Time Plan

Monday 8th February: Me and Samantha in class and after school created the storyboard, we gathered our ideas. This cohesion resulted in the final plan of the music video shot per shot.
Location; introduction shots; 103 Main Street.
Witham saint Hughes.

Time: Wednesday 17th February 5pm-8pm

Intention: To complete the introduction of the video

Review: We managed to shoot a variety of shots that aligned to the storyboard created at the beginning of the project. We didn’t however complete all of the necessary filming as there was timing issues. In order to overcome this problem we planned beforehand. We planned in case this would happen and planned in this case to film another section of the video. The other section that we filmed the following day was the shots at the train platform

Location: 103 Main street Witham st Hughes

Time: Wednesday 24th February 3-4 pm

Intention : To make sure we finished the introduction of the video

Review: After not completing the introduction of the video it was important that we created a new date. To make sure our planning kept coherent and on schedule we decided to film on this date. We did successfully. In order to plan for the next scheduled date we need to organise exactly the shots and how long intimately they will take to film. One problem that has already arisen is the clash of schedules with the actors. We need to make sure it planned perfectly to save time and enable an efficiency to the work.

Location: North Kesteven secondary school and Waddington fields

Time: Monday 1st March. 4-7

Intention: Get the outdoor shots whilst the sun is out.

Review: We got there later than expected due to irrelevant inconvenience. We didn’t get many of the shots that we hoped for as the weather let us down. We therefore had to improvise and just capture as many shots as possible. We understand that it is better to do this as we needed “filler” shots just in case we have further problems with our actual video shots. We need to rearrange another date soon, as we need similar weather.

Location: Waddington

Time: Tuesday 2nd March 4-5

Intention: Make sure we hit plan
We were both ( me and Samantha) concerned about the “lack” of shots produced yesterday. We decided that we needed to capture more of our actual video shots to therefore maintain our hold onto our schedule. We did have some errors though. We had to go back to Witham quickly to get the clothes our actress was wearing the previous day so that it looked like the same day and we could only get the actress to film as our actor had made other plans. Even though today we did only have our actress we still managed to film a lot of the shots of her needed. All we need to do now is to “tweak” the order of filming and just swap two or so around as we have unexpected filmed further date shots.

Location: Witham St Hughes

Time: Wednesday 10th March 6-8

Intention: To film bedroom narrative

Review: Our intention was to continue filming more of the bedroom scenes with just our actress. We did manage to film quite a lot of different things but did feel that we didn’t have enough time needed today to get all the shots necessary. I am pleased with today’s result as we got some nice shots that meet the criteria of the assessment.

Location: Witham st Hughes

Time: Friday 12th March 8-9

Intention: finish bedroom shot

Review: we struggled badly to fit all the shots needed in with the time due to other commitments tonight. We did manage it though and I was more concerned about the quality than the quantity. This therefore meant that I wasted time due to wanting the best shots and wanting to feel like I covered a range of decent A2 shots that will meet the criteria. I think it was a good idea to take the storyboards with us as it certainly helped to know the exact shots we needed and it saved us time.

Location: Bassingham location

Time: Sunday 14th March 3.30-9.00

Intention: Get all the shots of the actor as the singer and get the narrative of the actor and actress in the bedroom and outside.

Review: We got there at 4.00 instead of the planned time of 3.30. It was useful having the map that we researched before we started to shoot as this saved us time and we therefore knew our way. The time went very fast and we covered many of the outdoor shots. The use of props came in handy here as we used the ladder to get our shots of the actor doing the vocals. The shots inside were fine however even with the light on the bedroom was really dark. To overcome this problem thankfully one of the props were some fairy lights that we were putting up outside , we used these above the camera inside to get a good brightness. Also the fairy lights had problems outside As we had to switch near the lights! We managed to find an extension cable however we should have considered this before.

Wednesday the 17th March schedule: Today’s filming did not go ahead as one of our actors were ill. We have therefore re-scheduled the date of the filming to Friday.

Location: Bassingham graveyard

Time: Friday 19th March. 4pm-7pm
Intention: Get graveyard and final field shots.

Review: We managed to film everything finally ( besides the sand timer) today which has worked out well. I am pleased that our planning of today enabled us to get more shots than necessary (just in case of a problem). We didn’t have many problems. The weather was unpredictably bad at times but the organisation of places to eat etc kept our actors happy. The use of the storyboard were beneficial as they enabled us to save time on the shots that we collected. Overall I am very happy with the work we have done today. Next time though we could have possibly found a nearer graveyard but overall the graveyard was suitable for the video and looked the same area and weather and with its mass of greenery etc.

Location: School

Time: Monday 22nd 3.00- closing time

Intention: Edit filming

Review: We spent hours until closing time and didn’t get much done. Concerned a little bit we are putting in all the hours this week. We also got a better shot of the timer. The sharper quality of the sand timer by using the green screen has improved the quality of the video.


Location: School

Time: Tuesday 23rd March Break, lunch and after school

Intention: Continue editing
Review: stayed for many hours until the school shut and managed to just edit the beginning of the film. Again concerned as we didn’t suspect it would be as difficult. We are pleased that we have storyboard to know what went where. Some of it looked a little out of place in reality so we used some of the “filler” shots. I’m pleased now that we filmed these extra bits.

Location: school

Time: Break and after school Wednesday 24th

Intention: continue editing
Review: We both managed to equally edit it. We again just kept going with the editing for hours. We didn’t have many problems as we knew what we were doing on the software as we made sure we did before the editing. We just both got very picky over the shots to enable the best quality video that ticked the criteria for this assessment.

Location: School

Time: Break and after school, Thursday 25th March

Intention: continue editing and try to complete the music video.

Review: The editing today felt a much longer process than before as it came to the crescendo of the song where we needed to make sure the timing was perfect for the shots with the audio. I am very pleased with the pace of the shots in the correlation to the pace of the music.


Location: School

Time: Break, Lunch and after school

Intention: Meet today’s deadline

Review: I felt me and Samantha really did well today. We managed to get the video in today with a video with a variety of shots. It has been stressful but thankfully the use of planning of time with the use of storyboards and the scheduling of when we are both available enabled us to meet the deadline.