Some brief outcomes from the footage

After the first failed attempt, there was much room for improvement for the second attempt. Therefore we made sure that any previous errors which had been made were not made a second time around. For example; we chose a much closer location which was easier for us all to get to as opposed to Essex which only 1/4 of the group could easily access. We also started filming much much earlier, at 11am as opposed to 3pm, meaning that the lighting would be far greater than the previous attempt which had made the footage very grainy and unprofessional-like. The location of the woods was in a much more open area and thus meaning that the light could be seen and reached easier and therefore the 'ISO value' didn't need to be as high (the lower the value, the clearer the quality!).

In order to allow more freedom, we decided to add a prologue scene and also go slightly off storyboading, which therefore meant that it was easier to allow creativity and non-scripted events to happen. Filming off of a script or storyboard can often mean that the footage is more realistic as people aren't having to act in a certain way and thus can be seen as more natural. After looking over the footage after the shoot was finished, we decided that this was a successful decision as we managed to capture some interesting shots and the acting looked a lot better than the previous video. 

The first major problem that we were met with was when the sun began to set around approximately 4pm.  We decided that it was more practical to get all the narrative shot first, however the lip synching was yet to take place, and the darker it was getting the more we realised that we really needed to get some lip synching done, if not all, then we would have to shoot again on another day. Luckily however, we brought a fill light with us which was utilised to its full potent ion; the close ups looked amazing when the light was directed as the lead singers face. Unfortunately however, some of the long shots had more grain than expected which don't look as great on the bigger screen. 

Here are two screen shots from the footage where the difference can be seen:

No noise.

A slight bit of visible noise, but not a massive problem.

One other issue we were met with was that Danny, the lead singer, was in a slight hurry and so some of the lyrics were rushed and thus some of the shots were not perfected as you can see that Danny is not reciting the lyrics very clearly, and therefore some of the lip synching might need to be reshot. However, this shoot was definitely more successful than the first shoot and the footage we got was much more professional looking than the first. We also gathered up more footage and therefore there was more to play around with when editing.