30th October 2nd and 4th November 2010

Aidan and I began filming and editing our music video said to the track ‘Showdown’ by artist Dubfiend over three separate days. The day of filming was very successful and a good start to our project. We had checked the weather forecast a few days before we filmed to ensure that the sun was out and would give us the chance to get the best shots possible, the sun needed to be out in order to film our second shot in which there is a tilt of our actor standing there and then becomes a silhouette and the sun gets very bright and rays of light can be seen in the camera lens. A shot that appears to be filmed from a CCTV camera gave us some problems as we could not use the tripod to get a high enough shot to get the CCTV effect, to overcome this we sat on top of a nearby bush shelter and zoomed in, we then kept the camera in the same position and continued filming whilst our character entered a shot and then exited, the shot is very long but with the use of the cut tool and fast forward on the software song Vegas and premier pro, we were able to shorten the shot and make it look more effective and realistic. To get the camera to appear to be a CCTV camera, we used Sony Vegas and changed the shot to the TV effect given on the software. More simple shots such as pans and long shots were time consuming because the lighting in the chosen filming location was dim and quite dull, we overcame this by doing the white balance for each shot and taking a number of shots and angles to give us a large choice of which shot is most effective and looks best for our video. To further the quality of the image, we used Song Vegas again to change the Brightness/ contrast and also the vibrancy, to get a professional looking shot. The final shot we filmed was taken from the back window of a moving car, the idea that we convey with this shot is the feel of paranoia and being watched, the character walks quickly and is followed at the same pace by the car, the shot came out well, but we realised we could see the camera man in the reflection, we then re filmed and earned a professional and effective shot.