Account of the Preliminary Shoot

Yesterday we made our first attempt at shooting a music video, and we were lucky enough to be able to use a real band, called Acres Of Life. Being of a similar age to us meant that we got on very well with the band and the shoot went relatively smoothly. Aswell as myself, my group consisted of Courtney, Talisa, and Nina.
In total we had 3 hours to shoot our material and edit it, which actually made us more efficient as a group because we got down to work and didn't waste any time. We also had the advantage of being a three, meaning that we could easily rotate roles as Director, Cameraman, and Playback, and we worked together last year on our Thriller.




After watching the first group shoot, we saw just how short 25 mins is in the studio, and when our turn came we already had a shot list planned out and a timeline of what we wanted. We began with our wide shot, and then did the following among others:

• Singer Profile shot
• Close up on Guitar/Bass
• Drummer MCU Shot
• CU Drums shot
• CU Guitarist
• MCU Bass

Once we finished in the Studio, we moved up to the editing suite and began putting the video together. I think this was so much easier than making our thriller, because we essentially had a backbone to the video, (the soundtrack), and we could make cuts according to the beat of the music.