Updatage

Music Video Update

In terms of footage that has been shot, we have over an hour, but however most of this footage cannot be used because it simply doesn’t fit with the song, its genre and its mise en scene. There is not an effective consistency of the mise en scene, this is difficult because our actors aren’t being paid and therefore will only be ready at when we ask them and even then we have to base them working with us mainly on luck. The change in location is good for the style of the music, but however it is tedious and difficult to film enough footage at close intervals, whereas filming on one location would be considerably easier.
We do however have a minutes worth of footage that is usable and is of reasonable quality in terms mise en scene and location change. We also wanted to get another students perspective on their video and perhaps that would help us to get ideas that we could use for our own. For example, we helped Amber Hall film “the band” shot in her own room. She basically had about 8 people jumping up and down to their favourite band who all had instruments and mimed playing to the song in the background. In terms of mise on scene, this was really effective because Amber used a neon green light that shone up below the band and illuminated the crowds face. In terms of shooting the actual footage, Amber used unconventional methods of filming for example, at one point got a point of view shot of the band from a fans’ view position. She did this by holding the camera by hand which add realism to the overall feel of the video, and included the mise en scene makes the shot quite effective and believable.
This is quite a good idea, especially, getting a POV shot of the band from a fan’s perspective and because the camera is handheld, the shot wont be as steady and therefore it will complement the genre of the song.