Date: 13th of February
Group members present: Jade Dibble, Hannah Martin and Jasmine Greene.
Our final filming session consisted of us filming shots for the final sequence of our music video. We wanted to attain the shots that would actually establish the relationship between Hannah and Jade's characters, after the build up to it in the prior shots. This location is exactly the same that we used when filming with Josh, which meant that we could directly replicate certain shots.
The lighting at this time of day was absolutely excellent for what we wanted. The sun started to go down slightly whilst we were filming, which created a semi-romantic mood in shots that we made use of the lighting to make silhouettes.
Due to the nature of the location, and how the beach is very open, we encountered problems with the wind. As Hannah and Jade both have long hair, we found that in many of the shots that we had planned to film, their hair was blowing in the wind and covering their faces. This meant that we had to abandon filming certain shots, as we could not find an angle in which we could prevent their hair blowing in their faces. As a result, we had to improvise and brainstorm different shot ideas that we could use that would create the same effect. We had to think of entirely different shots that would be similar to those planned, or shots that were just slightly different to the original plan.
To achieve an effective shot of Hannah and Jade running away from the sea as it washed in, we had to attempt it a few times. Whilst I was avoiding getting wet, we found that I could not obtain a shot that was smooth, and that I could not obtain a shot from a good angle, or use steady camera movement. It was then that I made the decision to stand in the sea, and let it wash over me, so that I could obtain the desired shot. Not only were we competing with the cold weather already, but the decision for me to stand in the sea meant that this would have to be the final shot that we filmed that day, as I would need to return back to the car to attempt to warm up. Thankfully, the shot that we got was very effective, and it was what we had wished it to be like, so it was very much worth it.
On location, we found that obtaining the shot of the tide washing over the word "Sorry", that we wrote in the sand, was actually very time consuming. We had to attempt this shot multiple times, and we had to experiment with where worked best. We found that we had to write "Sorry" at a distance away from where the tide was washing up to at that moment, because otherwise it would get washed away before we could finish it and start filming. However, this meant that we had to leave the camera filming and wait for quite a long period of time for the water to reach where we needed it to, in order for it to create the shot that we wanted. We were very happy with the shot once we had achieved it.
In the video above you can see us working on the beach during this filming session. We were in competition with tide, as it was coming in, which mean that the sand we had to film on was gradually becoming less and less.
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