Filming Day 3

Today's shoot was to primarily to film the horse (filler) shots. I collected the horse we chose to work with from the field and we groomed her for around half an hour. This not only made her appear clean and smarter for camera but it also got her used to our voices and kept her calm. I feel like today was a great success, especially since the weather was perfect. Not only did we film the horse, but we also managed to get the album cover photo

From previous planning, we has established that shots of the horse being 'led' around the field by a person (me) and finally shots of her galloping through a filed would look great and would fit into our concept style and meanings that had been implemented in the rest of the video. The reason for picking a horse, firstly walking around and finally running freely, was to symbolise the woman being 'trapped' in her relationship and eventually 'breaking free' from the relationship.

Obviously when working with any animal additional safety precautions had to be taken. The sheer size of the horse alone was a danger in itself meaning we needed someone who knew something about the animals and someone who the horse was comfortable to work with.

Filming the horse took time and patience but we began be following a similar filming pattern to the previous two days. Therefore we set up a range of shots where the horse would by led in a continuous 'S' letter shape in front of the camera, this would create angle range and different perspectives on the horse. We continued this, walking the horse from a distance up close to the camera, and filmed each sequence so it was accompanied by a different back ground view. This gave us range when it came to editing. 

Taking the still shots, which we would use for our digipak cover, we decided that the main feature should be the leader and a horse. We took many shots from different distances and with various scenery to review and pick the best at a later date. The imagery again was linked to our video as the same female is shown walking the horse as on the images. This not only gives the audience the impression that the single which would be on the album is a more well known song, and would create recognition when buying or watching the video as the two products can be linked easily.