When setting up we found it hard to find a good spot to place the camera and where to place Liv. At first, we tried it where Liv was against her wall because it is plan, but the gap between the wall and Livs big bed was too short which was bad because 1) the camera was too close to Liv, and 2) i couldn't see if the shot was ok with lighting, placement etc. because it was litterally right next to Livs bed. We then changed the camera position and where Liv sits to where Liv sat against
her door, which actually worked out better because the door was white not cream, so this was effective in showing her natural look and the colours in the make-up later on. This angle was also better because there was a greater distance between the door and the camera and room for me to sit behind to camera watching to see if what was being filmed was ok.
By the time we had the positioning and everything sorted out it was getting dark outside but wasn't dark enough to have a big light on, we then decided to use a lamp as a kind of spotlight on the shoulder shots because it highlighted key features and emotions on Liv's face, which in the end looked really effective. We originally had an office lamp so the head could move in the direction you wanted the light to focus on, but as we moved it it broke! So we then had to use a normal bedside lamp, although it looked good it was a lot of effort and was quite awkward as Laura had to sit and hold it facing the right way without moving for 4 munites numerous times.
When we eventually got filming, we decided to just make Liv lip sync the whole songinto the camera so we could cut bits we don't need in the editing suite. This was ok at first, but Liv fumbled or forgot a lot of words which made us have to film the same thing over and over, which made us run out of tape space! So we then told Liv to do it again, after re-winding the tape to the beginning and starting over. But she continued to forget words. So laura decided to get the lyrics Liv forgot,
on her laptop so Liv could read them because it was the same verse she kept failing on.As we continued, things still didn't look quite right, so we told Liv to sing out loud along with the music because she wasn't miming convincingly enough. When she started to do this things looked really good and we then got the whole song filmed in one take.
When setting up we found it hard to find a good spot to place the camera and where to place Liv. At first, we tried it where Liv was against her wall because it is plan, but the gap between the wall and Livs big bed was too short which was bad because 1) the camera was too close to Liv, and 2) i couldn't see if the shot was ok with lighting, placement etc. because it was litterally right next to Livs bed. We then changed the camera position and where Liv sits to where Liv sat against 
her door, which actually worked out better because the door was white not cream, so this was effective in showing her natural look and the colours in the make-up later on. This angle was also better because there was a greater distance between the door and the camera and room for me to sit behind to camera watching to see if what was being filmed was ok.
By the time we had the positioning and everything sorted out it was getting dark outside but wasn't dark enough to have a big light on, we then decided to use a lamp as a kind of spotlight on the shoulder shots because it highlighted key features and emotions on Liv's face, which in the end looked really effective. We originally had an office lamp so the head could move in the direction you wanted the light to focus on, but as we moved it it broke! So we then had to use a normal bedside lamp, although it looked good it was a lot of effort and was quite awkward as Laura had to sit and hold it facing the right way without moving for 4 munites numerous times. 
When we eventually got filming, we decided to just make Liv lip sync the whole songinto the camera so we could cut bits we don't need in the editing suite. This was ok at first, but Liv fumbled or forgot a lot of words which made us have to film the same thing over and over, which made us run out of tape space! So we then told Liv to do it again, after re-winding the tape to the beginning and starting over. But she continued to forget words. So laura decided to get the lyrics Liv forgot,
on her laptop so Liv could read them because it was the same verse she kept failing on.As we continued, things still didn't look quite right, so we told Liv to sing out loud along with the music because she wasn't miming convincingly enough. When she started to do this things looked really good and we then got the whole song filmed in one take.
you've made really good progress with your new idea. you have to add all the elemnts for this idea that you did for your first one. otherwise your research and planning mark will be low. the posts for the first idea don't count towards your coursework. you must make all the additions within the next week.
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