Practise shots

We have done some practise shots of our music video to preempt any problems and to make things go smoothly for when we actually film.

The problem we first came across was keeping the camera steady whilst it being moved, how we overcame this was by using a dolly. This meant we had a lot more freedom with the movement of the camera, we could keep the shots at the pace we wanted them to be at and could turn the camera quite quickly. In using the dolly we thought it would be best to have someone directing the actual camera itself and seeing the shots and then have someone in front but not in the shot just pushing the tripod/ dolly so that someone could see where they were actually going and someone could see the actual shot, as we were walking backwards. The next problem we encountered, was filming going up the stairs as we thought it would be better to hold the camera by hand the difficulty with this is is that there is either too much room above the actors head or it gets cut off slightly. We thought that this would just be something we would have to be aware on on the day and purposely move the camera as necessary.

Here are all the things we need to make sure happen for the shots to be the best they can be:

Common room:

• Make sure all chairs are on the right
• camera close to the breakfast bar
• Wheels of the dolly must all be facing the same way for the shot to be smooth.

Going up stairs: 

• Follow actor from behind
• hand held camera
• start a little bit further back from the stairs

Hall Auditions: 

• One shot from the back of the hall to get all the stage in and the backs of the judges. 
• Side shot of judges and contestant
• Shot from behind Mossy on stage.