Shoot 1: 29 October, Ilkley tunnel, Ilkley park

Shoot 1

On the 29th of October, sticking to our shooting schedule, we filmed our first footage for our music video Faithless - Insomnia. We were unaware of the clips we would be shooting however, we knew the locations and the set-ups we would be using. Therefore, we improvised and shot what we thought we could work with whilst editing the video whether it is going to be relevant or not.

Locations and set-ups we used.

• Bench out side Ilkley playhouse
• The tunnel in Ilkley park
• The bridge over the river Wharfe
• Benches on the bridge

We filmed a few different scenes such as our character sitting on a bench on his own,a lot of walking shots including some OTS as well as CU and MS, we experimented with shadows in the tunnel which worked very well as our light sources worked effectively for this. I also came up with the idea of the character laying on a bench but moving around into different positions, then in the during process as the character will be moving from position to position we could use a time lapse to speed it up to emphasise the fact that he has insomnia.

As we had planned we had to wait till later in the day to film approximately 5 o clock. As a result of this we had difficulty with the light provided. We worked with what we had such as phone lights, street lights and one torch. In some shots the light sources we were using worked effectively and looked very good. Though in some shots the light was barely visible meaning we couldn't see the character. But as it's a dark abstract video some shots will work.

This will be something we have to plan ahead for, luckily we had our phone lights and took a torch with us. But, for our next shoot we will definitely have to use a more reliable get source such as a brighter tech or one idea we had that could work well would be to use the car headlights.

We encountered to other problems but these can be easily solved. We couldn't attach the camera to the tri-pod properly so near enough every shot is at a Dutch angle which we will use but obviously not in every shot. Also, our camera ran out of battery mid way through shooting but due to our planning we had bought three other fully charged batteries with us so this problem was overcome immediately. 

Our next shoot is scheduled for the 30th of October which we plan on filming in a house to get shots of our main character struggling to get to sleep in his own house, for this we are thinking of creating a set-up in his garage so we will therefore have to account for the time it will take to set this up however because the garage is rather dark it will look affective. Also whilst we're there we may from in the woods round the back depending on our lighting situation as it will be pitch black as we can't film till late again.