Filming, Take 2

Having reviewed the footage we already have we decided to take another day out to film more after realising that there was so much more potential for this video than we had thought. So we set out to London, Myself and 2 other group members. We was extremely lucky with the weather on this day, it was definitely shining to our advantage. We created the usual set up; bags done, tripod our, DSLR ready for when needed, camcorder ready to go & i-pod playing. We thought it would be a good idea to have an i-pod playing the song in order to make it easier when putting the lip sync and song together, it mad our singing more accurate and in time with the music.

This time however, instead of just staying in the current location we deviated from here and found ourselves filming in a park which added to the Bohemian style of the song.

It was another successful day shooting.

What I aim to achieve from filming

From tomorrow's filming I am to....

. capture footage from a range of shots (long, mid, close up)
. take advantage of the lighting
. successfully reflect the genre we chose to focus our video on
. to capture the footage that will make up the quick edits of our video

Filming, Take 1

Yesterday we began filming for our music video, we wasn't quite sure what to expect. As we approached Bond Street we immediately knew this was where we was going to film. It was an interesting day and we managed to successfully film a majority of the video, we experimented with camera angles, distances and motions to ensure that our video had a wide range.
We went up to london with a strong idea of what it was we wanted to create, but when we was up there we was hit with so many more ideas, which is a good thing.
Throughout the day we was lucky enough to use HD video camera's and DSLR still cameras. The fact that we was able to have access to a still camera as-well was very beneficial, it enabled us to capture photographs throughout the day of each of us using the equipment which will aid us when explaining the processes.
Following our video we will upload the footage we have captured onto apple mac's and begin editing.

This is a collage I have created, I have tried to include photograph's of each of us to show our equality in the filming process.

Camera work

The camera work was shared out equally between group members, we ensured that everyone was capable of using the equipment that was required to continue with our filming. Jack was particularly keen with the camera and was happily able to aid the rest of the group if they found themselves having difficulties.

When we first began filming, although we recognised what conventions were needed to make a successful video we struggled in actually capturing these conventions. This wasn't because we was unaware, simply because we was so caught up in the moment and was enjoying the task that we just forget. Having filmed and watched our footage back however we did recognise this, and we was lucky enough to have noticed this so early on because we were then able to go back and film more footage to replace some of the old footage.

I am not angry nor annoyed that we made these simple mistakes, because we did as a group realise and it did then give up both the experience and ability to go back and correct the mistakes that we had made.

Location location location;

Having noticed VV Browns connection and love for London via other videos and photoshoot so we have decided the do the majority of our filming up London, however we would like to do some filming in rural area's also (taking inspiration from Ellie Goulding's video). An area we used for a large majority of our filming was Gilbert street, a road just left of Bond Street Station, from here we travelled the short distance to do more filming in Mayfair. 

Band Name

After several discussions we made this decision to call our band Canute, we have take the name from 'King Canute the Great' who was a viking warrior who became and English king. Stories say that he was in control of the tides and seas, he could command the waves to go no further out and come no further in. However he explained to men and proved that kings power might appear greater than all else but no one can stand in the way of God's powers. Because the song we chose had relevance to the ocean we decided to go with this as the name, as most bands/artists had meaning behind their name we thought this was a reasonable reason that could also have influenced the song choice. 

Story line :)

Story Line...

We have decided to create a narrative for the lyrics because this makes the video more accepted and interesting to watch, we aim to create this narrative with the aid of camera, lighting & location.

Having listened to our chosen song numerous times we have gathered our idea's on what the storyline to our video will be. We have gained inspiration from the original video, other music videos, personal feelings & fashion. This is how we have interpretated the lyrics and this is what we want to create. 
The story line will be similar to VV Browns in a way that it will follow the relationship of a couple, however this time the main focus will be the boy (jack) who is cheating on each girl, therefore making it a love square. We will use a variety of conventional camera shots that appear in many music videos and hope to portray codes throughout the video that show and add deeper meaning to the song.