When we filmed the music video we had many bad shots recorded in the shooting diary, these shots were mainly unsuitable for things such as breaking character, laughing, messing up miming and others factors such as sun position and weather. During the editing process of the music video we ended up cropping the bad footage away from the good to put the music video plans in order, however when the time came to gather the bad footage for this blog, we realised we had deleted the majority of the bad footage from the computers in final cut express, this was disappointing as we had gathered many bad shots in which we could have presented in this blog. However we noticed shortly after uploading the music video that after the video finishes there is a few shots in which didn't make the cut for the music video therefore these are the shots in which I can present on this blog.
YouTube Link To Video - http://www.youtube.com/watchv=wMpZx9DBXZk&feature=player_detailpage#t=210s
Rejected footage 1 - This first piece of footage was rejected for a variety of reasons, the first reason we decided not to use this sequence for the music video was that the cast member wasn't looking into the camera or making any form of eye contact, we thought that it would draw the attention away from the audience as they won't feel apart of the video and it eliminates the chance of the viewer feeling the emotion the female was feeling. The next reason we rejected it was because the miming was completely out of sync with the music track, this was due to the singer being un familiar with the song lyrics at the beginning of shooting. The final reason for the shot being un used was also because we felt the camera mid shot wasn't filmed to the best standard a lot of her body was out of the camera's viewing therefore body language expression was also limited.
Rejected Footage 2) This shot was rejected for a few reasons also, we firstly thought the lighting off the room wasn't very well thought out the room was very dark in which restricted the amount of the frame was visible, this also caused the laptop screen's flash and light to be more eye catching in which we didn't want this to be the main feature in the shot. Another reason is the male character isn't in the entire shot. Finally the last reason this footage was rejected was because during the filming the male character (myself) looses focuses and begins to talk to the person recording the music video, this ruined the shot as the mood and feeling went.
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Although I have only produced two examples of rejected footage from the music video shoot, the group did have a high amount of bad footage, with most the bad footage from the first sequence of the male and female characters laying on the bed together, giggling and loss of character caused a real problem with this, which was a key factor in the footage becoming un use able and having to call cut. Another main area of difficulty was the female characters solo shots for the chorus of the songs. Our female lead wasn't very confident within her role in front of the camera therefore for many shots she ended up falling out and character and hiding her face, this made the shots not fit for use, she was also unfamiliar with the song at first therefore her lip syncing was often incorrect or out of time with the music track, this proved difficult within the editing process.
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