Filming

This afternoon I completed my filming of my music video. I arrived at the recording studio half an hour early in order to set up. When Emma turned up I found out that she had also brought with her a man, Terry, and a woman, Mel, to be backing musicians which meant the video felt much more realistic with more going on.
These are some images of me on set with the musicians.

Emailing

I have been emailing my lead singer, Emma, in preparation for the shoot on Wednesday.

(Emma's photo has been deleted since).

Now hopefully I am all prepared!

Casting Call

As Emma knows more musicians than I do, she has sent out a casting call on FaceBook for extras in the music video.

Studio visit

I visited the studio today to have a look around at possible filming rooms. Here are some photos I took;

Room 1; I thought this could be the main shooting room, particularly as the room is very long and so long shots can be taken in here.

They have high ceiling lights that are rather dim. Fortunately the woman showing me around said that they have large studio lights that I can use if I want them which I will.



Room 2; This is actually a recoring and editing suite. I think I will use this for my intro where my artist, Emma, is setting up equipment. I could even record Emma through the window while she is in the room next door to give a natural and 'raw' feel to the filming. There is equipment I could also take shots of for extra footage.

There will also be other equipment readily available for me such as a mic stand (which will be necessary) and a drum kit (which would look good in the background of shots). 



Shot List

I have also written up a shot list so that I am clear on what shots I need for filming.

Animatic

Song

Emma has now sent me the mp3 file for the song Shake Shake. I can add this to my animatic.