Filming on Friday 9th December 2011

On Friday, as a group we stayed behind afterschool from 3:30pm for 2 hours until about 5:30pm. During the first 30 minutes, we decided to brief the people that had arrived to take part in our music video. We explained that for our filming to be successful, the individuals would have to remain patient and calm and most importantly do as they are told. The actors agreed to our conditions and we were ready to hand over all the items of clothing the actors were expected to wear. As we had made a list previously of all the auditions in a chronological order of when each act is filmed, the group understood what we are filming and when. First of all, we began filming the band performing on stage. We had borrowed instruments such as a drum kit from the music department and an electric guitar was provided by one of the actors. Once we were satisfied with the extract we had filmed, we moved onto recording the judges. We had to set out two table and 4 chairs so the set appeared similar to what is seen on shows such as the X-factor or Britain’s Got Talent. This ensures that the audience recognise that the 4 characters on the judging panel, which are scoring each audition. The judges were told to pull different expressions such as boredom, happiness, or confused so that each emotion can be displayed according to the acts they have seen. The next act we filmed was the romance shared between Romeo and Juliet. They danced on stage similar to what is scene in old-fashioned romantic movies, such as Romeo and Juliet. After this, we decided to film the scene involving chaos between 2 bananas and a gorilla. We filmed using a variety of a tracking shot by holding the camera, and also steady filming with the aid of the tripod. When we had finished filming this comical scene, we decided to film the dancer of stage. We had provided music to enable the dancer to dance easier (as she had a beat to dance to). She performed dance moves such as the running man and other various cheesy moves. Next on the stage was the clown, which was performing by bouncing a ping-pong ball onto a bat and other moves. The final act we filmed was consisting of the cadet boys exercising on stage by doing press ups. Unfortunately we did not have enough time to film the old aged spice girl’s scene, the cardboard flip and the scene, which takes place in the canteen. We have scheduled another filming date, which will be held on Wednesday 14^th December 2011 and we will hopefully finish all the filming needed for our music video so we can focus on editing the sequence.