The original print under the pencil is my first reshoot. The only complication was a lack of time - I only had a few hours between when my actress was available until when it got dark, and in this time I had to style her hair as well as organise the rest of the team. Due to this, we ended up scrapping the plans of filming the busking shots in South Bank, and decided to do them local instead. Similarly, Her Majesty's Theatre was switched to The Royal Theatre in Stratford. Despite swapping the Central locations to be more local, it was still difficult to stick to the time schedule and it was pitch black outside by the time we wrapped up. As both my actress and assistant director had to go straight to work, I had no choice but to borrow family members for the remaining shots, however this wasn't really an issue.
Tuesday 22nd November
Foolishly, I ended up not saving the data from the camera's SD card to the hard drive, and subsequently lost every single piece of footage that I had shot that day. This dampened my spirits to an all time low and left me feeling unmotivated and unwilling to finish the music video to a high standard. However, my team and teachers motivated me to do one final reshoot, which is everything written in pencil on the call sheet above.
I only had a few hours from when I finished college to when it got dark, and in this time I had to style my actress' hair as well as organise my cast. At the very beginning of my shoot I ran into complications whereby someone who had agreed to be my extra had completely forgotten, and had gone home. Luckily this particular shot where they were needed was going to be shot on the college field anyway, so it wasn't too difficult for me to find a replacement extra.
The quality of the shots were far better during the first reshoot, as by the second reshoot I had lost a lot of motivation to keep the standards high. However, someone watching my music video for the first time wouldn't be able to tell, so it was okay in the end.
From my reshoots, I learned to not let the stress get the best of me when experiencing emotional hardship. Additionally, having strong bonds and friendships with my team helped me to keep my calamity in many situations where I otherwise wouldn't have.
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