TH Reflection on Shoot 3

Initially, we had only planned for two shoots. During the editing of our video, we have been instructed to do one more shoot and capture a number of CUs of the lead and backing singers. We did this yesterday in the drama studio at our school.

First of all, we had to maintain a continuity between the first shoot's performance setting and this one. Costume was not a problem, as I wore the same clothes and Jack did not need to wear the same because we would just be filming his face in BCUs.

Making the lighting in the studio appear identical to that of the first shoot was next. Dan had access to the lighting system in both locations and so he made sure the lighting maintained continuity. The colour and shadow of what we achieved yesterday were both very similar.

Filming went well. We quickly accessed guitars and amps, one mic and stand, a camera and tripod. We filmed the whole song through once or twice, before filming BCUs of myself and Jack in parts we had gaps on the timeline.

My favourite shot is probably a worm's eye view shot of the lead singer, including the guitar, lip syncing and lighting on the rack all in frame.

I believe on improvement that could have been made in this shoot was the use of more equipment, such as the track or the jib. Unfortunately we did not have access to these as yesterday was also a filming day for the year below.