Technical run through (Ellen)..

During the holidays we went to our main location Millennium Bridge. We decided we weren't yet ready to fully record what we wanted and figured it was best to have a test run through beforehand.

We took a variety of tests shots practicing how to best angle the lighting and how we would get the best angles of our artists.We experimented different positions for them to be in and the best angles to get the scenery in our shot as well. 

Having done this means when we do come to film in this location we will know exactly what we need to do. Thankfully our artists having learnt the lyrics to our song made this whole process a whole lot easier as it made it easier to get a picture of what we wanted for our video.

25.) Audience Task

21.) Test shots and footage of potential performers (edited by Imaani and taken by Ellen)

🔥 pic.twitter.com/QF9uWK2dQn

— S.Dot (@Sam_Dot1) November 25, 2015

J and S.Dot

Featuring artist 'J'

There is a recurring theme in these images that will relate to the official ancillary images.I edited these images in black and white to link to the official ancillary pack that will be in black and white, the clothing is based around the urban and current trends amongst young adults. We wanted to show the two artists together in the shots so that it represents the relationship that we explore between the two artists in the music video.

The brands include:

• Adidas
• Nike
• H&M

23.) Incorporating synergy into our three productions

S.Dot's glasses and large rings are our synergetic pieces within our branding of him as an artist. We plan on incorporating this into the website by having various images of him on the website gallery that show close ups of his face and hands, the digipak images that highlight his glasses and rings and the music video that consists of many close ups on these features. The digipak  will have a media close up of S.Dot with his hands clasped into a prayer position (to show his rings) - the close up of his face also shows his glasses. If we do crate an advertisement it will be slightly similar to the music video in the context that it will consist of many close ups of his rings and face.

Updated production schedule..

Filming on the half term

Our original plan was to start filming on the 21st of October. However, due to various circumstances we had to start filming at a later date (the 26th - 27th). Our first location was a park in Shoreditch where we recorded performance base tracks in front of a spray painted background. Later on in the day we travelled to a section of London Docks, filming at this location wasn't very successful because we were losing light and we did not have lighting equipment on us at the time. We also found that the location didn't fit with our song or the overall concept of our music video. However we did manage to get a few shots of the setting as we didn't want to leave the location without at least recording one thing.

Filming in Shoreditch

Recording has begun!!! #potential pic.twitter.com/rwrBf4xxls

— S.Dot (@Sam_Dot1) October 26, 2015

The next day we travelled down to Namco World in London Bridge to get our casual and fun shots of the two artist playing together. Before we started filming we asked the manager for permission (he said yes) and we then started setting up the camera on the fig rig and recorded multiple close ups and moving shots of myself and Samuel playing games within the arcade. We also managed to record establishing shots of the area that we were in. Later on that day we travelled to the Millennium Bridge. We recorded some establishing shots and pans of the lights and buildings surrounding the bridge however we did not record any successful performance shots planned because the bridge was very busy and people were constantly walking into the shot and blocking the light.

What we plan to do next

• We plan to go to the millennium bridge at a later time in the hopes that it is less busy.
• We aim to film more during and after college hours, especially on the weekends when we have more time because we do not feel as though we have enough footage yet.

Synergy..

Over all our ancillary products (digipak, website and advertisement) our synergy will be shown through our artist's use of glasses and his silver rings.
Keeping them our main focus of synergy means that we will use a lot of close up shots on our digipaks and the rest of our ancillary pack. We'll be having a photo shoot for mainly S.Dot but also for our featuring artist J who's synergy is her hair.