Filming day 2 and day 3 (Nathan Kearns)

Over the past two days we were filming some long and short clips for our music video. We done the filming in Everton park. The location changed from Newsham Park to Everton Park when we seen the views and wildlife in Everton Park. Also the hills and the pathways also caught our eye because we knew they would suit some of our camera shots and movements. 

On the first day the weather was very cold but it stayed dry. This was a good thing because we knew Connor needed yo film some scenes on the floor and it wouldn't have been as good on a wet floor because he could ply have done so many shots before being soaked through. We only needed Connor in front of the camera on the first day.

 Connors girlfriend come with us on this day to do Connors make-up. We needed him to look beat up so the make-up included blood and bruising. I thought she done extremely well to make it look so realistic. As the camera man I thought I done very well because not only did I get the shots on the shooting script but I managed to get in some of the wonderful views in the background. Like the first day of shooting Michael was very organised and knew where he wanted to shoot Connor all the way through.

On the second day we didn't need any make-up so we didn't need Connors girlfriend to be there. We went to the same location because we needed more shots. We needed to film Connor being beat up by me and 2 other of our mates (Paul and Adam). These two people were very helpful and done a very good job and followed all Michaels instructions very well. I had to take on a new role as an actor. This was new to me but I thought I done well in playing the role of the gang leader. Michael needed to take on two rolled so he was the director and the camera man. I also thought I helped him out with the directing because I tired to put the other actors in a certain spot that wouldn't show us not really hitting Connor. The weather was more wet than the first day so I don't know if this will show on the music video. If it does it is a bit of a let down. 

I will be uploading images soon 

Filming Day 1 - Review (Connor Burgess)

I think that the first day of filming our music video went extremely well, I think this is mostly down to the group's organisational skills as we prepared well so we all know what we needed to do. We followed the storyboard and got a few shots that we already had planned out however Michael suggested that we take some more shots so that we have a bigger variety when it comes to editing the video.

Nathan recording me lip syncing the chorus

Despite the fact there were several people passing by whilst we filmed, we all performed well and not let the potential interruptions affect our filming. I believe that I performed the best to my ability when we filmed as I managed to stay in character whilst filming. We also encountered a problem when my phone died and we could not play the song, despite this we went ahead and continued filming and I managed to continue lip syncing without the use of the song.

Michael worked as a great director whilst we filmed, he helped us stay to the storyboard and to shoot additional shots to help us whilst editing. He dealt well with the conditions and positioned me and Nathan well to make sure that the sun light did not affect the quality of the footage. He also helped Nathan with the camera angles and movements in order to stick to the storyboard and to film the shots the best we can.

Me and Michael discussing the next shot

I think that Nathan worked well as the camera man for our group, he gave his opinions when we thought that a shot wouldn't look right and listened well to Michael's instructions. He also kept his composure during filming so that the camera did not shake so much during shots when he had to move the camera. 

I think collectively as a group we worked very well during our first day of filming, we prepared well and got the shots we needed. I think that we will be able to finish the filming quickly and produce a top quality music video, if we continue to perform this way.

Filming Day 1 - Preparations (Connor Burgess)

First day of shooting analysis (Nathan Kearns)

I think our first day of shooting went very well. I think we worked very well as a group and we all stuck to our roles that we decided on a couple of weeks ago. These roles were...

Actor - Connor

Camera man - Nathan

Director/editor - Michael

I think Connor done his role extremely well. He followed Michaels instructions all the way through the morning and kept a straight face when he needed to. I was also surprised at his very good lip syncing because there was a point that he didn't even need us to play the song for him. I think this was a bonus for us because we didn't need anyone to play the song so we could focus more on our other roles.

I think Michael was a very good director. I think he visioned what camera angles would look the best on the video and what locations would be the best when it come to us filming. He also was telling us to wait for the sun to go behind the clouds before we were shooting because it would look bad when we come to editing it. 

Finally I thought I done a good job getting as much footage as I could because the more footage we have got the more we have got to work with when we come to making the video. I also tried to get as many camera angles and shots as I could so we can look what will look better when we come to edit it. I feel the camera was a little bit shaky at some times but we have a software that will be able to fix it.

First day of shooting pictures (Nathan Kearns)

Shooting Day 1 - Review - Michael Hickey

Shooting Day 1 Review
I am very happy with our progress on our first day of shooting. I feel that we were all pretty consistent and on track throughout shooting.


We were all confident in our role and met the requirements for a successful shooting. Nathan Kearns was our camera operator, Connor Burgess was the Actor and I was the Director.
We all had constant input into what shots we should do and how we may be able to implement new shots. After following the story board and shooting script to see what shots we had to do we recorded a lot of extra footage to use when editing.

I feel that by having extra footage we are able to have a lot more diverse options when editing our final music video.

It was also very important for us to get to the location on time. We had to stick to our schedule to ensure our shooting wasn't interrupted. We got to the Albert Docks at 10:30 and finished around 11:30.

I am very pleased with our time management for our first day, i am also very happy that we got more footage than we should have to ensure minimal mistake when editing.

Premises Permission - Church (Connor Burgess)

A church is one of the main settings we are going to use for filming our music video. However with Christmas being so close, we needed to make sure that we could film in a church through getting permission from the priest.

St. Cecilia's church

So, because we are filming in Newsham park as well we decided that we was going to film in one of the two churches in Tuebrook for the convenience. The two churches are St. Cecilias and Church of St. John the baptist which are both located on Green Lane. St. John the baptist is right outside a bus stop in Tuebrook and St. Cecilias is a 2 minute walk from the same bus stop, showing that the churches are both easy to get to.

Church of St. John the baptist

St. Cecilia's church is the church in which I got baptised in and had my holy communion, because this is technically my family's church that is why I chose this as one of our choices.

However Church of St. John the baptist was chosen because of it's convenient location as it is only a bus ride away from Cardinal Heenan and the city centre. Both churches have different styles and they both suit the type of church that we wanted, which is an old fashioned looking building.

I rang up St. Cecilia's and left a message on the answering machine for the priest, a few days later the priest rang me back and we talked about the possibility of filming our music video in his church. The priest did give me permission to film in his church and I was told that I had to let him know when we are filming a day in advance.

Also, I visited the Church of St. John the baptist on one of my half days. I spoke to the priest and he also granted me permission to film in the church. He also told me that we had to let him a know a day in advance.

We are now deciding which church we would like to film in as they both have different styles in terms of exterior. We will make our decision on Monday which is the day before we film in the church.