Evaluation Of Shoot Day

On the day before the shoot we make up a checklist and checked that we had all of the props, equipment, and other items we needed in the shoot.

On the morning of the shoot I felt exited but also anxious about the day we were about to face, especially with all of the variables in a music video.

On the morning of the shoot we setup the first set and and then got the makeup done for each of the actors one at a time, doing makeup while the other dancer is dancing and rotating as so, this required careful and precision planning and enabled us to finish in time. We felt that our prior preparation paid off and we felt that we were very prepared for the shoot.

We accurately replicated our set design, but on the television setup we had extra time so we decided to experiment and use some extra setups and orientations. It was essential that we recreated the setup accurately so that we were able to follow our storyboard accurately and so that it all came together in the edit.

On the shoot day we adhered to our rolls, my own being playback device operator, and producer. Although at the end of the day when we were fully satisfied that we were running on time we switched roles so that we all had the experience of all of the roles.

Personally I believe that I did well in both of my roles. In my role as playback operator I was able to play the device at the right time and put the device in pronto of the camera so that in the editing process we were able to find the point both via sound and also via visual, this is actually surprisingly important because the speakers are ceiling mounted and there would be a minuscule delay in audio as sound takes significantly longer to travel than light.

As the producer I was efficient in making the changeover of performers and keeping to time schedules. I found the role as producer to be stressful but also highly rewarding.

On the shoot day we had very few problems, although we did find out that there was both banding and rolling shutter, to fix the rolling shutter on the televisions we had to change the shutter angle on the camera and this stopped this effect. To fix the banding we had to gauge the angle of the televisions so that the pixels on the screen and on the sensor lined up.

I personally think that the most successful part of our shoot day was the element that included the televisions, the reason that I think that it was the most successful part of the shoot was that we got some breathtaking shots that were in my opinion very original. The setup for this was not easy because we had to have two sets in the same studio space, one for the actor and another for the television setup. Also included in this scene was wiring for power for all five cameras and 5 connections from the cameras to the televisions and five power supplies for the televisions, that is fifteen wires all across the floor. What I found phenomenal was that every connection worked and that the image displayed clearly on every television, but this was thanks to our prior testing and planning.

The only thing that I wished went better was the one shot with the dolly on the track shot where the rubber tubing was in shot and obscures some of the televisions in shot meaning that this section is essentially unusable in post.

We effectively managed our talent and set a schedule of who would be needed and when, and when wee needed to makeup and shooting times.

Usually in a shoot you would record the artist first but unfortunately our artist was external meaning that she had to travel several hours to get to the school studio meaning that she could not arrive at the 8:30AM start time and had to  arrive at 10:00AM, this meant that we subsequently were forced to shoot the performers first and this meant that we could not do the makeup costume and hair homogeneously which made the shoot day longer.
In the edit I am most looking forward to seeing the television shot and finding out how we can manipulate the colors and add effects to the footage. I am also very curious as to how we can edit the colors and make the backdrop the correct color as on the cameras built in screen it was showing the background to be a tone of grayish brown.

As a team I felt that we cooperated well and worked effectively as a team working on our set roles and tasks. I felt before that delegation may prove difficult but on the shoot day we managed to keep our minds open and worked together effectively on the shoot day.

From the shoot day I learned that organisation is key and having everything ready prior so that the whole process goes smoothly is essential, I will use this knowledge in order to transfer it to my next shoot so that it can be even more successful, although our preparation was very thorough.

Our original proposition for the website and digipac was going to feature some bright and vibrant colors but our shoot showed that it mainly was composed of dark shots that were not very vibrant in color. This means that we will have to alter our design so that the design is composed of darker colors and also is less saturated than our original proposition. It is essential to make sure that the three media products are all similar in style and all have similar connotations so that a audience can instantly recognize that the media products are all linked to a single artist. Making everything similar is essential because it is intended to promote the artist.