Filming - Day 2

Performance Filming

Yesterday evening I began and completed my performance filming. It seems as though it went well, although I haven't watched it back at all yet, so I am ready to be disappointed when I see it in a moment when I upload the new footage. My biggest concern is the fact that none of my actors can actually play instruments at all, so I hope this doesn't come across too bad on screen. 

I will now start to edit the footage, and see how it looks!

Filming Day 2 (Plan)

Performance Filming

Today I will be filming my performance section of my music video. This equates to roughly 60 seconds worth of footage. I have made a quick, rough plan to help me do it all efficiently. Luckily for me, I have a good amount of actors to perform, with one person on each instrument needed. There is a section that uses a xylophone once, and a different section which uses a tambourine once, so the person who plays the xylophone, will also play the tambourine. Hopefully all goes well! Below is the list I made up; I thought it would be worth putting on here:

My plan

Performance

Performance Based Scenes - How Do You Do Them? 

I intend on having a few scenes which contain performance, to fill some gaps and to make the video more interesting. I wasn't really sure how to do it - so I researched some videos that are predominantly performance based and tried to pick up on some hinters as to what I should try and do during these scenes.

Below is a video by Bon Jovi - Called "It's my life'

From this video I have learnt that a majority of the shots are of solo people, flicking between different members of the group. A few shots of multiple members are used, but not as much as there are of solo artists. Something that I hadn't thought about was the use of audience. Many fans are used in this video, and I think that is awesome, and I would like to do that myself. Also, one main colour is used within this, and is mainly blue. I don't know if this has a meaning or not, I don't think it does?!
Finally, something else which is quite important, is that no shot on the artist is too long. It is flicked between the kid running along and all different artists.

Synopsis:

• One artist at a time (most of the time)
• A few multiple shots (two shots etc)
• Shots of the crowd
• Lighting held at a couple of colours, maybe even one
• Not done for too long
• Flicks between narrative and performance