The document discusses the experience of a group filming sections for a music video. Some key points: - They managed to film the main aspects despite a limited time but had issues with disorganization and acting breaks. - Lessons were learned about using storyboards and shot lists on location to plan camera angles, shots and actor positioning. - When filming, aspects like framing, camera movement, lighting must be considered to capture the mood and avoid dull footage. - The singer needed more preparation and confidence, and the director must help performers relax to give a strong performance. - Filming and editing took a long time, and issues like unsteady zooming and unsynced clips hurt the

1. The Verve – Bitter Sweet
Sympathy

2. What went well?
As a group we had followed exactly how
the music video has been presented, for
example, we had instructed how the
singer (Ryan) must be presented during
the filming. Despite the fact that my
group had a very limited period of time
to film we managed to film the key
aspects of the music video.

3. What didn’t go so well? What were
some of the issues you had?
Some of the issues that myself and the group had come
across was the lack of time we had to film our section of the
music video; it was quite difficult as we started to become
disorganised and uncoordinated on what we were doing.
Another issue that we had come across was the acting of the
singer and the extras, during one of the clips the main singer
started to break out of character towards the end of the clip,
this ruins the atmosphere the music video is trying to create,
which in this case is a gloomy atmosphere. Lastly, the final
issue that we came across was the camera handling, when it
transitions to the last clip, the camera starts to drift left and
right which makes it difficult for the audience to focus on the
main singer as he is walking away.

4. What lessons did you learn about planning and the
use of storyboards and shot lists? Why are they
important when out on location?
During some of our lessons we were instructed to
plan a storyboard and a shot list before we started
filming. This was very important for us when we
were out on location filming because we knew
exactly what type of camera angle/movement to
use when filming our singer. We also knew what
we needed and what we didn’t need during the
filming such as props and extras. We didn’t have
any trouble when directing our singer as the
storyboard that we planned showed us where the
singer should be (location wise) and how they
should act so that it links in with the music.

5. List (at least) three things you need
to think about whilst filming
performanceOne thing I know we need to think about whilst filming is
the framing and composition of the clip, this will allow us
to capture all the elements/key connotations within one
clip.
Secondly, the camera movement is another key factor as
during our filming, our use of camera movements were
very limited as we had followed exactly how the original
music video was filmed. Using various types of
movements it will make the music video more interesting
and less dull.
Lastly, the lighting is another factor that we need to
consider whilst filming this is because it is a natural
element that creates certain conations for the music video;
in this case, we needed dark lighting as the original music
video was presented in a very dull and dark atmosphere.

6. What lessons did you learn about directing people in front of the
camera? What information do they need to know about their
character / their performance style? How can the director get
them to relax and have confidence in front of the camera in order
to perform well?
The main key factors that I have learned about directing people
in front of the camera is that they have to be fully confident in
what they have been instructed to do, our singer that we chose
didn’t have enough confidence whilst being in front of the
camera, nevertheless, he was only shown the lyrics the day
before due to some difficulties for the original music video that
we were going to film. The information that people who are
acting in front of a camera is how their presentation,
appearance and emotions. These three factors are the key
elements for a music video because it illustrates what type of
genre the music video is. The director must prepare the singer a
few days or weeks before the actual filming starts, this way it
allows the singer to become familiar with the song and it will
also allow the singer to naturally switch into character when
the filming has started.

7. From filming and editing our
sequence, I also learnt…
That filming a music video is very time
consuming, even though our group only had a
few clips for our section fop the music video, it
took quite a long time as we had to re-film
some of our clips due to some difficulties with
the singer and the cameraman. Editing the
sequence was quite fast for our group due to
the fact that we only had a few clips to work
with. Nevertheless, if we did have a lot of clips
to edit with it would be very time consuming.

8. Two things in my sequence that
didn’t work
The first problem that didn’t work in my
own edited sequence is that the zoom
towards the singer was swaying side to side
which made the clip look glitched and
unfocused.
Another problem that didn’t work was the
lack of time for each of the shots, when
editing the sequence it was difficult to sync
in with the music in the background.