However, during our shoot, we did encounter a few unexpected issues that we had not foreseen which we had to overcome.
The first issue that we encountered was that the camera battery life did not last as long as we had planned to shoot our films, which meant that we had to stop shooting and leave some scenes unfinished. However as previously mentioned, we were able to quickly return to Joe's house to charge the camera, so that we could continue with our shoot. Because of this, when we next planned to shoot our music video, we secured another camera battery so that we would not encounter the same problem.
The second issue that we encountered was that we struggled to find a suitable location to shoot the interior of the restaurant, as we soon discovered that it was not going to be as easy as we initially anticipated. This was because we could not find a suitable house which even remotely resembled a restaurant, nor did we have the correct furniture or props to re-create the feel and ambiance required. Due to the fast approaching deadline, we had to make best of the limited options available to us, and found that our best option was to shoot the scene in the school canteen. This was because there were large cream walls in which we could create the scene around, and suitable small tables and props available to us to quickly shoot the scene required. Even after carefully assembling the props, it did not look as aesthetically pleasing as we would have hoped, so we simply changed the shot types to reveal less of the background whilst showing enough to put across to the audience that they are on a date in a restaurant. Although this was not ideal, it was more practical for us then shooting in a restaurant, and we felt that the scene was essential to the flow of our story, and therefore we had to make do with what was available to us and compromise.
The final problem which we forgot to consider, was that although we planned to shoot the shots of the couple when they were in love, at the same time as the shots of when they are become bored of each other, we forgot that they would need to change costumes as if not it gives the false impression that both events occurred on the same day, which they did not. This meant that we had to quickly re-shoot some of the shots on the first day, as when we reviewed the footage, we noticed this error.
However, as we learnt this mistake on the first day of our shoot, we made sure to prepare with costume changes when shooting both scenes for the remainder of our shoot.
