Third Day Filming

On the 6th of January we went into Ilkley to complete our third day of filming. We planned to film the part of our narrative in which our protagonist, James, would meet up with his friend and be given a bed to sleep in.

To begin with we filmed some wide shots of James arriving in the kitchen at his new home. However these shots didn't turn out great as we didn't have a lot of sunlight therefore the shots appeared too blue and dark. The main reason we tried this shot first was because our new actor Joe was late and we didn't want to waste time so we tried a few shots that we might be able to fit in the video. Once Joe arrived we didn't have too much to film. We started by filming James walking up the drive to his friends house and then knocking on the door. We filmed this section from a variety of angles as this would give us several different options when it came to editing the footage. We filmed a high angle shot which looked down on James as we walked up the steep drive. We then also used a close-up from the perspective of the door for when he arrived next to the door. Finally in this bit we used a shot from behind James' shoulder as this shot clearly shows James' action when he knocks on the door as well as Joe when he opens the door. A challenge we had with filming this shot was the reflections from the windows as we realised after our first couple of takes that the camera was reflected in the glass in the door. To combat this we had to change the angle sightly in order to remove us from the shot. This wasn't a problem though as the shot still included every detail we wanted. After we finished filming outside we moved into the kitchen to film the next part of the video. In this scene we see Joe inviting James into his home with a small exchange of words before Joe gives him a cup of tea. We made this bit short because the pace of the music at this point in the song is fairly quick therefore we want to match this with the editing.

The last scene we filmed on this day was James walking into his new bedroom. This is significant as it represents the beginning of his new life and contrasts with our previous scene where James goes to sleep on a bench. We therefore left this as a longer cut because we wanted to emphasise the importance of this moment. This was a very short filming day because we only focused on the shots that involved Joe to make sure we covered everything we needed whilst he was available. On our next day of filming we will complete all but the final scene of the video by filming at Shipley Bridge, James sleeping on a bench and all the scenes from the montage.