Video Shoot 1 - Beginning Of The Video

Song stanza:

This is the scene which comes before the piano begins to play as the narrative begins

The video:

[This is the third shoot we had videoed, beside Barclays Commercial Bank. We chose this are due to the lighting looking increasingly vibrant and lively. We decided to base this whole scene on ne stanza of the song. This scene shows the first part of Lisa’s quest to meet Jacob; she’s walking down the ‘good’ street which leads onto the ‘bad’ street (the next scene). We videoed this scene straight after arriving in town after college time, we tried to hurry so that we could capture the time of the day when the sun is setting rather than after it had already set. The area for this scene can be clearly noticed in the next scene therefore we decided to video in areas which were close to each other.]

A practice video was done just to check whether the camera picks up the voice of someone asking Lisa if shes ready. Overall it had taken 8 practice videos to get the perfect clip of Lisa being asked 'Ok, are you ready?' and her replying 'Yeah'. We had a friend helping us by being the anonymous questioning voice. Due to the way in which Lisa's standing seeming awkward and sometimes the way Lisa replies or is asked if shes ready not sounding so serious, it had taken us 8 practices before we thought the 9th one was suitable.

Problems discovered:

[Due to the area being darker than we planned it to be the lighting wasn’t as fine as we had hoped. Also the lights on the ground of that area created long bright streaks of light on the video therefore it made the video appear unprofessional. We had tried to use a torch light from my phone to light up Lisa’s face a bit more so we could see more detail but the idea was unsuccessful. We decided to film in another area which connects to both scenes from the stanzas before and after.]

Future planning:

[We have decided to video again, this time in order of the stanzas and with an actual video camera rather than a digital camera. Also we will hopefully video again around the time when the sun is just setting rather than straight after its already set and when it’s gone completely dark.]