Originally, making my music video didn’t seem that much of a challenge even with the new COVID restrictions and how my video would have to be made differently compared to what it was meant to be made. To be honest I was fairly confident that this video would turn out well without having to make that many changes but unfortunately in the last few days of the production the lead singer of my video suddenly got word that her mum had the virus so I was stuck in the mud after that and didn’t know what to do, fortunately I could still stick to my theme of nature in this video but without any singer in the video as I just happened to live in Yorkshire or also known as the most beautiful place in the world. I’m quite disappointed on how my video ended up to be honest as it looks like even a 10 year old could have even been able to make it. My camera also broke during this time so I had to resort to using my iPhone but the quality was still quite good. One thing I’ve learned from this overall is that this pandemic is terrible, not just for the most vulnerable of the world but also for privileged media students like me. Jokes aside though I’ll get straight into P4.
Graphics - the only type of graphics in this music video is the colour of the footage at the start. It is all in black and white until the lyrics start where it quickly goes into colour which I was quite happy with but it’s obviously not as good as colour coming out of a saxophone which was my original choice of graphics that I couldn’t add. When choosing what camera settings i would use I chose 1080p which is the highest possible footage i could use. Also on the iPad there is a setting called tap to focus which helps me focus on curtain parts of the frame.
Filming took place in the February half term on the 17th and 18th.
17th of February, Wednesday.
Shooting - originally I had evidence of the singer and I in the different areas that were going to be the places where we would shoot but now after all the drama it was just me going on walks and videoing beauty spots of Nature and some urban spots as well. This is the iPhone that I used.
On Wednesday the 17th I woke up at 8 am so I could set of at 9 am to film nature on my own. This was quite the experience and I took some beautiful shots of lovely places on the moor and the woods.
These are the places I’ve walked to and shot parts of my video.
When I figured I had enough footage I went home and placed the video rushes on a file on my iPad at 3 pm. I then put them in premier rush and started to put a video together. I would have finished at around 5 pm in the evening as the sun set quite early at that time of the year.
These where the places I’ve been to, to film, there was no lighting and no cameras to set up as I was using my phone. The majority of the photos where images with no people in them.
18th of February, Thursday.
On the second and last day of filming I met with actor Hattie Kelly at 12:30 and finished at 3 because of the sun going down at that time. Because of the little time we didn’t have that much footage and there was a few unusable shots as well because of some difficulties with the cameras.
Here is an unusable shot that was taken by Hattie Kelly, it only last 5 seconds and we decided to not use it as it was too short and wouldn’t work well with the video.
Here is proof of when me and the singer before went to film, unfortunately we did not film that much and so when she left I couldn’t use any footage.
At 3 Hattie and I parted ways and I started editing when I got home. I finished editing at 6 pm in the evening and was fully sorted by then.
Job Roles.
When we where making the music video there where only two roles which was actor and director. Hattie Kelly was the actor and I was the director but I also had all the other roles in creating the music such as editor, cameraman and producer as there where only two of us because of COVID guidelines.
Originally when I was working with Erica East the we had a 4 day schedule where we would film and afterwards I would evaluate and edit the video. Since then though me and Hattie had a two day schedule where one day I would film nature and another day I would film Hattie. After both days I would review the footage and edit it.
Permission to film on land
When filming you need to take everything into account and one of those things is permission to film in the place that you are using for example if you are filming outside a shop or hotel for example you will have to get in contact with the owners to see if its ok to film. If you do not ask for permission then you are technically breaking the law and will have to take the video off the internet. This also the case for my video, even though my video is mostly taken on council property and no one else owns it i will have to email the local council to film as they may not be ok with it because I could damage the places i go to.
Safety Considerations
Overall the biggest safety concerns where the spread of COVID 19 at the time. So we made sure to stick to the guidelines at the time and stay in a minimum group of two and I made it safer by wearing a mask behind the camera to further stop the spread. Another problem we faced was that we went to places that where far from a road and was quite dangerous as we could get injured and wouldn't be able to get back as we where far from a road. So we made sure to look where we where going so we wouldn't fall and injure our selves.
Locations
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