Behind The Scenes

When filming the studio performance to our music video we came to the decision that using a tripod would enable us to have the best stability for when it came to capturing a good angle and shot video clip. Also because we used some close up camera angled single shots it allowed us to achieve an even and same proportion shot for each member of the video. For example by placing the camera on a tripod it allowed us to angle the hight and make sure the positioning of the person lip syncing was in the same position and proportion in contrast which the other members to the band. Being tall myself we had to take into consideration the height of the band members and where they were positioned in the group shots. 

When filming the studio performances where the band members are seen wearing white clothing and neon triangle shapes across there face , we also used a tripod to level out the camera. Our idea behind using this triangle drawing over the face technique was taken through the influenced of ' somebody that I used to know' music video. We took the meaning of a three sided shape and used this to symbolise three friends having a special close bond which formed a group. By using this concept it also supported the theory Goodwin had of there being a relationship between the lyrics and video footage. As you can see in the behind the scenes the same colours were used in the face paints to link to the colours which were used in the powder paint video clips, this was to show continuity throughout the music video. The clothing we wore was to contrast with the background colour for example black and white are two contrasting colours which make the overall picture appear more intriguing and interesting, also we didn't want the clothing to distract away from the lip syncing within the studio scenes. 

When it came to the power paint filming we decided to wear a white top and black leggings, this was so the colours of the paint would be clear and vibrant when thrown onto a white material. we used a variety of different long,medium, wide and close up camera shots to show the location and surroundings of where we were throwing the paint. But also we decided to use a bunch of different camera angles to focus on the band members and them throwing the paint. The only disadvantage we gained from using powder paint was we was limited to the amount we had, and found that we could re-film a scenes on another day because we wouldn't have the paint on the exact same sections of our clothes and body which wouldn't show continuity.

Behind The Scenes Filming by meagn clements on Scribd

Operning scene with the type writer (Behind The Scenes)

 These images are the behind the scenes for our first few second opening, where we used the type writer to write the bands name ‘ Fifth Harmony’. In the photographs you can see that we didn’t use a tripod due to how close we had to get the camera to capture a close up angle which was clear and in focus. Therefore we found holding the camera a lot easier as we could get a good angle and we wasn’t in the way of the person typing the lettering.  Although we didn’t show that we had placed the type writer on top of a light box it , due to us just recording the words being printed onto the ink. However because we placed it onto of the light box it did make the type writer light up and created an extreme well lit location for the shot, also because the shot wasn’t dark it meant the camera pixels were better as  no dark light was causing the pixels to become fuzzy, which we would've faced if we used normal lighting . When we started filming we didn’t know what type of paper would be best to print onto , we tried cartridge paper , coloured card and brown parcel paper, in the end we found that the parcel paper worked the best and gave us the more interesting and quirky look we was going for.  We found that with the other types of paper they didn’t print out as successful and the black in on the brown paper seems to contrast well and looked the best especially when it came to reading the words.  We found this technique of filming very interesting and it turned out better than we had expected, by using different camera angles and experimenting with a variety of distances and heights when filming we found that our end pieces that we put together towards the beginning on the video worked well and linked to the overall message we found that fifth harmony were trying to give across by their write on me lyrics.