Filming on the 5th December.

Using the green screen: (shots 13, 14, 15 (continuous shot))

When filming today, I used the green screen as I had done test shots in the morning and been told about how to use it and how to then edit the background I wanted onto it. This went well because I knew the shot that I wanted to film and I shot it 3/4 times so that I can watch all of them and decide which one works best. I haven't looked at them on the editing suites yet, but I am hoping that they are all okay and not blurry for when I come to edit the footage. I had to do multiple shots because on some of the videos the actresses kept laughing as it was a new thing for them to do so they felt embarrassed. This had an effect on the footage as it made it look unprofessional and messy, so I filmed the shot a few times.

Problems with filming:

• Shadows and lighting
• Framing
• Laughter
• Timing

Before I started filming I realised that, because of the lighting, there was shadows caused by the artist and the actresses. I had to then add some lighting behind them so that this made it more balanced and made it look natural. This was because the shadows would become a problem when editing as the green needs to be the same colour or it won't edit out as good as possible. I also realised that the camera had to be a lot closer to the people being filmed than I had initially thought. This was because at first the camera had a lot of the surroundings in and therefore I had to move the camera and alter the shot so that the only things visible were the green screen, the artist and the actresses. As the actresses hadn't been filmed before and were quite shy doing this, they started laughing just before I started recording. This resulted in us having to wait for them to compose themselves so that I could get the shot I wanted, which meant I lost some filming time that I could have used to film other shots that I need for my video. As the shot is quite quick and only lasts a couple of seconds, I had to get the artist to move into the shot quickly, and had to get the actresses to move out of the shot also quickly so that it goes in time with the lyrics. This had to be done a few times because the timing wouldn't work on some of the shots, so had to be done multiple times to get it to work properly.

Using the white background: (shots 2, 3, 4, 5 (continuous shot))

After filming these shots, I still had around 15/20 minutes left until dinner was over and everyone had to go to their next lesson. I decided that rather than packing everything away and leaving early I would use this time to my advantage, and filmed a shot that I needed of just the artist. I got a lip syncing shot and decided to use the white background for this particular shot as I am going to use a white background for the lip syncing ones as this will show how I am being consistent. Therefore, they can all be done in a small space of time and can be done on the same day(s). This went well and only needed to be filmed twice, which proved a successful attempt.