What did you do the day before, to set up for your shoot day?The day before the shoot our group printed out all the information that our group required like the shot list, the short board and the equipment we required. I ensured that our group had all the equipment like the 2 amps and guitar leads, which we received in the music department in our school. The props that we required for the bodyguards like torch light, Hi-Vis jackets and walkie talkie was brought in the day before to ensure we had in for the day of the shoot. I also rehearsal the song with our lead singer to ensure he knew all the words inside and out so during the shoot we would have no problems.
How did you feel when you woke up on the morning of the shoot day?In the morning, I felt thrilled and excited as I was confident because all of the props and equipment were at school. Therefore, all we had to do was just to load up the equipment into the bus. As we had cross-checked all the information using a list of everything we needed.
How well prepared were you when you arrived for the shoot, what did you have to do before you could start shooting?Before we set off to the location I made sure that each member of the group had brought what was told them to bring. As we had a lesson in the morning we put all of the equipment/costumes properly together.
Describe what the studio looked like when you started to shoot, how well do you feel you managed to create the look of your concept?When we first arrived on location everything was as expected as our group had a picture of the carpark and how it would look like. This helped our group out as we had previously planned the mise en scene within the location for example where each of the band members would be located within the when playing.
How did you divide the roles on your shoot day, what role(s) did you play?Everyone in our group was assigned a role based on their technical ability. Therefore, I opted for camera man as I have had a lot of past experience with these cameras. We did this in order to be more effect and not waste time rotating roles as it would be a waste of time. We each choose our role based on what our group that was best for each other.
What do you think that you personally did particularly well?
Personally, I thought I did well as a cameraman however in the beginning I may have taken a while trying to get used to the focus. Especially as our group didn't request to use the follow focus, this made it harder to focus shots when we were on the dolly. However to an extent as it's a rock music video the shaky shifts in focus can be used as an advantage to match the energy.
What problems did you have on the shoot day, how did you solve them?
Most of our shots consisted mostly of our bands playing therefore there was not a lot of narrative shots to be filmed. This meant we mostly just had to film the band playing in the carpark. However during the shoot day, we only had 1 power generator therefore, we had to preserve the battery this meant the guitarist wasn’t able to plug in his amp, which will be fixed in the post production (editing) later. Therefore, we had to ensure the guitarist played the guitar convincingly.
Which part of the shoot do you think was most successful and why?
The most successful shots were the tracking shots and the hand-held shots as it had the most edge, which had typical conventions of a rock music video. Alongside with getting all the shots we needed with the given time period we had.
Which part of the shoot do you wish had gone better and why?
I wished we had filmed a larger portion of the music video at night as it seemed more entertaining during the night shots. I also wished we were able to add more time to film a short narrative section at the end of the music video as I wanted to test out the narrative concept.
How well do you think you managed your talent (actors)?
Perry and I were able to spot out mistakes/positioning the actors made and quickly fixed it. As most of our actors are very talented it meant that they were able to pull off the convincing element to make it seem believable. As a whole, I felt that whenever we spotted a mistake the actors would quickly fix the mistake.
