Some of the tips included: making sure you have a number of different camera set ups to be able to capture the shot form different angles and directions. They also advised us to film the whole song all the way through for each shot. and that we should film the song at least ten times if not more. Therefore we will have covered all areas, from all angles and directions so have plenty of footage to be able to select the best bits for the music video. We were also advised to play the track out loud while filming. This helps when it comes to editing the footage by making it easier to sync the footage with the track, making it look sharper and more professional. Regarding lighting they taught us to place lights behind the artist to brighten the shot. We also had a light shining on the face of 'the Robbie' to make him stand out and have that extra 'sparkle'. Performance wise Jake was very encouraging and they made sure we evaluated each performance directly after shooting it, discussing what went well and what we could improve on to get the best footage possible. Similarly we were able to observe Jake directing which helped us understand the right way to go about directing our actors on the day to get the best result and performance from them we can. We also learnt that costume is extremely important for the genre and we should make sure to plan what our artists are wearing thoroughly and make sure it fits with the genre we are filming.
Furthermore Pete talked to us about planning and the detail of our blogs. I learnt that planning is extremely important and that we need to blog everything that we discuss and plan to create a clear collection of evidence of the journey to the final music video. We should be aiming to write around three really detailed and thorough posts. We should be creating storyboards and taking tests shots, evaluating them as we go to see how we can improve the final product. He also told us to avoid really famous songs and artists, pick a song you can create strong visual ideas and concepts to and keep the video to around three minuets or under. He also encouraged us to embed rough cuts into our blogs and also to gain peer feedback as well as embedding 'behind the scenes' shots and stills to clearing show the development of our product.
Moreover Pete said it would be a good idea before we come up with pour own idea, to analyse and evaluate real music videos from the genres we are interested in, to be able to get a clear idea of what is expected when creating a music video for that particular genre.
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