Group - Brighton Reccie

Evaluation

Before we started filming our music video we went on a location reccie of Brighton, so that we could get use to using the HD cameras, and also to practice some shots that we might use in the final cut.

We thought that the reccie of Brighton was very helpful and beneficial, as it allowed us to see what kinds of shots we could incorporate into our video and whether the shots looked good or not. It also enabled us to get used to and practice with the HD cameras, as last year we used DV cameras, and so are slightly different. As you can see from the footage above we experimented with a range of different shots, including; high and low angle shots, POV, establishing shots and first-person mode of address. These were shots that we thought we might use in our music video, and so it was a good idea to practice these shots, as we might be using them a lot.

From the reccie of Brighton we learnt; about lighting, and how it is hard to get the right lighting, and in the right areas, as we were in a public place and could not control the lighting in the shots. We had to get round this problem by, changing the camera angle, framing and the position of the shot, so that the lighting did not spoil the shot. We also learnt what types of camera angles and camera movement looked good for the type of music video we wanted to create, and whether it fitted in with our track's genre.

For our music video, we are looking to include some shots similar to the ones, which we shot in Brighton. We are going to try and have the shot of the close-up of the main character, where he holds the tripod (with the camera on it) on his stomach, to give the sense that people are looking up at him. We will wanting to film some point of view shots, of the main character, when he is walking down a street, and we will also be filming some shots like the low and high angle shots that we filmed in Brighton.