When creating the filming schedule, I have to consider several important factors in order to create a reasonable and possible schedule. Firstly, I need to ensure that the actor who will star in my music video will be available on certain dates through the month of January, which is when I intend to complete production. Plus, as I am going to film the performance scenes in a school theatre, I will need to book its residence. Therefore, I acquired an Internal Even Request Form which I subsequently had to fill out and state what I required the location for.The song I am producing a music video is relatively upbeat and my shot list is rather extensive and complex. To aid and facilitate the production process, I have decided to shoot the scenes that will take longer and are more complicated to film first. The performance scenes where my actor will be lip syncing along to the track and where she is surrounded by polaroid photos are the most complex and lengthy to film. These scenes include a variety of props which could take a while to set up; for example, the polaroids will be attached to string, hanging from a net overhead, and the net will be held up by four wooden stands, which tower at about 7 or 8 feet tall. The construction of this contraption may take approximately 20 minutes or longer, and hopefully I can film all of the scenes involving performance in the same evening over a period of 3 hours. In addition, I will be filming multiple takes of the same scene from different shots and angles which will also increase the production time. As previously mentioned, the track is relatively upbeat so the editing will be quick and rapid, so the wider variety of shots and angles I can film will only result in more options during the editing process.
Finally, I intend to shoot the narrative scenes after the performance scenes, as they are not featured as much in the music video and the scenes are very short, I aim to shoot the scene where my actor is in the bedroom in approximately half an hour, and the other scenes where she is preparing to exit her house would also take roughly the same amount of time to shoot. However, the scene where my actor approaches the photo booth will take half of that time - I want to shoot that scene quickly because it is a very fleeting moment in the video, and there will be members of the public around who could potentially inadvertently intervene with the shot. These scenes are also less physically taxing on the actor and the narrative aspect of the video could be shot all in the same day, most likely on a weekend during the day, as it gets dark very quickly in the evenings during winter.
