Account of Shoot Day

On Tuesday the 15th of November we shot our video for the song 'My Medicine' by The Pretty Reckless. At 9am we rounded up our band members and went to the studio. We began with preparing the set for the performance shots whilst dressing our band members in their costumes and make-up. Unfortunately our lead singer was feeling ill due to her video shoot the previous day. However she managed to perform incredibly well when it came to filming so we were lucky in that perspective.
Our performance stage was easy to set up because we had a simple black set with just instruments and lighting as we had planned before the shoot day. Looking back on our planning we managed to stick to the original setting which was with the stage lighting as props along with another camera being used as a prop.
Using the second camera as a prop was an idea that I'm glad we used. It enabled us to get some interesting shots of our lead singer Talisa singing into the camera and it also made it clear to the audience that the band was filming themselves.

We spent a couple of hours filming the performance shots which consisted of wide shots of the whole band and close up shots of the individual members. Even though the set up wasn't that interesting it's helpful that we got that footage so we can use it when we have gaps to fill during the editing process.
After finishing the performance shots we moved onto filming the abstract part of the video. This consisted of us clearing up the stage so that we had nothing but a chair which our lead singer Talisa began sat down on at the beginning of the sequence. We then proceeded to setting up the projectors. In the end we only used four of the five projectors because we only needed to use four different angles of projections. Each projector was set up in a separate direction at a different level so that there was difference in the levels of lighting.


Whilst we were filming we had a tv monitor where we could view exactly how the footage looked. During the shoot we alternated our shots with using a tripod and also taking the camera off the try-pod so it was hand held.
For the narrative shots we used the tripod because we didn't require any movement, whereas when we were shooting the performance and abstract footage we also took the camera off the tripod in order to record some more interesting and different footage which would make our video more unique.

What I enjoyed filming the most were the abstract shots because they consisted of a lot of different levelled shots. We also used a lot of close up shots of Talisa in order to capture the clarity of the projections on her which as a result looked very dynamic and i was pleased with the outcome.