Recce P2(e)

Location	Equipment	Requirements	Aid Needed	Problems
Main Entrance	Cam Crane	Good weather	Teacher supervision	Weather condition
Football Field	Steady Cam	No puddles on the field	n/a	Field currently has a lot of puddles
Park	Tripod	No people arround	n/a	Unwanted pople might get into the shot
Canterbury Streets	Tripod	Good weather	n/a	Unwanted pople might get into the shot
Whistable Rd	Tripod	No cars	n/a	Cars might pass by

This is the hill on that Pasha is going to rap. On the photo you can not see, but there is a bench where later Pasha and his friends will sit and chat. From this hill you can see almost all town of Canterbury, so this is an exciting place for filming a music video. Especially there are words "at the top" this place has a perfect dislocation for representing these words. The picture is taken from Google Maps. 

On this recce photo you can see the main building of Kent College where in the scene 2 Pasha will meet with his friends and they will go through these gates and turn left heading to the town. The photo is taken with Google Maps. 

At the next photo you can see Whitstable road where Pasha and his crew will walk to get to the town. This will represent scenes 2 and 4. 

The next photo is a picture of a football field where Pasha will rap. This represents scenes 5 and 2. We chose a football field as one of our locations because we thought that this will look quite great if Pasha will be standing at the open place and sing the song. The photo is also taken with the help of Google Maps. 

 The camera will be far away from the road and the group of people will be standing closer to the road. This place is good because it has a good incline so the group can stand one after another. 

These are the stairs where Pasha will sit and scene 6 will be filmed. These stairs seemed to be a good pace for filming because it had a good incline and we could use low angle shot to make Pasha look more dangerous and serious with money in his hands. 

Risk Assessment P2 (f)

In this risk assessment I have predicted different bad things that can happen when we are in progress of filming. This will hopefully help to prevent any problems and deal with them if something unexpected happens. 

Legal and/or ethical issues P2 (g)

Me and Nikita Nesterenko have sent a letter to the owner of the copyright for music produced by Kid Ink. We have asked if it is possible for us to use the song Money and the Power in our music video. Unfortunately we received no answer and have to assume that we are permitted to use it.



We also asked a permission to film within the Kent College territory. We were allowed to do this as the school had no problems with us doing our coursework.
We also asked the owner of the shop if we could film there and obviously bought the candy Dmitry "stole". In this case negotiations of that kind play a great role because if we didn't ask for a permission to film in a shop then the owner could have called the police and we would have had problems.

Research on legal issues. 

Definition of copyright is - The exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material: (according to Oxford Dictionary)

There are generally only two types of copyright. The first type protects the lyrics or the composition of the song or video (and it is written as a letter c in a circle). The second type protects music itself (and it is written as letter p in the circle)

The recording copyright lasts for 50 years from the moment of recording, also if the singer or the artist that wrote this song is dead than the copyright would be removed. Whenever you want to use someones song in a film or in any other media product you are required to ask for a permission to use the song or a composition. If you do not, than the owner of the copyright is able to sue you for copying the product that he or she owns. 

Relevant certification and/or scheduling P2 (h)

Below is shown a table of classifications that RIAA offers for music production companies. My music video is falling under the category of music video single as it is not longer than 15 minutes and I am only using one song in my music video. Other configurations are fall music companies which produce a lot more products like albums, multi-disk sets, etc.

