Filming

Filming was the most difficult part of the whole construction, not the most tiring, but tricky.
It felt like it had taken weeks to find the actors and arrange a day when the whole band could meet up.
Luckily, I had support of my friend Jordan (lead singer.)
For the performance part of the filming, I spared an evening to get together with just the band, and getting there half an hour early to set up the lights, drum kit and lay out the camera equipment ready for when they came. Some of the lighting equipment I would've like to use wasn't available so I made do with only a couple of professional stage lights and  used Ikea lamps as overheads by attaching them to the framing above and taped others to microphone stands to adjust the direction.
When everyone was ready on stage, I gave them directions for the song, which I shared as a link to them beforehand so that they could learn it. We played the track using the main speakers on the side of the stage sourced from the sound desk.
To get the best out of each person on stage, the track was played the whole way through for each individual separately. It was good that we had two cameras, both in HD and both with tripods so I could have two set up for every run-through of the song.
Filming the actors was not as difficult, because there was only two subjects and they were on seperate days.
This time, however I had only one camera, but still, it is all that was needed. The first day I filmed the actors was with Vincent and Alvin Kayembe at Bramcote Park late afternoon. There weren't many issues at all; Vincent was dressed perfectly for the shots and so was Alvin, as ordinary as the dress code may seem, much thought had gone into it and how to communicate that dress code to them. The weather was good, sunny with only some small clouds. The biggest issue that was to be had was the low battery in the camera. I had two low batteries, but I managed to get the best out of them and they lasted longer than I expected.
The filming took less than an hour.
The next filming day was with Thando Ndovu in his school lunch break, he wasn't far from the city centre, thankfully he was available for that half an hour of filming which was last minute, because I had had two actors for his part drop out before then. It was straight forward; just change into some tatty clothes I brought, set up the camera and go. I went into down into the square at the weekend to film some crowd scenes for the lyrics "for everyone to realise this love" and that was it.