Filming Dance Performance

27/01/15

Aaron and I started filming the ballet dance scenes of Grace today. The shoot didn't start off too good as the dance room we originally wanted was occupied so we had to use another drama room. In the room we shot in there were no spotlights which meant we had to use a studio lamp, which was not professional however it didn't look too bad. I think the shots we filmed were actually pretty good, obviously we will have to do a reshoot, but for the time being its right as it gives us a little more of an idea of what we are aiming for and what we need to improve in our music video. I think the dance performance was really professional and the costume being white looked amazing against the darkness around Grace; it showed the idea of negative spacing. The camera we used, D500 50mm, was not too good as it made the shots look grainy, so next time we will use the D1200 to give that clean look. The next time we shoot we will film more of the narrative side when filming the dance scenes so that it goes according to our storyboard and makes more sense when put into our final music video.