Filming day five

We had a gap in the chorus of our music video in which we needed to fill in. So, we filmed a band performance in order to add more locations in our music video. This was very successful in terms of camera shots and camera movements. Unfortunately, when we uploaded it for editing, we found that it did not match up with the rest of the music video in terms of music and the other scenes.

Filming day four

Today, we have realised that there is not a huge amount of time to film left and therefore we thought that with the availability of cat and crew, we would do some test shots in order to see what works and what doesn't. We did not get everything filmed, but we do know what to do exactly for when we next film, thus allowing us more time to film rather than work out what to do.

Meeting eight

With the amount of time left, we have decided to film and edit as much as possible in a period of a couple of days and this will leave us plenty of time to edit and to re-film if needed. This way we will be able to make the music video at it's best quality. To start with, we will film the office scenes with the main singer to add more locations to the music video. After this all we need to film is the band performance, which should take no more than a day.

Meeting seven

We originally had a plan to film and edit on certain days, however, we have had a disruption because of a robbery, restricting us upon what we can do. Luckily we had the footage so we will have to re-edit the music video as soon as possible. On top of this, we still have to film other scenes for the main singer and the band performances. In the meantime we are also going to work on our website and individual Digipaks and start to film and edit in the available times that we have got.

Filming day three

As discussed in our meeting, we thought that re-filming the female lead would be best in order to improve the music video. The filming was successful as it was sunny, despite the cold weather plus we got enough filmed in the short time given. When putting it on FinalCut for editing, we found that both performers matched up more than before making the video look stronger.

Meeting six

After seeing our music video so far, we realised that something was missing which was the narrative and that there was too much performance. Particularly with the locations also being in the same place making it look as though it drags on. Due to this, it made our music video weaker and having lots of gaps which did not make the music video as entertaining as it should be. We also found that the main singer was in the same location for too long, to solve this problem, we decided that we should locate him in an office to not only change locations but to give the video a narrative and link back to the lyrics. We also found that the footage for Lady Sovereign did not match up to the main singer performance wise. Because of this, we decided to re-film the female lead but with someone different in order to get the best footage that matches up with the performance of the main singer.

Filming day two

Today we filmed all of the solo male lead parts, this was more successful than filming day one as we shot more footage using different shots and locations. The weather made it filmable as it was sunny which also helped with the shooting as it didn't make the footage too dark. Unfortunately not all of the crew could make it, which had let us down. What made it worse was that the group member promised that she will meet us on location but was running so we made do without her. Luckily we took a spare SD Card for filming. Furthermore, we had to play the song from YouTube because the group member who couldn't make it had the original song we're using. Luckily we found one which had the right lyrics, despite it being a cover version. Other than this, I believe that what we had filmed is good enough for the music video and ready for editing.

Meeting five

Once we filmed the parts for Lady Soverign we were ready to move onto filming the band and male lead. In terms of costume and prop ideas we have decided that the band (The Ordinary Boys) should wear smart-casual wear to go with the idea of jobs but also to look casual in order to attract the right audiences. Before doing so, we looked back at the footage that we filmed for Lady Sovereign to check that everything is filmed at its best quality and from this we discovered that we need to re-do some shots for a number of reasons. Some of which were due to an error in the lip-syncing, not enough shots or a fault in the framing of the shots. Therefore we will be re filming these bits done on the same day as the filming for the band and lead singer to make use of the time available.

Shoot 1: Lady Sovereign Scene

Our first day of shooting on the 20th December consisted of filming all of Lady Sovereign's involvement in the music video. We filmed in two seperate locations, down an alleyway and in a park fitting the urban genre of the song, we also made sure that our actor was dressed in a way that matched the urban image Lady Sovereign portrays.

Here are some images we took during our day of filming:

Meeting four

Once we had made final decisions upon what would be most filmable in terms of props, locations and the storyline. We were ready to film the Lady Soverign scenes for our first day of filming. We have tried to keep it simple as of amount of props that we can get hold of and accesable locations as said before. Because of this, the role of Lady Soverign only needed to bring herself. For her costume, we have decided to keep to the street image of tracksuits, large jewellery and sleek hair. This will show a contrast in artists which will be good for the music video.

Meeting three

Once we got a firm idea of the pitch and locations etc we were able to decide where exactly to film for our music video. Before Filming Day One we searched for locations and after deciding between Beverley park in New Malden and a park next to the Malden Centre; we decided that the second location would be most useful as it includes a park bench, graffiti walls and swings. This made it easier and more accessible to film as everything we need is there.

Meeting two

The change of the initial idea meant that we had to change the concept around and stick to the literal meaning of the majorety of the lyrics. These lyircs are about disliking jobs, hence the title of the song 'Nine2Five'. As we stuck to the lyrics we have decided upon having the main singer as working in three tiring jobs which are a rubbish picker in a park, a window cleaner and a worker at a plain and boring office (may be subject to changes). The part of Lady Sovereign would just be of her rapping to the camera on swings in a park, an allyway and infront of a graffiti wall. This would be only a side perfromance as the main focus is on the band The Ordinary Boys as they sing most of the song.

Meeting one

Over the past weeks we've had meetings in discussing ideas and merging them together for our final pitch for our music video to 'Nine2Five'. We have also discussed how our music video will be laid out on our storyboard, by deciding what camera shots and movements to use for what scene and where. This has involved having to make some changes in order for it to run smoothly and the story to make sense. Our original ideas was that the lead worked as a presenter, hated his job and Lady Soverign was somehow linked to him, like his manager for example. We decided to change this idea after realising that this made the music video too structured, restricting us on what we can do with the music video. We decided to change this idea completly but keep it along the lines of having low profiled jobs and having band performances. We have also made a decision upon making the music video have a twist in somehow. Instead of the characters interaciting face to face, as planned before, we decided to connect the two characters together by and object like a clock. Again, the clock indicates the whole purpose of the song 'Nine2Five'. The reason why we have decided to choose this song is because it consists of a male and female lead, this way we can show a contrast in female and male performances in our music video. We can also identify the different genres used, how their image contrast with each-other and how they fit together to make a pop/street song.