On the day of our shoot, we had a very short amount of time, which meant we had to work quickly and efficiently. There were 7 people that we had to shoot on our shot list - 3 singers, a bassist, guitarist, drummer and keyboard player. It meant that we had to shoot lots of people and took time but it also gave us lots of varied material to work with when we began editing our prelim.
Because we were the second group to shoot, it meant we were able to pick up on the mistakes made by the previous group, and also that we were able to plan our shots even more thoroughly. We had a thirty minute time slot in which to our allocated 59 second piece of the song 'Naughty, Nasty'. We started by doing our wide shots first, and then moved on to our close-up shots. At the end of shooting when we had a few minutes left we were able to do extra shots of things such as the instruments being used - shots which weren't a necessity but would contribute in the helping the product look more professional.
There were four of us in the group, and we took turns in taking on different roles during filming. During the thirty minutes we all had a go a directing, doing the camerawork, positioning the band and taking care of playback. The band were easy to work with, and very co-operative.
One thing which we could have improved in our group would have been storyboarding/the timeline, especially since we didn't have a clear idea of how the video was going to be set up. Another idea in order to speed up the filming process would have been to plan exactly in which order we would shoot our shot choices.
In editing, the process was very different from editing the thriller clips we did. This was because it was crucial that we got our shots in sync with the music, making sure the action fitted the music, along with the singer who was lip syncing.
I found the exercise very useful in teaching me what skills I would need to put in to action when I start filming my proper music video, and also taught me a lot about the process of the filming and the editing.
(the band on set)
Because we were the second group to shoot, it meant we were able to pick up on the mistakes made by the previous group, and also that we were able to plan our shots even more thoroughly. We had a thirty minute time slot in which to our allocated 59 second piece of the song 'Naughty, Nasty'. We started by doing our wide shots first, and then moved on to our close-up shots. At the end of shooting when we had a few minutes left we were able to do extra shots of things such as the instruments being used - shots which weren't a necessity but would contribute in the helping the product look more professional.
There were four of us in the group, and we took turns in taking on different roles during filming. During the thirty minutes we all had a go a directing, doing the camerawork, positioning the band and taking care of playback. The band were easy to work with, and very co-operative.
(me filming)
One thing which we could have improved in our group would have been storyboarding/the timeline, especially since we didn't have a clear idea of how the video was going to be set up. Another idea in order to speed up the filming process would have been to plan exactly in which order we would shoot our shot choices.
In editing, the process was very different from editing the thriller clips we did. This was because it was crucial that we got our shots in sync with the music, making sure the action fitted the music, along with the singer who was lip syncing.
I found the exercise very useful in teaching me what skills I would need to put in to action when I start filming my proper music video, and also taught me a lot about the process of the filming and the editing.
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