JH - Third shoot analysis

On our third shoot we filmed our performance side of the video for the first time at the planned location of Speldhurst church. We immediately found the location to be as good as expected, if not better and were more than happy to shoot there. Firstly we filmed some shots outside the church which actually were still part of the narrative that we needed to end the video with and then we got straight on to the performance.

There was one main change to this from what we had planned which was that rather than myself and Oli performing as the band, that Oli on his own would bout play the guitar and sing. This was a joint decision and was based on a number of things. This included costumes, in the way that we didn't look like a band or produce a good band image and instead looked like two completely different artists. We also thought that Oli would suit this role better due to the overall grain of voice and the singer/guitarist image. Finally we thought as the performance aspet of our video would be around 60% overall that we wanted to get it perfect and therefore thought that having both myself and Edd directing this with different ideas and styles would produce a better finish.

The filming itself went extremely well and we were pleaed with our decision. We ended up filming Oli performing the whole song from a number of different angles before doing any other individual unique or orignal shots to make sure we had enough footage to create a fast cutting rate. We also made sure that the camera was constantly moving to keep the shots at a fast pace and intensity and made sure there was a good use of lighting in all our shots. After leaving the church we all agreed it was a successful shoot and wanted to upload and edit our footage before deciding whether we would need to have a fourth shoot.

During this shoot Oli was performing throughout which left me and Edd to both film and direct the whole performance.