Tonight we filmed the performance sections against the green screen. There were many problems that we had to overcome before we actually got to film! I bought a 50's style microphone head for 'Caro' to sing into, however when we tried to attach it to a modern mic stand, it would not fit. We had to improvise with hair bands and tissues! Another issue we had to overcome was the size of the room. It meant when Ashlea stood in position, the camera could not see the rest of the dress.
I am very pleased with how close our costume resembles our design, but with the room restrictions, you could not see the skirt. Hopefully we will have another green screen shoot in the drama studio where we can shoot some 'back stage' black and white shots where we can show the full dress.
These photos show the set up of the room. We had 2 lights angled to the greens screen to eliminate shadows and 2 angled at where the artist would be standing. The camera was positioned in the middle, as far back as possible.
In total we spent 4 hours, 2 were spent getting Ashlea ready which we thought would only take 1 hour. This time will hopefully go down when we do our next shoot.
I feel that we learnt a lot from our first experience of directing a music video. I was surprised at how different our actor behaved when put in front of the camera. We had chosen her mainly for her loud, bubbly and comic personality but when we started filming, all this was gone and she was very self conscious and did not look at the camera at first. Once we realised this is what had happened, Sarah and I both tried to give as much energy and make her feel relaxed. eventually and only occasionally, her normal funny side was revealed. We had to adapt very quickly to the new, more difficult situation but I feel it did start to go well.
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