Music Promo – shoot day write up
The day before our shoot we helped set up
the attic scene. This involved setting up the mise en scen to make it look
convincing. We put in boxes, an old
radio, a tv and the projector.
On the morning of the shoot day I felt
relatively happy and was ready to shoot. I felt confident the day would go
well.
I was well prepared and I had bought in all
my required props and costume. This was cutlery, plates, flowers, a coat and
some shoes.
I thought that the studio looked really
good. The attic however, was a bit low down we all felt, but it looked out
better after we had got our artist in for the shoot.
On the day I played more of a directing
role, telling Jo what to do, and the look we wanted for our video. I did some
gripping and also some camera work but mostly directing,
I think talking to Jo I was particularly
good at. I wasn’t rude or in her face when I was telling her what to do.
The make up artist Jo had wanted was very
late for the shoot, so we started around 2 and half hours after planned. We
then had trouble filming so we had to do another shoot day.
I think the attic sequences looked
beautiful, because of the mise en scene and the way Jo was moving and singing
to the track. It really fitted well and worked.
Timing. Because of the delays we had to do
another shoot day, which didn’t go very successfully. We also had to change
actors, which was a pain. I had to play the male character, so it was difficult
to direct and act at the same time.
I think we managed them well. We were
always getting them drinks, or asking if they were ok.
The part I enjoyed the most was working
with real people, rather than people in school. However, it was harder but it
prepares you for working in the real world where things may go wrong or people
may be late.
I think looking at the different sequences.
With the different angles it will be interesting see the different takes of
each sequence.
Pretty badly, we argued a lot and this set
us back a lot when working.
Try to keep calm and work with what you’ve
got.
Because we ran out of time and light we are
going to have to change the look of our digi pack, which isn’t a massive issue.
