Shooting Schedule

Date: Tuesday 1st October 2013
Time: 11:45am - 12:30pm
Location: The Forum, Norwich
Equipment: Canon 550D DSLR (w/ 18-55mm and 28-125mm lenses), tripod.
Crew: Myself and my other group partner (Hamish), we took turns operating the camera and     navigating shot types.

This shoot was planned based around the strike occurring on the stated day; our music video involves the illustration of political inequality between the corporate bankers or government officials and the everyday working class citizen. Therefore, this day was dedicated to getting pick up shots of the National Union Teacher's strike in order to portray binary opposition against the pick up shots we planned to get of bankers in the docklands. Furthermore, me and the other member of my group met at the forum half and hour prior to the beginning of the strike in order to set up equipment and position ourselves for the first shots we were going to get. Moreover, the benefits of being able to record this strike is that it means we have more realistic pick-ups of the actions currently being taken against the government, allowing us to portray a more impacting visual narrative.

Date: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Time: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Locations: London - American Embassy, Docklands and St Paul's tube station.
Equipment: Canon 550D DSLR (w/ 18-55mm, 28-125mm and 75-300mm lenses), Canon EOS 5 35mm SLR, tripod, dolly.
Props:  Briefcase and cardboard sign.
Crew: Myself and my other group partner (Hamish), we took turns operating the camera and     navigating shot types.
Cast: Robbie Morris, a fellow classmate, brought in to portray both characters on each side of our split-screen narrative.

Once we had come to a conclusion about the plan of our music video, we ended up debating over the locations; Norwich is a great place for filming the most part of our music video, however, there were just some shots that needed to be done in metropolitan city in order to best represent the business man character in our production. Therefore, we decided that London would be the best place to give a sense of a corporate environment, perfect for scenes of the business man and shots that may contrast the protest.

Once all was planned out, we got on the train at about 10:00am to London; however, due to delays at a station on route we ended up getting to London a little later than expected (about 12:30pm). Then, we got the tube from London Liverpool Street to the American Embassy, here we were able to get a few pick-up shots, contrasting narrative for the businessman and protestor and also some possible images for our print production. Unfortunately, we were stopped and detailed by the police during our filming due to "suspicious" activity linking to ideas of terrorism, however, after we had been checked out the police had no problem of our continuation but warned us that the embassy may call the police again. Furthermore, we travelled to the Docklands in order to capture shots of the business man character; additionally, gaining pick-up shots of the corporate world surrounding us. This location was perfect for the use of a tracking shot, allowing us to give our music video some more fluidity, so we brought out the dolly in order to this. Again, we were stopped on several occasions by security guards for filming in a public place, luckily I had my school lanyard and so was able to prove that we were shooting for a student project. Moving on, we then headed down in to Canary wharf tube station in order to get a time-lapse for the businessman; to our fortune, many business like individuals had just finished work and so we were able to capture this within the shot, giving a strong sense of Robbie's character. In addition, on our way back to London Liverpool Street we stopped at St Paul's tube station which was perfect for the matching time-lapse of the protester, as it was quite desolate and bland.

Date: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Time: 11:45am - 12:15pm
Location: Derelict Building, Bracondale Mill Gate, Norwich.
Equipment: Canon 550D DSLR (w/ 18-55mm lens), tripod.
Crew: Myself and my other group partner (Hamish), we took turns operating the camera and     navigating shot types.

As the actor we were using wasn't available on this day, me and Hamish decided to go out and film the time-lapse that would oppose the large corporate building time-lapse we filmed in London. From our sixth form, we cycled to a derelict building at Bracondale Mill Gate with our equipment, with ease we were able to get the shot due to the open space and little public. However, we had the contact of the landlords had any problems arisen.

Date: Saturday 5th November 2013
Time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Locations: Hamish's house and Robbie's house (actor)
Equipment: Canon 550D DSLR (w/ 18-55mm and 28-125mm lenses), tripod.
Crew: Myself and my other group partner (Hamish), we took turns operating the camera and     navigating shot types.
Cast: Robbie Morris, a fellow classmate, brought in to portray both characters on each side of our split-screen narrative.

Because the daylight was fading, we used this day to film the interior shots that would make up our opening sequence for the music video. Firstly, Hamish's house was used for the business man characters morning routine, this is as he had a modern room that looked as it belonged to someone with a comfortable lifestyle, also, the kitchen in his house was very modern and fitted well with the character. On the other hand, for the protestor, we used Robbie's (our actors) house in order to create opposition. Using Robbie's living room and kitchen we were able to create the impression that he was not wealthy, nor poor.

Date: Monday 11th November 2013
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Locations: City centre/ Starbucks
Equipment: Canon 550D DSLR (w/ 18-55mm and 28-125mm lenses), tripod.
Crew: Myself and my other group partner (Hamish), we took turns operating the camera and     navigating shot types.
Cast: Robbie Morris, a fellow classmate, brought in to portray both characters on each side of our split-screen narrative.

We used this time to shoot the scenes focusing on the contrast in lifestyle and interest between characters, specifically focusing on consumerism and self-image. The reason for shooting at Starbucks is that it indicated consumerism and so linked well with the business man persona; additionally, we shot a sequence at Moss to show the business man's materialistic interest in suits and in contrast, Oxfam, to show that protestor character is not too concerned about expensive brands or consumerism, but more for how he can help others.