Footage from the Drama Studio

Below is a summary of the footage I captured in the drama studio for the swing dance/dream sequence.

Within this video I have shown the clips taken with usable footage in them. Although the routine was a little shaky at first, it didn't massively impact the filming as I'll only need clips of a few seconds at a time to overlay with other footage, meaning I'd cut the best parts out of these clips and include them in my video. When editing, I'd speed up the footage and add different effects to make it look more dreamlike and professional. Overall, this filming was a success as I was able to capture the swing era element of my chosen song and will be able to attract my audience with something that isn't often seen within modern music videos. I used the drama studio to film this as there is a lot of space as well as large backdrops and studio lighting to use which would enable me to film using equipment used by successful industries which may reflected within my video.

I set up three tall black boards and covered them in a large black cloth to create a blacked out background. This was to create a space big enough for my actors to comfortably dance in front of without having an unprofessional looking background behind them which would have ruined the illusion of the scene. This wasn't difficult to set up as I had my actors and a teacher to help me lift the boards and position them evenly. We used a wooden pole to lift the cloth over the boards and spread it across evenly. We made sure the boards and cloth were secure by placing bricks and other heavy objects around them to avoid any chance of injury.

For the lighting, I used two large studio lights to brighten up the area evenly as my footage would have looked very dark without them. I also used one smaller studio light with a red sheet of acetate in front of it. I chose the red colour as I felt it best resembled the alternative rock genre as well as complimenting the red dress and represented the danger of the characters actions of drinking the scientific experiment.