Advanced Production - Group 1: HB: Brighton

Brighton Reflection

On the 17th of September we took a trip to Brighton to experiment with our ideas and try to develop our concepts further.

I would say that we managed to gain more inspiration for our video as this was the first time we had listened to the track while thinking of particular shots for certain clips of the song, rather than just brainstorming a general narrative.
We came up with an effective shot using the track and dolly which involved the actor remaining in one position with the camera tracking past them. This differs to how we have used it in previous projects as we normally utilised it to follow characters walking.
This day has also been helpful as we now have footage to experiment with in post production to try and achieve the vintage tine we want to emulate to fully convey the indie folk aesthetic.
Furthermore, we managed to film some successful shots which demonstrated an amplified relationship between the lyrics and video which we would like to do in our final production.
We also had a chance to experiment with lip syncing and found this is best done when the actor actually sings as this looks most natural and the sound is cut out of the footage anyway so this doesn't cause a problem.

To improve I think we could have gotten some more footage and experimented with some different angles/techniques to get a better range of ideas. It may be a good idea to try and practice some more of these within school to try and develop a better skill set prior to shooting the actual production.
I think the water shots we took were effective, however, I don't think we will use the sea for our video as it didn't have the feel we wanted. Water is a theme for the opening of the video so we will perhaps use a lake or even a tap for this shot instead.
We also could have tried using an interior location, although, it may be better to try this when we can set up the ambient lighting we want to create to get a better idea of what the shot will look like.

Overall I think the day was a good practice for us, especially for trying out some post production techniques, and beneficial for developing our concept further