Day 1 of Filming

Gathering extras

On the first day we opted to get straight into the ending of the music video, we therefor decided to gather up all the extras needed for the fight at the end. We headed off to Piccadilly Gardens and contacted all the people we wanted. 7 people showed up. We used 4 for the actual murder and 2 for checks and making sure things were organised accordingly between them to get there and back. The last one was on security duty and was gaurding all the bags, this was only because he changed his mind in acting in it so decided to do so.

Making the most of our time

With multiple takes needed from multiple angles the strain began to show on the extras who, due to delays, had to wait an hour before filming could begin. By this time is was well into 6pm and people had to leave. We had a maximum of half and hour to do all the shots as our cranky extras grew impatient with the organising of the camera and the instructions being thrown at them.

Convincing 'agressive' acting

Gradually we began filming with Joe making sure all was ready to go and Kociela making sure everyone knew what they were doing. Due to the graphic nature of the scene we wanted and the lack of understanding about this our extras turned out to have, we had to get working faster and harder. We wanted a more violent throw to the floor, it to be faster and more importantly a lot more kicks and punches to be done.

Spectators

This sparked issues as on lookers became concerned and others a bit to excited trying to disrupt the shooting and cause trouble. The worst of the cases were two police officers who only saw the extras attack John so headed in our direction before witnessing the camera's and me directing them as well as Joe organising the time management and costumes and making sure everyone was aware of what they were doing. The police then became friendly and watched on until we finished the shoot.

Succesful work!

Overall it was a good take and our cranky extras enjoyed themselves and were pleased to be a part of it, despite the rain and cold. We got our intended shots with some ambitious methods, laying on the floor as kicks and punches were thrown being one. The shoot could have been better and smoother but for what we got and the time we had we were pleased with the final result.