Above is the song we were set to shoot a music video for , in our seperate groups using parts of the song (verses) to break up who shot what on camera.
Below is our participation within our class group for the production of a combined Outkast video 'Hey Ya'.
Apart from finding this task incredibly humorous , fun and enjoyable we also found the practicing with the equipment very valuable , especially as we near the stage when we need to start planning in detail what technical shots we may try ourselfs. In our own short video we put together for our verse we used the ' Hague Tracking Dolly'' in our open shot , so we could capture moving footage of the camera rolling past us. This was incredibly useful , since all we had to do was push the dolly into position , start rolling it , then move into our own positions. The dolly is pictured below.
Another piece of equipment we used was the fish eye lense , a lense that broadens the image to create a wider feel. We used this effect in our practical film we made in class , trying to make our image broader and feel closer to the audience.
i really enjoyed this task and got some valuable experiance is handling the new kit such as the fish eye lense and the dolly. Great fun!
ReplyDeleteYes I feel this process gave us a great insight into the difficulties when trying to film a music video. The demand of fast cutting rate proved to test our ability to become creative producers and shooting some entertaining shots. Lip syncing also proved tricky with it having to be inch perfect to gain that authentic feel. I now look forward to the conquering the real challenge of a whole music video guys!
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