PRODUCTION - FEEDBACK ON SHOOTING

I shot my music video over a series of three days separately shooting The diner scenes used for the chorus of my song as well as those shot in the dark location with neon lights, The beach and forest scenes used for two verses and The scenes shot at Southend-on-sea arcades and pier. I was very fortunate each day that my actors could travel to location and dedicate the full day or evening to work on taking multiple shots. I began with a shot list which i followed through on each day in order to have 3 angles of each shot, giving me flexibility when it came to the editing stage.

Diner & dark room shoot

GOOD POINTS OF SHOOT

• Location - i was fortunate to be allowed to use the Diner flexibly for my shoot
• Relationship between The actors was strong and they were willing to follow order
• Relaxed environment meant better shots of the actors, especially the shots of henry lip-lipsynching and smiling. 

BAD POINTS OF SHOOT

• The Diner wasn't very busy so less natural atmosphere 
• Lighting was difficult as we had to work with where was natural 

Beach and Forest shoot

GOOD POINTS OF SHOOT

• Weather was warm and sunny and helped make the videos taken look more golden
• Henry and Emily had a great working relationship throughout the shoot
• Accessible location

BAD POINTS OF SHOOT

• There were people wondering around the forest which made it hard to shoot as dogs kept walking in on the shoot 
• Timing was hard as we only had a certain amount of natural lighting left as we shot during the afternoon/evening.

Pier and Arcades shoot

GOOD POINTS OF SHOOT

• Weather
•  relationship together
•  Iconic-ness of location

BAD POINTS OF SHOOT

• 'busy-ness' of Southend made it difficult to shoot without the general public getting into shot 
•  Restrictions on where we could film - We were not allowed inside the arcades