Filming: Last scenes and finishing up

Filming Last Scenes

The final day of the filming was the day where we crammed all of the missing pieces and the improvements of shots together. We went back to the same location behind Hyde Park in the evening to film with the car. The highlight of the filming that night were the shots where the protagonist gets mugged by the DJ's and also the shots where the DJ's are singing in front of the headlights of the car that is present in the background.

The coolest shot that we experimented on that night was the curving pan shot, where I basically loosened my Manfrotto tripod so that the camera was able to pan at a degree of 360 and adjusted the tripod legs at a rather slant and diagonal angle. The outcome looked nice and fitted the music video theory of lyrics and visuals. The camera being tilted in different angles represent the unbalanced body of the protagonist and how he is struggling to keep himself stable, emotionally and physically from the brawling.

Here are some gifs and photos of the filming:

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Filming Day 3

Filming Day 3

On Monday the 12th of December, we took the final scenes for Faded 2.0.

We started filming at 5:30 pm in the late afternoon at the back of Hyde Park. The props used for the filming were:

-Canon 5D Mark II
-14 mm lens
-16 mm wide lens
- Longboard

Longboard

The purpose of the longboard is obtain a track shot of Au walking along the road, and as a stand for high angle and low angle shots on top of him walking.

The main purpose for the filming on the 12th of December was to get all the shots of the main protagonist of the  music video and to answer the enigmas in the music video as to why it is filmed in such a drunk and faded way.

Additional Scenes that we also need are scenes where the protagonist drinks in the car and a montage of events before the present period when the protagonist was drunk.

Here are the photos and a gif of the filming:

After seeing the footage, we thought that the lighting was good, however, it did not fit the criteria of "Nightlife", as a result, we scheduled another filming at the same location on another day to film the sam scene but darker. 

Filming Day 2

Filming the Choreography and Street Scene

On Sunday the 27th November and Monday 28th November, we are going to film the choreography and the street scenes.

Monday: We travelled to my dad's film studio down in Meng Jai district Bangkok to film the choreography scene. For the choreography scene, we wanted a white background in a white room to represent the protagonist's internal thoughts. There will be three cameras set in the room at different areas of the room. Also, a small camera with a stabilizer will also be taken handheld for close ups of the dance moves and the dancers.

Filming Studio

On Tuesday evening, we left school at around 5:30 in the late afternoon to Meng Jai, a district in downtown Bangkok. We went to my dad's studio at his office to film the dance scene.

Equipment:

Canon 5D Mark II
Manfrotto Tripod
Stabilizer
4K Studio Lights
Blue 4K filters

As we settled into the studio, we started setting up equipment with the help of my father's crew who set up the 4K lights that is hazard in high voltage. We adjusted the tripod of the camera in its initial composition whilst the dancers were rehearsing their routine. As the lighting became in place, I adjusted the White Balance on my camera to 3200 Kelvins in order to match the lighting of the studio to make a blue/grey mood.

The first few takes were videos of the three dancers dancing together in the frame of the camera. First two takes were done zoomed out to the entire body and the other two taken zoomed into the body. The shots were also taken with a shake pan on the tripod to give a mood of a shake due to the dropping of the beat to the music. The other takes, we took the video of the dancers dancing on their own individually. The process was completed around 9:30 in the evening through number of breaks and takes and overall, everything went well.

This is the footage of the atmosphere of the take:

In conclusion, the day we filmed at my dad's studio went well, there was a little problem in time management which should have been done earlier in the day. But the outcome would still be the same because the scene does not rely on natural lighting. But it would have benefitted the dancers and the crew because some of us live far away and still have other pieces of work to do.

Here is a vlog of the day where we filmed the dancing scene: 

filming day 1

Filming Night 1

On Friday 18th November. We went out to Muang Thong Thani at around 8pm to film the car scene. Two cars were used in the filming scene. One car is used for the lighting and the other, is the main prop car that was used for filming. Our friend from outside of school, Phut provided the mercedes benz s-class for us in the filming and he was kind enough to drift his car and drive around the car park. During the filming, we took different types of shots of the artists and the car to create different types of moods of "being drunk" which will later be supported with the Mirror effect during post production. The filming consisted of many pan shots, either from using the Canon 5D or the drone, we used pan shots frequently because it strongly signifies the mood of being dizzy, moreover it is similar to something of being distracted and all over the place when you are drunk.

Equipment Used:

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS 750D
DJI Phantom 4 Drone
GoPro Hero 4
RODE Microphone
mini tripod
Manfrotto Tripod
Lights from the car

The whole filming as a whole went well, we managed to get all of the shots we wanted. However, if we were to improve our filming, we should have used 2 cars for lighting or had filmed earlier as the sun is going down. 

Here is footage from the filming

We finished the filming by 11 in the evening. But staying up late to finish the filming was worth it. We received all the footage needed.

Filming: Timelapse

Timelapse footage

Last Sunday afternoon, our group went around siam square to film timelapse images of cars passing around Bangkok. Also, we took slow motion footage of those in the slum areas playing football and playing sports. The main purpose of taking timelapse shots is too emphasise the thrill of the city and urban life. Slow motion and timelapse images portrays the busy life of the city and also the clear detail in population and life. Also the beginning of the video, timelapse and slow motion videos tells the audience what they are expecting from the music video. Slow motion and timelapse talks about the protagonist being drunk and faded.

Here are footages of timelapse videos.