Second Half Of Day One Of Shooting

Once we arrived at the training dome, which we were very lucky to be able to use due to it being the ground staff kickabout night and two of our members being on the ground staff, we set up again, this time using my laptop plugged into an amp to hear the song. I basically went through the same procedure as the first location, long shots to close ups. What was quite annoying is that we could not have any moving shots with the whole band in because I had to play and was no one to man the camera. I could however during close ups and shots without me in which I tried to be as inventive as possible with a tripod or hand held camera.

I have noticed that in many videos, hand held cameras are used and are ever so slightly wobbly. I think this is to give it the feeling that you are there. I tried to incorporate this idea in my close up handheld shots which i think has worked.

My favourite shots were the low angle close ups of the drummer. I really enjoyed experimenting with framing and using the drums as ways of shaping the shot and working with different angles.

My only regret for these two shoots is that there are a lack of high angle long shots. This would have given it a really epic feel, something that alot of rock videos have. The only way I managed to get anywhere near this is by putting the tripod on the car, but this still didn't really work.

(WE NEED A HELICOPTER!!!!!)