Filming schedule - Miss Georgiou

Filming schedule

A filming schedule is important to have due to the fact that it gives every member of the group a direction to work in because it ensures that everybody in the group knows exactly what needs to be done and when and what the end result is expected to look like. The use of a filming schedule means that tasks can be delegated within the group so that we can get the whole thing filmed on time, for example, Molly took on the role of filming the opening sequence in the cow fields as well as the war scenes which are going to be filmed in Theydon, due to the fact that she lives closer to these areas. Sara has filmed the shots of well known London landmarks and the inner city such as Big Ben, and crowed London streets which will be seen towards the end of the video between shots of the artist running. I, myself, helped to film the performance sections where the audience can see the artist playing the piano as these scenes took place in my house. Molly and Sara filmed the majority of the footage due to the fact that they both owned cameras and could therefore film whenever they liked and had the time to. The filming schedule also means that we can establish when we should be finished filming by, and therefore when we can begin to edit our footage, which will be beneficial to us because the editing stage has the potential to take a long time, due to the fact that it is likely we will make several changes regarding what footage we use, its positioning within the music video, the speed of the footage and the special effects that we want to use, therefore a filming schedule will help us to ensure that we finish our music video on time.

In conclusion, for the majority of the filming process we did follow the filming schedule, we filmed in all of the locations that we had planned to film in, for example, the opening sequence of our music video was filmed in the 'cow fields' which was purposeful due to the fact that the iconography of the swing will help us to represent the artist as being carefree and childlike in the sense that she comes across as being innocent, which we wanted to achieve because she is new to the music industry therefore she is still being true to herself and has not yet been changed in order to fit into the mainstream, therefore it was arguably essential that we filmed in this location due to the fact that we would not have been able to find this iconography in another setting similar to the one needed for our video. The only real changes that we made to our filming schedule were the days on which we filmed. For example, on the day we had planned to film the running scene which appears towards the end of the video before the death of the male, the weather was worse than what we had expected it to be, therefore, due to the fact that we did not want Amy to feel uncomfortable running, nor did we want the camera to get wet, which would have required using and umbrella and would have made it much harder to film, therefore Molly ended up filming the running scene on the following day when the weather was forecasted to stay dry. Also, we filmed the piano/performance sections according to the date planned in the schedule, however when we looked back over it we realised that the footage was way too dark due to the fact that we had decided to close the blinds in the room we were filming in order to create a low key lighting, but instead we created a grainy looking effect on the footage and therefore we had to film the same sections again on the 13th of November, but this time we kept the lighting high key because we realised that it would be easier for us to add an effect to make the footage look more low key as opposed to adding an effect to low key footage in order to make it easier for the audience to see. While we were filming the piano/performance scenes at my house we decided that it would be beneficial for our group if were filmed a mid shot of the artist alone singing the entire song from beginning to end so that if we needed extra footage or performance sections while we are editing the footage, we could just crop out sections from this to use. This means that we won't have to go and film again at a later date which creates the risk that it may not flow with the footage that we already have, and takes away the time that we have to editing our music video together. Furthermore, if I were to do the production again, I would attempt to begin the filming process earlier than what we did this time due to the fact that the closer to winter it got, the darker the lighting became, therefore we had less filming time due to the fact that it became darker a lot earlier and it was difficult for our group to film everything that we needed within a specific scene with the same lighting, for example, we had to film the goodbye scene again due to the fact that the first time it was filmed, the lighting became so dark that during the editing stage we realised we couldn't see the actors in the shot very well, therefore the audience would not have been able to see what was going on. I would also consider using a member of our own group to portray the artist in our music video, rather than who we chose this time due to the fact that she had her own group and production to think about, in which she was also portraying the artist, therefore it was difficult to find a time where she was free to film with us because it usually overlapped with when she was due to film with her own group which made it difficult for us to get the footage that we needed by the date we had set, which also restricted the amount of editing we could do in lesson as we often had no footage to edit. I have learnt that the role of a filming schedule is to make everyone from within the group aware of what still needs to be filmed and when by and the locations, actors and iconography that are needed for specific scenes which also helps to ensure that our music video will be completed by the deadline set.