Filming Day 3 - Local Park and Field

My third day of filming took place at a local park/field with a country lane. It was in the town where I live and study at sixth form so it wasn't too difficult to get there. Myself and Jordan cycled from sixth form to the location for filming with the equipment in my bag.

Our first shot was some lip syncing for the music video. I wanted to use the slowly setting light in my music video to cast long shadows on the subjects face during the shots. I used a natural backdrop (trees and the field) to contrast with the building background of the tracking shots used in other sections of my film. However, the natural background compliments the other lip synching shots where I've tried to include natural elements as much as possible. On the right there is a shot of the lip synching piece.

I then moved onto filming more tracking shots of Jordan. I want to include different shots that show Jordan moving/travelling in the music video because the theme behind the song is about time and how a journey has changed over time. I will use reverse and standard, forward editing techniques to create a more meaningful representation of time, pace and direction. The wide angle shot I used shows the length of a journey and the following/tracking shot from a low angle and from behind Jordan suggests he is being followed and that everyone is the same and wishes they could go back in time and live their youth again.

Once we'd created the lip synch and further tracking shots I wanted to turn my attention back to the lighting and the setting sun in particular. To get more interesting shots for my music video I wanted to use light in different ways. Having a shot of Jordan sat still and the camera orbiting around his head while the setting sun in the background created lens flare has created a nice looking shot that works really well in my piece. I also think it works well because the slow speed of the shot implies the character is taking time to reflect on things which further conveys the message behind the song lyrics.

I also used the low level sun to make another effective wide angle shot of Jordan walking. This shot looks good especially when Jordan is seen walking in front of the sun because it removes the lens flare for a second and then it returns again.