COS - Reflection on shoot 2

• We conducted the second shoot for our production in Hastings on the 8th of November. We filmed all our footage at various locations along the beach and along the road parallel to the beach. This shoot involved Ant, Ed, Josh and I. We took with us all the equipment we had at our disposal, but notable the Rig/Jib and the track and dolly. This shoot involved a wider variety of techniques.
• This shoot contained lots of camera movement and pans, and due to the location we tried to include interesting scenery and play with the framing of shots to make the mise en scene more interesting.
• This shoot mas much more planned and so therefore we wasted a lot less time planning what we were doing, however when we were on location, we did not stick religiously to the storyboard.
• My job for this shoot was again to mainly control the camera and the equipment. As it was the first time I used the jib, it took me a few shots to get used to how to move it and what shots would be successful. this involved trying different ways in moving the camera, we tried moving it in an l shape and we tried a u shape as well. Both of the shots turned out well, however a few of the others we did earlier were a bit shaky.
• Once we had finished the shoot and reviewed our footage, we realised that the track and dolly shot was a bit shaky and the pan was not very smooth. But the major problem is that we left some of the poles in view of the camera, this could potentially ruin this shot if there is not a way we can remove it in after effects as it is on grass.
• Some of our strongest shots include the shot with the rig, as it looks smooth and professional with the movement and the shape in which it is moved brings the building in the background, which is some expensive looking, sea facing flats with grand roman columns, and then pulls down to show Ant sleeping on a park bench with his sleeping bag wrapped around him. Another strong shot is the one which shows ant walking along the path, as the fog in the background fades out the buildings gradually, I believe this shows the location in which he is sleeping to be harsh and helps to isolate him. The long exposure of the road with Ant and Josh looking out on it is good as it helps to show them as invisible to the many people passing them, and shows how they are ignored
• One particular shot which was problematic to film was a proposed rig shot of Josh and Ant when they are sitting against a garage door wrapped in a sleeping bag. It was not a technical problem, but rather a practical one as the rig took up a majority of the pavement, so people kept walking in the way of our shot. This resulted in us scrapping this shot and doing it instead with a tripod, just at a lower angle.
• We did take a few shots for the digipack promo campaign. One of them was quite spontaneous, as we found a good location which could possibly be the front pain of our album cover.