Filming schedule - Miss Georgiou

It is important to create a filming schedule prior to going out and filming for out production as this ensures that we have arranged times which are fair and achievable as well as being well suited to what we want to film at that time. For example if we wanted to film a scene with natural day light going out to film at 9pm wouldn't work. Partaking it the task itself also means that everyone involved in the production has a set schedule to look to as a guide which shall prevent confusion etc.

Whilst planning the filming schedule I was keen to ensure that we was creating a schedule which was appropriate by being suitable for all and realistic in terms of what we wanted to film. As I achieved this it meant that we were able to stick to our filming schedule as nothing needed to be changed. I was aware that we would face issues with filming outside due to unpredictable weather conditions so I kept an eye on the weather reports both when creating the filming schedule and once it had been created so to make sure that we didn't arrive on set and then discover half way through filming that the weather wouldn't be as planned. In order to maintain a tight well fit to schedule I made sure that I spoke to everyone involved in the production so that I was able to create a schedule which would allow me to fit everyone in at the indicated times.

The hardest scene to plan regarding getting everyone involved within the production at the same location at the same time was the 'house party' scene as this meant not only finding a location which would fit everyone and we would be able to obtain permission to allow everyone in but it also meant trying to arrange a time when absolutely everyone was free which wasn't easy.  During the early stages of the schedule before dates were finalised I had to change the day of filming this scene as unfortunately things came up in peoples personal lives which couldn't be avoided. However as it was unlikely as it would appear for me to manage to find a date and time when everyone involved would be free I had to persuade individuals to change dates and free themselves up. For instance one of the girls actually on the production team had to come from work complete the filming and then leave again to go back. Although this wasn't ideal as it meant that we really had to rush to make sure that we got enough footage that we had extra footage when it came to the editing stage this was the best of a bad situation. It was especially hard to convince the extras to attend filming as we couldn't provide them with any real incentives to persuade them with other than the fact that they would be gaining further experience from shooting with us. What made it even harder was that as we selected a large group of extras from school if a couple of people from one group couldn't film on certain day we were considering then we would find other people from outside of school to be in our production and then existing extras would inform us that they weren't interested in filming without the people we had made up for prolonging the entire process.

For the scenes which we filmed in the cafe we had to be really careful when planning on the times we would arrive and film as we had to ensure that the cafe would be open when we planned to film. But we also had to predict whether or not the cafe would be too busy for us to film as if there were too many people in there then it may have been too cramped for us to get the filming done properly. Also it may have been too noisy as the team wouldn't be able to communicate with each other properly or concentrate. More people being on set which weren't involved within the production would also have meant that our filming would be at further risk of being tarnished by people finding it funny to be seen on camera doing stupid things for instance waving at the camera which wouldn't make sense to the narrative, could appear either comical or stupid, ruining the overall effect of the narrative and taking the audience away from the experience the artist is creating with their music video therefore preventing the music video from performing it's job. Obviously we couldn't allow such senses to make the final cut when in the editing stages however this would mean that our final footage would be limited.

Unfortunately as it was raining for the day we played to film the 'Walk of shame' scene despite both myself and Jess (another member of my group) having looked up the weather forecasts for the day on several occasions the weather wasn't in our favour. As it rained despite it having been predicted for days and even that very day that the weather would be dry. Luckily I had put plan in place for this instance despite the weather considering us otherwise that this wouldn't be needed. I planned for the group to meet at my house so that if there were weather issues we would still be able to get filming done as we filmed the bedroom scene whereby the artist is seen performing in bed and pacing/dancing around her bedroom. This was a tactile plan as it meant that know time was being wasted and we wouldn't have furthered work to do later. Apart from this the filming schedule ran to plan and was most helpful in ensuring that both myself and my group members were well aware of what was expected of them as of when. However we did apply an additional as we decided that we wanted to refill our 'party scene' as we weren't happy with how the footage came out and didn't feel that it complied well with the portrayal we were sorting out with the music video. Which meant that not only would we be refilling said scene but I also decided that it would be better to make changes so to make sure that the same kinds mistakes and elements which didn't appear as effective the first time would appear again. So to accomplish this I opted to change the location of the scene to the drama studio in school which meant that I had to inform everyone of this new location and perform a phew separate risk assessment simply for this new location as other I may have encountered various different issues both ethical and work related throughout the production. I also wished to add additional scenes throughout the music video for instance we shot from didn't angles etc. which we hadn't originally planned for. Such as angles were I was seen performing against the brick wall. This is simply  a nature part of filming though and doesn't connote anything negative towards our filming  schedule as when on set it is likely that group members are going to find inspiration for new ideas this often happens because they feel inspired in the moment hence this means a few changes shall be made in order to do so however this doesn't create problems as within a good filming schedule performed by a good performance team this extra changes should be planned for.

Through creating the filming schedule I developed further skills, one of which being that I certainly become more confident in taking charge and not worrying too much about upsetting or making things and little bit more difficult for group members. Throughout filming it is hard to plan to film on days which are good for every single group member. However I was on a tight schedule, I needed to get my filming done asap so that I allowed myself enough time to move onto the editing stages and feel as that I had enough time to really challenge myself with my editing skills/techniques. Due to this there were times when I had to run filming even though people stated that it wasn't a suitable day for them. I enforced this by simply reminding them in forceful ways that when in the stages of filming you must prioritise and if your considering that spending your time elsewhere would be more beneficial or appealing to you then perhaps signing on to create a music video wasn't the best choice for them.