RC - Shoot evaluation

After school today Casey, Josh and I filmed the band performance scenes in our school's drama studio; using our storyboard as a foundation we managed to film the storyboarded shots as well as improvised ones in order to provide 'filler shots'. Due to Josh performing in these scenes Casey and I took it upon ourselves to do the filming (if one of us was not filming then they were taking photographs with the digital camera). This made sure that each of us had a role, with us all also directing.

In preparation for this shoot I emailed the two other performers stating what we wanted them to bring and wear to the shoot:

We managed to gather a variety of footage, whilst also taking this shoot as an opportunity for capturing photographs for our advertisements and digi-pak.

Here is a small list of some of the shots we filmed:

• Sideways CU of the lead singer singing into the microphone
• Over-the-shoulder shot of the drummer drumming
• A pull back focus shot; a symbol clear in the foreground and the drummer blurred in the background
• Pan up of the lead singer
• A 'moving in' CU of the guitar
  

Overall I think that this shoot went consdierably well because we did manage to accumulate a reasonable amount of footage that showed diversity and provided a wealth of denotations and connotations.
Our main aim was to film whilst continuously moving because we were trying to avoid any static shots, however, I do feel that looking back in hindsight the performers themselves could have been a bit more lively with their movements. The lead singer Josh was the only one really getting into the performance and that is why the shots we have of him are of better quality.