Problems whilst filming

During our 5 hour filming session at Pirate studios, we had a couple of issues whilst trying to film. although the lighting provided was unique and interesting, its distribution was limited leaving some parts of the studio noticeably darker than others. for example the our drummer wasn't exposed to as much light as the signer and guitarist. to tackle this issue we all brought a multitude of different torches and lamps to try and neutralist the issue. it some aspects it worked but when watching or video back it still had room for improvement. However the grey scale effect that runs throughout our video helps to mask the lighting issue making it almost unnoticeable. Further more, whilst filming within close proximity of the drummer, we experienced a problem with the camera shaking for the vibrations of the drumming. To counteract this, each of us would alternate in cupping the cameras sides to hold it steady whilst we filmed. This method worked ultimately giving us a number of good shots that are being used in our final draft. Finally, due to the size of the room, we were limited for space and whilst filming. We had to be cautious about any of our equipment and belongings getting in the frames which proved to be a pain as it sometimes would limit the types of angles shots we wanted. to conclude, our filming session was a great success and the issue we encountered were minor and manageable not majorly disrupting the music video's process.

Cameras and Filming Styles

As a group, we looked into the types of cameras and filming styles that would be used whilst creating our music video. Initially, we thought that we'd try and use an old styled camera to try and get a darker and grittier feel to the video. Our final decision is that we're going to film with a 1080p High-Definition camera and convert the footage into black and white when its comes to the editing process as the video quality will look better in the final cut and we have the option to revert to different resolution qualities if we wanted to.

Filming the music video directly in black and white was also an option that we considered as we are trying to create a similar style to the Chasing Status Control video black and white color schemes. This is because the story running along with the video is one of horror and violence so having a darker filming style would set an overall scarier and suspenseful theme throughout