Monday, 19 September 2011

How to shoot a peformance

Lets review -

4 x Band Members

Singer/guitar
Lead Guitar
Bass
Drums

1st performance
Master Shot = Wide angle of the performance all the band throughout the song

Master Shot 1st performance


2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th performance
Shoot closer 1 shot (individual shots) of each member of the band/artist

Shoot Mid Shots & Shoot Medium Close Ups of individual members - start with singer

MS Drums 5th performance

MS Bass 4th Performance

MS guitar 6th Performance

MS all members 3rd Performance

MCU Singer 2nd Performance

MS Singer 3rd Performance
6th 7th, 8th, 9th
Shoot Close Ups and Extreme Close Ups 1 shots (individuals) of the artists - FROM VARIOUS ANGLES (down the guitar neck, above the kit)

These are really effective so don't leave them out

ECU Bass 8th Performance

ECU Guitars 10th Performance
ECU Lead Guitar 10th performance

CU Drums 9th Performance

CU - CU Singer 7th Performance
Then...
Shoot B-roll (contextual, atmospheric footage)

KEY POINT TO REMEMBER

Record the performance of the whole song all the way through - this means you have enough footage

8 Different angles of the whole performance

'B-Roll' - Cut aways of atmospheric filler material - where they are not performing

If you don't do this...

It won't be complete

It will be uninteresting & repetitive

You won't have enough footage to fill the timeline

Good Luck

Mr.B

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