Dance video shoot:Evaluation

Last night we completed filming our dance section for our video. This was very beneficial for us as we can now move on to planning and filming the rest of our shoots.

The filming went very well we managed to gets shots in a variety of positions and lighting.

For example we started off having a single spotlight in the middle of the room and got Emma to do elongated movements, to match the pace of the song.

When it came to the bigger chorus we changed the lighting to strobe lights to make it feel like a much more ‘dance’ like feel. Emma then did much bigger dance moves like leaps and high kicks to make it much more dramatic.

During the whole of the filming we managed to get long shots, close ups of Emma’s feet, high angles, low angles and mid shots.

Overall the shoot was very successful.

This is an example of the close up we got of Emma’s feet. Lauren filmed Emma doing the dance sequence but just focusing on her feet, I think this looked really effective as it will bring a new dimension to the filming.

This is an example of the type of lighting we used. I think this also looked effective as it made the atmosphere look quite mysterious as it wasn’t just plain.

Here is an example of Emma doing elongated movements to match pace with the slower section of the song. This again looks effective with the shadow included in the shot.

This long shot angle we got also looks very effective as you can see the full extent of Emma’s movements. The lighting is slightly brighter on this shot again matching with the feel of the song at that point.

This again helps to show what attitude was portrayed throughout the filming matching with the lyrics ‘Tell me that you want me’

This is an action shot of Emma spinning. We also did close up of her feet also whilst she was doing the spin.

We All took certain roles within the filming of the dance sequence. • Lauren was filming, she made sure that we had a

variety of angles to work with, such as close ups and high angles ect. She even went up onto the balcony section to get a better angle on one scene.

• Hollie also did filming but also a bit of lighting as well. Hollie took these photos to show the different types of shots we got and the atmosphere that we created.

• I took the role at first on the lights and practiced slowly increasing the strobe lighting to match pace with the music. I also did filming and did a low angle shot of Emma during her slow section.