3rd day of filming

A reasonably succesfull day, we managed to get roughly 1 hour of footage which i

sn't enough for a finished product but we are able to return to the location a

nd film more which we will need to do.

The footage we do have is good and can be used to begin editing. There are a few mistakes we made while filming which makes some shots unusable this is because we left some things on the floor which were in shot. another mistake we made was that all the shots were too static and not 'handheld enough'. As very little of this can be used we must return to the location and film far more.

Planning for 3rd day of filming

New location, same song, new ideas.

We are going to use the same ideas which we had for the previous location plus some extra ideas which we came up with, we practiced these shots during school in a empty room to help us when we film.

meeting after 2nd day of filming

After the unsuccesful day of filming we viewed the footage we had and none of us were very pleased with any of it. however, it was only the setting and lighting that did not look good so the shots that we filmed were good practice for future filming. we went through the footage and picked out shots that we liked to use again at the next setting.

Now we had to decide where to film next, we came up with some more ideas of locations the most likely and possible was The Red Lion in Northfleet. This location is an actual venue and has good lighting so it should look far better than our previous location.

2nd day of filming for Time Like These

The location we had chosen for the filming is a local scout hall which has a lot of space and first we thought would be perfect as our location.

However, we began to film and using our planned shots which looked ok but this showed that the location was not good enough and we could not cover the walls to look professional.

This day was good practice for future filming we have been able to try out different ideas and techniques so we did not waste any time there even though we knew that we were very unlikely

t0 use the film be had but we continued as it was good practice.

After this we decided to leave and discuss at a next meeting of what to do for the next day of filming.

Times Like These: Planning

For this song we are going to stick with the idea of a performance of the song however this time with this song it will be very different. We will have a performance of a band.

We are going to storyboard all our planned shots which will help us to remember when we come to film.

There are many parts of this song which have interesting parts for each instrument and vocals throughout these parts of the song the video will be concentrated around these instruments for example a drumroll or guitar solo.

As this is a rock song it is rather fast paced and we will not be using static shots the whole video will be shot handheld. The location we have chosen for the filming of this video is the venue Leos in northfleet.

Before we will go there to film we will practice our planned shots very roughly during a lesson at school we will also use this as reference while filming.

Times Like These lyric analysis

I, I'm a one-way motorway
I'm the road that drives away
Follows you back home

I, I'm a streetlight shining
I'm a white light blinding bright
Burning off alone

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

I, I'm a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky to hang
The stars upon tonight

I, I'm a little divided
Should I stay or run away
Leave it all behind

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

This song i think is about a relationship or re-committing to a relationship which lost something and became dull and the couple are trying to make it work by adding some 'flavor'. He loves her but wonders if he should give it up to find that fire of love again.

'I'm a little divided' shows that he is drawn between the decision of weather to 'stay or run away'.

Change of song

After our unsuccessful day of filming we had a group meeting and discussion about what to go about doing now. There were many problems with our filming first being the location and lighting not looking very professional and very amateur. our second problem was that our actor did not know the song very well which made filming him playing it very difficult. Thirdly our general organization of the day was not done well, far more self discipline was needed and will be needed for future filming.

A decision was made once again to change the song, but this time to a song very different and to make a very different video. The new song we have chosen is Foo Fighters - Times Like These.

Our first idea is a performance of a band playing the song.