Filming the Prelim

We decided to shoot a proper prelim as well as the dubsmashes, so Bryony could further practice some lip syncing and Charlotte could familiarise herself with the using the camera (such as filming landscape, different filters, and the slow motion effect). We did this in one of our free periods that we had, so that we were efficiently making using of our time. We found that the easiest way to get the shots was by playing the necessary part of the song and star filming a few seconds before Bryony needed to lip sync so that we would have room to cut the clip and later edit it. With only two of us in the group we found it helpful when someone else gave us a hand by controlling the phone with the music, whilst Charlotte filmed and Bryony sung. This is something we should consider when shooting our actual video, that we may need an extra hand when shooting. We experimented with shots such as wide angle, close ups and high angle shots to see what they looked like whilst lip syncing. We shot on three different locations at school: a wall of one of the buildings, the school playground and by the benches on the field to fit with codes and conventions of a music video and how many locations are nearly always used. Obviously for our actual video we will consider locations, costumes and props that represent the genre of the song and its target audience. As we were only filming on site at school there was not much planning involved; however when out for a whole day filming we should consider health and safety risks, our phones having sufficient charge, warm clothes and snacks.