Filming: Day 1

Day 1 of the filming was to get the performance parts of the video filmed. We started off in the drama studio, filming the parts with Tom playing guitar. To set up before we filmed, we had to draw all the curtains around the walls and set up the lights. This involved setting up a lighting deck, for which we asked the 6th Form Performing Arts lighting technician for help with.



We set up the lights to light up the chair and the path from the side that Tom would follow, casting the rest of the room into relative darkness. We then started filming the first few shots. We had trouble with the first shot we wanted to do in which we wanted the camera to rotate around the chair by following the balcony, however we couldn't get a fast enough rotation without the camera being too shaky. Instead we opted for a stationary shot. Other problems we encountered at this point were of a similar nature, as we were unable to create the smooth movements we had desired. We tried balancing the tripod on tools for moving chairs around, however the tripod kept slipping off, so we settled for a handheld movement, trying to keep the camera as stable as possible. Another problem we encountered was in a shot in which the camera was supposed to start facing Tom playing guitar surrounded by smoke, start to rotate around him, then the smoke get too thick for the camera to see anything. However we couldn't get the smoke machine close enough to the centre of the room for the smoke to be thick enough for the camera to get lost in it there, so we decided we'd make a fade into the other shot with smoke and deal with the problem in the editing stage.

After filming the guitar performance parts, we moved to the music practice room to film the singing parts of the video. This went without problem, and other than those problems stated, shooting the performance parts of the video went well. To make sure that all the performance parts were in sync with the actual song, we took an mp3 player and a portable speaker to play whilst we were filming. This allowed Tom to be in the exact tempo of the song.