Risk Assessment

Filming Update

This weekend we were not able to film as people were ill and there was a lack of organisation on what we were doing. We are looking to film on thursday so we get the few shots that need to be taken in Cambridge as we think that we should use other locations as well to get the shots that we can't actually film in Cambridge as there were too many people last time which is why we didn't get as many shots as possible as it was too busy to take a shot by the road as people kept on crossing in large numbers. We got two large and important shots filmed and we think that there should be only two to three more shots in Cambridge then we can film in Saffron Walden or Bishops Stortford where in a weekday it is less congested and will take less time to get there by car which does in fact take up a large chunk of the time needed to film.

Prop Update - Guitar Hero

We have decided not to go with the idea of the Guitar Hero game controllers as a prop as when we had a group meeting that finally decided everything down to timings, shots on what days and props, we thought it would seem too childish. We mean that if we had a shot of them in our video we would look like we were trying too hard to make our audience laugh, it would also mean that we would look like we can play any instruments as we would have to cut out the scenes were we are seen to be playing real instruments therefore taking away the convention that we needed to have being band performance with real instruments.

Props - Guitar Hero

To save space for other things and to add to the idea that we are using humour as a theme we decided that the use of the game Guitar Hero's electric guitar, bass guitar and the drum set. This means that we can have more space to put things as its smaller than a normal drum set meaning that we don't have to take as many cars than we did to go to Cambridge as we did not have the space to fit a whole drum, the actors, guitars and other props in two cars whereas we can use the two cars now as one can take the drum set and all of the guitars and props with the other car containing the actors and the group.

We also thought that it would be humorous if we had the Guitar Hero guitars as it could be seen as we were not taking the matter seriously but the lead singer is so we just didn't bother to take the real instruments out because we thought it was a joke. It may seem strange at the start which is funny because it isn't expected to happen.

Shooting / Editing Calender

Photos Of Props Needed

Story Of The Video

The story of the video is that the lead singer of the band is having an argument with his girlfriend. She tells him to leave and throws him out of the house as well as throwing his things out. The band are outside the house waiting for him to cheer him up. The next day they drive to cambridge to find his girlfriend and try to win her back. With he help of the band members giving him things to give to her such as flowers he then tries to get her to take him back and he does thins by making her laugh and making romantic gestures. He fails that day and then on the next he gives her a ticket to a 'private' concert which she goes to and then falls for the boy again.

Props Needed For The Final Day

Instruments

- Bass Guitar
- Electric Guitar
- Drums
- Microphone

Humour 

- Guitar Hero Drums
- Guitar Hero Guitar
- Wooden Spoons

To Give To Girlfriend 

- Flowers
- Chocolates
- Coffee ( In Coffee and Crepe )
- Tickets To See 'Private' Performance
- Balloons

Band Members Giving To Lead Singer

- Deodorant
- Flowers
- Chocolate
- Mic
- Balloons

Todays Filming

Today we went to the location that we are filming at, we had an unfortunate issue with space and getting to the location so we are afraid that we had to leave someone behind which did not help. This was due to poor organisation from the group and will not happen again. We had an issue with costume as well as some people did not receive the message in time so they did not have the correct clothing for the time. We took shots of the car with all of the drum kit and guitars inside, a shot of the drums set up facing the front door when the lead singer is thrown out of the house. We will post shots of these today but will try to get a large chunk of what we missed today on sunday or another day next week. We understand that the missing group member missed this and have given her all of the information given today on what we did.

Costume For The Final Day

We discussed what we should have the lead singer and his girlfriend. For the girlfriend we though she would be wearing skinny jeans, plimsoles or high tops, a t shirt and a hoodie. This is what we found in our audience research as that she wore simple clothes and goes with the conventions of costume in indie rock music videos. For the lead singer we said that he should be wearing high tops, skinny jeans, a printed t shirt and a beanie. We chose this as it was one of the responses that we had from our audience research survey. We have not yet discussed the actual costumes for the band members but we said we would go along with the ideas of the lead singers responses.

We have not yet decided a motif that we could use yet but i have some ideas on what we can use. The first one is that we could have the drummer have messages to the audience on his bass drum, this would add humour which is a theme in our music video. Maybe a joke or a rhetorical question on what we think the audience would be saying.

