Filming

Filming – main actor and lyric

The song alloway grove has an autumn feel to it, so the weather and leaves were perfect for we are filming in the autumn, the only problem we had was capturing the right day to capture out filming. Most of the days we had planned to film had been poor weather apart from today. We used a local park, Danorlan, this was again ideal for our scenery as the gold leaves surrounded out main actor.

To keep out main character in sync with our chosen track we took an iPod speaker to play the track while we filmed this will be very helpful when coming to editing because we can connect the sound waves.

We used this section of filming for the base line, so we can play the story from what has been sung from out main actor. This section of filming turned out very successful we captured some interesting shots and an attractive establishing shot.

Due to our planning for this scene we managed to capture all the shots needed.

Going back

After filming our house senses we needed to go back and retouch some of our shaky shots, and capture some new ones.

The note plays a large part in the video, so we try and express this though close ups and the length of the shots. One of the best shots we captured was the to the house

Filming – bed room scene

Our first scene of filming was the bed room scene, here we have this mysterious girl and man, no showing faces so we never become attached to them in the video, giving them no character. Starting with the over the body shot, capturing red underwear symbolising danger, this help us as an audience gain the idea she is dangerous and untrusting. We want these scenes to tell the story of this girl, while we follow the story of Paolo Nutini (our main actor James).

What shots we used and why?

Over the body – similar to over the shoulder but this way we can capture the scenery and the other actor in the same shot. We aimed the shot towards the window due to capturing the morning glaze from the sun peeping though the window, reasoning for this is to give the audience the message that these to have sent the night together, this is also backed with the use of them both being in underwear and how the hold each other in the two shot.

Two shot – both the couple come together showing affection and lust.

Close ups – as we want to create pace and a since of rush we used close ups to show the clothes being thrown into a suit case, then flicking to a bird’s eye view, this has to be the most one of the most successful shots along with we put the camera into the suitcase and recorded while she zipped up.

The note is a large part in our music video as it explains why she leaves our main actor (James) and moves to London.

Tracking shots – we have this though the hall way of the house, following them as they leave.

We took great time in capturing the right shot, having an idea in my head and on paper while filming we found some angles worked better than we had down, so a few minor changes will have to be made to the story board.

Over all the shooting went well, but we may need to go back and touch up on certain parts where the shots have been cut to quickly or camera has shaken.