Analysis of picture shots

Below are some of the images we took for the picture shots in our music video. This was part of our original plan and so we had an idea as to what we wanted us to do in them and where they would be set. However by the time we got round to doing the picture shots we was all tired after a long day of filming and so didn't really think about mis en scene. Here is an analysis of some of the pictures we took for the picture shots:

This picture was used as part of our 360 degree shots, I'm not happy with the picture because you can see all of the cars in the background this will therefore make our video look unprofessional. If i was facing the other way there wouldn't have been so many images with cars in the background and instead there would have been tree's. Making us the main focus in each shot.

This shot was used for the picture shots of us walking towards the camera. Again we made the same mistake as we did before. As we wasn't going around in a circle we should have thought more carefully about what was going to be in the background. As you can see in our background we have a pub and cars something which you wouldn't see in an actual music video.

This shot was used as part of our 360 degree shot, as mentioned earlier we should have thought about mis en scene and what way we was facing because most of the shots didn't have a very nice back ground which would make the video look unprofessional. We also made a big mistake of leaving the tripod in the area we was taking the pictures, as you can see in the above photo. This is something me and Alice was both really disappointed in as we could have easily moved this is we was both focusing on mis en scene instead of trying to get it done as quickly as possible.

I know have a better understanding as to how important mis en scene is and what impact it can have, in any future work i will focus carefully on this as this has been my downfall in the pictures taken.

Picture shots for video

As well as having video shots in our music video we watched music videos whilst we was researching and planning our music video that was made up of just picture shots. We didn't want to do our whole music video like this because i personally didn't feel it would fit the pop theme however we thought we could do it for a verse of the song. We tried 2 different sets of pictures shots, the first one being a 360 degree shot of each of us. Below you can see some of the 360 degree picture shots we took of each other. We choose to do this because one of the lyrics in the song is "many faces i have seen"

The second set of picture shots we have tried was us all walking towards the camera. This again wasn't part of our original plan however as it was simple to do we thought we would try it just in case we didn't have enough footage when we came to edit our video. Below are some of the shots we took of us walking towards the camera, each of us did this in turn.

Leaves

Although it wasn't in our original plan we decided to add Ana throwing leaves at the camera as part of our music video, the reason for this is because we was in the trees and thought this would help add to the wintry theme that our music video was heading. Although this wasn't our original plan i think it will benefit us when we edit our music video as we could add some special effects to the shot. Below is some pictures before and after Ana had thrown the leaves.

I feel we will benefit greatly from doing extra shots that wasn't part of our original plan as it will be extra footage and as the balloon shots weren't successful we will need more shots to fill in the gaps, therefore doing shots like this will make our music video better.

Balloons..

When we me and Alice was researching and planning the shots that we would have in our music video we really like the idea of balloons in the background whilst we was singing. Not only would this look good but it would also fit in with our pop theme and therefore appeal to our target market. On the day that we filmed the weather was dry but was too windy for the balloons, however we didn't realise this until we had pumped them all up. Here are some of the photos we took on the day of us attempting the balloon idea.    

                               

Here is Alice and Ana blowing up the balloons, yes we used a pump it would have been too difficult blowing up 6 3foot balloons by ourselves!

Here is Alice and Ana trying to hold the balloons still once we had blown them all up

The balloons were impossible to control meaning we couldn't get the shots we wanted to for our video, this may be a problem when we edit our music video as we might not have enough footage. I am glad we tried the balloon idea however the weather wasn't suitable for it and so if we was to do our music video again i would have made sure we filmed on a day where there wasn't any wind or filmed in doors to avoid this happening.

Weather on the day of filming :(

On the day that we filmed our music video we was a bit unlucky with the weather . In the morning when we was filming all of our field shots the weather was bit cold but nothing terrible and it stayed dry. However once it got to the afternoon it rained and made everything very muddy. This was when we was meant to be filming the shots for our video in the trees. Me and Alice found a nice area that we thought would look good for one of our shots in the video, little did we know that the mud was thick and a bit like quick sand due to the rain which is when i sunk into it and got very muddy. Below is the pictures we took after my traumatic experience of sinking in the mud!

Evidence that our work is our own..

On the day of filming i took some pictures of Alice filming Ana for our music video, this is evidence that the work we have produced is our own. This picture is taken just before Ana throws the leaves at the camera which we have incorporated into our actual music video.

This is a picture of me and alice with the camera we used to film our music video. As you can see it was very cold on the day of filming hence the reason for the coats and hats!

This is Alice and Ana posing for the camera, the setting behind them is what we used for some of the shots in our music video.

I think it was beneficial to take pictures of us filming just to prove that the work me and Alice have done and filmed is our own.

Day of filming

On the day of filming i picked Alice and her sister up at 9 o'clock, we then went to McDonald's to have some breakfast and then set off to High Beech. During the morning the weather stayed dry which was beneficial because we got a lot done, working our way through the shot list we created. As we decided to film during half term we thought it would be busy which was one of our concerns however there wasn't many people there on the day. This was an added bonus because we could film where we needed to without disturbing anyone or anyone getting in the middle of the shot, therefore speeding up the day.

We got to around 12 o'clock and realised the battery on our camera was going to die, we was only half way through filming the shots we needed to and so i started to panic a little bit! There was a pub just next to High Beech and so we thought we could ask to charge our camera whilst we had some lunch, although this was a set back because we could have finished filming a lot earlier if we hadn't have gone to charge it when we did we would have had to have come back  different day. Whilst we had lunch it rained but it had luckily stopped by the time we was ready too start filming again.

In the afternoon we filmed the shots we needed to in the trees, this was a benefit as it covered us from anymore rain that might have fallen. By this time High Beech was dead quiet as everyone would have wanted to avoid the rain, we manged to film the shots in the trees a lot quicker then before lunch. Once we had done to shots in the trees that we had planned to we took some pictures of us for our ancillary tasks,l we also need to create a website and didipak this was difficult as we had to take the pictures on self timer on the camera meaning we was limited to the type of shots we could do.

Once we had completed the shots we needed to in the trees we then went back to the field and took all the picture shots we needed to for our video, this was part of our original plan and so i had scheduled this into the day. We took 360 degree shots of each of us and shots of us walking towards the camera. Once we had took these we also took more shots of us for our ancillary tasks. Again these weren't as good as they could have been if someone had been there to take them.

Overall the day was successful we managed to complete our music video all in one day and managed to get some photos for our ancillary tasks. We only had one issue on the day which was the battery life of the camera and this didnt affect us majorly. We worked well as a team, by creating a shot list and filming schdeule it made the day much more organised and we knew what shots we needed to do and in what order.