The document provides details about Lucas Higham's process for filming a music video production. It discusses what worked and didn't work technically, logistically, and with personnel. Technically, Lucas was prepared with backup equipment but discovered his slider was incompatible with his tripod. Logistically, his planned abandoned building location was locked so he changed to a bridge, and he had to move a restaurant shoot upstairs. For personnel, his original camera operator backed out but he found a replacement. In planning, storyboards helped somewhat but he welcomed spontaneous ideas.

1. MUSIC VIDEO
PRODUCTION
PROCESS
LOGLUCAS HIGHAM

2. FILMING
Explain what worked and didn’t work about your filming and how you
managed this covering the following areas:
• Technical – using the cameras and any technical equipment; this
could be how you did your lip sync, used the green screen, dealt
with problems with batteries, etc
• Logistical – did your locations work? Did you have any access
problems? Did it rain?
• Personnel – how were your cast/crew? Did anyone let you down?
How did you manage this?
• Planning – did your planning help? Do you think it could have
worked better? How?
• Next steps – do you need to re-film? Film more? Have you
changed your video? How/why?

3. TECHNICAL
As far as technical aspects go, I was quite prepared with multiple
fully charged batteries, an SD card with lots of space on, and other
SD cards just in case the main one had problems. The lighting was
plugged into a pug point, so didn't have to worry about them.
However, I did buy a new slider for my tri-pod, only to discover my
tri-pod wasn't compatiblewith the slider or vice-versa. This ruined
my plans to use the slider for some shots, the slider could still be
propped up using the pull-out legs although, you wouldn't get the
most out of it. So I primarily used the dolly attached to my tri-pod,
my bedroom floor is wooden therefore giving me some very smooth
shots.

4. LOGISTICAL
I had a major problem with one of the main locations, I was
going to use. The abandoned building. The day before we
shot the second half of the video me and Jack (camera
operator) filmed the time-lapse segment (so we would have
enough time the following day too shoot everything else).
On our walk all around Helmsley I decide we should check
out the abandoned building just to see everything was ok. I
discovered the door had a lock on it. The location was
officially out of use. So I had to think on my feet. I needed a
location where there are walls to evoke safety for the
characters, but somewhere hidden and dirty, not only to
make sense for the characters but so we are not bothered
by the public. In the end I decide to change to the location
to under the bridge. I had used that location previously on a
film I made, it was a quick walk to get there, and made for a
nice atmosphere and some great shots.
Another logistical problem I had was when we arrived at the
restaurant, my plan was to shoot downstairs, I wanted the
table to be in the window. However, the waitress was still
tidying the area. So I decided to move upstairs to give us
more time, space, and privacy. And I still got the nice shot
with the table in the window.

5. PERSONNEL
When I realised, I couldn't find an actor to be in the video, so
I would have to take the role, I now needed to find a camera
operator. So I first asked my friend Jake, who is also a film
fan and who I've worked with before on a short film. He
immediately said yes. I had asked Abi to act in the film with
me who I also worked with on another film, she also said yes.
I had a crew. Until Jake bailed out because of being nervous
about covid. Thankfully, I knew someone called Jack who's
doing the same course as me but in a different class and
agreed to help me. I would help him with his music video as
well, lent my eqipment and assistance.

6. PLANNING
My panning helped to an extent. The whole video was
playing out in my mind it was just a case of notting that
down, which I could've done better. I'm used to working
off scripts I've written, so I can use that as a reference,
but with the music video it was all visual images, so the
story boards helped for shorts I needed to get down.
However, I'm always to welcome to spontanious ideas
from the cast or crew, or just something I come up with
that day. So I never like to stick to a certain plan or list of
shots. And we definitely got some great shots on the day
of shoot, that were never planned.

7. EDITING
• Record your edit progress, decisions, problems, etc. in
this section
• Include screenshots with annotations, statements, etc
where possible
• Try to explain how you worked and justify why you chose
to work the way you did.
• Followthe structureand what to includeon each slide as
this is necessary for evidence for assessment
• Pick notable moments in the editing processand discuss
them, what worked/didn’twork and why, how you adjusted
to problems. Discusshow you worked and what you
learned from the process

8. WHAT WENT WELL
[3 EXAMPLES]
During editing I had a rough idea of whatI wanted to do. I
thoughtusing the cross fadesin my video was a greatidea,
one that I came up with while editing.The song I chose
doesn'thave a strong beat,and at the beginning is quite
slow, using the crossfades allowedme to play up the
atmosphere ofthe video and feel natural.Sometimescutting
doesn’talwayswork,it could feelout of place and not fitting.
The coss fadesalso gave me some lovley double images.
Additonally it allowed me to hold onto shots longerand
make some smooth transistions.
I was quite lucky in while editing the video,as I didn'trun of
footage.It's like a double-edgedsword.I've got plenty of
footage to work with howeverall of it looks great,so it's hard
making those sacrifices.
I had a basic plan for how I wanted to assemblethe video.
Where I would cut to and when,this was through listeningto
the song a lot and rememberingshifts in the music for
points where the narrative ofthe video shifts. This made the
processof which order the events take place,quite easy.

9. WHAT PROBLEMS DID
YOU HAVE? [3
EXAMPLES]
Jigsaw Falling into Place, the song I chose, didn't have a strong beat to it.
This made cutting to the beat difficult, and when I did cut to the beat it was
barley noticable. So when I could, I'd cut/fade when the music shifts volume
or tone, so at least in some points of the video it's apparent.
Furthermore, I was unable to edit the entire video using adobe premiere pro.
Due to myself and the camera operator being informed to self-isolate, I could
not finish shooting the video in the week it was meant to. Therefore, when I
turned up to college the following week, with only a day's worth of footage, I
could only edit that segment using the premiere pro (the first minuet). To
finish the video on time I had to result editng the rest of it on iMovie. It
worked fine. However, I could've done a lot more, potentially enhancing the
quality of my video. Premiere also helped cut to the beat a lot easier in
identifying it.
Since I shot a lot of footage, this meant I had a jigaw puzzle of footage to fit
into the length of the song. In fact, at the end I just get in the last bit of
music before it goes completely silent. I had to prooritse the best looking
shots, and the ones that helped convey the story.

10. NEXT STEPS…
What are the main things you’ve learned from this project? Pick a minimum of 5 to discuss…
Firstly I've learned to allow more time. The day before we were going to finish off shooting the
video, I had it all panned out, what we were going to shoot. However, from past expereinces of
rushing to get shots in time for when cast or crew need to go or a location that won't be
avaible. I decied to record the time-lapse through Helmsley the evening before. That decsion
saved us so much time and stress. The following day was more relaxed, we had enough time
to spend on making the shots look the best they can be.
Investigate a potensial location before adding to my panning. I had planned to use a location,
assuming to would be availble since last time I was there it was fine. That was not the case.
Luckily, I made the decision to quickly check it out the day before we shot there, to discover a
lock had been put on the door. This gave me enough time to think of another location, rather
than turning up on the day and wasting time trying to think of a solution.
I also think I could've planned more. In terms of getting it down on paper, what we will film,
and have that with me on th day. I remember thinking we were done on the final day of shoot,
then remembering a vital scene that needed to be filmed. If had something with me, to remind
me of that, the day could've gone a little smoother.