Filming Day 2 - Newcastle

We went to Newcastle at night again to film with both of our narrative actors unlike the last time we filmed as we only had our main character available due to Laura not being able to make it. This had meant that we had previously only been able to shoot scenes with Orrin in which in turn meant that we could only film so much of the video and so by having Laura on this shoot, we were able to address this. Here are some pictures during the shoot to show how we overcame obstacles involving lighting etc during filming.

As you can see, in the image above, James is adjusting the camera in order to make sure that the shots are what we planned and that the angles and focus were what we were intending to capture, giving us our desired effects. If we hadn't have ensured this, the would have been quite a strong chance that our footage might have been totally unusable which thankfully, it hasn't been for our rough cut.

The picture above here shows just how much dedication our group have put into our music video as Jamie, seen top right, is quite clearly hanging from a drainpipe in an effort to improve the scene's lighting whilst it is being filmed. He hung on to the railings with one arm and an LED light in the other for around 10 minutes. But thanks to him, the scene was shot with better lighting than it would have otherwise had been. Had he not done the, our footage could have turned out totally dark and unusable for this rough-cut.

These images were taken in back alleyway which we had chosen from our blog post on filming locations in Newcastle. This although a very good setting, meant that getting our lighting right was essential, not just to get it light enough but to make sure that there weren't too many shadows or highlights etc as this would have made the scenes appear to fake and scripted.

This scene was recorded on the high level bridge, again chosen from our Newcastle locations post. We are really happy with the shots we got at this location as we filmed over the bridge showing the river and all of the other bridges in the dark which made a really nice shot with our two main characters in it which has from our research been found to be quite a common theme in music videos of this genre.

In short, I think that so far we have done really well with our shoots in Newcastle and the video is really starting to come together. The more we can get filmed earlier on will also help us as it means that we will have more time to edit this all and make this footage look the best that is can, whether that means doing something with after effects or just taking our time to make sure that our editing gets the best out of our footage.