Filming Schedule - Miss Miller

A filming schedule is a project plan of each days shooting of a film product, in our case a music video. The filming schedule provides a plan of what is going to happen and be including in each shot of a film production, therefore guiding group members on what to do. This informs me and my group members the brief subjects and equipment we need in each shot, so that we know what we have to film on the day. If we were not to have a filming schedule, we would not have a clear idea of what we would have to shoot whilst filming our music video, as it'll be chaotic because everyone would be frustrated and rush shooting since it'll be made on the spot. Therefore, the filming schedule acts as a guide for our filming, and will help us shoot smoothly and efficiently.

What is included in our filming schedule is: Shot, time and date, location, content action, shot types & duration, costume, hair & make up, iconography, personnel and equipment. 

We followed our filming schedule when filming the bonfire/fireworks on the 5th November. Also we included the cinematography planned in the schedule especially long shot to convey the setting. However we added an additional shot; establishing shot to show the scenery that the couple was in and also their body language. However there were sometimes where we couldn't film, for example the field scenes that were meant to be filmed on the 7th November. The reasons to why we did not film was due to the weather which was extremely windy and raining, therefore this would have been difficult for us to film and get efficient shots for our music video of the artist singing. Therefore, we decided to film on the 10th November, where it was less windy and there was no rain, also the sun was out, so our shots of the artist in the field came out as we wanted because we were able to capture good footage where the lighting was good and the artist could perform efficiently.

Another scene that we couldn't film was the Camden market scene on the 14th November because some people were not able to make it on the day scheduled. Therefore we planned to film another day for the scene where everyone could come and also we filmed additional shots whilst being in this location. The additional shots that we filmed were at Camden, and these included more shots of the scenery e.g. flamboyant shop signs and jewellery at the stalls. The reasons why we decided to film these additional shots, is so that we can include them within our music video to convey the location that the characters were in further so that the audience understood where they were more. Also, the additional shots will act as fillers so that the music video is not solely narrative based and keeps it more interesting to watch for example a shot of a colourful 3D elephant on a shop sign. Another time we didn't follow our filming schedule was for the field scenes that were meant to be filmed on the 7th November. The reasons to why we did not film was due to the weather which was extremely windy and raining, therefore this would have been difficult for us to film and get efficient shots for our music video of the artist singing. Therefore, we decided to film on the 10th November, where it was less windy and there was no rain, also the sun was out, so our shots of the artist in the field singing came out as we wanted because we were able to capture good footage where the lighting was good and the artist could perform efficiently.

What I learnt from having a filming schedule when filming a media project, is that it keeps the group organised by informing us what exactly were filming, when were filming it and what equipment we need. This was helpful as it made our filming experience less chaotic because we knew what we were doing, so if there were going to be any complications such as bad weather, we still would know what to film on the next day we film that particular scene.