Test Shoot 2: Grovelands Park

Now we have changed our song and idea this test shoot was for the song 'Eyes on Fire'.

Costume

MAIN GIRL
Sparkly dress
Black glove
Tights
Converse

Props

Glitter
Wool

I think this test went very well, especially in comparison to our last one! We found a spot in the woodlands part of the park that Mia and Selina had earlier come across. We set up there and began filming shots of the main girl played by Mia walking through the trees in character. The shots were mainly handheld.

Problems/Lessons Learnt

Having looked back at the footage, I think the lighting may have been an issue. Although we had enough lighting as we used paglights, the lighting from them makes the shot look unnatural. I think natural lighting looks better and so we will probably have to shoot earlier in the day. We also need more still shots to have a combination of handheld and still camera work in the video.

Test Shoot

We had our test shoot yesterday in the tunnel in New Southgate. It didn't go that well and so we decided we didnt want to do 'Fences' by Paramore for a number of reasons. First of all we are not sure we could get all the actors needed to perform in the band apart from Mia and Selina. We also weren't clear about our idea from the start and had massively over-complicated things. So we thought it woudn't be practical to continue.

So we have a new possible track called 'Eyes on Fire' by Blue Foundation that is featured in the Twilight film. It is way more atmospheric and we discussed more abstract ideas for this track that our actually practical and can be done with mainly one actress, most likely to be Mia.

So I will post more on this track once we are sure we can do it.