Monday, 27 September 2010

Location Test Shots

This was briefly mentioned in the Just A Day ideas post, but I'll clarify here what we need to do exactly.

Due to the fact that there will be multiple performers and a two characters for the narrative story line, it makes sense that multiple locations are also necessary. This conforms to music video conventions where the performer(s) are seen in alternating sets or back drops for interesting visuals. There are several locations that I thought would look amazing with the styling of the performers and would suit the rock genre is Bristol, however as a group that lacks money and transportation it will have to be filmed in Portishead. Below is a list of possible locations to film at...
  • The Quarry
  • Back of Open Air Swimming Pool
  • The Vale's park area
  • St. Peter's church graveyard
  • Jam's living room (for Guitar hero shots)
  • Jack's house (for narrative)

Location: Battery point, behind open air pool. Angled shot of wall length.

Long shot/establishing shot of graffiti wall

Close up of graffiti wall. Here, the light is coming from the right corner of the image, making it possible to film here on afternoons as the over casted shadows will bend left. If we position the tripod correctly, the shadows should not affect the shot too much. And shadows casted on the actual wall may be a good effect.

Close up of wall. There are many interesting backgrounds that could be used for alternative back drops (therefore giving a variety of shots and locations). This background has the "quirky-ness" we wanted, but may be too colourful or "cartoony" for a rock music video.
Close up. This background, however, looks less childish. Although it seems to be more suitable for a "RnB" music video due to its "street-graffiti" design. Although, with some editing of saturation (could even make it black and white) it has the possibility to look professional.
In my opinion, this background is perfect because its a drawing as opposed to graffiti. The ancient diving suited diver with arms reaching out for something looks mysterious and with editing could look interesting.


Location: Port marine park. These sculptures of faceless women could be an interesting background for our performers as it gives off an ominous, Celtic cult-like feel. If filmed at night (there are lamps around this area and we could bring the redheads from last year) it could bring a "stereotypical horror movie" aesthetic to our rock music video.

Low angle shot. Here, I'm testing (and imagining) the shot if our performers were here. Low angle shots are a convention of rock music videos as it makes the performers look more powerful and also shows the guitars (etc) in more detail.
Another low angle shot. This shot represents what the back ground would look like if the performer was to lean towards the camera.

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