Some photos from our test shoot

Through the Wall shot

Here's the finished through the wall shot, more information on my own individual blog if needed.
http://latymermusicvideo09ben.blogspot.com/2009/10/shot-inspiration-going-through-wall.html

Test Shoot

The test shoot has been scheduled for Thursday 15th October 4:00 pm in Ms DYM's room. We will be testing all of our shots and taking photos so we can construct a storyboard. Be there or be square.

Shooting Schedule

Here is our shooting schedule for this Saturday. Make amendments if you notice anything wrong or that could be better with it:

Shooting Schedule

Day

Setup 1 – Vocalist in cramped room individual from MOVE till breakdown.

• Improv of vocalist without microphone.

Setup 2 – Guitarist in Lift from MOVE till end.

• Improv of guitarist with stack.


Setup 3 – Band in Corner: Play Song Until just after 1,2,3,4 MOVE!

Wides:

• Other side of wall with vocalist in band.
• Wide Master Shot from Front.
• Wide From Side, camera on floor capturing feet.

CUs:

• Vocals Close Up.
• Matt Close Up.
• Nick Close Up.
• Dave Close up.
• Drums side angle from low tom.
• Constant arc back and forth around drum kit.

Improvs:

• Camera improvisation run throughs. X2



Night

Setup 4– Band against windows: Play song from MOVE till end.

Wides:

• Constant wide arc of band on dolly.


CUs:

• Vocals Close Up.
• Matt Close Up.
• Nick Close Up.
• Dave Close Up.
• HA of drum kit.
• CU of kick pedal.
• Constant arc back and forth around drum kit.

Improvs:

• Camera improvisation run throughs. X2

Setup 5– Guitarist in room next to main play from MOVE till end.

• Improv of strobing guitarist

Setup 6- Vocalist in hallway

• Tracks of feet
• Crab into wall as vocalist enters band room.

Test Shoot Footage

Some random assorted clips from our test shoot showing off a couple of angles we'll consider using again.

Test Shoot

We have decided to have another test shoot with the whole band, either in our school's great hall or drama block. We need to arrange a time and day according to when these locations are free and then we'll use our time to practice all our shots and the general look and feel of the band, and how their performance will be staged.

I'll update this post with the planned time when we've decided.

Test Shot List

We have been having an extensive group meeting this afternoon and have decided on some shots and techniques to try out on our test shoot. We will add more to the list as we think of them.

- Arc through walls
As we have been told that the upstairs section is partitioned into different room we were thinking you could do some clever merging of shots to make it look like the camera arcs through the walls. At the moment we don't know what the location looks like particularly so we will need to see how possible this is as an idea even before we think about the practicality of shooting it, which we will do on our test shoot.
- Band Setup
As we have discussed the traditional band layout (mentioned in Nick's song treatment) is a bit boring and over used, we're going to try out lots of different variations of band positioning to see which looks best and provides the most interesting shots.
- Test angles in the individual shots (small, claustrophobic rooms)
We are going to simply try out different angles to see which make the subject look the most uncomfortable in the individual rooms (again mentioned in Nick's original treatment).
- Using the ladder for high angles
There is a ladder at the location and we are going to test out using this to get extreme high angles and different perspectives on long shots for example.
- Testing lighting (strobes, floor lights etc)
For this we will test out the floor lights we found in the reccy and also bring along any studio lighting we wish to use on the shoot. We can test out different strengths of light, using things in the room to make shadows/reflections, just generally lots of different concepts and ideas.