Day 1 Filming

I begun filming in Brueton Park at 12:30pm after finding the right spot in order to get the right setting for our scenes.
I experimented with different zooming tecchniques as well as different angles and lighting using exposure.
Here are some of photos from the shoot.

Call Sheets - Day 2 (Extras)

Title: Horizons Music Video - Forgetting Gravity
Date: 19th March 2010
Day 2 of 3 days
Location/s: 394 Tilehouse Lane
Time: Arrive at 4:00pm
Contact Details:
Production Manager: Gemma Peet
Mobile Number: 07792206548
Alex Stevens -
Clothing Recommendations: Wear suitable party clothes as well as it is key to do the party memory. We say think "Skins" fashion at parties. Please make reference to channel4.com
Scenes to be shot and general outline:
• The Betrayal[7:30-8:30]
• At the party everyone dancing.
• Cuts to girl dancing with another guy (JACK MERTENS) – quite intimately whilst boyfriend watches from other side of the room.
• [Chorus] Boyfriend storms over in a jealous rage, punches the guy and grabs his girlfriend and pulls her away from the guy.
• Then they argue with each other whilst other people stare.
• Boyfriend starts shouting at people who are staring at them and gets dragged away by a bouncer (ASHLEY ROBERTSON)
• Girl stands alone in the club in tears


Wardrobe and make-up to be done at home, with a grunge "Skins" like feel. As said previously please refer to the internet for ideas, with suitable party wear needed.
Estimated time of completion: About 9:00pm
Note: We are stuck to a tight schedule as you can see but these are all going to be short clips within in the music video, with several takes for each scene needed.
Weather Forecast: Rain but will be INDOORS
Local Hospital: Solihull Hospital
Solihull Hospital, Solihull B91 2
Local Police: Shirley Police Station
Stratford Rd, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 3AR
Equipment will all be provided by ourselves and our production team, including any props.

Call Sheets - Day 2 (Main Characters)

Title: Horizons Music Video - Forgetting Gravity
Date: 19th March 2010
Day 2 of 3 days
Location/s: 394 Tilehouse Lane
Time: Arrive at 4:00pm
Contact Details:
Production Manager: Gemma Peet
Mobile Number: 07792206548
Alex Stevens -
Clothing Recommendations: Wear simple fashinable clothes similar to that of Day 1. Also bring a coat as there will be some outdoor scenes.
Bring suitable party clothes as well as it is key to do the party memory. We say think "Skins" fashion at parties. Please make reference to channel4.com
Scenes to be shot and general outline:
1.[4:00-4:30]
• The man is upset by the break up
• Sits in his kitchen on his own drinking and running his hands through his hair and leaning his head in his hands
• He deletes all the text messages off his phone and we see him in anger and depression

2. Girl walks up her driveway and into her house [4:30-4:45]

3. Pictures of the past [4:45-5:05]
• The guy – upset by the break up.
• Look at a picture of the two of them – gets reminded. (Having a picnic)
• Rips the photo of them together in two at the first scream
• Trashes his room.
• Place one of the pictures together – zoom in and becomes a memory of the two.

4. She sits on her bed and looks around, devastated about the break up[5:05-5:15]
5. Girl slams cabinet mirror door, looking at herself in the mirror, pills in hand. [5:15-5:25]

5. Lounge[5:25-5:35]
• Zooms out on girl in kitchen.
• Sitting at table drinking alcohol – drinking away her sorrows.
• Puts head in hands clearly upset by what has happened.

• Door Slam[5:35-5:45]
• Guy slams door his front door as he walks out

• The Betrayal[7:30-8:30]
• At the party everyone dancing.
• Cuts to girl dancing with another guy – quite intimately whilst boyfriend watches from other side of the room.
• [Chorus] Boyfriend storms over in a jealous rage, punches the guy and grabs his girlfriend and pulls her away from the guy.
• Then they argue with each other whilst other people stare.
• Boyfriend starts shouting at people who are staring at them and gets dragged away by a bouncer
• Girl stands alone in the club in tears


Wardrobe and make-up to be done at home as we are going for a "natural" look.
Then at 7:00 there is to be a wardrobe change and make up change for the party scene.
Estimated time of completion: About 9:00pm
Note: We are stuck to a tight schedule as you can see but these are all going to be short clips within in the music video, with several takes for each scene needed.
Weather Forecast: Rain
Local Hospital: Solihull Hospital
Solihull Hospital, Solihull B91 2
Local Police: Shirley Police Station
Stratford Rd, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 3AR
Equipment will all be provided by ourselves and our production team, including any props.

