Test Shoots

For this first practice shoot I learnt a good amount about what does and doesn’t work, and what I’ll need to work on and improve moving forward.

In this instance, I’m happy with the sync of the video and audio, editing to the beat and achieving accurate lip syncing. This also allowed us to experiment with colour and light adjustments (although this example isn’t the most complex, with a singular adjustment layer with one filter applied over all). I am also happy with how we managed to convey lots of expression in directing this performance (despite this being a test shoot, not using the same actor that we will for the final product), showing how we can successfully convey our ideas to the actors.

However there is of course room for improvement, as multiple shots were out of focus, something we should look out for and avoid in future. We could also work on improving our efficiency with filming time, as this video alone required two shoots to achieve exactly what we wanted. This can be improved by trying to put together a more concise list of the exact shots we need before going into a shoot. I feel that, for the real thing, we can also make an effort to better control the lighting of the set and shot consistency (the camera moves very slightly in places here), as well as allow ourselves to be more experimental and ambitious with editing in post.

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