First day of filming 7th November

YorkOn our first day of filming we did all the shots that we needed to do in York.
Firstly, we did the photo for the album cover and a band shot which can be used on the digipak. We did these in college against a plain wall so we can edit in a pale blue colour for the back which we had already decided would be a good colour to use.
After the photos, we went to the train tracks in Dringhouses and did the shots there. This is going to be the anchoring shot which the video keeps cutting back to throughout the video. We filmed the whole song here so we can use it at any time we want to go back to the band.
We used Jemma's house as the location for the morning sequence until the main character (Craig) leaves the house to go to the bus. We had to make the lighting darker so it looked like it was morning. Everything we filmed in the house went well and to plan, this was: the alarm going off, him getting out of bed, going to the bathroom, coming down the stairs, looking in the mirror and going out of the door. The next shots we did were out of the house at the bus stop. This was easier to do because Craig wasn't singing so we didn't have to really focus on the timing.
We used a park in York so even though we hadn't finished the morning sequence we had to make him do the 'fun side of life' bits. In the park, he was in his casual clothes with his hair spiked up, we had shots of him on the swings and on the slide. All of these park shots went how we planned them.

Difficulties on the first day of filming
In the morning sequence in the bedroom when he was getting up, it was quite difficult to make it look dark and give the effect it was early morning, and to maintain a high quality of video.
All the shots we did in the park were of Craig singing the lyrics, this was a bit more difficult for him to sing the right lyrics at the right time and to get everything in the shot and for it to look natural.
The morning sequence which took place in the bedroom faced difficulties because there was a lot of things going on at once and it was hard to get everything to go right at the same time.
At the train tracks, the band didn't really feel comfortable with not having something to actually do, and to just act natural, this was difficult to make it look good and make everyone look like a band having fun.

Extras
We added in a few extra shots just to make sure we didn't run out of footage once we got to the editing stage. We did all the planned shots on the first day that we could do before the camera ran out of battery.
One of the things we added in was a shot of Craig singing against some garages. On our way back from doing the train track shots, we passed some garages which had the right kind of image for the video and the genre of music, so we got Craig to sing the whole song there and that can be another shot whcih we can keep cutting back to throughout the video.
Originally for part of the morning sequence, we had a shot of Craig walking past the doorway and then the next shot being him looking in the mirror just before he leaves. We changed this and added in an extra shot of him walking down the stairs. This linked the getting ready process a bit more and it looked good having him coming down the stairs, putting his jacket on and singing the lyrics at the same time. The fact that he was looking very grumpy and tired made it more realistic and emphasized the contrast between the two sides to the video.

Second day of filming Tuesday 8th November

The second day of filming took place in Leeds, we met early so as to get the grim establishing shots we need of the city to show the draining situation the main character (Craig).After getting the first establishing shot of inner city life, we headed to Tesco extra to get a 'way to work' shot. Upon getting this shot, we went to film the shot in the centre of leeds in which Craig reaches his place of work and places his hand on the camera.
We then walked to Brigate, one of the busiest streets in leeds city centre to get another shot of his walk to work. Craig then changed into another outfit so we could shoot the rest of the shots.
In more casual clothing, we then went to the arches near leeds train station to film a drinking scene. We then picked up a couple of props and proceeded to millenium square. At Millenium Square, we filmed a band shot in which we all sat on some steps, with Craig singing the song. when we got this, we went to Hyde park to film the shots in the play park that we didn't get the day before. We got the final shot in hyde park also, due to how efficiently we filmed on the second day.

Difficulties on the second day of filming
Burning the tie was problematic as the tie wouldnt actually burn.
At times we were all in the shot meaning that we didn't have anybody to film.

Extra shots
A few shots of the city we filmed were not planned, we filmed them to give us more material to work with. 

Draft of Digipak

We want the digipak and advert to have the same theme as the music video. The theme is the contrast between work life and fun life. This is what the music video shows. For the front cover of the digipak we are going to have the actor from the video standing in front of a pale coloured backdrop in a suit with a party hat on. Once again this shows the contrast between the work life and the fun side of life. In the digipak there is going to be a CD and a DVD, on the CD we are going to have the actor stood in front of a coloured backdrop and he will be split in two halves, one will be him dressed formally in his business suit and the other half will be him in his normal punk clothes. On the DVD, an idea we have thought of, is having the disc as a clock face and at 5 o'clock, which is typically the finishing work time, have a party popper or something that resembles fun time like in the music video. The back panel is going to have the track list on and have some sort of image behind the words, but not covering the whole panel because this might make it difficult to read. The inside panel which is in the middle of the two discs is just going to have the band name 'The King Blues' written on it, covering the whole panel.
The magazine advert will be the same image as the front cover, which is the actor in a business suit and a party blower in his mouth, wearing a party hat. There will be the band name at the top of the page which is different to the digipak, as the writing on the digipak is across his legs, this is to make is stand out more in a magazine. There will be information about the digipak under the image towards the bottom of the page.

Shooting Schedule 7th, 8th November

Below is the shooting schedule for our music video, the times are arranged so we can shoot the majority of the material in just 2 half days...
Other shots, such as the stop motion sequence, will be done at college.     

Shooting Schedule

Client: The King Blues                

Project: I Got Love  A2 music video            

Crew: Lowri/ Sam/ Jemma           Contact  Sam:07847098667                          Cast: Craig Martin                                  

                                                               Lowri:07816952215

                                                             Jemma:07875140383

Date: 07/11/11-08/11/11

Time	Activity	Location	Cast/Crew	Resources	Shots
9:00 Onwards	Pick up camera	college	Lowri, Sam, Jemma/ Craig
9:30 Onwards	Park shots, tie burning shots	Park in York (rowntrees)	Lowri, Sam, Jemma/ Craig	Camera, Football, party popper, tie	15/18/26 /29
11:00 Onwards	Train track shots (band messing around)	Train tracks in York	Lowri, Sam, Jemma/ Craig	Camera, Punk clothing	/17/20/22/26/
12:00 Onwards	Bedroom sequence (knock a door sequence) Bus stop  (shot 9)	Jemma’s house	Lowri, Sam, Jemma/ Craig	Camera, Alarm clock, towel,	(9)   1-8 penultimate sequence /
Next day 9:00 Onwards	Shooting establishing shots for Grim early shots in the video Also, way to work shots (bus shots)	Leeds City centre	Lowri, Sam, Jemma/ Craig	Camera, Full work attire	12/13/14/16/
11:00 Onwards	Millennium square loitering scenes + drinking in street scenes	Leeds City centre	Lowri, Sam, Jemma/ Craig	Camera, Beer cans (empty)	23/28
13:00 Onwards	Final sequences	Leeds City centre	Lowri, Sam, Jemma/ Craig	Camera, band	/30