The day before the final shoot, as a production group we started to set up the scene. In the afternoon from 3 o'clock. At the beginning we didn't really know what to do as there were a lot to do. We were stuck on where to place everything because the set up we got was not exactly what we were expecting. The place was smaller then we planned. I started off from decorating the wall with posters. To fill up the wall we needed many posters. We have bought some posters and flag which were not big enough to fill up 3 big walls, so we decided to print out some posters and images so do some collage with it.
We then gathered all the props we need from the school such as fridge, table and drum kit. We were stuck on where we would like to place the drum kit, fridge and table. We tried different positions and looked through the camera to see how it looks. When we decided where to place them then we started to fill up the table with beer cans, snacks, CDs, records and all the things we have. We had some extra things that we haven't thought before, such as cloth hanger, shelf, magazines etc. We got from the set designer and we thought they are suitable to be in the set. The set was much smaller than we expected so we had to get rid off the sofa and mattress which were two big idea for us, we planned to have the band hang out on sofa in the VHS section. The reason we didn't tried to keep it in is because that what we had at the time was looking good enough and we thought if we have time during the shoot day, we can change the basement around and get the sofa in anytime.
Here is the picture of our final set:
On the shoot day, I have arrived early to check the set up is ready and alright to shoot. The crew has all arrived before 8:30, and the casts arrived at 8:40. The casts were are dressed up and ready to film before 9 o'clock. We were really happy with time management this time. We started to shoot at 9 on time. For the first few takes we were not getting used to it and trying figure out how the band can be in position and remembering their actions. It took us about an hour to finished the full band set 1 performance, after the full band we then went up to single shots of each members.
During the filming, we had to deal with the band members leaving out for short time due to their private lessons and school meetings. In the morning when we were shooting the lead singer and guitar player the drummer had to leave for 30 minutes for his private lesson. When he was still there we shot the mid shot that he would be in the background and then do the close up which he wouldn't appear. We then continued to do the close ups so he is not in, when he came back we moved on to mid and special shots. We filmed all the performances before lunch which we were happy with, and we had enough footages.
After the short lunch we started to film the VHS section which I personally think was the most difficult one. We had to do hand held camera and having the lead singer using the camera in order to make it look realistic. Also, because of the sofa and mattress we had to think of other action they can do within the set at the mean while. We didn't have time to move around the set as we still got second set performances to do. Thinking the action and trying different angles and frame used up quite a long time. Straight after lunch, our guitar player Molly had to leave for a meeting for 20 minutes so we filmed three boys first. When she came back we asked her to do more so four members have equal footages.
We finished with set 1 around 1:50 in the afternoon, when two of the members helping with the set. Amanda and I helped the members with changing to different costume and doing their make ups. We mainly focused on lead singer George because the lighting in set 2 don't really show their faces and we were running out of time.
When we get to set 2, I did a quick photoshoot with the band just in case we will use them later on in social media or album artwork.
The set 2 performances went very well as the band are used to the performance and it was not like set 1 where they needed to act. The set 2 was pure performance looking straight into the camera. At the end we were running out of time so we had to do guitar and bass solo at the same time. We have got lead singer close up, drummer close ups and guitar bass players together.
I would say the shoot day went very well apart from the problem with set and re-design the actions.
On the shoot day I was in charge of doing play back and taking behind the scene video and pictures. I have got extra pictures for social media and album artworks.
Here are the pictures we can be use for social media:
There are also behind the scene where the crew is in:
I think I did good for behind the scenes, I have got enough good pictures and videos to support social media, behind the scene video and even some can be used for the album designs.
The actors were easy to work with and they helped us came up with good ideas. They do what we direct them to do and they were really enjoying the shooting. I really enjoyed filming the set 2 because the actors were so used to the performance so when it got to set 2 the performance look so good. The VHS section was really fun as well, each of them had their characters and acting out. The VHS section was good to see but it was really hard to shoot. We worked really well as a production group, each of us focus on our role and helping each other. Not just as a production group, we bonded very well with all the casts. I have learnt about some rules when shooting a music video and doing the playback needs to know the song very well in order to queue up the song when the director is needed.
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