Test Shoot for Silhouette for the Music Video

Today, both me and Jazmine stayed after school to film our first take/draft for our music video. We used our school's drama room which features a wide dark room with stage lighting. This was very helpful because this meant that I could play around with various lighting material to make particular things stand out and be significant when being filmed. Whilst filming, I used a tripod, a camera and a dolly. The tripod and camera use worked efficiently and allowed me to get clear and concise footage. However, by using the dolly, I attempted to try and track forwards and pan around the star but, with the use of the dolly, this made the camera unstable and as a result, made it look shaky which is now ultimately footage that we can't use.

Furthermore, me and Jazmine constructed the white sheet and put the necessary lighting equipment behind the sheet in order to film our first take for our silhouette scenes in order to see how it would essentially look. We positioned 2 lights behind the screen and had Jazmine stand in front of the screen to form the impression of a silhouette figure. During this, we played around with various body movements and expressions to try and show the star being in the form of a silhouette. Whilst filming this scene, I used a camera technique of a focus-pull when the star walks in to the frame. This allowed the audience to be introduced to the dark, mysterious figure for the first time.

After me and Jazmine saw how everything appeared after our first filming shoot, it is clear that we will essentially have to re-shoot the scenes in order to make it clearer and more visually appealing.