Filming

Recruiting models proved to be unsuccessful, I had in mind 4 different models for the 4 outfits.  I had several people from my course who I had hoped would be able to help, but with the short deadline & other commitments outside of university getting a day at such short notice was proved very difficult.  I tried to contact a foundation course tutor in the hope of being able to use their students, but the response - due to technical reasons - was too late.  I really needed to get the filming done whilst I knew there was a short window of 'good' weather, and also allowing myself a week or so to edit the film & any opportunity for re-shooting.  Hiring models from outside of our course was going to be too expensive as I would have to pay zoo entrance for each of them, and unfortunately not an option.  I could not guarantee a place for them to get ready or store their belongings either.

In the end, knowing the clothes fitted, I could see no other option but to use myself as a model.  I hired the Canon 7D camera from the university, and taught my sister how to operate it.  I prepared everything as much as possible & did a few practice shots to get her used to filming using the equipment.

I had notes of what I wanted the footage to look like, and we went around the structure several times to plan each shot & mark out on the floor where the tripod would be etc.  I decided not to use any zoom features on the camera in the hope that all angles/positioning of the camera matched up as much as possible.  

Setting up the shots

Marking the tripod position

 

Ideally I would have kept the camera in each position and kept changing outfits, to ensure that the camera never moved & each shot lined up exactly.  However as I had to be sewn into some outfits, and the amount of time this would have taken, this was not an option - I had to move the camera for each outfit & try and realign it.  I had a total of 8 camera positions to film, 1 of which had to be cut as the light meant that I was always in shadow - trying to preserve the battery was also a major factor as there was nowhere near to charge it, so I did not have much opportunity to check the footage on sight.