List of Props and their uses
Copyright permission:
It’s important that we asked for permission to use their track because it is copyright material, meaning that it doesn’t belong to us and that if we did not ask for permission, we could end up being sued in the near future.
Contingency Plan
We have decided to use Paresloes Park as our contingency location because it is always free, gives us a lot of space to work with and no permission is required for filming. Our artist in the music video will look as though he is stranded outside. However, if we film here the concept of using a darker room would need to be changed entirely mainly due to the fact that we can't control how dark or bright it is outside in comparison to how much control we have over lighting in the drama studio. The way the concept would be changed is that we would need to make the actor seem as though he is stranded rather than lost in darkness.
If an actor is ill
We will stress the importance to the actors/actresses that they will have to let us know beforehand if they will not be able to make filming as early as possible because it will then allow us to either delay filming or find replacement actors/actresses.
If the camera breaks
We will take all necessary precautions to avoid this happening, but in a scenario where something does stop us having access or use of the camera we have the opportunity to use a smaller, handy-cam. This will not stop us filming it will just alter the quality of footage.
If a member of the group does not show up for filming
We will have to reschedule because it is vital that all members of the team are there on the day of filming so that we are able to agree on the footage for the video.
Location Recce:
When visiting our locations we had to think of any possible problems that could affect our day of filming. In order for us to recognise these things we to create a location recce so we knew the suitability of each location that we wanted to use. If we we’re to film in the drama studio, there is enough space for us to accommodate the whole filming and casting crew. However we are exposed to wires and long black curtains, which could essentially be a hazard, therefore we would need to be exceptionally careful and make sure that the curtains are either pulled back and the wires taped over, or we can place someone there guarding it and helping to assist the filming crew to stay away from the hazard areas.
The lighting is just right in the drama studio because it is all controlled manually giving us full control over it. Our actor would be screaming and shouting a lot, so we could use flashing lights to represent our actor’s confusion, anger and frustration. Although this is not a big problem for us, but lack of knowledge on how to use these lights effectively could affect the way the whole music video may turn out to look like. We also have to take into consideration the risk of lights falling down (even though it’s very unlikely to happen) so we can make sure that we are protected as much as possible. We would put the actor in the middle of the room because the lights are mantled in a square shape, that way if the lights do fall down our actor is less likely to be injured.
Having lack of knowledge on using the lightening when filming could make the video look poorly planned and not to a professional standard, luckily for us, Lorrie and I have full training on how to use the lightings. An advantage of using the drama studio is the fact that the song can be played out loud motivating the actor to do more with his performance and really feel the music and that is the impression we want to get across to our audience when making the music video. The drama studio is only available to us for one day only so we have to make sure that we don’t forget to not film certain scenes.
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