Ilkley Shoot - 6/1/2018

On the 6th of January we went into Ilkley to complete our third day of filming. We planned to film the part of our narrative in which our protagonist, James, would meet up with his friend and be given a bed to sleep in.

To begin with we filmed some wide shots of James arriving at his new home. However these shots dint turn out great as we didn't have a lot of sunlight therefore the shots appeared too blue and dark. The main reason we tried this shot first was because our new actor Joe was late therefore we didn't want to waste time and tried a few shots that we might be able to fit in the video. Once Joe arrived we didn't actually need to film much. To begin with, we filmed James walking up the drive to his friends house and then knocking on the door. We filmed this section from a variety of angles as this would give us several different options when it came to editing the footage. We filmed a high angle shot which looked down on James as we walked up the steep drive. We then also used a close up from the POV of the door for when he arrived next to the door. Finally in this bit we used a shot from behind James' shoulder as this shot clearly shows James, his action when he knocks on the door and it also shows Joe when he opens the door.

A challenge we had with filming this shot was the reflections from the windows. We realised after our first couple of takes that we were in the reflection in the glass when we were holding the camera. Therefore to combat this we had to change the angle of the shot sightly in  order to remove us from the shot. This wasn't a problem though as the shot still included every detail we wanted. After we finished filming outside we moved into the kitchen to film the next part of the video. In this scene we see Joe inviting James into his home. This is a short clip as all we see is a small exchange of words before Joe gives James a cup of tea. We made this bit short because the pace of the music at this point in the song is fairly quick therefore we want to match the pace of the editing to the pace of the song.

The last scene we filmed on this day was James walking into his new bedroom. This is significant as it represents the beginning of his new life. We therefore left this as a longer take because we wanted to symbolise this importance of this moment. This was a very short filming day as all of us had other things to do that day therefore we only focused on the shots that involved Joe so we didn't need to ask for him again. On our next day of filming we will complete all but the final scene of the video.