Equipment Used On Performance Re-shoot

Now that we have had feedback and re-shot our band footage, we have sat down to discuss how well we used the equipment available to us.

The first time we filmed our band footage, we booked out things like the dolly, heavy tripod and shoulder mount as well as the big studio lights however, we didn't use them to the best of our ability, resulting in average quality footage and shots. 

On this band shoot we booked out the following equipment:

• Dolly

We were really looking forward to getting some really good moving shots using the dolly like we managed to do in our last band shoot. However, due to the floor at our filming location, we weren't able to use it because it was too bumpy. We tried to clear the floor of rubble but the floor was very uneven and it was just impossible to create a smooth shot using the dolly.

• Heavy Tripod

The heavy tripod came in really useful for us on this shoot because the day we chose to film ended up being extremely windy and so having the heavy tripod made filming in the wind so much easier. We were able to use all of the different spirit levels to ensure that all of our shots were straight and it was generally so much easier to film with especially for pans, tilts and any other camera movement we wanted to include.

• Shoulder Mount

The shoulder mount also came in very useful, particularly for getting shots of our main singer as he is over 6ft tall and getting a tripod to his height is very difficult. Using the shoulder mount made this much easier and it also allowed us to create much cleaner shots and still include smooth camera movement even without the dolly.

• Crane

We took the crane with us to our shoot because we thought we could get some really interesting establishing shots by using it. However, due to it being so windy we decided against using it and just used the shoulder mount and heavy tripod to create some of these shots instead. We didn't feel it was 100% safe to use the crane in those circumstances but we are confident that we managed to create good quality shots nonetheless.