WEEK 4: THE AFTERMATH

After getting home with beerstained clothes and a missing blackberry case at 1.30am, I am extremely proud of myself. Like we guessed, the male member in our group didn't turn up...I'm really annoyed, he didn't make any effort whatsoever to get in contact with any of us. He could've sent an email. It would've been so much better for all of us, if everyone's input could be used during this project.

We got to 'The Croft' at 8pm or so, after making various calls to Charlie we finally managed to get sorted. Armed with 3 cameras, a storyboard and a tripod, we precisely planned how we were going to make this filming process work. We had 4 hours to waste, and ended up taking pictures of ourselves we were so bored!

Josh actually announced that we were filming to the whole crowd, so this allowed us to have some sort of authority on the crowd

Camera with Tripod:We wanted to get a variety of pan shots of the bands performance, and the crowd dancing from a high-angle.

Handheld cameras: We wanted to get a variety of more energetic pans as if the protagonist was dancing whilst looking around. If the shot appeared shaky, it would look like this was done intentially rather than a crisp, swift movement on the tripod. We also used the handheld camera to zoom into the instruments and band members, we wanted close-ups on both the band and their instruments to make an emphasis on the fact that it's a live performance. We wanted to viewer to feel like they were part of the gig.

We took advantage of 'midnight rave' feeling as it made the party feel more exclusive. It adds an element of humour, seeing a hundred trendy teenagers dancing while the protagonist is an elderly man. Unforunately, as our actor was not there - neither was the protagonist, therefore we used many point-of-view shots. We used nightvision on all of our cameras, it created an edgy underground feeling. We did this to encourage the audience to feel apart of the 'rave'.

Over-coming the problems: We found it hard to get extreme-closeups on the band members, especially lead singer Josh as he was really into the music. He wasn't aware of the camera at most times, and when he was aware of it - he looked into the lens! Alot of people were drunk and kept waving at the camera, this was time-consuming as we needed to remain in certain positions to capture footage of Josh's mouth, so we can make the lyrics in sync with his mouth movements.

About 7 of our friends turned up to the event, only 2 of them wore 'old people fancy dress'. We felt really let down, however with no budget - we can't expect too much from people. These are our friends, not actors.