Configuration	Gold® Certification	Platinum® Certification	Multi-Platinum™ Certification
Digital Single	Quantity: 500,000 units. All versions count once toward certification.	Quantity: One million units. All versions count once toward certification.	Quantity: Two million units. All versions count once toward certification.
	Requirements: *Must contain no more than four different songs. *Only one song is eligible. * Units are defined as follows: •    Each permanent digital download counts as 1 Unit for certification purposes.  •    100 on-demand audio and/or video streams will count as 1 Unit for certification purposes.	Requirements: *Must contain no more than four songs. *Only one song is eligible.	Requirements: *Must contain no more than four different songs. *Only one song is eligible. *Recertified at each million unit sales level.
Shortform Album/EP	Quantity: 500,000 units	Quantity: One million units	Quantity: Two million units
	Requirements: *Must include at least three but no more than five different songs. *Average minimum running time is 30 minutes.	Requirements: *Must include at least three but no more than five different songs. *Average minimum running time is 30 minutes.	Requirements: *Must include at least three but no more than five different songs. *Average minimum running time is 30 minutes. *Recertified at each million unit sales level.
Full-Length Album	Quantity: 500,000 units. Manufacturer's dollar volume at least $1 million based on 33 1/3% of sugg. list price	Quantity: One million units. Manufacturer's dollar volume at least $2 million based on 33 1/3% of sugg. list price	Quantity: Two million units. Manufacturer's dollar volume at least $4 million based on 33 1/3% of the sugg. list price
	Requirements:* May combine sale of all configurations. *Enhanced CDs must contain at least 75% of audio content of regular CD.	Requirements: *May combine sale of all configurations. *Enhanced CDs must contain at least 75% of audio content of regular CD.	Requirements: *May combine sale of all configurations. *Enhanced CDs must contain at least 75% of audio content of regular CD. *Recertified at each million unit sales level.
Multi-Disc Set	Quantity: 500,000 units. Package must include two or more Cds (or its tape and album equivalent.)	Quantity: One million units. Package must include two or more CDs ( or its tape and album equivalent.)	Quantity: Two million units. Package must include two or more Cds (or its tape and album equivalent.)
	Requirements: *Each unit within set counts as one unit toward certification. *Minimum running time 100 minutes.	Requirements: *Each unit within set counts as one unit toward certification. *Minimum running time 100 minutes.	Requirements: *Each unit within set counts as one unit toward certification. *Minimum running time of 100 minutes. *Recertified at each million unit sales level.
Music Video Single	Quantity: 25,000 units	Quantity: 50,000 units	Quantity: 100,000 units
	Requirements: *Must contain no more than two songs per video. *Maximum running time 15 minutes.	Requirements: *Must contain no more than two songs per video. *Maximum running time 15 minutes.	Requirements: *Must contain no more than two songs per video. *Maximum running time 15 minutes. *Recertified at each 50,000 unit sales level.
Music Video Longform	Quantity: 50,000 units	Quantity: 100,000 units	Quantity: 200,000 units
	Requirements: *Defined as a title that has not been theatrically released prior to distribution.	Requirements: *Defined as a title that has not been theatrically released prior to distribution.	Requirements: *Defined as a title that has not been theatrically released prior to distribution. *Recertified at 100,000 unit sales level.
Multi-Box Music Video Set	Quantity: 50,000 units. Package must include three or more video marketed as a set.	Quantity: 100,000 units. Package must include three or more video titles marketed as a set.	Quantity: 200,000 units. Package must include three or more video titles marketed as a set.
	Requirements: *Each individual video within set is counted as one toward certification.	Requirements: *Each individual video within set is counted as one unit toward certification.	Requirements: *Each individual video within set is counted as one unit toward certification. *Recertified at each 100,000 unit sales level.

If I could I would show my music video on such websites as YouTube, MTV website or on any other website where music videos are shown usually. This would give my music video a wide audience and more people will see it. An MTV music chanel has a large audience that consists mostly of teenagers who are our target audience. If my music video was shown there it would be seen by a lot teenagers and this would brought it popularity I suppose.

Setting up appropriate equipment P3 (a)

Below you can see the booking sheet that we used to book the equipment we wanted. It is important to use such kind of booking sheet because school sometimes doesn't have enough units of equipment to provide it for all the students at the same time. So we had to ask for a date when we could have equipment that we needed. We had to plan and think about what equipment we will need to use for each scene and for how long we were going to use it. This was important because all the students from our group wanted to film on weekends and there wasn't enough equipment and sometimes we could film for only a couple of hours and then pass the camera and other things to the next student. That made the process of filming a little bit hard.

In our filming we tried to use as many equipment as possible to experience it all and surely benefit from using it as some additional parts of equipment usually can improve efficiency of filming. 

The first part of equipment I want to talk about was PS-Hague Pro Steadymount.

So the reason for using this piece of equipment was that it helps to make the filming stable and to avoid such mistakes as shaking camera or too fast movement of the camera when filming. It was extremely helpful equipment when we were filming exterior footage as it provided a stable picture and the camera man didn't have to hold the camera still in his hand which is really tiring. However when we were filming inside the buildings especially at those places where there weren't enough space to for example turn around and at those places where the camera man needed space to move quickly this equipment was not as useful and we usually just holded camera in our hands. 

Here are two photos of me holding this piece of equipment. 

Another peace of equipment we have used was obviously the camera Canon 7D DSLR. All the footage was taken with this camera. Good battery allowed us to film without charging the camera for almost whole day and changeable lenses allowed to make different kind of shots from long shots to extreme close ups. Also the camera is really easy to hold and it doesn't weigh a lot, so this was really useful as we always had to move when filming such scenes as the second one where Pasha is walking towards the camera. Also we could change such settings as ISO and aperture to get a level of light in the shot that we needed. The camera is able to capture video in high definition and this is really important because we wanted our music video to be of the best quality possible. Here are the pictures of the camera. 

The next piece that we have used were lenses for the camera. We always booked as many as we could so that we were able to change them and use different lenses for different shots.

Lenses that we used:

Canon 50mm f/ 1.8 mf/af (Human Eye Effect)

Canon 18-55mm zoom f/3.5-5.6 USM mf/af (Wide Angle)

Canon 55-250mm zoom f/4-5.6 USM mf/af (Zoom)

The 50mm lens creates a human eye effect so it is very similar to the picture interpreted by the human eye. This creates the so called effect of the human eye. The 18-55mm lens gives you a range of distances to view. You get a very wide picture which captures the whole environment which is useful when showing the scenery. Finally the 55-250mm lens is very good for zooming in from far distances of shooting an extreme close up because you can quickly and smoothly zoom in or out.

