Filming: Kids Take 2!

Today I filmed my kids for the music video. Following my story board it took just over an hour and we had quite a lot of fun and ate a lot of sweets!! As there were no camera's available from the school for me to borrow I had to use my dads instead. The quality isn't as great as I wanted it, but it gives my video a home made feeling. This means my audience may be able to relate to the video more as its not all sparkly. I decided to film hand held to enhance the genre of indie. Also looking through my research I realised that often in music video's the cameras do not stay still in most shots, they are almost always constantly moving.
The camera I am now using the Samsung NX 100  

Unfortunately because of the weather I was unable to film in the area I had done before, and so I decided the lounge was the next best place. Especially as I want it to match the feel of the older couples setting! The lighting in the lounge however wasn't the best as the lights were very limited, but the result shows a warmer mise en scene which is rather homely, but also adds to the slightly vintage feel. Taking inspiration from my research into the 'indie genre' I wanted an artistic shot. This is why I decided to film the lip syncing in front of this colorful elephant.

I'm so happy with my actors, they did exactly what I asked, and Kirsty is possibly the cutest child ever! My favourite shot from this shoot has got to be when Kirsty steals the sweets from the tin as it gives of the cheeky feel I wanted!

Filming: Kids Take 1

So I started filming today, however, unfortunately things didn't go quite to plan, especially as the memory card I had was too small to fit all my shots on!!!!
I did get a few shots done of the children which were incredibly cute. I still want to incorporate them into my music video, even though the shots may not be consistent to what I shoot next week, I think I would still be able to use them as it goes with the conventions of a music video with costume changes etc..

Coincidences 
As I was filming I stumbled across the children's black board. This was useful as I was able to write the lyrics on the board so they could remember them, as I turned the board around I saw a picture that Kirsty had drawn a couple of days before...

 Looking back at my digi pak this is similar to the design for the front cover! I took a few pictures in case I use it for my digi pak, or maybe even my poster!

Equiptment

I'm finally filming on Thursday which is incredibly exciting!
The camera I will be using is the Cannon 1100D. I chose this one because the resolution is good, and I used it last year so I am already familiar on how to use it.

I will also be using a tri pod, and the sound will come from the camera it self, as this camera does not have a microphone input.