'The London Shoot'

On Thursday 22nd February, all three members of the music video met in london to film what will make up the majority of our narrative based aspect of the video. Our plan for the day was to film in various locations which we had discussed using different camera techniques and angles as well as getting a lot of footage so that we then have all the neccessary shots to cut into the video.
We first made our way to trafalger square in which provided various different effective locations for the shooting.
We were given just 30 minutes in this spot to film so we got straight to it, myself and Tom filmed danny walking around and looking lonely and depressed in a busy area which added to the mise-en-scene which we wanted to achieve. We then used one of the fountains as an eye catching background. The sun shone down to give a good look of natural lighting on Danny's face which we made the most of.
Upon our exit, we stopped to film in a platform of a busy junction. We got danny to stand still for 5 minutes and we just let the camera run with all the traffic including a number of red london buses passing in the background. When coming to edit this, we will create a time lapse to have a blur of the cars speeding by as Danny stays still which is one of the effects we had planned to create.
When walking around, we spotted a side road which led to a small square with nobody there. We thought this looked an ideal location so we filmed here for a while. We got danny to lip sync while in this area which looked good, as well it was covered of all wind which helped to maintain a good look and Danny's hair would stay in place. . .
We crossed the Thames and filmed on the bridge we cross with Danny looking out to the river as if to look for his loved one. The London Eye offered an attractive background in addition to add to the good look of the shot. The weather took a turn for the worst and we were worried about the lighting (as well as getting soaked in order to cover the camera instead!) However, since putting this footage on the computer, the lighting looks better than we expected which we are glad about.
Or final location was on south bank, just down the path from the eye. We ensured this was where we got the majority of our close ups. This worked well with Danny leaning on the wall looking out to the river. Again, he began to lip sync through the track. Taking predominantly side on shots, this enabled him to be able to listen to the track to make the lip syncing an easier task. The heavens then opened and we were being blown away by the wind so we packed up, very pleased with the footage that we had taken.