The second is that we have the album title placed around the town or place that we are filming. This could be in the form of leaflets or posters or even QR codes placed in Cambridge in the window of the Coffee and Crepe place. QR codes could also be a way for us to advertise the product and the band in the video but we can also use them in our marketing scheme for the blogs and the CD release.

Filming Dates

We have decided to break up filming in two parts. We thought that if we do all of the shots that aren't set in Cambridge and then record what we need in Cambridge on the next time it would be easier and we would get things done faster in this method. We are filming tomorrow in the morning as Alex and I have a hockey tournament in the afternoon but we are in the process of choosing another date, we think we are able to go to Cambridge on Sunday but it is proving quite difficult to find a date where we are all free.

Permission To Film In Coffee and Crepe

Today we received permission from Coffee & Crepe cafe in Cambridge to use their cafe to film one of our scenes of our music video.

We also took photos of the outside and inside of the shop showing where we are going to do the shot.

Storyboard

This is our final storyboard for the shots that we need to take, it includes the shots in Cambridge as well as the argument in a totally different place to Cambridge. It includes the shots of the lead singer trying to get him back as well as the shots of humour that we can use to fill certain gaps in the song such as a instrumental.

If you wish to download the storyboard to get it in a higher definition please click here

Shot List

Shot List

1. Front door (closed)
2. Lead singer and girlfriend arguing in the hallway (Fast forwarding)
3. Close-up of lead singer leaving the house
4. Long shot of band members outside house playing instruments
5. Long shot of band members hold up score cards of the argument
6. POV of girl getting out the train ticket to cambridge
7. Guy goes to girls to apologies, finds not saying ‘gone to stay at friends in Cambridge’
8. Video montage of car being loaded - variety of shot types - close-ups/high angle/low angle
9. Car on the road with the drum on top and guitars sticking out of car window
10. Medium shot of the car parking with band inside

(Location change to Saffron Walden)

11. Close up/tilt of band getting out of car
12. Reaction shot of girl seeing him
13. Pan shot of guy chasing after girlfriend
14. Close up on Bass player - with guitar hero guitar
15. Pan shot following lead singer singing to girl whilst walking along the street
16. Zoom-in/360 of band members play instruments shot of instrumental
17. Wide-shot/pan of lead singer walking behind girl (drummer in background playing with message on bass drum)
18. Wide-shot/pan lead singer walks past guitarists who sprays him with his deodorant
19. Over-the-shoulder shot of lead singer singing into the mirror
20. Lyrics on the mirror of the chorus
21. Close-up pan on drums being played
22. High/long/canted angles of band member trying to give her flower
23. Low angle of the bin and the lead singer falling over it
24. Reaction shot of girl
25. High angle looking down at chocolates on floor
26. Close up on cheeky bass solo
27. 360 Deg shot of the balloons flying off
28. POV of girl slapping guy
29. Long/wide shot of girl crossing & guy getting stopped
30. Singer sings to girl- Over the shoulder and reaction shots of the lovers - looking across the road at each other
31. Variety of shots of band playing instrumental
32. Long shot of band walking with instruments and playing at the same time
33. Shot of guitarist leaning against the street light in reality checkpoint whilst the camera is zooming in on the guitarist from Queen Anne car park
34. 360 degree shot of the two actors in the park sitting with each other
35. Setting up of the band in field- Wides, close ups, aerial
36. First person of the lead singer and girlfriend shopping with each other
37. He loses her whilst looking in shop - POV/pan
38. Setting up of the band in field- Wides, close ups, aerial
39. Medium shot - he finds her and gives her letter
40. Long shot of her walking down the road
41. POV of the girl looking at the band
42. Split screen and close ups of band and girl / reaction shots
43. switching between over the shoulder of boy and girl
44. Close up on letter then pan to girls reaction

First Album Cover Idea

This is an idea i had for the album cover of our song i chose the illusion in the form of triangles so that they stood out from the crowd as is an indie convention. I had changed the text to a handwriting style for the 'Start Again?' part so that it seemed like a letter offering someone he chance to start again which is the idea for our song and the storyline of it. This means that it matches the song lyrics and the video in the fact that it relates to the narrative.