Shoot Evaluation – Performance
Our performance shoot took place from 11am until 3pm which gave us long enough to shoot all the shots which we intended and some extra shots too. We filmed the performance a total of 5 times from 2 cameras each time giving us a total of 10 angles to work with for our editing. Once these clips are mixed with the narrative it should give us plenty of moments to work with without us recycling various angles.
On the day, during the filming of the final section of the song we decided upon a different way for filming the disheveled band members, rather than filming the same section a total of 5 times, each with a different mise-en-scene and the change being subtle we decided to film the ending where the band look normal, an object is then thrown towards the camera to cover the band, and the moment the object exits the frame the band have changed into their final disheveled form, the change still happening, however it is much more obvious.
The filming went smoothly during the majority of the day apart from the first 30 minutes of filming. my partner and I decide to arrive and hour early in order to scout items from a greenhouse that we could use for our performance, we would then transport them to the filming location, located a few hundred meters away, however, upon beginning to move the items we realized that they were too heavy for us to lift that far, and we struggled to move the items. Later on we found a wheelbarrow which enabled us to work more efficiently, however it meant that setting up took longer than expected. The item that caused us the most trouble was an old sewing machine which was too heavy for us to carry by hand, and was also too big to fit through the door of the greenhouse.
Due to the problem with the props for the mise-en-scene within the performance, the creation of the guitar and bass also took extra time.
From these problems we faced we have agreed upon targets for any future shoots which we plan:
- Plan well in advance and make sure everything is covered in it
- Organised the props to the best of your ability before the shoot
- Meet the deadline for the beginning of the shoot so as to not hold up the actors.