Lumby Producky Filming So Far

So far we have filmed the opening sequence of our music video.
Shooting took place at a member of the groups house to allow us to gather the shots we needed, whilst shooting we took into account the angle of the camera, mis en scene, and lighting etc.

In addition to this we also shot a few seconds worth of film in the school hall, as in our storyboard auditions take place and we believe this was a good setting for these shots.

Although we got the shots needed for the opening of our video as a group we had a discussion and decided that the shots were not good enough to uses, therefore making us film them again. This will help us in the later stages off filming as we know no the level of shots expected and will not settle for shots of a low quality.

Story Board So Far

As a group we are now taking part in our story board plan and below is what we have so far. Each shot has a specific time length to go with the timing of the track. Also a list of characters and settings have also been shown as we know need to come to a decision on who is in the video and were it is going to be filmed.

Lumby Producky Storyboard

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Story Boarding

As we have now come to a decision on our final track Magic by B.O.B, we have got to storyboard the shots in which are going to take place within our video to give us an idea of how the video is going to flow, when edits need to be made and things such as the settings for our shots.

Our storyboard will be very specific as then once we are shooting we will know exactly what shot is going to take place and how we intend it to look. The story board will also have to take into account the track and as ours is an upbeat track with a high tempo i believe along with the group that many different shots should be recorded allowing for quick edits to keep up wit the beat of the track.

By having a detailed storyboard this will also give us helpful insights whilst filming and by having it with us we will see if we have collected all the shots needed.

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