FEB 23RD - BATH ROAD STUDIO BAND SHOOTS - NINOOK

This was our last day filming bands at Bath Road Studios. Our band for the day was Ninook, including one member from our CMP group Jake. I have to say I was very impressed with the band and found myself humming the song for the rest of the week!

On this shoot I took on the role as a camera operator. For the first two takes I just shot a standard wide shot of the while band as a safety shot. For the remaining shots I hand held the camera and shot some extreme close ups of the band but focusing on the lead singer. This was the best part of filming, I was able to swoop around the lead singer and get some really effective close ups of him strumming his guitar and singing into the microphone. I also got some low angle shots where I literally lay on the floor beside him pointing the camera up through his guitar onto his face. I am really looking forward to seeing how these shots have come out, but I am confident there are some good 'money shots'!

This was the end of our time at Bath Road Studios, however, having the ability to book out the space myself and using it for my own projects is something I most definitely will do!

We also used this band to shoot some blue screen for our Chromakey assignment.

FEB 20TH - BATH ROAD STUDIO BAND SHOOTS - CUFFLINK FUMBLE

After we had finished filming Rhubarb (see below post), we moved onto Cufflink Fumble. Here I took on the role as one of the camera operators (left camera operator). I was directed to concentrate on the keyboard artist and the base guitarist. It's hard to say, as I haven't seen the material yet, but I feel I did a good job of filming and managed to get some really nice stylistic close ups and creative light reflections and blurs.

FEB 20TH - BATH ROAD STUDIO BAND SHOOTS - RHUBARB

For one of the course module assessments, a music video/package has to be made. Fortunately I do not do this module, but I wanted to come along to the shoot to help out and develop my own personal skills.

In the first half of the day we were working with the band Rhubarb. I took on the role as director/producer for this band. This involved chatting to the band, keeping them in the loop about what was happening, what time we would want them to perform and when we were conducting the interview. I also made sure they felt happy and comfortable, found out what style and look they wanted so we could arrange appropriate lighting for them. 

When we everybody was ready for them, I called them in and took them to the studio (they were in the make-up room). I directed what sort of shots I wanted from the four camera set ups (Tripod, jib, dolly and hand held) and I feel everybody performed their roles well. We did about four or five takes, as I took notes on each.

 Everything went more or less to plan, with a few delays as other studios were doing weather and news broadcasts and we had to be quiet.