Music Video Planning: Test Shots

We have created a series of test shots of the various locations that we wish to film our music video in.
These have been filmed with the Sony HDR - CX Handycam.

These are the first shots of the a location that we plan to film in. This is the car park in which we have decided to film the majority of our performance shots in.



These are the next collection of shots of the Gym that we are planning to film parts of our music video within. These shots show off the areas in which our protagonist will be filmed and give an idea of the lighting that will be given when filming these shots.



The next collection of shots shows the Studio in which we may be using to film various parts of our music video. These shots show off the areas of where the performance sections of the video could also be set. These shots show various lightings and angles we could use.



These are all the majority of the various locations that we are able to get test shots of. Other locations that will be potentially filmed within will include: an old factory/industrial area; a housing estate and a built-up, urban area.

Music Video Planning: Equipment and Lighting

In order to shoot the music video that we plan on creating; we require a collection of equipment that will allow us to film the video efficiently.

Camera(s)


The camera that we initially plan to use to film our video is the Canon 600D. This will give us a good quality resolution to our footage and will allow our music video to look as professional as possible.

However, if there becomes a problem with us using the 600D, we have planned that we will use the Sony HDR Handycam's. This camera is a smaller, more portable camera that will be easy to transport to any locations that we plan to film at, however, it will give a slightly worse picture quality in comparison to the 600D.


Lighting


In order to light the scenes that we will be shooting, we have a variety of options.

For the scenes in the car park, where we are hoping that lighting will be scarce, we are planning to use either the natural light from the street lights. However, if this becomes a problem, we have planned that we will use a car's headlights to light up the scene and a rotolight is also available.

In terms of the chase scenes and other various scenes that will be shot outdoors, we simply plan to use the natural lighting of the scene. However, if any enhancements to the lighting need to be made, we will use one of the afforementioned options (headlights/rotolight)

During the scenes in the gym, we plan to use the lights that are built into the room. These will give a good amount of light to our video, without over exposing the shot. The walls of the gym are also white and so the light will bounce from them, giving an even lighting to the scene.

If we use the studio for one of our scenes, we have various different lighting techniques available to us. We plan to use the "barn door" lights and face them towards the bottom half of our performers to give them a more threatening look.

I will be providing an extra blog post showing location test shots of these areas.