Photoshoot

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Evaluation Of Filming

When filming we were presented with a number of issues which made it difficult for us to get all the footage we needed. Firstly, the tripod equipment we took with us from school was broken, and therefore we had to borrow the professional tripod from 151 studios. This did work out in our favour due to the tripod being of excellent quality, meaning some of the footage we produced was better than it would have been with the basic equipment we took with us.
The second problem we had to overcome was shadows. Due to having three large filter lights it came increasingly difficult to get the right size shadow, and keep the continuity of the studio infinity walls the same at all times. We played around with the lights height and position so that we could produce the best overall aesthetic in our opinion.
A further problem we had to face was the size of the space we booked out. The dancers were struggling to complete the whole dance as the space was too small. This meant we lost the fluency of the dance in places which decreased the professionalism. The final problem which occured was the amount of time we had and the way in which we utilised it. We needed our dancers and our artist to look the part which unfortunately took longer than we were expecting. As well as this, we also had to go through the health and safety with the owner of the studio which took the, and we had to set up the studio ourselves. The time we had to film meant that we were cutting it fine to film all the footage we needed. unfortunately, we didn't capture as much as we had hoped from both the artist and the dancers which means that in post production, repetition of some shots will occur for our draft.

Evaluation Of Draft

After producing the draft it became very clear that both Sanj and I didn't have enough footage to create the video. This meant that only the chorus of the song could feature the artist, and certain parts of the dance were repeated twice or even three times. Some of the dance we captured we didn't play back until oct production, and technique and camera angles aren't as sharp as we had hoped. This meant that throughout the editing process, parts of the dane needed cutting to prevent showcasing the average to poor quality parts.
However, because we were confident with final cut already, after producing the film we made earlier this year, both Sanj and I researched how to use special effects to see if it made a good effect in our video. We found that blending was something which has worked really well in our draft and is something we intend to keep. However, we are still unsure if we used enough or too much, and if they are in the right place of the video. This is something we will evaluate before going to film next time, so we can get the right shots so the blending is more effective.
For our final video we would like to encorporate more special effects which increase the fluency and overall aesthetic to our video. Even if very minor, we would still like to use them because we want our video to look as good as it possibly can.