Filming Evaluation

During my filming process of my music video I didn’t feel there were any major issues or problems that affected me from completing my filming.

Problem encountered during filming shoot
At the beginning of my filming shoot, there was a slight problem with the quality of the camera, it wouldn’t focus on my artists, and any photo’s I attempted to take was unclear and slightly blurry. This was slightly annoying after all the preparation of hair, makeup and booking the location of music video, I was set back by a technical fault.  Therefore I assumed I would have rescheduled the filming session, and return the camera for another that worked properly.

However I solved the issue by looking at a tutorial on YouTube that was a step by step guide in how to adjust the focus of a ‘canon eos camera’, and found that the camera focus was on a low level , which resulted in the having a tinted blur when taking a photo. After changing the focus of the camera the filming shoot was able to proceed.

Problem encountered during filming shoot

In order to help me during my filming shoot to get clear steady shots I used a tripod , however when setting up my equipment , I noticed the tripod was broken , one of the screws was loose therefore it want able to hold the camera upright and it just kept falling off the stand. I initial assumed that I would have to choose another day to shoot my filming , as it was a crucial that my music video pictures was steady and unclear and not jumper when you can see the camera moving about. This would have set my back several days and it would have been unlikely I would have be able to finish it before the deadline date.

Nevertheless I was able to work round the issue by using several wooden boxes and them up to the high I needed my shoots and used that as a compromise. It makes it more difficult by adjusting the height of the boxes all the time but it enabled me to get steady footage for my music video.

 

 

 

 

 

Success during my music video

I felt that overall the filming shoot was successful and a positive outcome, which is not what I initially, assumed it would be. After getting into it, the filming process was quite enjoyable.

I fault before beginning my filming shoot that my time management would be quite poor as I was limited and restricted to the amount of time as my artist had other plans to do at a particular time, that she was unable to reschedule. However that was not the case of the day as I was able to film all the scenes I wanted featured in my music video, with also enough time to look back at some of the shots and redo those that didn’t come out as well as I hoped. I followed the timetable I had produced in order for me to keep to the allocated times I allowed myself in order to get the filming shoot finished.

 

My main worry I thought would accrue is the battery of the camera. As the camera I didn’t have a portable charger that I was able to take with me during the filming shoot, therefore I had to take my laptop and usb charger in order for the battery not to run out half way through my filming shoot, as it would have caused many problems, and may have even restricted me in the amount of time I had prepared for my filming shoot.

I

 was really pleased for who I chose to star in my music video , as she did extremely well in portray the star image I had in mind for my artist. My actor was a close friend of mine, therefore i felt at ease and comfortable working with her. Both myself and my actor our dancers and worked together before therefore I knew our personality worked well , making it easy to come up with ideas and  create the dance chorography for the music video , as she had already had dance training experience which saved time. Because my actor has dance experience for several  years, she took my criticism as professional rather than personal , when I corrected her on certain scenes as they wasn’t planning out how I imagined them too. Due to her positive attitude and enthusiasm it made the filming shoot run smoothly, with little tension, and we both really enjoyed working together as a team.