Second day of filming

So today we were filming our second day at Ickworth park. This day was our Autumn and Winter seasons. To try and get the best weather possible of our winter season, we planned to meet at half 8 to catch the fog and frost before it disappeared later on in the day. This was the day in which Jade and myself took more control, however, we all had a say as we all need to make sure that we all like each different shot.

Due to a few members being late, we were able to start filming at half 9. This meant that we had less time to find a suitable location and was fighting against the weather. However, we took it in our stride and worked quickly but still to a high standard. For the Autumn part, we found a location in which showed many trees and leaves as this is what is associated which autumn. The winter season created a lot more problems. This is because we originally planned to film in the maze, however, the gates were shut and we were unable to film there. Walking around, we were then able to find a location that would suit the season. We found a large pond surrounded by fields and a few trees and the pond was frozen. This was a great find of a location and are very pleased we were able to find it. The trouble that later came was the lyrics that said "they made a statue of us". After trying to find a statue, we found that the gardens opened up by 11am and we were then able to go inside. However, the maze was closed due to "maintenance". To over come this problem, we just got our actor to stand against the house door and just sing these lines. This isn't what we all imagined, however, we had very little options left as all the statue's weren't accessible. Even though, some of the shots didn't go to plan, we worked with what we had and, after editing it and using special effects, it will look just as good and no one will be able to tell that some of the shots weren't how we planned it.

One of the main parts of our music video was make up and costumes as this was going to enhance our seasons. However, some of the costumes weren't how we planned it and this is the same with the make up. Some of this was due to the weather as it was very low temperatures so the actor needed to wear clothes that weren't planned as it was too cold for her not to wear them. The make up ideas didn't work and this was because the actor wasn't too keen on wearing some make up. As the actor is doing our group a massive favour we had to make sure she felt comfortable in what she was wearing and what she looked like otherwise this would have been been seen in her performance. This means that we would just have to adjust to our actors need and then work around that.

Before we even started filming, we all realised that there would be difficulties and step backs, however, we have over come them all so far and we still believe that they wont have effected our final music video at all.