Using the projector.

The lyrics say 'We fell in love / right by the ocean', this is past tense and we could show a representation of this by showing the clips of them being in love by the ocean and suggest that this memories are strong with him as the are projected behind him.

After our first day of filming and going through our footage, we have decided that we might need some more footage to cut into our film. On the train home we discussed ideas and decided that we should do some scenes on the black box with the projector.

An example of a music video which uses projections is Rihanna's music video for 'We Found Love'

I prefer this method to the green screen method as it looks more real and organic - it blends the artist more with the background to represent the idea of the artist being connected with the images behind them, this could represent memories or dreams. We thought we could tie this in with our music video - we had discussed the concept of our main character reminiscing about a past relationship.

Another music video which uses projections like this is Ariana Grande's song 'The Way'. Ariana is shown dancing and lip syncing in front of footage of her and her love, suggesting her thinking about memories with him. This is slightly different to our idea as the song is more happy and is more about her being infatuated with her boyfriend and thinking happy thoughts about him and their relationship.

This is quite late to be changing our concept, but we just want our video to be perfect and to be up to the standard of mainstream music videos at the moment. We all were unanimous in our decision and we will do screen tests as soon as we get back to school.

Filming: Day One.

Today we went to Brighton to film the 'love story' section of our music video.


First of all our lead actress, Raphi, was late as missed our original train. Sophia and Wini got on the train and me and Jem waited as we had open tickets, meaning we could get any train. When she (finally) arrived we got on the train, however once we got on the train we realised it was the longer train which had more stops, which made us even more behind schedule.

Once we got there, we had some issues with the weather, we checked prior to travelling so we knew it was going to be cloudy, however we did not anticipate the rain.

The rain was a problem because we were concerned about getting the equipment wet, it also made the whole vibe of the footage more gloomy than we wanted.

We still tried to get as much footage as we could as we knew we couldn't really go back to Brighton to get more footage. After a few hours of filming we felt that we had enough footage and we got back on the train.

Although we were happy with what we had got done today, on the train on the way home we decided that we may need to get some other kind of footage to cut into our video to make it more interesting.

Learning how to use the equipment.

As we are filming next week, we all needed a reminder on how to use the equipment.

We can all remember from last year but it was good to refresh our memories to ensure that we are fully prepared for filming on Monday and Tuesday.

We all now feel confident with the equipment and are looking forward to shooting our video!

Health and Safety - risk assesment for filming.

While we are filming, we need to make sure of the following:

• A parent or guardian knows where we are at all times.
• Our production call sheet has listed emergency numbers and we know where the nearest emergency services are.
• Some equipment for example the lighting kit, will get very hot, so we need to always be aware of this. The tripods are large and heavy and will take more than one person to assemble and disassemble.
• When we are in public, we need to have a copy of the letter from school to say that we are students as well as out student IDs.
• We will take care in public with the equipment and ourselves, being mindful of traffic and others around us.
• If we are asked to move on by any official or public servants, be gracious, apologise and move on swiftly.

Booking our train to Brighton.

Now that we have decided to film in Brighton, we need to organise how to get there. We needed to decide on the time of our train - we decided that we would get there as early as possible in order for us to have as much time as possible filming in the daylight.

We booked an open return so we didn't have to rush anything.

We went for the 8.24 train which is quite early but West Hamstead is the closest station to all of us so it wont be too much of a rush in the morning.

We will keep the equipment at Wini's as the station is on her road, sophia can drive it over there in her car.

Now that we have the timings we can start to make an itinerary of our day to make sure we stay organised and on top of everything.

We all can't wait to go to Brighton and start filming.

The band: biography about Coasts.

This is the band Coasts whose song we will be using for our music video. Here are a few facts about the group:

• English Indie Rock band formed in Bristol in 2011
• Consists of Chris Caines on Vocals, Liam Willford on Guitar, James Gamage on Bass), David Goulbourn (Keyboards) and Ben Street (Drums)
• "Oceans" has receives international media attention and has achieved over four million plays on SoundCloud
• Members all met at Bath University and then moved to Bristol after they had finished and then formed their band
• The band released their debut single, 'Stay' in 2012.
• During this period, the band toured extensively across the UK, with sell out shows including the Camden Barfly.
• In 2013 Coasts continued to sell out shows around the UK and in Europe, and made various industry appearances including Brighton's Great Escape Music Festival.
• Coasts recorded their third single, "Oceans" with Duncan Mills and released it in June 2014. 
• The single received BBC radio 1 support from Greg James and Huw Stephens 
• The band played a Radio 1 live session at Maida Vale for Huw Stephens following on from this as well as performing live at Radio One’s Big Weekend in Glasgow. 
• The band followed this up with a sold out show at Dingwalls in Camden and were then named as iTunes 'Ones to Watch' in July 2014.
• In 2014 The band recorded "A Rush of Blood" which became their fourth single. 
• The song was premiered as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record' on BBC Radio 1
• The band embarked on a North American tour in early 2015, with their first appearance taking place at El Rey Theartre in LA. 
• They have also headlined London's Scala & KOKO. 
• They performed at Coachella in April 2015 and played at Reading and Leeds festival in August 2015.
• Their debut album, Coasts was released in January 2016

What we did today: pre-production planning 19/10/16.

Pre-production planning

Today we did the production call sheet for the filming days.

The call sheet will be sent to our talent and we will all have a copy, it will help us to be organised and make sure that everyone is on the same page.

The call sheet states all the details about the day including a detailed itinerary - we will try our hardest to stick to these times to ensure a smooth running filming day.