Filming Diary-4/12/16

This filming day was crucial to our whole overall video as it was the filming of our performance element. We set aside the whole day, got to Imy's house for 9.30am where we helped her get ready and then drove to Purton Boat Graveyard arriving at around 11am. The first problem we faced was the weather. Despite it being a bright and sunny day providing great lighting (albeit also causing the problem of our shadows being in shot if not filming at the correct angle), it was very cold. Imys costume of a white floaty dress offered her no protection from the elements and being on the water meant the wind was very strong. We had to compromise by doing only several shots right on the water and filmed very quickly. Also, in some shots Imy is wearing a white fur coat to keep her warm which isn't what we originally planned but feel it doesn't totally detract from her overall image. The wind also produced other issues such as Imy's hair often being blown all around her face which proved annoying when trying to do close ups.
Furthermore, we played our song on a speaker so we could hear it and Imy could sing along to it which worked while we were there, however, once we watched the videos back we realised you can't hear the music over the roaring wind. This means we have to try and lip read what part of the song Imy is singing which makes editing a little bit more tricky and time consuming. We also didn't realise how muddy and slippery it would be at our location due to previous bouts of rain. This caused all of us to get dirty, as well making it difficult to get to certain boats or areas we wanted to film as in some cases it would be quite dangerous to get there in the slippery conditions, especially as Imy was wearing heels.
 Even more problems we came across was the issue of using the Steady Cam. Unfortunately, as we were only using my little Sony camera to film on, it was too light situated on the Steady Cam and caused it to wobble all over the place and not stay stable. This was very disappointing as we were hoping to get lots of good moving shots of Imy singing which is vital in a music video. We tried to improvise by using a tripod but I am unsure how steady these will be.
 Despite all of this, I am fairly happy with the footage we shot and think we have enough quality footage to use in our music video without having to re-film.