Sunday, 10 February 2008

Drummer Performance Shots

These shots turned out to be the last footage we filmed considering we did the shooting in the school's music rooms, which made it hard for us to just turn up when we wanted. It would have been unnecessarily difficult to find another location which we could use as a background for the drummer's shots, and we didn't really intend on dragging the drum around town, so shooting in the music rooms with a drummer was ideal.
Beforehand, our drummer did not actually know what he needed to do, yet after he listened to the song a few times, he picked up exactly what he needed to do to fit in with the video, in a very professional manner, and he made it particularly easy for us.
The actual shooting was reasonably successful. We got the main shots that we needed done including the panning up shots and the close ups, and the last shot we got was a high angle shot in which I stood on a chair, and held the camera up just for better effect.
However, not all our shots could be completed as we were pressed for time, and the recording studio next to us was continuously telling us to stop playing every five minutes so that they could record. Although, we feel we have enough footage to use and fill in the blanks now, making the filming successful nevertheless.
The costume for the drummer didn't cause any problems either. Though he was wearing his school uniform, he wore a t-shirt underneath which he was able to present on film, and wore a jumper over it.

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