Shoot Day

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A whole load of photos taken by Sophia on the day of the shoot.

Music Promo – Evaluation of Shoot Day

1.    What did you do the day before, to set up for your shoot? We were quite unlucky that we were unable to set up our set the day before, as the previous shoot took longer than expected. We did however spend time getting all the props together and location all our final bits of costume. I did a final check in with the lead actors making sure that they had all the things they needed to bring in and was comfortable with what they had to do the next day.

2.    How did you feel when you woke up on the morning of the shoot day? The morning of the shoot I woke up really nervous, simply because we had so many scenes to shoot in the studio. I had a huge fear that we were not going to be able to get onto location and we would then have to make something up on the day that wasn’t going to look as good. 

3.    How well prepared were you when you arrived for the shoot, what did you have to do before you could start shooting? We were pretty well prepared for the shoot actually; we just had to print a few photos that we had forgotten to shoot previously for the bedroom scene. We then had to make up the bed sheets for this scene too. There was also the usual stuff of getting actors into costume and make up, which didn’t take that long.

Bedroom setup.

4.    Describe what the studio looked like when you started shooting, how well do you feel you managed to create the look of your concept? When we arrived, the tech team had set up the basis of our set, which was three black white walls with doors on either side. It was pretty much a blank canvas for us to begin working with. I was so happy with how we transformed the space, especially for the bedroom scene. We took photos from Ellie’s (Lead Girl) facebook page so it was more realistic, adding some posters and floral bedding. It looked really cosy and very realistic.

   5.    How did you divide the roles on your shoot day, what roles did you play? For the most part, Charlie Feeney was on the camera being pushed along on the dolly track. For a while I held the cables whilst the camera was moving along the track to avoid any damage done to the cart or cables. For the first set, I was on the lighting deck adding the flash effect for the camera. Other times I was in charge of getting the actors together and into costume. For the shots of the band, I was on the camera being pushed on the track.

6.    What do you think personally you did well? I think that I did well in actor management, although it’s not a part of the production side I think it’s vital to how smoothly the shoot runs. I was there to help Ellie get dressed and make sure that she knew what was happening in each shot.

7.    What problems did you have on the shoot day, and how did you solve them? One major issue we had was we didn’t have any extras for the party scene because the timing of when we were going to shoot changed. This just meant that we had to walk around a bit and pick people who weren’t doing anything. We also had to cut a scene to make time for the band shots; we didn’t feel that they were that vital to the video though.

8.    Which part of the shoot was most successful and why? I think the bedroom scene was the most successful bit as the actors were great. Having to do a passionate kiss in front of a filming crew has to be hard but they dealt with it really well, I was so impressed. 

9.    Which part of the shoot do you wish had gone better, and why? I wish the party scene had gone better, simply because i think bits of it look a bit fake and forced. For example, the dancing at some moments isn’t very realistic.

Party Scene - although it looks good it was hard to control.

 10. How well do you think you managed your talent? I think I did really well managing them, like I said before I was with Ellie a lot of the time looking after her. I think the moment when we didn’t have the talent totally under our control was during the party scene when we had a lot of more people on set who were all very noisy. 

11. What was the part of the shoot you enjoyed the most? I have to say I really enjoyed shooting the band. I think because it was very easy as they weren’t making a fuss and just getting on with what they had to do. They were all very professional; especially Harry Lawtey (Lead Singer) who knew all his words and was in character the whole time.

12. What are you looking forward to seeing the most in the edit? I cannot wait to see how the movement between each scene merges into one another. This is the big thing with our video; if it works it will be amazing.

13. How well do you feel that your production group worked as a team? I am so impressed at how well we worked together. We didn’t have any issues with any one not doing what they should be or not being focused.

14. Are there any lessons you learned that could help you make your next shoot even more successful? I think it’s important to think about time management. It’s not that we wasted time, it’s just we tried to do too much in one day which then meant we had to cut a scene.

Tomorrow:

THE SHOOT IS TOMORROW! I'm so excited but there is still loads to do! Today we have to get all the costumes together, make sure that all our actors have spoken to the correct people to give them permission to leave class, get all the props together. Then tonight we will have to set up the studio space and possibly help the previous group strike their set.

Test Shoot

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Test Shoot - Video

Today we did a test shoot with Harry Lawtey as he is our lead singer in the band. We did a short sequence with him lipsynching to 'Naive' and then took a couple of photos on one of the locations where we would like to do our photo shoot.

 

 

 

 

Photo Shoot:

We did a photo shoot with the boys from the band in a variety of locations. Unfortunately we were unable to shoot in two of our locations as they were out of bounds, so we just had to improvise. We used a sturdier roof and found some leafy forest space. We just told the boys to get in there and mingle with the trees and one another. Obviously we got a lot of shots with them not looking at the camera or being silly, but we also capture some really great moments.

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Photo Shoot - Prepping

We have been prepping for the photo shoot for the CD digipack and have come up with three locations that we would like to shoot.


The Studio:

 The clean, put-together shoot against a white background. The main focus on the band without any outside location to distract. The boys can be playing around (just as in this photo) to show the audience that they do have fun and aren't always serious.












The Roof Top:

 One of the most beautiful things at Hurtwood is the view that you get looking over the country. Having the boys on the roof top shows a bit a rebellious side, but also that thoughtful side as it is quite peaceful and where they can be alone with their music.

They may have their instruments here.







In The Woods:

 This is another classic organic artist location as it is keeping in tough with nature and not getting caught up with all the synthetic makeup.

The idea is to get across how chilled they are as a band. Possibly having one member smoking. Although this may come across as something that would detract audience members, it's that look that shows that they are good boys slightly turned bad.

Preparing for the shoot - It's close!

The shoot is in about 2 weeks so we are really have to make sure that everything is ready. We have created a shooting schedule and call sheet.

Call Sheet

Shooting Schedule

We have found that we have a bit of a problem with our shooting schedule, we don't have enough time. In order to fit all the scenes shot in the studio we would have to finish at about 16:00. This wouldn't be an issue if we didn't have to then also shoot on location afterwards. As it is a friday, the shooting must end by 16:30. This means that we may have to go and shoot on location another day. This is yet to be decided.