Analysis of Filming - Part 1

We have successfully filmed part of our music video on the two days we booked the drama studio for. We have filmed the necessary footage to start creating a performance bed for our video. We first of of all filmed the band performing the whole track from a straight mid-shot angle. I then preceded to film from both high and low angles. Once we had filmed from many different angles, we began to film close-ups of all the instruments and vocalists to ensure we followed the storyboards we had created. We filmed sam playing the melody for lead guitar, Connor singing the vocal for the whole track, and Lewis playing the drums and played certain attention to the cymbals. We did this because we believe we can intercut these pieces of footage to create the desired finished video. We then filmed from behind the drum kit as another point of view of the band performance. Finally I used the dolly to capture moving shots and sequences. By using the dolly the footage filmed was steady and useable. Throughout the whole stage of filming we used the same lights to make it look professional. We used a spotlights for lead guitar and vocalist, we also lit the drum kit so that Lewis was not in the dark. Finally we used some pink filter to lighten the mood so the lights were not all the same colour. With the help of a friend 'Katie Eason' we managed to capture certain sequences with flashing lights and chases. This made the footage look professional.