Call Sheets - Day 1

Title: Horizons Music Video - Forgetting Gravity
Date: 14th March 2010
Day 1 of 3 days
Location/s: Brueton Park, Solihull.
AND Shirley Park, Stratford Road, Shirley.
Time: To be picked up at 12:00pm and be transported between the two locations also.
Contact Details:
Production Manager: Gemma Peet
Mobile Number: 07792206548
Alex Stevens - No Phone at this time.
Clothing Recommendations: To wear suitable outdoor clothing with the enclosed mood board in mind as to what style of clothing to wear. Also bring two changes of clothing for the different scenes of a similar but noticably different style.
Scenes to be shot and general outline:
1. Memory (1)[12:30-1:00]
Memory of the couple back at the horizon place running together or playing some sort of game
2. Memory (2)[1:00-1:30]
Picnic Memory
• Sitting on the floor on a picnic blanket.
• Guy leans back on elbows.
• Girl feeds guy lovingly and puts some whipped cream etc on his nose
• She starts laughing, the camera zooms into her laughing face covered by her hands
3. Memory (3)[1:45-2:15]
Flash into a memory of the park with girlfriend in the play area on the swings.
• Cut to a deserted play area and then zooms out back to him on the bench.
• He turns from looking at the play area and takes a large swig from a bottle/can of alcohol to “drink away his sorrows”

Wardrobe and make-up to be done at home as we are going for a "natural" look.
Estimated time of completion: Between 2:15 and 2:30
Weather Forecast: To be reasonably sunny with a few clouds and a distinct chill in the air so please remember to bring a coat and warm clothing.
Local Hospital: Solihull Hospital
Solihull Hospital, Solihull B91 2
Local Police: Shirley Police Station
Stratford Rd, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 3AR
Equipment will all be provided by ourselves and our production team, including any props.

The Call Sheets

I created a call sheet in order for the partipants to know where they needed to be and when, what they needed to do and bring and how they were going to get there. It took a lot of time on my behalf to create these as I had to consider where the nearest hospital and police station were with the help of Google Maps and consider roughly what times each of the scenes were to take place. Not only this but to have to tell them what to wear, as well as check the weather forecast it took a lot of time. I realised that organising a lot of people to film was actually a lot more difficult than it looked and was time consuming but in the long run helped organise everyone on the day and also helped take into consideration health and safety and knowing we were all as safe as possible.

Sony HVR-A1E Camcorder

The camera we have decided to use was the Sony HVR-A1E Camcorder as it was easily accessible and also is a high quality camera. We wanted something that help create a professional looking video that was simple to use.
Researching into the camera itself backed up our idea to use the camera.

From: http://www.sony.co.uk/biz/view/ShowProduct.action?product=HVR-A1E&site=biz_en_GB
(Sony's own website)
Sony's smallest, lightest yet professional HDV camcorder
Boasting an incredibly small size, and providing HDV with the 1080i standard, the HVR-A1E offers a host of advanced features for professional use. Using technology such as CMOS means the HVR-A1E is an ultra-compact camcorder capable of providing HDV in full 1080 line resolution.

Building on the affordability of HDV, the HVR-A1E provides users a migration path from Standard Definition whilst retaining the qualities of the popular DVCAM range such as ease of use and i.LINK (IEEE1394) connectivity.

Ideal for situations where space is at a premium, the HVR-A1E further broadens the range of HDV tools available to support professional users - it really delivers "HD for Everyone".


This information could potentially be biased but we know from Sony's background that they provide good quality technology and are a well known globally recognised business and so we felt using their camera would be a good idea.


Also, by going onto the link above it also showed the features and benefits of the camera which again had the necessary features we needed.

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