
• Filming in our 2 locations were very successful because we planned effectively. Once we arrived, we had a step by step guide on what to do, what shots to use and how long to film it for. This made things very efficient and allowed us to utilise our locations and film in more areas than we expected.
• When planning our shot choices, we always wanted to film every scene in different shots so we had choices and flexibility when it came to editing. We stuck to this very closely however there were some scenes where we used a shot that wasn't on the plan.
• Targets for the next filming day are to film the time lapse of streets of London as well as the lantern scenes with our actors. Stick to the plan and continue to do what we did the first filming day. We all worked very well together as a team.

Pictures of 2 locations below:

Advanced Timeline - Further Planning

Order	Description	Duration (Seconds)	Shots	Lyrics
1	Different shots of couple in different locations during piano solo (man on a bench, woman drinking against a wall)	11	Panning, medium close ups, wide shot	*piano solo
2	Shot of man standing and walking	6	Close up, tracking shot	From walking home and talking loads
3	Shot of woman standing up drunk	7	Wide shot, close up, pan	To seeing shows in evening clothes with you
4	Video of the couple happy in bed fades to him waking up to no one	11	Medium close ups, wide shots, close ups, panning	From nervous touch and getting drunk To staying up and waking up with you
5	Man looks at picture frame of them and puts it down	3	Close up, (eyeline match)	*music solo
6	Shot of man walking up hill	6	Medium close up, extreme close up, tracking	But now we're slipping at the edge Holding something we don't need

7	Shot of woman walking up and picking up grass and letting it go	6	Panning, medium close up	All this delusion in our heads Is gonna bring us to our knees
8	Man lying down on hill	4	Panning from behind	So come on, let it go
9	Shot of woman sitting on hill	3	Pan from behind	Just let it be
10	Eyeline match of both looking up to the skies at the clouds	6	Wide shot, close ups, wide shot of sky	Why don't you be you And I'll be me?
11	Flashback of argument, includes shouting and her throwing his bag at him	11	Wide shots, medium close ups, ends on extreme close up fades to..	Everything that's broke Leave it to the breeze Why don't you be you And I'll be me?
12	Man on hill	3	Extreme close up	And I’ll be me
13	Man getting up and walking further uphill, same with woman	11	Wide shots, tracking shots	*music solo
14	Flashback of them being playful to him finding a letter on the bed	10	Wide shots, medium close up, panning	From throwing clothes across the floor To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you

15	Back to man walking up hill	4	Medium close up	If this is all we're living for
16	Man sits down on hill	6	Panning shot, medium close up	Why are we doing it, doing it anymore?
17	Pan of man looking in mirror, changes to someone else in mirror	6	Panning from behind	I used to recognize myself It's funny how reflections change
18	Shot of woman sitting down on hill	3	Medium close up	When we're becoming something else
19	Shot of woman getting up and walking	3	Wide shot	I think it's time to walk away
20	Shot of man walking up hill again	4	Medium close up	So come on, let it go
21	Shot of woman walking up hill again	4	Tracking shot	Just let it be
22	Flashback of them doing Chinese lanterns at night	7	Close ups of lighting it, wide shot of watching it go	Why don't you be you And I'll be me?

23	Shot of man holding his heart as he's walking up	4	Medium close up	Everything that's broke
24	Shot of woman holding heart as she's walking up	4	Medium close up	Leave it to the breeze
25	Pan of man looking down at hand, down to the blood on the hand	6	Panning close up	Why don't you be you And I'll be me?
26	Shot of woman looking down at bloody hand	4	Panning close up	And I'll be me
27	Flashback of the couple walking down a street holding hands	4	Tracking shot	*Straight to*  Trying to fit your hand inside of mine
28	Flashback of man walking on the same street on his own	3	Last tracking shot fades into this one	When we know it just don't belong
29	Man walking up hill, showing that the blood on his chest has increased	7	Medium close up, wide shot	There's no force on earth Could make it feel right, no, woah

30	Split screen of man and woman both throwing different flowers angrily	4	Split screen wide shot	*Slow chorus*   So come it let it go
31	Close up of flowers dropping in slo-mo	4	Close up of flowers falling in air	Just let it be
32	Both stop throwing flowers and sit down	3	Split screen of medium close ups	Why don't you be you
33	Both sitting down on hill	3	Split screen slides to wide shot of both in same location	And I'll be me?
34	Shot of flowers on ground both ended up together	3	Extreme close up	*Very last* And I'll be me