Today we acquired the Year 10 band and had them mime a song that they had previously recorded. We set up a number of cameras and recorded them as they were miming their song. We did this as practice for when we will have to record a band's performance for our coursework.
This was good practice as it showed us how creative and spontaneous we had to be while filming. For a music video shots can't really be planned and you just have to do what you think is right at the time. In one take I was assigned to film only the singer. I ran around her a lot and did a lot of close-ups where I went up to her and put the camera right in her face. At the time this may have made her feel uncomfortable but it made a good shot and will be effective. We also used a static camera that was filming a long shot of the band and a dolly shot using a camera person sitting on a wheelchair. The other cameras we used were roaming cameras.
When we come to film our own band we will only be using one camera but this exercise has helped us learn how to film effective shots. We have also learned useful techniques about how to direct a band and to get the shots that you want. This will allow us to make our videos look much more professional compared to when we made music videos at GCSE level. When we're directing we now know what is important in getting the band to act energetically and what can go wrong. We learnt that in the first take the band's performance is generally less energetic and won't look as good as later takes. We also learnt that the best way to get the band act energetically is to act positive and to encourage them to go as crazy as possible and we will tell them if they need to dial it down.
This was good practice as it showed us how creative and spontaneous we had to be while filming. For a music video shots can't really be planned and you just have to do what you think is right at the time. In one take I was assigned to film only the singer. I ran around her a lot and did a lot of close-ups where I went up to her and put the camera right in her face. At the time this may have made her feel uncomfortable but it made a good shot and will be effective. We also used a static camera that was filming a long shot of the band and a dolly shot using a camera person sitting on a wheelchair. The other cameras we used were roaming cameras.
When we come to film our own band we will only be using one camera but this exercise has helped us learn how to film effective shots. We have also learned useful techniques about how to direct a band and to get the shots that you want. This will allow us to make our videos look much more professional compared to when we made music videos at GCSE level. When we're directing we now know what is important in getting the band to act energetically and what can go wrong. We learnt that in the first take the band's performance is generally less energetic and won't look as good as later takes. We also learnt that the best way to get the band act energetically is to act positive and to encourage them to go as crazy as possible and we will tell them if they need to dial it down.
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