FINALLY MOVING ON.

Today we started planning what shots and angles we will be using for filming our video. We also chose the actor that will be playing the leading role in the video. As we couldnt find someone we could both agree on, we decided to use Charley. She has blonde hair and the wacky look about her, which will work well with the planning we have already done. She also acts and knows the song very well meaning she will be able to sing the song without messing up and us having to constantly re film.

Before we started filming everything, i wanted to get used to the camera and figure out what all of the icons did and how to pull in out out of focus. I also wanted to figure out what it could do, so we took some practise shots. Charley sat infront of the camera and i filmed some footage of her in the position she would be in. I pulled in and out of focus but for some reason it wouldnt work. The camera was always focused on her face. We then tried with a bottle and it focused out of that. We believe that the camera we are using is face sensitive. We played around with getting the composition right as we didnt want any unnessisary object in the shot. We realised that the tennis courts are right behind were we were filming so we had to angle the camera up slightly to be able to not catch it in. We were all ready to start filming once i had got used to the camera.

We decided to use a mid shot of charley sat on the window sill looking outside wishing she was out there. I filmed the scene and i experimented with different techniques such as pull focus. I tried focus out of her and into the background which is full of leaves but for some reason that wouldnt work. Therefore, we just played around with focusing out of the background leaving on Charley in focus. We then uploaded the footage after a few duifferent takes of Charley on iMovie. We watched over our footage and were pleased with how much we had come along. For a good influence we used Lisa Mitchell's music video "Clean White Love" and watched it over a few times before filming. This helped me a great deal by looking at all of the camera shots and how well they worked when connected together.