Filming 3

In this session of filming, the group and I went to 2 different locations through the help of a friend with his car to finish filming the footage for our video. First we visited John Leigh Park to film the scenes where Tavonga and I were in a flashback of the happy memories that they had as a couple, this would be set near the start of their relationship, we aimed to constantly film them with smiles on their faces to give a clear view to the audience at what stage this was at. There was an obstacle at this point as the natural lighting that we had planned to use from the sun had gone down by 5pm so we improvised with artificial lighting from the flash lights on our phones which were pointed either side of the camera as well as Me and Tavonga. As I was playing a part for the footage at this point, Adam and Beth took the dominant roles of filming by using a variety of camera shots and angles to focus on our body language and facial expressions, however even though i was an actress in the filming, i was still giving options and ways to make it successful .


At the same location, we filmed a similar piece where Tavonga and I were showing affection on a bench in the evening. The low angle shot was used to create a sense of romance which was used from the feedback of our focus group. The audience said they preferred old romantic RnB videos as opposed to new ones about wealth and success and so we created a very romantic feeling with thelove and romance of the couple and the rose which was used as a motif and symbol of love. In the same area of the park, I then suggested in filming another romantic scene where Tavonga and I would hold hands and walk to and away from the camera. We used the scene where they are walking away to show how the connection they have is beginning to fade as this is the story of the video which we faded out with a transition to the next scene..

Our second location of the night was a car park in Hale where we knew we could have a professional background for Tavonga to dance in front of. The brick wall background was suggested by Adam and was used as a significant location, the lighting was done by using a  car to shine the headlines on as a form of spotlighting to assist the aesthetics and created the effective shadow. The back shadowing helped Tavonga to stand out and we filmed a wide shot so that we could include his range of dance moves and the whole performance. We played the song off a phone to help Tavonga get the lyrics right and had Tavonga lip sing along whilst performing so that we could edit the clips between the narrative give a continuous look to our music video. We will then match up his voice with the audio when editing by turning down the diegetic music and
overlapping it with the non diegetic audio of the song which is already uploaded onto the Macs.