So for shots from the short distance we used 50m lense to make an effect of human eye and as we didn't need to zoom in or out a lot because this lense is not suitable for zooming. Also this particular lense allowed us to change the focus while filming that gave us an opportunity to be able to play with the focus in our music video. 

The next part of our equipment was Tripod - Velbon DV6000. 

The tripod is a very important part of our equipment as it allowed us to hold the camera still in some shots and turn it smoothly without any shaking around itself using a special handle. But we hardly ever used it in our filming as mostly we had to film on the move and didn't have time to set a tripod and put a camera on it. Also even if we did, we always had problems with putting the camera at the top of it. As the tripod was used by a lot of student before it could been broken and if it was the camera would fall and break down. Below is a picture of a tripod and a Canon 7D set on it. 

Also tripod can be adjusted to different heights. 

The other thing we used was Microphone - Rode VideoMic-R Shotgun. This microphone is able to capture sound of the best quality. We needed sound so that after the filming is done we could do the lips sink by listening what Pasha was singing and the words in the original song. Here are some photos of this microphone combined with the camera Canon 7D. 

The last piece of equipment that we used was a Canon camera bag. This bag helped us to carry the camera and the lenses as it has enough space for both. It is made of rubber so if the rain started the camera and other equipment would be dry and clean. 

Following script/ storyboard P3 (b)

When filming we had to follow storyboard precisely to have done exactly what we planned. Below you can see examples where pictures drawn in a storyboard reflect the footage that we have taken. On the first example you can see the shot where Pasha in going towards the group of his friends and greets them. on the right you can see how we wanted this shot to look and on the left yo can see how this shot actually looked. They look quite similar so it means that we followed the storyboard.
On the second example you can see the shot where Pasha is rapping on the football field. As you can see, we planned Pasha to be dressed in hoodie, cap and gold chain when were writing the storyboard and the location to be "field". As you can see, on the footage taken Pasha wears exactly these clothes and sings exactly in this location. On the third example you can see, that again we followed what was planned in terms of clothes positioning people in the shot and choosing location for filming.

On the following 3 other shots you can see that the picture drawn looks similar to what we filmed, so it means we followed our plans.

Filming Diary. 

8th February 2014: At this day the weather was sunny and clear and this made our filming process much more easy as we didn't have to care about the equipment as if it was raining. At this day we planned to film Pasha in front of the school with his friends and film the scene number 2. He had some problems with people coming out of the main entrance of Kent College and we had to wait until they are all gone, but even bigger problem was a taxi that came was waiting for a client in front of the school. This delayed our filming a little bit and our actors became a bit unhappy because of the lost time. 

15th February 2014: On this day we were filming how Pasha and his friends hang out together. This has been shot mainly in the park and on the Whitstable road. Not all of the actors were there at that day. Only guys came for the filming. The weather was good again and this was really lucky as before the weather was really awful and the 15th was the only day when it was sunny.

16th February 2013: On this day we had some minor problems but we were able to quickly resolve them. We were supposed to meet at 13:00 at the main entrance of the school but some actors were late so we ended up having all the members at the meeting point only by 13:30. The filming generally went well, there were not a lot of people on the streets, so it was easy and quick for us to film. We were running out of tie but we quickly took all the shots that we needed and finished for the day.

Following safe working practices P3(c)

So this is my risk assessment again:

The first hazard was "camera crane collapsing". It was a possibility that when we were using the crane it could be turned around too careless and and some of the crew or actors could have been hurt by the end of it. As the crane itself is quite big this was hard to avoid and we had to stay aware of it for the whole filming process and we always tell people around to be careful and watch out.

Actors could have been hit by a car as they were near the road with cars moving on it. We had to stay aware of the cars that were passing by and we told our actors to be careful when they cross the road or stay near it.

Rain could started or the weather could be really bad so that our camera could have got hurt as it is a really sensible piece of equipment. Also, if the rain started the whole actor group and crew would have been wet and became ill the next day. This was a problem as we did not want the rain in our music video and we wanted the weather to be sunny and clear to suit our song that we have chosen. Ill actors wouldn't take part in the next filming, so we had to care about the weather. We always looked ahead and checked the weather forecast when were booking the equipment.

Photobombing was a problem too as we were filming in the crowded school and in town where there were a lot of students and pedestrians around. We always had to wait until the shot is clear and there is nobody in there. This was quite time consuming and actors was becoming nervous and unhappy.

Actors could not show up because we were filming our music video during studying days as well as during weekends. So our actors just wasn't let out from lessons and this created a problem that we couldn't affect. We actually spoke with some of the teachers and sometimes the let their students to go, but more often that was not the case.