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Post-FIlming Thoughts

After looking through my footage, I have decided to make some changes to my overall plan. The narrative is going to change slightly, but it wont effect any of my scheduling. Initially the narrative was about a girl who was bullied at school and was walking away and going somewhere where she could 'breathe'.
I have decided to change it to the girl mourning the loss of a friend, and so the video will have 'past' and 'present' footage. The past footage will be shot on a handheld camera and will be two girls vlogging (video logging).
My reasoning for this is because when i was looking through the footage from my first two-day shoot, i realised that i didn't have as much footage as i thought i had. And the footage i did have on it's own would have been fairly boring. I think with this footage interspersed would make it more interesting and wouldn't affect the narrative too much.
I would also include a shot of the girl at a church yard looking at a grave. Im aware that it would be really rude and disrespectful to film on a random persons grave, so i have chosen to film at my brothers grave. His gravestone is very big and pretty, which would help for the effect of the shot.

Lighting: 
I was lucky to be filming on a fairly sunny day, which meant that my shots are all fairly bright, the only problem i may have is continuity with lighting. Days are getting darker now, with it being winter, so i may have to improvise with lighting techniques. This may mean that i will have to shoot for more days but shorter hours because the day gets darker earlier. Another way to overcome this would be to look into getting some sort of industrial or builder's lights.

Locations:
This links to the lighting, but filming in the woods may get more difficult the closer to winter we get. There are issues with lighting, the days are darker anyway, but the trees are blocking any sun that may be out. Also, there is an issue with the leaves changing colour which will effect the continuity of the video.

Equiptment:
I was using a tripod trolly which can be used to make tracking shots, however i discovered that the wheels didn't work very well on roads or natural ground which are naturally bumpy. In an attempt to overcome the bumping i tried laying down cardboard and putting the wheels on that, but it was still slightly bumpy so i wasn't able to use the shot i would have preferred.

Digipak: Planning

Front Cover

This is a basic plan of the front cover of my digipak. i will be using the same location as in the music video, with the main character sat on the chair. At the moment im not sure how i want her posed in terms of looking at the camera, or not, smiling or not smiling.

Back Cover

The back cover has the same angle, but there is no girl in this. The song titles will fit around the outline of the tree. I will either list them as shown, or use a bulletproof etc to seperate the songs and have them carry on on the same line. Like this:

Filming Plan

Basic Plan

Digipak: Font

Font 1 (chosen font)

Font 2
 

Font 3



Font 4
 

Font 5

 

Locations

My first location is a public footpath in the countryside. this would work well because it is very pretty but also is not a very busy place, which means I will not have to stop filming whilst people walk past. It is mostly used by dog walkers and occasionally farm vehicles.

The location is fairly easy to get to, the only problem with it is that if it has rained the night before or that morning then the path will be extremely muddy, which would make walking on it very difficult and potentially dangerous.

My second location is called St John's Lock. It's quite a busy lock on nice days, however, when it is sunny but cold it doesn't get that much traffic. The only issue with using the lock is that im not sure whether I would need to get permission from the lock keeper. a short walk from the lock is a field with the river running next to it, this is a public footpath and I may also use this because it would mean I would be able to use the river without worrying about asking for permission.

My final location is the woods, this area is easy to get to by car and on foot which makes it practical. There are about three public footpaths running through the middle of the woods, with the very wooded area's being private property, they are strictly private because of the animals that live within the bushes etc. and the area's are also widely used for hunting and shooting. Which could make them potentially dangerous. I would have to find out whether anyone would be shooting here before the day of filming as a safety precaution. My plan was to also bring a chair and a table into this area which may be quite difficult as the entrance is a small path, however im sure there will be a way around that.

Digipak Initial Planning