On the afternoon before our shoot we set up the majority of our first set for the performance (drums, lights, amps, mic stand), and most of the lighting was set up then too, ready to start shooting at 9am the next day.

I was really looking forward to getting started on our shoot day as all of our planning had built up to this. I felt prepared for it too, having prepared the schedule and shot lists we wanted, as well as rehearsing the cast and making sure they were all available for the day. The cast came on time and warmed up ready to start shooting. We got the cast and crew biscuits to keep them going along the way. Before we started shooting, we had to adjust the lighting to make it look good, and arrange the TVs on set on each side of the band, as well as connecting them to another camera.


We were really happy with the look of the set for the performance, especially with the addition of the TVs and the smoke. The shots we got with the siren look really good, and even though the 2 actors were on opposite sides of the room, they interacted well with each other. Our only issue with this was that it was quite difficult to know how to get them to interact, which we should've thought more about beforehand.



Roles were split quite easily between the three of us. Phil was on camera doing the main filming/directing, Harriet was on the other camera for the TVs, kept morale up and did costume, and I was on playback as well as directing the cast if anything needed changing (basically floor manager). Half way through the day, Harriet and I swapped roles so we had a chance to try out different things. We tried to keep the cast directing to one person at a time because it could get confusing for them to listen to 2 or 3 different opinions or voices at once.



I really enjoyed using the camera for the TVs because I got free reign over which shots I got, and could fit in movement and just have fun with it.

We didn't have any major problems, only the fact that the singer had cut his hair since we cast him, so we just got some gel and let him mess it up a bit (so he could make it look how he wanted), and it still fit really well. We didn't have enough time to do the water element, but I think we got enough variation with the TVs to make up for it.



I'm really looking forward to seeing the edit because I'm excited to see what all of the elements look like together, and how it'll fit.


I think that our group worked really well together as a team because we each brought different things to the production and the shoot, and we complemented each other well with no arguments.


From the shoot, I re-learned how to use the camera, and also learned how to clear away lighting equipment properly. Matt told us that depth is really important in making a shot look good, so the positioning of the TVs really mattered.


We want to put the video on or website, probably on the main page, but we got some pictures of the band that we'd really like to use on it, and potentially on the digipack too. Using these photos will make the 3 different products fit together because they'd all have the same colour scheme and style, as well as featuring the band.