On the 26th I went to Abbie's house and we took some test shots for my music video with my main lead role Blossom. After taking the test shots and looking back on them, I realised that there are some errors that I need to watch out for and some shots that didn't work out.
Before taking the test shots, me and my make up designer decided last time after costume and make up try outs that we would stick with the red lipstick and eye make up, because this is promoting Blossom's character as being slightly devious and having a dark side to her, which what all my audience find out at the end of the music video. Her hair is curly throughout the video because this represents her girly side of her, but it also gives off a girly rock look, which will suit the pop rock genre of my song.
TEST SHOT FOR "CAN'T COUNT THE YEARS ON ONE HAND THAT WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER"
I think that this test shot is a good shot for Blossom's miming but I do not like the high angle that I have filmed her on. I like the medium shot but I think that the shot would look better as a medium close up, as this will be the first shot that the audience see of Blossom. I would prefer this shot to be shot on a normal standard angle of Blossom.
I prefer this test shot to the previous test shot, just because I prefer the angle that it was taken on. This was a hand held camera shot, so my camera work is slightly shaky, but I would prefer to have the camera on a tripod to give the camera a steady shot. I like the medium shot on this angle but I still think that it would look better as a medium close up.
Again I also like this shot and I would say that this is one of the strong ones, because of the angle that it is taken at. The shot enables the audience to see the background behind Blossom, which is the photogrpahs, which play a key main role in my music video. Some negatives are that I didn't use the tripod on this shot, so the camera is slightly shaky, but I will be sure to use it when it comes to filming my final music video. Another negative is that her whole head isn't included in the video, so it is not a full and acurate shot.
This shot is better in the sense that in this shot her whole body is in the shot, including her head, so it looks more professinal. I do not really like the slight high angle that I have added to the shot though, as I do not think it makes a good first establishing shot of Blossom. The miming is slightly good in this video, but this is something that needs to be worked on in order to make the video and the music come together properly.
I would say that this is one of the strongest shots because of the angle I have shot it one, it isn't too high or too low, and I also think that the medium shot goes well with the angle in this shot. Again the miming is slightly out of time and it is something both me and Blossom will have to work on before filming the final video. Another negative is that yet again I didn't use the tripod so the camera is slightly unsteady, but this is not something that can't be changed for the final video.
TEST SHOT FOR "I TOLD YOU THAT I TOLD YOU THAT I LOVED YA"
This shot was taken as a test shot for the lyric "I told you that I told you that I loved ya". This is a very weak shot as her full head is not in the shot, so it looks very unprofessional. One postitive about the video is that close up, as I think the shot expressses her love and feelings for her boyfriend (except in this shot Blossom didn't promote the facial expression that I wanted her too).
One thing about this shot that I really like and think looks good is the high angle, because it represents her talking up to Joe, conveying to the audeince how much she looks up to him and how much she loves him. Again her full head isn't in the shot completley, but this is somthing that I know to change when it comes to filming my final video. Also, again, I still like the close up and think it works really well with the high angle.
TEST SHOT FOR "CAUSE AFTER ALL THIS TIME I'M STILL INTO YOU"
This shot isn't the strongest of the shots that I took for this scene, but I do like Blossom's movement in the shot, and I also like the medium close up shot that I have used, as well as the angle. One negative about this shot is that I didn't use a tripod, so again the camera is shaky.
I do really like this shot again because of Blossom's movement and body language within the shot, but her head cuts out when she moves. I will change this by changing the shot to a more of a medium shot rather than a medium close up. I like the angle that i have used and I am genreally happy with this shot apart from the cinematography.
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