Planning - After Effects Editing Software

We shot some practice footage using a very strong light that we may possibly use for our music video. We found the lighting to be very effective as the main focus was highlighted perfectly whilst dimming the rest of the location. We also filmed Zak miming some of the lyrics to the song whilst getting a feel for the camera, the movement and how much of the actor we want in the frame. Thirdly we filmed Kelly playing the bass guitar to get an idea again of how much of the actor and the instrument we want in the frame and how much movement the camera needs to go with the conventions of a metalcore video.

The camera we are using is of high quality and you can see here how good our footage will be. This close up of myself is very clear and we are planning on using lots of close ups throughout our video on each band member, whilst mainly focussing on Zak, the frontman. Declan has used 'After Effects' very well here, he has colour corrected the lighting, making it more moody which fits to our genre. 

We are aiming to use lots of shots like this one here of Zak screaming the lyrics. This close up was panning past Zak as we were filming and the action was very smooth even though it was handheld. We have found that in most music videos from our chosen genre, the camera is never still so we took influence and used the same handheld technique. The lighting is again very effective, illuminating half of Zak's face whilst putting a dark shadow across the other side of his face.

This screenshot is of Kelly playing the bass, here we were again using the handheld technique but also trying out different ideas of how much of the actor and the instrument we want in the frame. We decided that we would probably use a close up or mid shot when filming the band members playing their instruments as we found that having the actor tight in the frame looked more effective and professional.