Blog 18 - Creative camera use

This is the first shot that we noticed was something special. It goes perfectly in time with the music and you can see the key points of movement in both instrumentalists. The sticks of the drummer and the strumming hand of the guitarist move together with the music to give our video a realistic feel. This in conjunction with the guitarists dancing movements gave us the perfect piece of footage to use for the heavy drop at the start of the song. It works immaculately to give the audience the perception that there is a full band present. This is because the first shot in the video is of me on my own, then a shot of nathan on his own. When this shot of Ben and Jesse introduces us to both of them, it gives the perfect opportunity to open up to the audience the full fury of an entire band shot that comes with the first lyrics. The background in the shot is perfect, the composition and focal point is impeccable. My favourite shot of the entire project.




This is a brilliant piece of camera work by Doug. There is an outburst of energy in the song, when the singer pretty much just bellows down the microphone. While miming the song the entire band (including myself) matched up this energy with erratic movement and passionate instrumentality. But what makes this shot great is the fact that in that one second of primal, exploding volume, Doug took the focus off of me, and then straight back on me. This gives the video a surrealism and energy that I did not think was possible through videography alone. A great asset to the video, it ups the 'ARGH' factor alot, which is what we need to create the kind of video we wanted and appeal to our target audience.