The main shot for any shoot is the wide shot, this shot will feature all the band. I plan to get this shot by having my colleagues Lumix GH4 on a tripod at the back of the room this camera will be constantly static and I will ask my colleague to stop recording after each song and then start recording again straight way so we don't miss anything. I want to cut after every song for a couple of reasons the main one being our DSLRS stop recording automatically after 20 minutes and I cant afford for that camera to stop recording in the middle of a song. The other reason is that it makes the edit easier if I can quickly change between songs and also allows us not to miss any of the night.
A shot that the band emphasised the importance of in our meeting was the importance of having lots of close ups of the lead singer. These shots will be challenging to get as the footage of the singer would need to be in sync with whatever songs I choose to be in the showreel. These are shots I won't be able to get during sound check necessarily but will be my main focus when actually filming the set.
A shot that I really want to get good at is close ups of instruments, when you get a good close up of a guitar or bass it seems to just take your work to the next level. I don't have a lot of experience of getting these sorts of shots though and since this is a showreel these shots don't always have to be in sync. This means I can get a lot of these shots during sound check when the room is less busy and I have more room for error as I can try again. I will still however get some of these shots during the actual set as well but my focus will be on close ups of the singer at this time.
Everything in the post above applies to this shot to but with added difficulty of not knowing whether I will be get behind the pianist to get a good shot of them playing or not. This is something I will only find out during sound check but I will again look to get this shot during sound check if possible.
The final shot I want to try and get if possible is an alternative angled close up of the singer this would often involve camera movement but only very light sways. This is something I can practice on the night but I only get one shot at this as it is a live shoot. What I will probably do is have a practice during sound check of just slightly swaying the camera and see if I feel confident enough to add the movement or not before the actual set starts. I do have the bonus of not all the footage over the hour set will be need as I am only making a 3 minute showreel from it so there is room for some small errors but not many.
In conclusion I have researched a number of professional examples of the type of shots I will be aiming to get on the 7th. I want to get as close to the professional shots as I can and I am looking for to giving it my best go.
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