Shoot day
Shoot dayBertie Clarke
Preparations for the dayWe had the morning to get ready for the
music video. In this time we got all the props we needed, this
included walkie talkies, amps, a microphone and stand and many
other props we required for the video.
All packed upAfter we loaded up the mini bus with the stuff that
we needed we all got on to get to the car park in Guildford
Arriving at the carpark We got off the bus and took the props
and instruments up to the 11th floor of the car park. We then
started setting the instruments up ready for the band, we tried to
do this as quick as we could because we wanted to film as much as
we could before it got dark
Pictures of the location
FilmingWe had a wide variety of shots. To start with we took a
wide shot of the band playing in different angles, one from front
on and then from the side. We then did some mid shots on each of
the band members starting with Max the lead singer, these shots
were taken on a tripod. We then took a two shot of Max and our
Guitarist Giorgio in a mid shot. We then set up the tracks for some
tracking shots with the camera moving around the band, I thought
this looked really cool. We then had a tracking shot going towards
the band which also looked visually interesting. We also took some
handheld close up shots of the band members playing their
instruments. After it got dark we then tried to replicate most of
the shots that we did in the light, to give a bit of a contrast,
which might give us some more visually appealing footage to edit
with. To end the filming we did a couple of shots of a security
guard looking at what the noise was all about, these were just very
simple shots which consisted of an over the shoulder shot of the
security guard looking at the band playing and then did the exact
same shot but without the band and the instruments there, this was
to give us a bit of a narrative to work with if the performance
wasnt enough. But I personally feel that because we were filming in
a cool location and we had great actors that had experience playing
in a band and had confidence in front of the camera that the
narrative part of the music video might not be needed.To make
things more visually appealing we also had a camera looking out at
Guildford city throughout the whole shoot, which will turn into a
bit of a time lapse which we will cut to and from the performance
which will hopefully look really cool because it will show the city
from day time to night time.
My role I personally feel like I didn'tt contribute much at all
to the filming process, I did try to but because we were under
quite a lot of pressure with the timings once a person was set to a
specific role they stuck to it because it just speeded up the
process rather than having someone new to do the role that hadnt
done it would just slow down the process. Its fine though because I
feel that im not the best at the actual production side of the
process of making videos, I feel that I contributed a lot in the
pre production side, I took control of the group in the pre
production making sure every group member did what they were
assigned to do, and I did some important research into conventions
of our genre of music (Alternative American Rock) which should pay
off not just for me but the group in the post production.
SOME VIDEOS OF WHAT WENT ON
Some photos of what went on
