Raw Footage and Test Shots

Here is some raw footage and test shots that were done during the filming stages of my video:

Here is my bear emerging from the cupboard scene. As shown, I merely get inside the cupboard, and lever him out of the wardrobe. This creates the effect that he's emerging.

Raw Footage/Test Shot 1

And here is the Girlfriend/Jealous scene where it shows me and Bronwen trying on wedding symbolism hula hoop rings. Originally, I planned to use Haribo, but unfortunately my local Tesco did not have the Starmix pack, so I compromised with these.

Raw Footage/Test Shot 2

Health and Safety Evidence

When considering the Health and Safety of my filming situation, it honestly isn't that big an issue. this is mainly because my entire video is set in my own home, so no need to worry about the safety of the public, or how it may effect disrupt the community, etc. This also means that I am familiar with the environment that I'm in, as well as the rest of the cast which are comprised of friends who are also familiar with the surrounding itself.

Due to the familiarity, it's extremely unlikely that anything serious would happen. There are no risky shots planned, i.e. need to stand on a chair to get a high angle shot - etc. meaning that the filming won't risk the person, or people, when the camera is in use.

Other aspects like the teddy bear are well clear of obstruction (as it's an item made for children - you can't get much safer than that).

ONLY area of concern is when I have the toy bear operating in the toilet, and where he vomits into the toilet. This causes hygiene issues, and the bear should be cleaned (or anything on the liens of this).

Location Photoes

Here are some numerous location shots and stills that were taken before and during the filming process:

Filming and Editing Schedule

Here are my Filming and Editing Schedules that I have planned over the next year and term:

DiaryBlog Entry 11: SUCCESS!!!

I am now officially done filming!!!

Let's give that a moment to sink in...

Blimey did it take forever. But, I am so happy with the results, and as said in earlier posts, I will post the Raw Footage in the near future! But I will have to warn you though, the upload process does take a hefty amount of time, even as I type; I'm uploading my recently took footage onto my area. After that, I'll have to upload it onto the computer that I plan to use (as it will have it only on THAT computer), and then I shall be getting a hardrive, which is basically a massive USB stick, in which will allow my footage to run a lot easier on the computer I plan to use!

I shall update whenever!

Matt

DiaryBlog Entry 10: Filming thus far

So far, I've filmed well over 3/4's of my footage that I want, yet unfortunately because of technological problems this weekend just gone, it got too late for me to film any thing else.
In perspective, I should try and get up earlier in-order to film my footage in decent daylight. Assuring the result of the footage I want.

Now I AM planning to DEFINITELY finish my filming off this weekend, as this is getting ridiculous :/

If not, I do have a bit longer to work on the video, but personally I want to get it done and dusted!

I hope that the Next post I publish will be one of total victory :)

Matt

DiaryBlog Entry 9: What I have done over Christmas Break!

Well, I hope you all had a fun filled Christmas; as i spent most of it filming.
I have filmed all of the scenes that involve other people, such as Tommy and Bronwen, and now all I have to do is film a majority of the bear and me.
A main problem that I faced, seemingly as it's the middle of winter now, was that I had little daylight hours for filming, meaning that I didn't have the right lighting for my filming to take place, as it's too dark.
Yet, I did turn this in my favour as I was able to use this in one of the disappearing scene with the toy bear, as he falls off the edge of one of my chairs. The darkness really worked well, as it was just light enough to see the bear, yet dark enough to create a lonely ambiance within the scene itself!
If the footage is darker than what I originally recorded, then I shall simply brighten it in the editing software (of whose name escapes me).

Other troubling aspects I came across was prioritising. As I had to prioritise scenes that involved Christmas decor, as the music video is set at Christmas (hence the relationship with the toy bear). And, I had planned to film AFTER Boxing Day, my family were waiting on me to finish filming such scenes so they could put down such decor I needed to be consistent throughout my footage. For example, I needed the tree to still be up, yet, I had several different scenes in the room where the tree was present, SO; I needed to film all of these for that room to then be free to have it's decor to be taken down.
Now as suspected, I need to keep my decor up in my room, and keep anything that may hint to the time of year consistent throughout the whole video. So to put in depressing terms, I'm going to be very unlucky by the time I take down my Christmas decorations (but hopefully still lucky enough to finish this course).

Right at this moment I am uploading my footage onto the computer, and it's taking it's time, so I shall hopefully of uploaded a full blog post of all (or for simpler reasons: "SOME") raw footage that has not been edited. This I will compare with to one of the edited pieces of footage, showing the differentiation between the two, and how this creates the effects I intended, and those of which were unexpected!

As I said I still have some filming to achieve, so the blog post will be a little while yet, BUT, I plan to use this weekend to finish all the filming I have left to do, I'm not guaranteeing everything, but hopefully all my footage will be present by this time next week!

Thanks for keeping up-to-date!

Matt