Production Journal

Production Journal 
1)Hainault Forest Country Park
Filming time:11:20am-1:15pm
Date: 13th November
For the first time we started filming, I did the directing and me and Patsy shared the role of the camera person.She also took on the role of the femme fetale.The equipment that we used was a Sony camcorder called the DCR-SR35E and a Hama I chose to use these equipment as it gave me a betterlighting and graphics through the use of the camera. These pieces was very easy to hold and they very portable, this was good as I did have to rely on the equipment from the college.The Props we used were a cross  that was used to symbolise Christianity etc and we also used coins that were relevant to Greek Mythology etc.
2)Romford Brewer shopping center, Brewery park, Waterloo Romford, Romford Essex, RM1 1AU, Romford Brewery Car Park.
Filming time:11:00 am-5:30pm
Date: 20th November 2011
We chose this place because we wanted to create a non hostile but quite claustrophobic tension-able mood within the video and the forest was used as it fitted in with the characteristics of the narrative of the music video. The roles we took for this day of filming our music video, were the same as before where I was the director and me and Patsy were the camera people and she was also the actor. The equipment that we used this time was the Sony camccorder that we were using from before and the same tripod.The props we used in the filming for this part of the video was that we used props such as a vodka bottle to symbolise the cleansing of the sins. We also used other props etc and we also used makeup to symbolise death.
3)Havering College of futher and higher education, Romford Road, Chigwell IG74QN
filming time:6:00pm-6:45pm
Date:23rd November 2011
We used this location as we wanted to be able to recreate the scene from the start of Vertigo that would relate to the theme of voyeurism etc.The role we took were different this time as I was the camerperson whereas Patsy was the director.I would say the only problem we had was waiting to film as the room we wanted was being used so we had to improvise with a photography and instead of using studio lights we used tungsten lights and this created a photographic and illusive mood that was relevant ot film noir.The equipment that we used included tungden lights, a Sony camcorder and Hama tripod.
4)Hainault Forest Country Park 
Film time:11:00 am -3:30pm
Date: 4th December 2011
We chose this location, because I remembered there was a pond that was very dirty and we used as I wanted to reinforce the theme of the cleansing of the sins and relate to biblical references and I also wanted to make the audience to be able to see the femme fetale as a strong and obsessive character and through the clinching of the fist this signified the femme fetales obsessive and manipulative trait and it was also used to signify a marxist viewpoint of the proletariat rising up against the bourgeiosie.The roles we took on included that of me as the camera person and Patsy as the director. The equipment that we used were the camcorder and tripod from before and we also used props that included a guitar as this was used to signify the musical essence and the relationship between the lyrics and visuals etc.
Editing:
While editing from 13th November 2011, I remembered at first I didn't enjoy the editing I was doing because the software that I used wasn't that easy to use, the software that I used in the first couple of editing was windows Movie maker this type of software wasn't easy to use. I also remember in the 2nd week of editing that my computer actually deleted all my files for the edited rough cut of the music video and this was the day before that I was suppose to hand it in, so I had to stay up all night reconstructing. At first I was angry that all my files for my music video had been deleted but what I did to solve the problem  was that I transferred all my files to another computer. On this computer I was able to use Adobe Première elements 10, I found this software to be easy to use and from using all other software's such as Song Vegas, and Wndows Movie maker as these software kept on freezing every half an hour, but Adobe was better to use then any of these other software as it was easy to use it allowed me to construct my music video is a more non linear then linear construction of the narrative of the music video as I felt by making it a psychoanalytical study if the characters encouraged them to ask questions on what was the basis of the story and was it a reflection on me or not etc.Through this I felt to would not make the audience feel happiness or excitement but it would make them question what I was trying to portray how I was trying to construct the persona and the visual style that I was trying to portray in the music video.I have found Adobe to be better then any other software that I have used for editing as it would allow more freedom within the construction of my musiv video an example of this is that it gave me more options such as transitions or effects that I could use that I wouldn't of find in any other pieces of software. Through the experience of editing I have learned that when it comes to backing up my files I should transport them straight on to a hard drive in the risk that it could get deleted. The use of the Adobe editing software program was useful as this allowed me to construct my music video in a way that I wouldn't be able to do through the use of Windows Movie Maker but Adobe let me add graphics and it allowed me to gain a better connection to the construction of the music video and it gave me a sense of what it would be like to be like an  movie editor such as Thelma Schoonmaker etc.