Account of Preliminary Task Shoot

What we did

We arrived at the studio in the morning, where we got to meet the band, and watch how they moved in the space. As we were the third group to shoot the band, we had time to see what kind of shots would work, and which ones wouldn't. We noticed that throughout the guitar riff in our section, the whole band moved a lot more, especially the lead singer, who jumped back and forth, flicking his hair. This worked to our advantage because it meant that we could focus on his hair like we wanted to. It also meant that we could get a low angle shot of their feet as they were jumping around.

Problems we encountered

We didn’t experience any real problems whilst shooting the band, as the band cooperated well and listened to what we wanted them to do. However, I was slightly unconfident when we switched roles and it was my turn to record, as I felt pressured due to the lack of time we were given. I found it difficult to make decisions as promptly as I should have. However, together as a group it worked well because I gave some ideas, and then together we came to a decision of which shots would work best.

Mise en scene

We filmed in the studio, which was set up to look very urban and industrial to reflect the emo genre of the band. This slightly distressed feel to the set effectively portrayed the bands punk, emo image, and it was also easy and convenient to shoot in because of the access to speakers to playback the track loud enough so that the band could give a lot of energy.

Lighting

We used low level lighting to fit with the urban, industrial mise-en-scene of the set. This again reinforced their emo band image, that is more natural as opposed to artificial.

Editing

Being the third group, there wasn’t much time for us to edit our section together, so we had difficulties in getting through the whole sequence. If we’d had more time like the previous groups, we would have been able to fit the sequence together in a much more effective way. Despite this, We tried to edit our sequence to show a balance of the whole band, predominately focussing on the lead vocalist throughout the vocal section.

How we think it went
Overall, the only real main issue was the lack of time, but I know that on the day of our real music video shoot, we will have more time allocated to just our group, and so more time can be spent on making sure that we get the shots we want. Despite this, I am fairly pleased with the turnout, and I think we worked well as a group.