Today is the day of filming, and to make sure Jamie and Paige knew what was happening I text them both to talk through the plans. Paige then sent an email over facebook saying that she had work until 5pm when the band wanted us to meet at 6pm and the location was about 45minutes away.
Originally I was going to drive the group to Coton, however due to the icy conditions and feeling slightly under the weather, I thought it was best to try and find an alternative way there. I asked my parents if they could drive us down, which they agreed to so I text the group again to ask Jamie if he could get to Sawtry where Paige would be so that we could pick them both up at about 5.30.
Once we hit the edge of Cambridge we began to get worried that we wouldnt make it to the village because of the amount of snow there was and the dangerous driving conditions, so Jamie text Steve to let him know that we would be a little bit late. When we finally arrived at 6.30 we met the band and allowed them to set up for a bit. While they were setting up we made sure Jamie understood the camera however it was slightly different to the ones we were used to. The party officially started at 8pm and Paige, Jamie and I did feel like we were slightly interfering with the birthday celebrations and even though there were meant to be 130 guests, due to the snow there were only about 30 people there.
We started filming at 9pm, which was a lot later than we had thought, meaning that we had been hanging around for a couple of hours being unable to film anything which was quite fustrating. But during these hours, I talked Jamie through some of the shots that I wanted to create and the angles as well. I decided to start off with a steady camera on the tripod at the side of the venue so that the crowd could get into the music a bit and it wouldnt get in the way of them dancing. From there I asked jamie to get some close up low shots of the band and their instrument, mainly focusing on their instruments during other songs as we could easily incorporate these into our video. Whilst they were playing I gave Jamie some direction and tips of how to get the best out of the footage, and told him to try and focus on the main singer in particular during the song 'Since U Been Gone' as we could match the lipsyncing to the music. We finished filming at about 9.45 because of committements the next day with work and other plans, and with the roads being icy we had to leave plenty of time to get home.
Overall the shoot went quite well as we got a variety of shots and each contributed to the shoot and hopefully there will be enough footage to include in our video.
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