Analysis of filming of our music video so far

What went well
We experimented with the lighting when filming in front of the blank wall.
First we filmed the girls miming the song numerous times together and separately so that we could mix the shots in the video up instead of there being the same clip of both girls together.
After this, the torch seemed to be running low on battery so whilst it was charging we went on to filming the bathroom scene first, rather than the dinner scene. Again, we filmed a variety of shot types of both the girls and props which we plan to dot around the beginning of our video in between shots of the girls miming the song.
During filming of the footage outside, like with the other footage, we filmed a lot of the shots we planned to and even thought of some other shots we hadn't thought of previously when drawing our storyboard.

What didn't go so well
Towards the end of filming the miming footage, the battery for the torch was running low. We attempted to charge it whilst filming other footage that didn't require the use of a torch but unfortunately, half way through filming the footage outside, the battery had completely gone and as a result of this we were unable to film some decent footage unless under the light of a street lamp.
There were also a few shots when uploaded to the computer we were unhappy with because of reasons such as they were too dark or too blurry.

Particular shots that we aren't happy with and that we may choose to re-film

• The simple shot that we filmed of the clock was quite dark and the clock was not actually working and therefore we might retake this shot again or of a watch. We also could simply just leave it out as we have a clip of Peter looking at his watch.
• The shot reverse shot of walking into bathroom didn't really go as well as we planned. We haven't filmed the shot of the girls walking into the bathroom from the outside and the shot from the inside was way too dark because we were unable to use the torch at this point in time. We plan to redo this shot again with use of the torch and possibly film the shot from the outside of the bathroom to complete the shot reverse shot we planned to do.
• Again, because of the dull lighting in the bathroom, some clips weren't as good as we hoped they would be such as the close up of the girls picking up lipstick and the mirror shot of Brianna putting it on.
• We planned to take an over the shoulder phone shot of Siobhan's phone of the conversation between her and Brianna so that the audience were able to grasp the storyline. The footage that we have was taken too far from the phone so that it is impossible to read the texts. We definitely need to retake this shot because we have already have included footage of Brianna and Siobhan on their phones in the music video.
• Similar to problem with the shot of the clock, the footage of the boys looking at each other confused was also too dark. We may have to reshoot this footage if we are still unhappy with these shots after we have experimented with the levels of brightness and contrast.
• We planned to film footage of the two boys looking out door and seeing girls walking down road so that the storyline is easy to understand but we did not get this bit of footage. We may choose to film this shot if after we have completed our rough cut, we feel that the narrative is confusing for the audience.
• Due to the dilemma with the torch battery running low when filming the footage outside at night, some of the shots that we had filmed such as of the two girls running past camera and the girls hiding in telephone box are too dark. Like with footage of the boys at the dinner party scene, if we are still unhappy with the shot after we have changed the levels of brightness and contrast then we may choose to do these shots again.
• Finally, it would be ideal to refilm some of the lip-syncing shots from different angles to make the cuts more frequent and vary the amount of shots so the audience doesn't get bored.