Preparation for filming Day 3

On this day we will film the artist, Sarah, singing in a studio with lighting and a  white professional background. She is going to represent Birdy in the music video. We are going to film her from all different angles and close ups to make sure we have a sufficient amount of storage if we need it.

We have used the software 'Storyboard That' to produce an animated version of our artist and some of the shots we want to film. These include close ups, mid shots, extreme close ups and long shots to represent her emotions.

I have once again created a pinterest board for inspiration
https://uk.pinterest.com/islareid2/filming-day-3/

Equipment

• Camera
• Tripod
• Studio backdrop
• Lighting
• Lighting Kit (which we have bought)
• Black clothing
• The actress
• Red lipstick

To connect both female characters together we have used glitter in each of our scenes but on different parts of the face. We felt as this one included lots of close ups we would put it on top of her red lipstick to really stand out to the audience. Similarly, as the album is called 'fire Within' we thought the lips with the gold glitter represented the title well and could clearly show to the audience what the artist is portraying within her songs.

We feel these shots need to be as professional as our previous filming days to make the music video reach its full potential. The actress is also willing to sing the song which i think will look much more realistic and have a sense of professionalism in it so that audiences find what she is singing about believable. We also want these shots to be a huge contrast to our other scenes so by making Sarah where all black (whilst the performers wear white) creates a connotation for the costumes and allows audience enigma to occur. The reasoning behind these costumes is to show the flashback of the relationship at the time was all happy and pleasant, however, when Sarah recalls and sings about what went on in the past it upsets her and therefore is wearing black to represent a sombre tone. Secondly, in the performance piece you will notice the male is wearing a white top with black trousers to show he is the reason why the relationship ended badly and why Sarah feels the way she does.

Location
Now that we have our own lighting kit, we can easily film in my kitchen/bedroom depending on which lighting would look better. This makes planning for when to film much easier as we have the ability to film in our own home and take our time in making sure we have all the shots we need.