Group 8: Production

The original picture planned which changed due to
building works.

On the wednesday of the half term, we met in the morning at 10am and started our filming in our originally planned location. However, when we reached the first location (kings cross) were the first base track was planed to be, we were not able to film there as there were building works and scaffoldings directly outside the station. This prevented us from getting a good picture behind the performer, so we decided to think as a group for another location to film in.

This is the picture we took, with a slight glimps
of the building works underneath

Directly opposite the station, there is a large hotel (st.pancaras hotel) that we thought we may be able to film in. We set up our tripods and equipment. As soon as it was set up, the security told us we needed permission from the office in advance to film and asked us to leave, so we were confused as to where we were going to film, as kings cross was the location that we favoured most.

St.Pancaras hotel
ideal for our production but not planned out.

Weather conditions

In the morning when we met at kings cross, the sky was clear and the sun was out. However, it was rather cold. Throughout the day, the weather started to become a bit more glum, as the clouds started to build up so we had to pick up speed in filming before it started to rain. By the time we reached our new location, it started ranging but not heavily, which allowed us to film without much hassle.

Planning the new location

we planned the new location as soon as we found out that we were not able to film at kings cross. we went to eat at McDonalds, were we sat down and thought of possible locations that would suit the idea of a slow emotional song. after roughly an hour, we all agreed that the gardens in the barbican were best suited for our video, so we got all our equipment and set off to see the location.

Filming in the Barbican

Once we reached the barbican, We gathered that the base track that we could film there would be rather better than the base track we originally planned at kings cross. This is due to the scenery that were available, such as trees, water flowing, a waterfall, birds flying etc. We started our filming and took various shots of our artist (farha) to begin our first day of filming. However, during the filming, Farha struggled to remember the words to the song due to a tight amount of time to learn them, which made the shots look out of sync. We tried our best to get as much shots as we could as we were told by our teacher Dan that the more shots taken, the bigger chance of getting a good looking shot. Therefore, we filmed farha performing and filmed the lines that she knew during the time we had. After getting the shots we could, we called it a day and set off home with a plan to reshoot in this same location.