OH - Reflection on shoot 4 (Brighton)

When, Where and Who?

On the 25th of November Brad, Luca, Freddie and I all travelled down to Brighton to do what we hope is the last piece of filming for our music video. We left bright and early at 7 and aimed to be in Brighton by 8:30, depending on traffic, we had a firm idea on what we wanted to shoot and on the way in we spotted some graffiti walls and decided that would be a good area to shoot our dance sequence as it was going to take up a large proportion of the filming time. We parked up and headed over, on arrival it was clear that this would be a good area to shoot in, so we got down to perfecting our moves so they were not only in match with each other but also the beat. After this was all filmed we headed into the centre of Brighton to film the bulk of the footage and filler shots. This was all done well with Freddie filming most of the footage.

My role in production

Most of the day was down to Brad, Luca and I to get involved with the acting so that Freddie could film. However I also took a leading role in the directing of the piece which included getting the framing right for all of the shots and making sure that we were keeping on time and sticking to the shot list, in order to get back to school in time for the lessons that we had.

How useful was the shot list?

We were put under an immense time limit to do the filming so the shot list really kept us fixed on what was needed to be done and allowed us to tick off shots as we filmed them, overall acting as a checklist throughout the day. The shots on the list were thoroughly thought out and it meant that not too much thinking was required in order to shoot them, which meant that we were able to get the shoot done quicker.

What were your best shots?

Overall I'd say that the dancing shots were probably the most effective now looking back on them on the timeline. Not only this but we were very efficient when filming them and made sure that the framing was very similar for each so that when we were to edit them in Adobe Premier Elements they could be cut together and the actors wouldn't move around too much in the frame.

Any problematic shots?

Overall it was a good day filming the only thing I would say is that because we were filming in a public place it meant that a lot of people were turning round and looking at the camera as it was clearly out of the norm for that area, which effected the authenticity of the piece. Also unfortunately whilst on the shoot, during one of the shots Luca's watch fell off and smashed on the ground at the start of the shoot, but like the trooper he is, he soldiered on and kept acting for the group.