When we arrived at the studio, we found it to be more of a drama hall then an actual studio which was one of the main problem. The space was smaller than expected but it could still be filmed for the music video. We decided to film with the studio lights instead of the main lights as it would be more visual interesting and the projector would across more clearly on the background. One of the cameras had low battery as our battery had been swapped as we charged it the day before, making it a two camera shoot (alternating one of close up of main performer and close ups of instruments/ other performers). Coming towards the end of the shoot, we improvised by using a wheelie chair as a dolly around the girls to create interseting movement.
We also had issues with some of the band where Claye had become ill and had to attend a hospital appointment. As this was short notice we decided to make it as a three piece band, and replace Shenez with Nuru due to family commitment. This quick rearrangement on the day prevented the shoot being wasted, although it caused a lot of stress! We also overcame the problem of the band members originally holding a number each at the end of the video in a line, by deciding to have Minyee to hold two numbers at the end to make it look more uniform.
EDIT-10/12/10- Due to other commiments, Leona was unable to attend anymore reshoots, due to poor lighting, giving us the unfortunate decision to not use her as the main performer anymore. :( This is a shame as it leads to most of the photos planned for the digi pack void as we cannot use it with leona in it, however we have some photos of the band individually and will cut Leona out of a group photo and photoshop Shenez in, if we do not have time to take updated photos of the new band. Instead we casted 2nd guitarist Nuru, as the main performer and recruited Shenez back as a third band member as we, as a group felt it would look better visually with 3 band members are in the video. We also had extreme difficultly trying to find a new location. Rebecca had asked the drama department for permission to film, however the hall had been booked solid for the final week of term. This lead us to the final choice of having to film in a well lit classroom and use green screen to make the video look more visually interesting. This is a disappointment from originally traveling to a studio to end up filming in a classroom, however its is normal for shoots not to go to plan and felt we have come up with an alternative that will not compromise the quality of the video.
EDIT-10/12/10- Due to other commiments, Leona was unable to attend anymore reshoots, due to poor lighting, giving us the unfortunate decision to not use her as the main performer anymore. :( This is a shame as it leads to most of the photos planned for the digi pack void as we cannot use it with leona in it, however we have some photos of the band individually and will cut Leona out of a group photo and photoshop Shenez in, if we do not have time to take updated photos of the new band. Instead we casted 2nd guitarist Nuru, as the main performer and recruited Shenez back as a third band member as we, as a group felt it would look better visually with 3 band members are in the video. We also had extreme difficultly trying to find a new location. Rebecca had asked the drama department for permission to film, however the hall had been booked solid for the final week of term. This lead us to the final choice of having to film in a well lit classroom and use green screen to make the video look more visually interesting. This is a disappointment from originally traveling to a studio to end up filming in a classroom, however its is normal for shoots not to go to plan and felt we have come up with an alternative that will not compromise the quality of the video.
EDIT-14/12/10: The footage of the re filmed performance section has been uploaded and looks much better with brighter lighting and colour tints although the blue tint has come across a little dark, so we brightened this.
We did this by:
double click on the footage selected
click on the screen of the video and on filters
then go onto effects, video filters, image control then brighten.
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