Filming schedule

Filming schedules are essential within the filming process as it is important for us to have some guidance in order to manage our time efficiently. A film schedule enables to us to plan when and what we will film in order to have all the footage we need within the time limit we have. If we plan and use our time wisely it may also give us extra time which is important in the filming process as we may need to re film shots which are not up to our standards or film any ideas we have whilst filming.
 

When filming the party scenes my group managed to stick to the filming schedule. It was important for us to stick to the schedule at this point of our filming as we filmed at a real party in order to make our narrative more realistic. If we hadn't of got the footage we needed we may have had to recreate the party scene which may not have looked as realistic, which may not have intrigued or appealed to our target audience of 15-25 year old's as much. We managed to shoot a variety of camera shots, some of which we did not plan however our time management skills allowed us to do this. We also remained on schedule when filming the London scene, this was also important for us as it was hard for us to find a time when we where all available at the same time to travel up to London. Finally, we also managed to remain on schedule for our last scenes of Jake and George making their way home, although we did not film on the day we had planned because of other commitments.

Overall, I feel that creating a filming schedule was very useful to our production team and fulfilled its purpose as it allowed us to be organised and manage our time well when filming. Without our filming schedule we may have had troubles communicating when each of us where able to film which may have resulted in our filming taking longer than it should, possible leading to our editing being affected. However as we remained on target and managed to film the shots we wanted and more within the time limit we allowed ourselves, we did not have to re film and our editing was also not affected.

Risk Assesment

For our risk assessment we analysed what risks there were and how we could overcome them in order to prepare for filming.

It is important to consider risks which may occur during filming before hand as we must ensure the safety of the production team as well as equipment. Being aware of these risks through risk assessments will assist us in filming as it enables us to be prepared for any obstacles which may disrupt filming and how to deal with them. Taking time to identify these risks through a risk assessment may come to an advantage to us as it means we are more organised and prepared. This may result in us remaining on schedule for filming or even speed up the process of filming as we are less likely to waste filming time as we are aware of any disruptions.

Inspirations and ideas for music video

In order to gain inspiration and ideas for the music video i am going to create i have been researching into current music which is doing well in the charts. I done this in order to see what artists, genre and type of music video were most successful in hope that my music video would share that success. I watched music channels and analysed what music was played and what target audience they were directed at as i had a specific target audience in mind. 

One of the first inspirations i had was the genre of music. Recently, house and dance music has become very popular. After watching music videos which belonged to these genre i noticed some of the conventions that the genre had adopted. Both genres are quite upbeat and therefor the videos include lots of fast editing. Songs within the genre are also very 'feel good' songs which is portrayed in the music videos as there is lots of dancing, partying with friends and family and enjoying life. This has inspired me to portray the same concept of happiness within my music video, rather than a song which is very emotional and causes viewers to think negatively upon life. 

An example of a music video which portrays happiness and having fun which has recently been in the charts is'Dont you worry child' by Sweidish House Mafia.

Earlier i mentioned fast editing. I feel that if i use an upbeat song fast editing will be a good idea as the music will match the visuals which will be appealing to the audience eyes. The song which gave me this idea is Rihannas 'We found love' The song is very upbeat with the beat kicking in and gettin faster at certain points of the song. A t these points the editing becomes very fast. I feel this would appeal to an audience of my age as i, myself enjoy watching the music video and think the editing creates a build up of anticipation within the song.