CH - Shoot evaluation

These are photographs of our band performance shoot, completed on wednesday.

We three all took turns taking photographs and filming footage during the two-hour shoot; these images are all examples of shots I took myself.
The shoot convened at 3:30, after we had set our staging area with the props we needed; two guitars, a drum set, four amps, a microphone and leads to give the impression that it was a genuine performance. In reality, only Max and Joe were performing the song on actual instruments; Josh was singing the words into a mic not connected, and strumming on a bass amp (to give verisimilitude to the Enemy's actual band members) that was plugged to an offline amp.
We all thorougly enjoyed the shoot, because we felt it gave us a wealth of footage that was all aesthetically pleasing. We ran into few problems, and after a few minutes of practising we were able to begin filming and photographing properly with technical skill (an example of which being the pull-back-focus shot of max on drums below).
Below is a list of shots we managed to undertake throughout the shoot;

• CU of all performers
• CU of all performers from high angles
• CU of all performers from low angles
• MS of all performers from low angle
• MS of all performers from a mid angle
• M/LS of the band playing together
• M/LS of the band playing from an over-the-shoulder POV
• M/LS of the band playing with Josh in the foreground
• CU/MS of Joe performing, moving along his guitar (see photograph)
• CU/MS over the shoulder of Max performing

We made sure to ascertain that all the shots contained some degree of movement, to keep with the conventions of a music video. Coupled with fast-paced editing, we can achieve the professional yet indie 'look' we are aiming for.
However, in future, by way of improvements we need to think about changing the lighting for more than one shot, as it could become mundane. Also, many of the shots were only taken once, maybe twice, as it was very difficult to achieve the same moving shot twice of a band mid-performance. Luckily for us our footage is all suitable and we are all pleased with it, moreover if this was not the case we would be considering a reshoot which would be very technically challenging within the time limit imposed.