Evaluation of Shooting Day

First of all our group gathered together and we went to the location  where we were going  to shoot our music video. We discussed any issues that might occur. We talked through our props, lightening, the background and thought of any other interesting ideas which we could imagine. Afterwards me and Anna went to IT department to ask for the projector, so we won’t worry about it on the shoot day. Basically our aim was to fully prepare for the shoot day and therefore run it as smooth as possible

One might say that the feeling were incredible, being excited and intrigued , but honestly since knowing that everything is prepared and the issues were illuminated I woke up in a calm manner without the sense of urgency

In the morning we went to the studio and waited for all the cast members to arrive. Once they came we briefly showed them how our music video would look like and which other music videos are similar to our one. We also checked whether they were wearing what we asked them on the previous day, since it was really important for their cloths to match our music genre.

As already said, we have worked really hard for the preparation of the set, which made our life much easier on the actual shoot day. The preparation involved as I said already taking the projector from IT and also gluing the walls and sticking wallpaper. Afterwards we coloured the walls from white to black to make a contrast and also had tube lights forming a triangle making the video to appear more creative

All our members of the group worked really hard doing our best to achieve what we want. Since I did drama and achieved a very high score, it was personally easier for me to work with our actors helping them with their body language, facial expressions and picking on what they shouldn’t do in front of camera. I also worked with directing the music, making it slower or faster and helping the drummer to match with the beat

In my opinion, having the drama skills allowed me to achieve exactly what I wanted from our actors. Helping them how to move, making them look more confident and eventually feel infused with the song itself

I don’t think we have any significant problems, as we spent a fairly long time organizing and preparing for the day. Maybe the only issues was not letting the teachers of our singer know about him being involved in a shoot day

That’s the question which I think will have similar answers, since our slow-motion part of the music video was amazing. All of us really enjoyed that part. The slow-motion required for our band members to play twice faster, which was quite difficult, but luckily having the energy
and enthusiasm they achieved the task

The only issue which I was concern of was that our guitarist on the right hand side by persistently covered by singer, which did not allow him to fully play his role. The position was a little bit distorted and we should have moved our band slightly to the left, however it is not a major problem at all and we are still totally happy

We were carefully choosing our cast members, since it was important for us to have actors who have the ability to perform and play their instruments. We also gave them to listen the whole week to our music for them to get used, so it would be easier on the actual shoot day. During the process and at the end of the day we were absolutely amazed with their talent and ability. The friendly atmosphere which the band members created was really pleasant. They helped each other and corporate, since they also wanted for the music video to look good. At the end of the day all of us were really satisfied and happy

The part which I am mostly excited to see is the slow-motion part, since I really liked the concept of it. It looked really unnatural and unusual which makes it appear unique

We perfectly worked together, without having any arguments or disagreements, but harmony and respect

There are undoubtedly a lot to learn from, such as understanding more in-depth how actors work and what gives them the drive and the motion. Moreover it developed our imagination, since we had to think of different ideas which we could apply for our music video. Personally I think that everything went as we wanted and there would be no changes applied.

To sum it all up we really worked hard from the beginning when we were just brainstorming ideas to the shoot day where we also had to put our effort. We were really lucky with our cast members as they had the same willingness to make the music video look nice. We had a fair division of labour, thus making our task easier. And eventually all of us were happy after the shoot day, since the effort and the hard work were worth it