Camera work

Filming at Edgwarebury Park

• We started the day filming by taking the camera through small trees and filming the wind blow the leaves across the grass. This was because we felt it would look effective in our production and so we could highlight that we wanted to amplify the lyrics of our song. The reason we did this was in order to achieve continuity throughout the song and video, so we could therefore make the production more realistic in terms of the visuals we displayed to our audience. Also, the song that we used was fast-paced, which meant that we needed to record several different shots that we could include in our production and cut to the beat of the song. This was so we could display an original and unique music video that would ultimately be interesting for our audience.

Filming at Proud - Camden• The first thing our group did whilst recording was we started to film from the back of

the concert we were in, recording from a long distance, so we could therefore capture everything that was going on around us. Whilst doing this we zoomed in and out with the camera, so we could ultimately record a variety of different shots to include in our music production. We then filmed the audience by panning the camera to the left, and right of the concert area. This is so we could therefore highlight their interest in the artist, and their enjoyment of the performance overall. Following the recording of the audience, our group chose to move the camera to the other side of the concert and film high angle shots. These were captured by one of our group members standing on a wooden bench to allow him to record the high angle footage, which our group could put into our video, as we thought it would make our production look interesting, and original. Overall, our group gathered fantastic close-up and over the shoulder shots of our artist playing the keyboard, as well as close ups of him singing into the microphone.

• Moreover, to finish our filming we recorded footage in the bar area of our location. Where people in Halloween costumes were partying, and enjoying themselves. We got various different shots of this location, including the people within it, as we felt it would make our music video more authentic and our idea more original.

Filming at Camden Lock• The first part of our filming was located on a 'no through road', in which we filmed our

artist walking, dancing and lip syncing at the same time. We utilised our camera work skills, in order to capture a variety of different shots, such as close-ups and mid-shots, so we could therefore display both our artist and the image of the location itself. Secondly, we moved to a different location, which was a grassy hill area, whereby, we could use this location to our advantage. This was because we could capture a lot of different low angle shots that our group wanted to implement into our video, as it would make our artist look like a powerful and strong character. Thirdly, our last location within the Camden Town area was in a built-up area behind a factory that had interesting statues that we wanted to record our artist in front of, as we felt it would make our music production look more interesting, effective and original. In this particular location, we filmed a variety of close-up shots of our artist's face, so we could display the image of our artist, and so we could also highlight the words he was singing more clearly.

• After we had finished our recording, we packed up our equipment and as a unit we felt very happy that we had almost completed a music video. It felt like one of the greatest achievements, as we knew we could now produce a strong and effective music production.