Production - Day 5 continued

Day 5 has been the longest day of filming so far. After the long travel to Southbank and long time filming there in wet and drowsy conditions, we then moved on to our next planned location, Millennium bridge.

Getting to Millennium bridge from Southbank
As we packed up the equipment and headed of towards Millennium bridge, the rain picked up. From our research, we thought that Millenium  bridge was very close to Southbank. We were wrong! After walking in circles and circles, we asked directions from passers by and even most people that we asked did not kno the directions. Luckily, a helpful man told us which bus went towards Millennium bridge, the RV1. we got on the bus and found our way from there.

Filming at Millennium bridge
We had reached Millenium bridge and toured the area incase of any other places in the area that we could film by, such as the river bank. We went onto the bridge as planned and set up the equipment as originally planned and started to film. However, the lighting was very dim and the excellence provided within the shots were limited. we carried  on filming to get a brief idea of what to do, but we did not film as much as we could have, limiting the vary of shots that we could have used. It was cold and wet and filming was very hard in these circumstances, especially for Farha who had to perform in these cold conditions.

Problems whilst filming
When we were filming Farha, she was a bit nervous when people walked past her as Millennium bridge is used by a lot of people. Couple shots were taken were Farha would laugh half way through and we'd have to start over. Eventually after blocking out the view of passers by with our umbrellas, we managed to get a full base track filmed without her laughing or feeling nervous, but by then the lighting had dimmed dramatically.

Filming the ending of the video
The ending of the music video is one of the main parts of the narrative, which has to be very clear for the audience to understand. This is when I (mystery person) walks directly past the lost love that i am looking for (Farha). However, this needed to be done as a wide shot. we managed to film it, but as the light got dimmer, the distance light travelled did not make it clear enough as to what was happening and made the shot unsatisfactory.

Beneath are some of the pictures taken at Millenium bridge




Today was by Far the longest and hardest day of filming, from travelling to actual practical work. However, adapting to the ways in which we prepare and film are becoming easier and we are ready for the next filming day!