Filming In Slow Motion

In my music video I will be including quite a lot of slow motion shots in it. In order to get the best quality slow motion shot that I can, I thought it would be a good idea to look at some tutorials on Youtube on how to film in slow motion.
This really helped as it showed me the best way to get a good quality picture when wanting to film in slow motion. The tutorial below shows the man using a EOS 7d which is a different camera to mine, however hopefully my DSLR camera will have similar settings to the camera used in the video.
This was just a short video for beginners, nothing to advanced. I watched this video to get the basics of filming in slow motion.



I also watched another video on filming in slow motion that included similar information. However it was a bit more instructive than the video above and also went in to more detail which made it very helpful.
The good thing about this video was also it showed how to add the slow motion to the video whilst editing the video instead of on the DSLR camera. This gives me a different technique of filming in slow motion just in case one way doesn't work very well.

 

Filming Problems

There have been quite a few problems with filming my music video first draft. The main reason for these problems was not finding good locations, or problems with the whether but actually the actors themselves who I had asked to be the band within my video.
At the start of the year I asked them if they would do it and they said they would. Countless times I had reminded them to learn the song and to make sure they definitely would do it, which they kept agreeing to.
I asked around for locations and managed to get my dad's good friend to allow me to use the warehouse where he worked which was near enough the perfect location that I wanted for my video. As the band performance is the main focus of the music video I thought it would be a good idea to make this the more prioritised part of my video. I made sure I organised and told them everything that was going to happening.
Once I had organised it for the specific day I made sure they all knew, as they didn't say they couldn't do it I believed they all could. However on the day one of them decided they couldn't do it and didn't think to tell me. So I had to rearrange the day of the location and made sure once again they all knew.
This day was my last chance to film so I made sure they knew how important it was, then I came to realise on the day we were meant to film again that they hadn't even learnt the song and therefore I could not film again. Which ended with me not having any footage for my first draft.
This means I now will need to find new actors to use in my video, in order to get these new actors I will send emails to all students asking for volunteers so then hopefully I will be able to trust them, and create a good and professional looking music video.

Costumes

Equipment

When filming the video I will be using my own camera which is the Canon 700d. I chose to use my own camera because it will be easier when filming as I will not have to book a camera and also the images and footage I take will not need to be wiped meaning I will have more time.
However the tripod I will be using will be borrowed from college as i do not own one. Hopefully this won't be a problem as I will not need it for any longer than one day.
My music video includes a few tracks and 360 degrees pans around the band performing so it may be handy for me to use a dolly as it will make it easy to do these camera movements and will result in it looking more professional rather than it being hand held or just on the tripod which would make it look shaky.

Green Screen Testing

To see whether I wanted to use a green screen in my music video I thought it would be a good idea to test it out and see if it would fit with the genre of the song and video.
A girl in my class kindly let me take some test shots of her to practice on.
Although the green screen can look very effective when used properly, after testing it out I don't think it would look effective with the narrative and performance that  have planned for my music video.

Organisation Text Messages

These are some messages sent to one of the people who will appear in my music video, organizing how him and the rest of his band will get to the location where we will be filming the video. The main problem that there was, was the drummer of the band may not be able to transport his drum kit from his house to the location, however through discussion I think that problem is sorted.
They also go to my college so most of the organising has been done through face to face communication. However I did message them on Facebook to make sure everything will hopefully go to plan.
A group chat was also made so I didn't have to message each band member separately and it meant we could all discuss when the best day would be.
Another problem was finding a time to film but we have all agreed on Thursday afternoon.
These text messages were to show the organisation of making sure they all have a way of getting to the location and making sure they know where it is. I have told Bryn the address of the building  which is shown in the second screenshot. However I have censored the location because I don't know whether or not the owner of the location would want me putting it on my blog. So to be safe I thought it would be best to cover it up.

Weather Forecast

The filming for my music video will take place on Thursday. Although I will not be filming outside I thought it would be a good idea to see what the weather forecast will be for other reasons. Such as how the lighting will be. If it is dull outside it means it might be quite dull in the warehouse, this could result in it being too dark to film, to stop this problem I would need to bring extra lighting.
I also checked to see if it will be raining on the day so I can take precautions so the instruments and equipment will not get wet and broken when transporting them from the car to the building. As there is a chance it will rain that could be a problem however I could put the camera equipment in something waterproof to stop them getting damaged whilst carrying them in the rain.