Music Video or Short Film?

From my research into the history of my form - short film, I found that in the 1980s/90s when MTV began to flourish and spread worldwide, this was the proliferation of short films due to the rising demand for music videos. The most famous music video directors are also short-film makers and there is certainly an overlap from music videos and short films. Most music videos are now short films, and many films and short films have non-diegetic music over it.



From 0:22, the non-diegetic song begins playing over the film and I believe this looks effective and is a technique I may use within my 5 minute film. It gives an excitement to the clip, having tension build as the song builds up.

Planning for shooting day 2 - The second try!

I now plan to film on Sunday 8th of December as the day I planned to film for 'shooting day 2', it was dark by the time I left college therefore I need to navigate my filming time around college days as both me and my talent finish at a minimum of 3 o'clock every weekday and I work all day Saturdays.

The weather is relatively dry and 'visibility' is good, therefore will be an ideal filming day, which are rare in the winter.

Shooting day 2: A disaster!

Having picked up the camera from Ray the media technician and biked to location from college to meet talent from his college it was already to dark to film, above shows the lighting at my point of arrival. With street lights already beginning to turn on, this was not ideal filming time and therefore me and talent both agreed that we would need to film outside of college time, on Sunday's or Monday mornings. 

Filming Day 1

Here is the set up I had for the shot of my little brother and sister for the line 'Their little nippers have bare feet'. I cleared out a space in my bedroom as this was the only white wall I had to film on. The only problems I had while filming was keeping these two concentrated and to get them to do the actions I wanted to, to smile and show their missing teeth! 

This was my position to film Alfie getting out of bed. I wasn't able to use the tripod as it was too big, therefore I used the floor to keep my camera steady. 

I had to use this 'floor filming' technique again to get low enough to shoot this shot of Alfie on the toilet. This is practically the same shot as the shot of him getting out of bed, as I plan to do a straight cut from shot to shot as I feel this may look effective. 

This is my talent getting ready for the bathroom scene - an imitation of the opening scene to the TV show 'Dexter'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL3cJXD90SI

This is how I set up the camera to film Alfie washing his face. The shot only includes a section of his face, from just below the eyes down, this is to create almost a mini feeling of tension in the audience as they wonder who this character is - to be revealed at the end of the introduction. 

Equipment

I used my dad's Canon EOS 300d to shoot still shots as this is better quality than the camera that college could provide. The still shots I took are for my location ideas, and for my production process filming day shots.

I used a tripod to ensure my filming was still and not shaky. I learnt this lesson frmo when I was filming at Hull fair - the footage is shaky as I am walking and not using a tripod. I didn't use a tripod however for some shots, as the camera had to be placed on the floor as the tripod was too high.

For my editing I will be using Final Cut Pro X on my MacBook Pro as I have past experience with this programme and it is industry standard software that will allow me to create a great quality product.

Hull: The City of Culture 2017

While reading the Guardian I online I came across an article that had similar messages to what I would like my film to portray and capture.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/25/hull-city-of-culture

Last week, it was announced that Hull has won it's 'City of Culture bid' for 2017, against competitors Dundee, Leicester and Swansea Bay. This is great for the city in terms of it's budding re-devolpment, in combatting it's out of date pre misconceptions and for the young people in Hull, these are real-life events that could effect my main character Alfie.

A screen shot taken from the article

Shooting Schedule: Day 1