REFLECTION

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I am now working by myself. I decided to keep the performance, narrative and the choice of song the same but change the choice of locations and model.

I first chose to shot my first shoot at Le Guet, a forest area. This gave me multiple conventions to add to the performance aspect. It conveyed a dark eerie location to portray the models lost aspect of her life. This meant that I could record high angles of the model lip syncing, as it adds to the venerable effect the model gives off.I used natural lighting in order to get the most clear camera shot to fit my theme and genre. By getting this clear footage it will allow me to be able to edit effects on if I feel like it needs it without the actual picture going dark and unclear.

My next location was a German bunker, this is where I recorded most of the chorus and where I wanted a dark background. The dark background allowed my model to stand out meaning the audience watching my music video can focus on what the model is lip syncing.I did scenes with mascara down her face and some without so that I had a range of footage to use therefore I can choose which one suits best when finalising our draft one.

These images above show the shots I took whilst shooting the performance and used a variety of equipment for example the tripod and handheld techniques to get a wide range of camera angles and movements to convey the star image and genre.

WHAT WENT WELL;

• variety of camera angles
• lighting
• variety of locations
• Different camera movements
• Different makeup for different scenes 

WHAT COULD OF GONE BETTER;

• If we got a whole video of the model lip syncing to the song so that we could align it to the edit of the beat if needed
• Variety of costumes/mise-en-scene

FOCUS FORWARD 

I believe my first shoot went well as we managed to get a variety of shots to work with however there will need to be a few changes which in the post production phase the minor flaws should be able to fit in.